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Gamestop: Trade in old xbox 360 towards new slim 360

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Wow. Guess I've just had good luck with mine. Occasional disc read errors, but no RROD's.... and it's one of the original HDMI models (pre-die shrink). This deal definitely makes sense if you've had tons of trouble with your 360 Fat.
 
Kromis said:
Off-topic: you are one crazy ass lurker! 🙂

On-topic: So I guess about now most gamestops are out of the new 360s?
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They were out last Friday. I called around and asked different GameStop stores in Metro Atlanta and they all said their next shipment probably won't be until the first week of July.
 
They are sold out in all of the greater Montgomery, AL area with more expected July 9th. If anyone was wanting one, I was told to preorder it, as they will probably only get the amount of preorders.
 
Went to Gamestop this afternoon and they told me NO more preorders. I was really pissed cause I got the Walmart deal to replace my daughters three year old box to trade in.
 
I went in to trade in my spring '06 360 the other at Gamestop for a Slim. My machine has always worked, but I wanted HDMI, a larger HD, and a more reliable machine.

They were out of stock and weren't optimistic about getting any in in the near future. After unplugging my old system (with component/optical connections), I was not crazy about the idea of putting it back in place, which would have necessitated digging around the dusty mess inside my HT cabinet (obviously a much bigger hassle than plugging a single HDMI cable into my receiver).

The clerk/manager was nice enough to let me get the full promotional trade credit on a $250 Jasper Elite Halo 3 ODST/Forza 3 bundle (the 120GB drive is plenty for me, and I use a wired ethernet connection to my system, so it's nearly as good as a Slim). I also got $25 trade-in credit for the copy of Forza 3 that came with my Elite. They also had a used HD transfer cable in stock, which the manager told me I could just buy and return for a full cash refund, which I did. The Elite is now in place and working great with all my original data from my old HD.

The upshot was that once all my trade-in credits were totaled, I paid only $90 out of pocket for the upgrade. Not too shabby! On balance, for my needs, I think this was a better deal than the Slim would have been, so I'm very pleased.
 
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I have one of the original launch Xbox 360's. It is noisy and has a random issue reading games from time to time, but has been reliable. However I was able to get in on a pre-order. I am 5th in queue at my local Gamestop so hopefully they show up soon, as they would not take my old one in on trade until they had stock on hand.
 
If anyone wants to sell me your old HDMI Xbox360 for $100 pm me... forget gamestop. And you don't even have to include a controller!
 
If they are no longer taking in existing XBoxs, then I'm gonna cancel my pre-order. Why buy one from Gamestop if you can get one for free shipping and some states, no tax, off of amazon.com.
 
They won't do the tradein even if you preordered it while the promo was still going on? Ugh F gamestop
 
Does anyone know what the normal trade-in values are for the hardware, for those of us that weren't quick enough to get in on the original deal? I'm still thinking about upgrading and wondering if I should go the ebay route or gamestop to get rid of my old one.
 
Kev said:
They won't do the tradein even if you preordered it while the promo was still going on? Ugh F gamestop
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Seriously this fucking company is a joke. I even asked about this repeatedly when I placed my preorder and was assured it would continue to run and that they had no end date specified for the trade in promo. Now I have to go into the damn store to cancel my preorder, can't even do it over the phone. Did they really expect us all to trade in our old 360's and wait with nothing for 6 weeks while they're slow ass fulfillment takes place? I swear this company is a huge fucking joke and I'm reminded every time I do any business with them (as rare as that is).
 
HarvardAce said:
Does anyone know what the normal trade-in values are for the hardware, for those of us that weren't quick enough to get in on the original deal? I'm still thinking about upgrading and wondering if I should go the ebay route or gamestop to get rid of my old one.
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$50 for the console. I think the other values stay the same, maybe hdd trade in is cut in half also though.
 
HarvardAce said:
Does anyone know what the normal trade-in values are for the hardware, for those of us that weren't quick enough to get in on the original deal? I'm still thinking about upgrading and wondering if I should go the ebay route or gamestop to get rid of my old one.
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I believe my old xbox console rang up originally as $60 or $65 at Gamestop, before they adjusted it for the special trade-in value of $100. I'd assume the peripherals got a similar 50% bonus. The trade-in value at Best Buy was much lower, FYI.

