Been super busy, and finally getting back to those who offered suggestions on my GS debacle from a few days ago. I thought I had found a new GS tonight able to do the converting that was just across the border, the manager okayed it but didn't realize the system would no longer let them. Disappointed after first being super excited, lol.
Wondering if any GS's in any areas are still left and allowing these flips at the moment? They are sure to close soon, but if it wasn't too far away... I know, wishful thinking!
And, I'm thankful I didn't get a bunch of told you so, or boy are you stupid, comments! Thx!
Oh no, Minniekins!! I am so sorry to hear about that!!
I looked into Raise once before. I was thinking, hmm, if I can get Ebay bucks/Ebates, maybe I'll get a few GCs and sell them. They take 15% of the selling price......
That leaves you with $799.. Basically a 20% loss.
Thank you, Vernie822! Something to keep in mind if other things don't work out. Thanks for the details/figures on how a place like raise would work!
@Minniekins that is terrible that you got stuck with so much GS. It was a little shocking when it happend because it is literally overnight and it doesn't seem they get a warning at all.
I think you were thinking of me when mention doing the return. The manager did make me "buy" some games, then return the transaction in cash and use the cash to buy the GC. I am sure that is totally against policy, but he only did it because he remember me and it was only $120 since I had churn more a few days before. I am sure it was anything over $200 he would have not done it. Are you traveling soon maybe try it in a different state?
Thanks, ellie05! Yep, must have been you, and I wish my store were as cool as yours, lol, but yes, this is a much bigger amount. I asked but no, lol. Yep, I noted above I tried a store just into WI, but they were surprised to find they were unable to help. Still a tiny hope some place will pop up!
@Minniekins, I totally feel for you. I was freaking out myself while waiting on the cards from the Cardency promo earlier this month and thankfully got out just in time. Anyway, I see you have a trip planned in 3 months and another in 9 months. Do you need this cashed out before the closer trip or can it wait until the latter one? I'm asking because the methods
@JKalai posted some pages up about buying certain games and then trading them back at BB worked very well for me. Granted, its a slow process but if you have the time at least its a way out without taking a loss. It was also convenient for me as I have both a GS and BB within 5 minutes of my house.
As far as your questions about trading to Cardcash, I've never done that personally but I remember someone posting a few weeks back that they got an Ebay ecard when trading similar to what you'd get from PPDG or Target when they were still selling Ebay GC's. I don't see why they wouldn't work like any other ebay GC.
Thank you, Phatscott25! Yeah, if my cards had been a day earlier, I'd have been okay! Ugh!! Lol. Yep, our trip is coming in Nov. The other ticker is still from our past May trip to DL, lol, but have to switch it out for our trip later next year. Hate to take it out without a specific time for replacement, lol, superstitious, lol. I do have some time, but still deciding which way to go, but GS and BB are both about 5,6 min away. Not very knowledgeable about trading or anything. Yeah, I figure the cardcash ebay egc's do work the same, but wanted to put the question out there just in case anyone heard different maybe.
@Minniekins..... sorry you got caught in that timing.... I hope a lot of folks read your post,and take it to heart, this really is a YMMV sort of thing,and it can change in a heartbeat....(the 'game' changed while I was on my last WDW vacay! big surprise there)
FWIW, when the GS registers noted "vanilla"- that is a type of visa gc that was BIG BIG BIG in the churning game a while back, it got overused and abused,and now it's mostly a no-go for easy churning(at least for us 'normals' lol I'm sure it's still in use, just not 'easy') It used to be a really easy way to get travel rewards on a cc card..... Unsure if the ebay gc's are now in that category for the stores now.... also FWIW, Walgreens in my area was the 1st,and toughest player in churning when it came to gc usage(Vanilla cards,etc) I don't want to touch Walgreens either b/c of past history and how they operate. Just be careful folks. I hope you can get at least most of your money back by selling the GS gc's....I get it, I did a couple of dumb churn things myself this month,and it may cost me more $$$ than I want it to also.... part of the game, I don;t consider it a gamble,as I know I can recoup my cash back, sometimes not in the way I had intended to use it at first though....
Thanks, hsmamato2. Certainly not happy with the amount of possible loss, but I did make some good ebucks, so I'm trying to look at like it's that many less dollars I actually made, not a loss of my base churning dollars. Hopefully I can recoup my cash back, I gotta remember I'm not losing all of the GS cards value, hopefully not more than 15% maybe.
Interesting info! Funny, he acted like I knew what he meant when he said vanilla, wizards, etc.
@asgaga Thank you for posting the game trading info. Wasn't sure if you were trading games you bought at one GS back to a different GS ? Won't they catch on to what's going on?
I will post more credit movers from Gamestop to Best buy whenever I catch them
@Minniekins, so all is not lost. It'll take time, but you can totally make the switch back to BB gift cards eventually and is really easy. You'll have to just jump on it as soon as possible.
Taking advantage of the pretty good sales at Gamestop can be beneficial, and can even net some profit. For example, the last weekend of June they had a B2G1 on everything pre-owned. I bought 3 Nintendo 3DS systems for about $300 + tax. I'm now selling them for around $155 each on ebay. Granted I'm paying the Ebay fees (which is around $45), I actually made some profit... not just credit, but straight up cash.
Just hold on to that GS credit if you can. I haven't tried it in my area for about the past week, but it seems like the system does not allow it nationwide now due to other boards I'm on.
@robinb @Minniekins and for those of you stuck with GS...
Retailmenot has a 20% off coupon with 2 or more pre-owned games (you have to open up the coupon in a private browser for a unique code for some weird reason). Both Battleborn and Doom are on sale at Gamestop (will come out to $21.19 + tax or $19.07 + tax with pro and coupon) and will trade in at $20 at BB. BB's trade in value went down since the beginning of this week, but you will maybe lose a dollar or so depending on your tax which is much better than selling your cards online.
You can trade in 3 max per system per title at BB. If you can find 3 of each game (3 battleborn xbox/3 battleborn ps4/3 Doom xbox/3 Doom PS4), you can move $240 easily with little loss. They have the availability of the preowned games on the app/website.
Thank you, Jkalai! I appreciate you you sharing you GS trading expertise, lol, I have absolutely zero! I am going to hold tight for a bit, as I figure out which way to go. My DD26 and her DBF are getting together for brunch tomorrow and I'll fill them in on what's up and what some of these options are. I'm just not sure which way to go, lol, but I'm hanging onto my GS cards for the time being till I see what will work best. That trade in looks good but not sure I'll know what to look for as far as which games. I will watch here to see if you've shared anything, credit movers?, which would be awesome and appreciated! I'm just not sure if that would be best or if just selling out to Cardcash, at about $858, losing about $142 might just be faster and easier and I don't have to bother you or anyone with questions. Such as, won't my local GS, that knows I got stuck with these gc's, and know that I don't really know games, won't they realize I'm working a trade if I come in and ask for and buy those sale games. Won't they wonder why I'm buying three of those games? And will they be likely to have those games to sell me? Then do I leave them all wrapped and just go to BB and ask them to buy them? Say I have 3 of one or each of the titles, do I do them all at once? I know so little I wonder if I should just skip the trading. Not sure how much patience I'll have, and then there is the time. I'm usually working until 9 p.m. so jumping on a quick sale may not always work too well. Hmm, keep looking back at what you posted (and Phatscott suggested), and it does look interesting. I guess we'll chat tomorrow and I'll check back here to see how things are going. Thank you for your time and suggestions, definitely appreciated!