[Switch] Animal Crossing or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Exp) - $29 When Trading 2 Games (XB1, PS4, Switch - List Inside) @ EB Games

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jupy on 19/02/2020 - 20:02 files.ozbargain.com.au (4071 clicks)
Last edited 25/03/2020 - 18:46 by 2 other users

I've spent a long while creating a spreadsheet from photos I saw in a Facebook group of the current games that are eligible for these deals. Full list of games on the first sheet, with individual sheets for each platform (XB1, PS4, Switch)

Enjoy.

Following is from the email sent this morning from EB:

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS TRADE OFFER: EB Trade policy applies. Eligible trades require minimum trade value of $15 per game. Must be in resalable condition. Not to be combined with any other offers. Strictly while stocks last. Limited time only. Trade offer ends 26/03/2020. See staff for details.

POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON RESCUE TEAM DX TRADE OFFER: EB Trade policy applies. Eligible trades require minimum trade value of $15 per game. Must be in resalable condition. Not to be combined with any other offers. Strictly while stocks last. Limited time only. Trade offer ends 12/03/2020. See staff for details.

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  MBix on 19/02/2020 - 20:06

  +29

  Upvoted for the effort in the Spreadsheet alone!

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    jupy on 19/02/2020 - 20:34

    +7

    Thanks mate, boring Wednesday Work-day

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  [Deactivated] on 19/02/2020 - 20:12

  +9

  I don't think much of the deal but+ for the massive effort and saving me from having to do the donkey work myself.

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  typhoonadventure on 19/02/2020 - 20:22

  +6

  So apart from GTAV, every game in there sells for WAY more than the trade in value, heavily.

  Talk about a very one sided deal :(

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    jupy on 19/02/2020 - 20:25

    +11

    Good for all those games you might have a physical copy of that are now on Game Pass. I was disappointed to not see Kingdom Hearts 3 included this time around.

    Also, keep in mind you can take advantage of the No Ragrets policy. Really depends on what value they assign as the "Trade-In" value on your receipt though…

    edit: well, that was the quickest neg of my life…. care to elaborate?

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      Frayin on 19/02/2020 - 20:48

      +2

      Xbox haters maybe? Was a relatively neutral statement with a lot of sense behind it. Take my +.

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      skrot on 19/02/2020 - 21:06

      +4

      Careful with assuming that Xbox game pass is a replacement for games you own physical versions of. Just about as many games leave as are added.

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        jupy on 19/02/2020 - 21:30

        +2

        And if that happens, you can take advantage of the No Regrets policy. Full Terms & Conditions here, doesn't seem to have a maximum amount of time where the price would expire. Granted, the condition of the game you get back will more than likely be far less than what you initially traded, but them's the breaks I guess.

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          skrot on 19/02/2020 - 21:45

          @jupy: Good point!

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          typhoonadventure on 19/02/2020 - 22:03

          @jupy: I can certify this, I run a trade group in adelaide that has many eb managers and staff in it as well as a lot of us that take advantage of trade in deals.

          Not only are they looking rocky as hell like they might not survive the year, you gotta be damn lucky to get them having the item in stock again.

          Perfect example is anyone who traded in a ps3, wii or xbox 360 game recently.

          Why? because they no longer stock them, once they get rid of what they have, they don't get them again, and a lot of their stock left is ex rental crap they got from bulk buyups, as are a lot of their ps4 and xbox one stock.

          There is a documentary that just came out as well called not for Resale that covers digital and physical games, it covers in there really well how bad digital can be.

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    eagerfisherman on 20/02/2020 - 12:24

    +5

    It's for convenience. I make use of these deals regularly.

    I'm well aware of the "profit" I'm giving up, I do so because I can't be stuffed selling privately. A lot of the time it really isn't that big a difference when you actually factor in all costs and time of private selling.

    Unless you can stomach GumTree, which if you do face to face sales, can come out a lot better.

    All profit comes at your own level of care. If you can't be (profanity) with GumTree, you lose 12.5% to eBay/Paypal and maybe another $8-10 with "free" postage that is basically a requirement, so don't forget to knock that off the face value of private sales.