As for everyone upset about placing a pre-order without trading in their system (which never even occurred to me to do), I would note that it was clear that the offer was going to end on July 18th and that the shipments might not come in by then, so you were taking a risk right there. Sure, they ended the program early, which is pretty lame, but if you had really wanted to lock in this deal, you would have traded in the system at the same time. It's the nature of hot deals that sometimes it's first come, first served.

Also, Amazon has the same fulfillment problem, so it's not unique to Gamestop: http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-250G..._1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1277833895&sr=8-1
 
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Oh look at mister Gamestop apologist. I was quoted a guarantee of July 8 for my preorder so that's before that deadline anyway, not to mention the fact that the store had no knowledge of ANY specific end date. Furthermore, if we had any idea on the time frames of their shennanigans we could have taken the consoles in at any point after the preorder for credit; it did not have to be done at the exact ordering moment.

Whatever, I say all the people who got screwed by this get out some complaints to the DMs. If they're going to pull this kind of shit might as well at least make them answer for it.
 
Trust me, this is the first and last time I'll buy anything at Gamestop. The whole process was very messy, and I might get screwed before it's all over too.

To those of you who pre-ordered and had to put a deposit down, I think the early termination of the trade-in program is enough reason for you to demand your deposits back and cancel your orders. As for actually getting them to take your trade-ins at the bonus levels, good luck with that...hope you printed out the offer webpage and are prepared to send a copy to the BBB.
 
I was told by the Gamestop I pre-ordered from that my new 360 is guaranteed to come in on the 9th of July. They also advised me to not do the trade in until then, saying that there would be no problems even after being asked. So the day that my 360 comes in and they try to go back on their offer, there will be hell to pay in the store.
 
Blah, I KNEW they were gonna end up ending this early when I saw how many people were taking advantage of it. Like others, I didn't want to trade mine in right away with no sign of when they might be in stock, and potentially wait weeks without a console. Oh well, bastards.
 
well i called one of the local stores and they said they are still doing the trade in deal and that they expect a shipment in this week. does anyone have the trade in offer page saved or is it cached anywhere?
 
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Could someone explain to me the appeal of this deal? I would totally get it if the 360 Slim were $200 MSRP. At $300 though, you're still paying $170 out-of-pocket (assuming typical trade-in of 360+1 controller+20GB) for a console that basically does the exact same thing that your old one did. Yes, I understand 250GB is a lot more than 20GB, and that the wireless is built-in. (I would *really* understand if you had one of the pre-HDMI 360's.) But personally I'm at around 11GB of storage on my 360, and if I need more than 20GB, then I won't mind using a USB stick. And if the wireless were that big a deal to you, then you'd already have paid $80 for the adapter that they're going to give you $40 for, or you'd have run a network cable to your TV area, so the wireless isn't going to do much for you there either.

And why would anybody trade in an extra controller? It's not like they won't work with the new version... I can see trading in one (as required for the trade-in of the 360), since you'll be getting a new one with the Slim, but why would you trade in an extra Wireless controller for $25 that you're just going to have to buy again for $50? Unless you've got a surplus of controllers just lying around that you're never going to use again?

I know the 360 Slim *should* be more reliable over the long-run (I would be surprised though if there weren't some bugs in the Slim to be worked out). But is it worth $170 out of pocket today to trade in your perfectly good, working 360 for a brand-new one, when you could just wait until your current 360 RROD's and then pay ~$100 for a used Arcade model, where you can just slide in your old HDD and play away without any transfer nonsense?

I'm not trying to crap, but I really feel like maybe I'm missing something obvious here...? I've looked at this deal daily since it was announced, and I still can't figure it out....
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its faster, quiter, cooler, and uses less power. mostly all thanks to a smaller fab process(45nm I beleive)
 
Plus, our old 360 is bound to red ring sometime in the future, it's pretty much guaranteed. So instead of getting $0 when it red rings, we get some $$$ money now for something we will probably buy in the future.
 
yup.

I bought a 100 buck arcade from walmart

tempted to trade in the og 20gb pro for a slim if my local has any left

no reason not to have 2 360's, since I have 2 HDTV's
 
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