Amazon Video Game Trade-In - Make Money from Amazon!
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Begins 4/26/09 (Sunday).
1. Best Buy will be selling Xbox 360/PS3 games for $9.99
2. A few of the games have a higher trade-in value at Amazon.
3. You can buy the games new from Best Buy, then send them to Amazon as used trade-ins for profit.
4. Amazon is running a $10 bonus to be used in Amazon Game Stores for any 3 trade-ins (Exp. 5/2/09). At least $10 of the profit must be used in the game store, the rest of the profit will be added to an Amazon gift card if you send in games purchased from Best Buy. Some may not like the gift card idea, or having to use the extra $10 in the game store. Works out well for those who buy games from them though. (Thanks Franchise1)
Games on Sale for $10:
PS3
Blitz the League II
Bolt
Bourne Conspiracy
Clive Barker’s Jericho
Disney Singit w/mics
Enemy Territory: Quake
Ferrari Challenge
Fracture
Guitar Hero 3
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Hail to the Chimp
Hellboy Science of Evil
Lost Planet Extr Cond
MLB 08 The Show
NBA Ballers Chosen One
NFL Head Coach 09
NFL Tour
Overlord: Raising Hell
Pure
Rock Revolution
Rockband
Singstar ABBA
Singstar Vol2
Soul Caliber 4
TNA Impact
Quantum of Solace
360
Alone in the Dark
Blitz the League 2
Bolt
Bourne Conspiracy
Clive Barker’s Jericho
Command & Conquer: Kane
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Devil May Cry 4
Disney Sing it w/mics
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Fracture
Golden Compass
Hellboy Science of Evil
Infinite Undiscovery
NBA Ballers Chosen One
NFL Head Coach 09
NFL Tour
NHL 2k9
Operation Darkness
Pure
Quantum of Solace
Ratatouille
Rock Revolution
Silent Hill Homecoming
SoF: Payback
Soul Calibur 4
Spiderwick Chronicles
Supreme Commander
TNA Impact
Too Human
Turning Point FoL
Turok
Uni at War: Earth as
Unreal Tournie 3
Wall-E
Warhammer Battle March
WWE 2008 Smackdown vs Raw
Wii
Battle of the Bands
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Naked Bros Band w/ mic
Petz Crazy Monkeyz
Popstar Guitar
Rubik’s World
Samba de Amigo
Tales of Desperaux
PS2
Bolt
Dancing w/ Stars bundle
Disney’s sing it w/ mics
Disney’s High School Musical (?)
Golden Compass
High School Musical 3
Monster Lab
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Naked Bros Band w/ mic
Shrek’s carnival craze
Singstar Country bundle
Think Fast w/ controllers
NDS
Cheetah Girls: Passport
Disney: Cory in the House
Energy Dance Squad
Energy Gym Rockets
Igor
Imagine Ballet Star
Imagine Movie Star
Imagine Rock Star
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
My Fashion Studio
Naked Bros Band
Neopets
Ninja Gaiden: DS
Ninja Reflex
Petz Rescue Endangered
Prince of Persia
Quantum of Solace
Rock Revolution
Tales of Desperaux
Tecmo Bowl
Ultimate Band
WWE 2009 Smack
*Only Pure (Xbox360/PS3), Infinite Discovery (Xbox360) and Soul Calibur IV (PS3) have higher trade-values than the cost at Best Buy.*
If you can’t find one of these titles and need a filler for the 3 game trade-in bonus, the best 2 I could find were Soul Calibur (Xbox360) and Bolt (Xbox360).
As of 4/23/09, Amazon trade-in value for:
Pure = $19.50 (Xbox 360) / $17.50 (PS3)
Soul Calibur 4 = $10.75 (Xbox 360 -no profit after tax, possible filler) / $13.00 (PS3)
Infinite Discovery = $14.00 (Xbox 360 only)
Disney’s Bolt(Xbox360) = $7.50 (possible filler for $10 bonus)
*Amazon may change their trade-in value soon, so you may want to print your trade-in tickets right now to get the current trade-in values! You have up to 7 days to mail the games, so you could print the ticket now, buy the games starting Sunday, then mail. Printing the ticket now also qualifies you for the $10 bonus.*
If you have the overhead and want to get in on the deal ahead of time, you can go and purchase the games now, print the trade-in ticket for those items, then get them price adjusted at Best Buy starting Sunday before mailing.
You can search for the current trade-in prices. There may be other fillers out there. Here is the link to the trade-in info.
Link to the $10 bonus details. (1 per household)
I do not see anywhere where it states you cannot trade in 3 of the same title. I did not notice a maximum amount of titles to send either, so you may be able to send 10+ copies of one game and make profit.
There are a few 3 (or more) combinations that can be put together to make a profit while getting in on the $10 bonus . The maximum profit available on 3 games would be to buy 3 copies of Pure for Xbox 360 @ $9.99 each. If you send 6 copies, you would not be eligible for another $10,bonus GC, but you would still be able to make $9.50 (minus tax) profit on each additional copy.
Cost at Best Buy (Starting 4/26/09)
Pure (Xbox360) = 3 x $9.99 + tax(varies) = less than $33.00 for most
Amazon Trade-In Value
Pure (Xbox360) = 3 x $19.50 = 58.50
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3 Game Amazon Trade-In Promo = $10.00
($58.50 - 33.00 = $25.50 profit (Amazon GC) + $10 (Amazon GC - game store only)
Totals = $35.50 profit in Amazon gift cards.
Another combo, in case you worry about sending 3 copies of the same game.
Cost at Best Buy (Starting 4/26/09)
(Pure (Xbox360) = $9.99) + (Soul Calibur IV(PS3) = $9.99) + (Infinite Discovery(Xbox360) = $9.99) + tax =Total of Less than $33.00 for most.
Amazon Trade-In Value
(Pure (Xbox 360) = $19.50) + (Soul Calibur 4(PS3) $13.00) + (Infinite Discovery(Xbox360) = $14.00 = Total Trade-In Value of $46.50
(46.50 - 33.00 = $13.50 (Amazon GC) + $10.00 (Amazon GC - game store only)
Total Profit in Amazon Gift Cards = $23.50
Credit goes to Rumblefish.
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