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      typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 12:33

      -4

      Profit? you are looking at it wrong, it's a loss.

      Let's pick a game at random off that list, ignoring GTA as it seems to be the only one on the list they're going fair on.

      Modern freaking warfare is on there, a game that is still selling for $88 for a preowned copy without a cover at eb used, between sales atm they're puttting copies of that at 99.

      They offer you a level 0 trade of $22 on it and a level 4 trade somewhere around the $35 mark.
      But that's store credit, so lets assume you bought it used, looked after it and it was excellent condition, you
      are still going to lose $60 on it, and it's one of the titles they are paying a higher amount on.

      JB's current trade in value on it is an amazing $18 store credit…

      When we encourage people sell their game to retain some of the value we'd never recommend feebay, pretty much everything is against you there, as you highlighted, they double dip on fees, paypal charge you fees and you are pretty much expected to give free postage and worst of all, free no fault returns, part of why I hate selling on there these days, you have active d-bags on there where its common to buy a sealed game, get it, claim the shrink wrap was redone, or torn or the disc was lose, ebay will still encourage you to give them a 30-50% discount refund or a complete refund where you pay post and all fees.

      I collect limited print games and ebay is one of the best selling places for them, until you account for all of the above and the risk and fees just become too high, selling off your no longer played videogames on there is just as bad as trading into eb/jb, don't do it.

      Not to mention how easy it is to fake sales there and fix pricing.

      Sell on gumtree or fb market place, make it clear you don't do phone calls and that deals are arranged before hand and that the price is fixed and that you won't deliver or do meetups, they can't come into your house to play the game.

      They rock up, you come out, you show them the disc, they hand you money, done, none of this I only bought this much money with me (oh, thats too bad, got bank transfer? or there is an atm round the corner) trick, or trying to renegotiate on the spot is met with sorry mate, we're out of time have a nice night.

      What would scare people is if they add up from gaming that even if you only come out 10-20% better than trading in, you are still going to be thousands of dollars ahead every year than trading in for peanuts, on a game you are likely to do the same thing with later on…

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        eagerfisherman on 20/02/2020 - 15:24

        +6

        I mean I appreciate the effort man but none of that is really relevant to my point about convenience? But anyway…

        What EB sells it for is entirely irrelevant, that's their choice. All you can compare the trade-in value against is actual market value, there is no relevance to you at all what EB's price is.

        If you can't sell it at $88, that's because you don't have a nation wide franchise with mass market appeal. That sucks to be you but it really isn't their concern. You can sell it for the market value of $45-60, so no you don't lose $60. You lose $10-25 against your trade-in value of $35.

        I'll pick a game not at random but researched to make the best use of this deal for me, which is how you get a good deal.

        Lego Worlds on Switch will sell for $30-35 with free postage on any market you care to check. Factor in all costs, my take home would be $20-25 tops if I don't get a (profanity) who wants to scam me or waste my time. You list "none of this scammy shit" but dude, I don't want do deal with the scammy shit ever again, it doesn't matter what you say or list, the dicks show up all the same. Yeah I can walk away but (profanity) that jazz, it ain't for me. It's postage or nothing, I don't consider any other avenue acceptable, so the cost of postage is always factored in to my values.

        So for me:

        Trading it towards this deal, the value of it at EB will be $20, (AC actually sells for $69, not $79@EB, they will charge me $29 with deal…so I'm really saving $40 or $20 per game).

        Now I got Lego Worlds second hand already and I paid…~$30. Value hasn't changed much.

        So I got to play it and now EB, for absolutely ZERO hassle, will give me $20..basically my take home market value anyway.

        Rinse repeat the above with Lego City Worlds, the other title I own that also works out with the above, except my take home would be a few bucks higher on a good day.

        To me, that's just fine, I value my convenience quite highly. You know what else, EB actually has a list generous enough to include these average games that really will tank in price as time goes on and leave them with unsold stock. Go look at JB's inclusion list.

        They cop a lot of flack but this can be a very useful service and it will be a sad day when it disappears. I have used it many times. Am I gonna trade-in my Modern Warfare? No I'm not. But that doesn't make the entire deal or the entire concept of trade-ins bad. EB can't think about what Modern Warfare is worth today, it may sit on the shelf for months and months, by that time maybe the market value tanks to $19…like say, God of War did. Now what do you want them to do with all the stock they traded-in at $50, $40, $30?

