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Amazon gives gamers another option for used game trade-ins
Opposable Thumbs — In this slumping economy, used games are big business. GameStop makes a good percentage of its revenues from buying and selling games, and recently Toys"R"Us has stepped into the market. The latest entry into the game trade-in business is Amazon.com, offering Amazon gift cards in exchange for your games. The system is simple: you look up how much your games are worth on the site, put together a list of what you want to sell, put that list and a shipping label on a package, send the games within seven days, and the credit will be placed into your account. You can use your credit to buy anything you'd like off Amazon, including ...

Best Buy, Amazon, and Toys R Us Cooperate to Take Down Gamestop
Co-Optimus — Gamestop has long been the undisputed leader of the used game industry.  Untold millions of gamers trade in their old, unwanted games for the latest and greatest, and Gamestop profits.  And profits mightily, to the tune of 8.8 billion (a majority from used sales) in 2008.  It's no surprise, then, that other retailers are anxious to get a piece of the used game market.  In the past few weeks, news has broken that Amazon.com, Toys R Us, and Best Buy are all accepting used games as credit for new purchases.  Now gamers have several more options as far as trading in games is concerned. Personally, I've ...

Amazon Now Offers Credit for Used Games
Wired: Game|Life — Amazon.com, the world's most popular online retailer, has added a used videogame buy back program to its immense selection of standard sales offerings. In return for a pre-determined amount of Amazon credit, the new program asks gamers to look up the value of each of their titles, print off a shipping label from their site, pack the games into a box, and ship the whole thing off to the firm. Once Amazon receives the games and determines that they are in good condition, credit is deposited into your Amazon account. A cursory glance at the amounts being offered seems to put Amazon in line with Electronics Boutique's trade-in program. ...