Retro game prices too high on eBay?Gamestop thinks otherwise

[GameMasterGuy]

https://www.poweruprewards.com/PUR/Index/RetroGameVault
So now you can spend your GS PUR points on retro stuff... except that you'd need to spend an ungodly amount to win them, and it's certainly not worth it. Let's take a look at Super Star Wars:
eBay price: $2.44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Accep ... 4ab32a5b2f
PUR Points: 27,500
How much money you'd have to spend to earn that much: $2,750 on new content, or "only" $1,375 on used.
Value compared to other prizes: $27.50

WHAT.

[BurningDoom]

Yeah, there's no doubt they're too high. But then again, you are getting it for free, really. If you have that many points to spend, I'd hope you have them because you bought games you wanted, and not just because you spent that much to get Super Star Wars. And GameStop didn't have to give you a point system. They could have just took your money, you take the game, and you get no reward for it.

[GameMasterGuy]

Still, these are extremely overpriced compared to other prizes. For 25k you could get $25 off any GS purchase, and for 38.5k you could get a turtle beach headset. You might as well spend the points on something else, sell the prize, then use the money to buy the carts elsewhere.

[Hazerd]

Or dont get a GS card at all... then again my only reason to get one would be so they stop asking everytime i buy a game, even though if i did have one they would ask anyways...

[sabrage]

Or dont get a GS card at all... then again my only reason to get one would be so they stop asking everytime i buy a game, even though if i did have one they would ask anyways...

Or don't go to GS at all. The money I save shopping online offsets the benefits of this points system+the price of gas 10:1. And I don't have to deal with Gamestop employees!

[GameMasterGuy]

I have a card, but don't use the store. Kongregate gets me a small but steady flow of points.

[Hazerd]

Or dont get a GS card at all... then again my only reason to get one would be so they stop asking everytime i buy a game, even though if i did have one they would ask anyways...

Or don't go to GS at all. The money I save shopping online offsets the benefits of this points system+the price of gas 10:1. And I don't have to deal with Gamestop employees!

But GS has set prices on games i can buy for cheaper than amazon/ebay, like i got a copy of Radiant Historia CIB from them for $28, and its going for alot more on the amazing interwebs.

[BurningDoom]

Or dont get a GS card at all... then again my only reason to get one would be so they stop asking everytime i buy a game, even though if i did have one they would ask anyways...

Or don't go to GS at all. The money I save shopping online offsets the benefits of this points system+the price of gas 10:1. And I don't have to deal with Gamestop employees!

But GS has set prices on games i can buy for cheaper than amazon/ebay, like i got a copy of Radiant Historia CIB from them for $28, and its going for alot more on the amazing interwebs.

Which kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? People are becoming too internet smart for their own good. If I can pay less or the same amount of money for a game at GameStop that I can from some guy on eBay, I'm gonna choose GameStop. I don't have to pay for shipping, I don't have to wait for the game to arrive, and if the game doesn't work I can take it back to GameStop without any hassle or waiting for a claim to go through that the seller won't answer for 2 weeks just to spite me then explain how it's all my fault somehow and eBay screws the seller.

A smart person would sell the game for less, just for those reasons, and still come out better than they would have if they traded it in. But the "internet smart" person goes and looks up the price online, and decides they can sell it for the same price without considering any of that. (that whole paragraph reminded me of Goofus & Gallant, anyone remember those in Highlights Magazine for Kids?)

[sabrage]

I buy the bulk of my games from Amazon/digital distro like Good Old Games and Steam, and I never have any problems. When it comes to new releases, I never buy used because you are directly screwing the developer when you do.

[BurningDoom]

I buy the bulk of my games from Amazon/digital distro like Good Old Games and Steam, and I never have any problems. When it comes to new releases, I never buy used because you are directly screwing the developer when you do.

Bullshit.

Everything has a used market. Movies, music, books, clothes, collectibles, comic books, etc. But the video game industry is the only one whining about it. Used sales would have destroyed all of those other industries years ago if what the video game companies were saying was true. I see it as simple greed, nothing more. They just want more money.