        It's a business, they don't exist for one private sale, they need to consider the overall loss to their long term profits. That means, you get a trade-in value that factors in that A LOT of their stock will never sell.

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          typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 15:29

          -4

          @eagerfisherman: You lost me at the start and then kind of went off on a tangent that had nothing to do with the point being made.

          Even if you FIRE SOLD meaning chucking the game out at a ridiculous first in best dressed price on marketplace or gumtree to avoid the bs, you are still with taking a hit that way going to come out better than retail trade in prices…

          The other direction you went off in… yes we understand how retail works, and them taking advantage of people to give rock bottom prices to cover stock that will never sell. This is why a LOT of us love their clearance sales and when they send dump stock to auction meaning we get cheap games.

          Still stands to the original point being made that apart from really rare circumstances you will always be worse off financially trading in, if you want to pay a convenience fee go for it, but when you start talking about trying to make profit off used games when we are talking about cutting losses… you lost us there.

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            eagerfisherman on 20/02/2020 - 15:43

            +3

            @typhoonadventure: What on Earth are you talking about? I literally gave you an example where EB's trade-in value IS EQUAL to just the normal price in the current market, who needs a fire sale. Call it "rare" if you want but you can do the same thing with Just Dance 2018, 2019 and Fifa 19…some rather common games people own they might like to get rid of conveniently, losing $0-5 vs selling it privately.

            Well it appeared you didn't because if you know how retail works, why complain about it as if it's news? I mean no shit it's bias towards them…that's the entire point. For them to make a profit by offering you convenience. That was the simple statement I made in my original post, which you wanted to throw some random shit at me about.

            So I replied to your tangent with a tangent, showing that hey, you can actually leverage the deal to where it is comparable to selling privately. It isn't always bad.

            But that's cool, you can ignore easily researchable data and you can continue not leveraging any trade-in deal to your benefit.

            Yes I do want to pay a convenience fee, that's my entire point from the start man. See how my first post, it literally starts with the words "It's for convenience". That's because I'm aware and use the service for convenience. See how many second post starts with "I mean I appreciate the effort man but none of that is really relevant to my point about convenience", that's also a clue that I'm aware it's a convenience fee.

            Have a nice day man, I think I actually wasted more time doing this than privately selling my games, so eggs on my face ;)

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              typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 15:52

              -4

              @eagerfisherman: Welcome to ozbargain where a lot of people research to get the best deal… and there are alot of people who can provide you insider information on companies such as EB.

              Here's a hint… your "re-searchable market data" is way off, and it's easy to work out their formula's…

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                eagerfisherman on 20/02/2020 - 16:24

                +2

                @typhoonadventure: Lol now you're just being ridiculous, I'm fairly certain you are not reading my posts or you can't comprehend them.

                My research is literally looking up what the games regularly sell for on eBay, list for on GumTree and what they list for and what comment activity they get on Facebook.

                As I said, I don't care in the slightest what EB's formula is. It is irrelevant to me.

                I care about two values. What EB will give me, what the private market will give me.

                If the difference is within an acceptable CONVENIENCE fee that I'm willing to lose, to not deal with private sale bullshit. I will choose EB.

                I don't need to go in to the Illuminati of the OzBargain community to work this out. It is not way off.

                Here you go: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/hillsdale/video-games/lego-c…

                I can actually grab it now for $20 or you know, sell it with postage and ebay fees included for $35, meaning a take home of…$21-22: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LEGO-City-Undercover-Switch-2017…

                OH THE HORROR of trading it in at EB for similar value. How will I sleep knowing I could have made $1-2 more dollars for a lot more effort.

                Oh man this HOT 3 WEEK OLD UNSOLD (in Sydney mind you, nice big customer pool) listing of Just Dance 2018 for $30 is JUST SO MUCH BETTER than trading it in for a value of $20: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1263861227135879 I wonder if the actual market value might be closer to $20…since no one is that keen to buy it at $30.

                Please enlighten me with your secret seller knowledge.

