Summary
One of gaming’s best and longest running memes is about how little trade-in creditGameStopwillgive you for your most precious valuables. It’s a tale as old as time. You walk into GameStop with a litter of goodies and walk out with enough money to buy a McDonald’s Happy Meal, if that.
In the latest example, someone traded in a near-complete collection ofAmiiboand walked out with $1,340 in store credit, a figure that would’ve been lower had they opted for cash.
If You’re In Arizona, You Might Be Able To Complete Your Collection
As shared on Twitter by the GameStop account, a gamer in Arizona traded in their prized collection of Amiibo to a local GameStop store for trade credit.
According to the GameStop trade-in website, which provides live values for everything you can sell to the retailer, most Amiibo will net you $5 in credit or $3 in cash. A few are worth a bit more at $7 or $9, and a few are worth a bit less at $3, but outside a few heavy hitters like Bowser Jr., you won’t get too much.
The gamer, who also posted on Reddit about their trade-in, said they were traveling and in university, making the storage of tons of Amiibo just not feasible. What’s more,had they not put down a $5 pre-order deposit on Donkey Kong, their store credit would have been just $1,100 due to a trade-in promo towards the game.
With the credit they received, they pre-ordered and paid in full the upcoming Switch 2, plus some other unnamed things. A private sale would likely have netted them more, and also cash and not credit, but GameStop was the more alluring option it seems.
So long as they’re happy with their decision, that’s all that matters. But GameStop isn’t beating the trade-in allegations or memes anytime soon, we reckon.