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                  typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 16:50

                  -6

                  @eagerfisherman: You made the mistake of using ebay as a reference… see how well that goes for you on gumtree/marketplace.

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                    jupy on 20/02/2020 - 17:10

                    +2

                    @typhoonadventure: can't view sold items on gumtree/facebook though. not sure why you keep negging eagerfisherman either

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                      typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 17:57

                      -6

                      @jupy: He goes off on tangents then has a go at people "not reading his posts" is a straight up insult, he's pretty much been going you don't agree with me therefore you are wrong.

                      That's a pretty negative attitude.

                      The point being made and proved earlier was firesaling an item will get you less of a loss than trading it in by a considerable margin. Going on about profits etc and him cherry picking ebay and marketplace / gumtree posts etc….

                      Been running a trade group a long time, there is a lot more in it than that and this guy has just been again trying to cherry pick things to backup his story.

                      Apart from GTAV in pretty much all of the situations in that trade post you are going to end up taking a hefty convenience loss for a trade in, that's a fact.

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                    eagerfisherman on 20/02/2020 - 17:29

                    +3

                    @typhoonadventure: Literally posted you a GumTree link even cheaper than eBay and a FaceBook link in the same post…

                    Now you really do lack any basic comprehension skills or you're being a troll.

                    EIther way, I'm really done now, you can have the last word if you wish.

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  reptilescorpio on 19/02/2020 - 20:43

  +3

  Awesome job on the spreadsheet!

  Sucks to see how these deals went so unfavorable so quickly, hard to justify when you are so close to Amazon price anyway in most cases.

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  Jackson on 19/02/2020 - 21:10

  I thought this was a deal until I realised that I can't give them 2 copies if anthem or FIFA 15

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    silverrat23 on 19/02/2020 - 21:21

    Those kinds of deals are long gone. Last time we had something decent was 10 or so years ago, with "exclusion" lists instead of inclusion.

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      jupy on 19/02/2020 - 21:34

      +1

      Tossing a few copies of trash games in was around for this deal, as well as another in the month of December. I bought a copy of FIFA 17 (?) to trade in towards it for 2 bucks.

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        Vinodra on 19/02/2020 - 21:37

        Was just about to mention that, also bought 2 copies of fifa 14 from them for $2 each and traded them straight back.

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      typhoonadventure on 20/02/2020 - 15:54

      I always find it hilarious where they issue inclusion lists where they feature games that have not even been released yet and if they were would be worth more than the trade in target.

      I remember for ages even after it was cancelled JB were still telling people they wanted them to trade in their copies of :

      Overkill's the walking dead for ps4/xb1
      Dying light 2 for ps4/xb1
      Final Fantasy VII Remake (before it was announced just to be part 1).

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  ONEMariachi on 19/02/2020 - 21:42

  +2

  Check the trade in value of your games before doing this. Last time I did a trade in, my games ended up being worth $61(lv4 included)- price matched the game to JBHIFI for $69. So paid $8 instead of $29.

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    jupy on 19/02/2020 - 21:45

    +2

    I was reading earlier today that JB actually have an option to Trade-In too. Link here, and they even have an alternative "Free When You Trade" scheme. Current list of games that are counted for that here

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      ONEMariachi on 19/02/2020 - 21:47

      Oh awesome. Yeah I always saw preowned stuff there but never really thought to look into it. I usually use EB becuase of the 10 day return policy, but honestly, getting sick of the rat shit service. Kinda getting ready to just boycott them entirely. Also, that shopify link isn't working for me?

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        jupy on 19/02/2020 - 21:49

        There's a whole Facebook page dedicated to the crap service, and the way they handle things. I've actually been banned from the EB Facebook page for a few years now, for calling them out publicly on the way they treat "new" games, primarily via their site. Don't even get me started :P

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          ONEMariachi on 19/02/2020 - 21:52

          @jupy: My situation was my Ps4 controller thumbstick has shat itself. Controller I bought with a Pro about 14 months ago. Getting the constant swing to the left fault they get. Refusing to replace it because it is longer than 12 months. Was infuriating. Dude pretty refused to even talk to me, just told me to leave and call customer care. New arsehole store manager that got moved there from one of the stores that was closed down. I'll have to wait for the normal guy I've been going to for a decade to help me out.

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            Stocktake on 20/02/2020 - 00:38

            +2

            @ONEMariachi: He is right it's out of warranty , they can't help you. It's crazy that people feel so entitled.

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              ONEMariachi on 21/02/2020 - 08:11

              -1

              @Stocktake: You're high if you think a controller should only last 12 months. It was legit 2 months past that.

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      ShadowStealer7 on 20/02/2020 - 04:00

      So nice of JB Hi Fi to let me trade in my Last of Us 2 and Halo Infinite months before release

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      Associatedtheknight27 @ EB Games Australia on 20/02/2020 - 11:34

      How does that Free When You Trade list work? Is it both the games they want 2 of and the games you get?

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        jupy on 20/02/2020 - 12:41

        to be quite honest with you, I have no idea. I found that page for the first time yesterday. I would assume that list is games that you can trade TOWARDS. Additional information can be found here

        Keep in mind: We only trade in games towards other product in store – we do not trade in for cash. Further to this our NSW, ACT and WA stores do not trade in towards any form of store credit (Gift Vouchers or otherwise).

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  freoleo on 19/02/2020 - 22:15

  +1

  Seems a pretty average deal, you have to find two games that have a value of less than $35 otherwise you can just sell your games and shop elsewhere for discount.

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  KnowingNothing on 19/02/2020 - 22:31

  +1 for the effort of course. Unfortunately the deal is a bit rough around the edges.

  I've got about 20 games still in the wrap and none of them seem eligible. Used to own a copy of Wwe 2k18, can be had for $10 if you can find it click and collect or $13 through Catch.

  Otherwise I don't see much value elsewhere, would definitely get more value trading straight up probably.

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  Ashmattic on 20/02/2020 - 09:09

  Hi OP, what's the name of the FB group? Cheers!

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    jupy on 20/02/2020 - 09:58

    It's an Animal Crossing group. I'm a big fan of the series.

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  Blade Knight on 21/02/2020 - 13:28

  You're a legend!
  Also not sure if it's changed since three weeks ago (I hope not!) but Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Far Cry: New Dawn (X1) were both eligible.

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    jupy on 21/02/2020 - 17:00

    +1

    This is a complete list, taken from EB's printed eligible titles. They've removed a bunch of old titles that were eligible. Used to be 700+.

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      wekimekigugudan on 23/02/2020 - 00:54

      +1

      WWE 2K18 for XBO/PS4 in the spreadsheet is a mistake? the eligible games list on FB group shows WWE 2K20 XBO/PS4.

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        jupy on 23/02/2020 - 15:23

        +1

        Yep, you're right. I'll sort that out now. Cheers

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          Blade Knight on 24/02/2020 - 21:28

          @jupy: Sorry for the late response, I was expecting to receive an email if I received a reply, but I did not.
          Massive shame about those two not being able to be traded in though. Have them both still sealed from a few months ago.

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            jupy on 24/02/2020 - 21:55

            +1

            @Blade Knight: I'd still give em a call and see. I'm just the messenger, always worth a shot trying anyway.

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              Blade Knight on 24/02/2020 - 21:56

              @jupy: Thanks mate, might do. I'll let ya know via a reply if I do :)

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              Blade Knight on 25/02/2020 - 13:13

              @jupy: Alright just gave em a ring, Assassins Creed Odyssey works with the offer as it's worth $16, however Far Cry New Dawn won't as it's worth $14, and the minimum base value required is $15.

              In saying that though, with eb world bonus trade credit Far Cry will still trade in for a nice value.

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  jupy on 21/02/2020 - 17:02

  Made it to Press-Start

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    beyondtool on 22/02/2020 - 18:01

    It’s did indeed, shame it’s still a shit deal.

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  HeyHeyHeyIsItADeal on 27/02/2020 - 01:16

  Can I trade my switch games without my boxes? I have like carnival games and splatoon 2 without the boxes. Lost it like a child while moving, goddamit.

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    cortex21 on 27/02/2020 - 16:47

    +1

    You can but you will lose like $2-3 refurbish fee per game.