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GameStop Stores [Store Locator] is Offering $250 Credit towards the purchase of a Nintendo Switch when you Trade in a Xbox One Slim or PlayStation 4 in full working condition. Thanks YourOnlineHero

Additional Trade In-Offers
  • $100 Credit Towards Nintendo Switch when you trade in Wii U, 3DS XL, or PS Vita
  • $150 Credit Towards Nintendo Switch when you trade in Xbox One Original
  • $300 Credit Towards Nintendo Switch when you trade in Xbox One X or PS4 Pro

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GameStop is offering some fairly good hardware trade in values toward a Nintendo switch from 6/12-6/17, especially for those of you with a 500 GB Xbox One S. Fortnite was also announced and released yesterday on the Switch for those of you that have not been keeping up with E3 news.The GameStop offers are below and link https://www.gamestop.com/trade

GET $100 TOWARD A NEW NINTENDO SWITCH WHEN YOU TRADE A WII U, 3DS XL, OR PS VITA

GET $150 TOWARD A NEW NINTENDO SWITCH WHEN YOU TRADE A XBOX ONE ORIGINAL

GET $250 TOWARD A NEW NINTENDO SWITCH WHEN YOU TRADE A XBOX ONE SLIM OR PS4
(I confirmed that they give you $250 whether it is the 500 GB or 2 TB console)

GET $300 TOWARD A NEW NINTENDO SWITCH WHEN YOU TRADE AN XBOX ONE X OR PS4 PRO


Console trade in requirements- Console, power cord, HDMI cable and controller

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Offer valid 6/12/18 - 6/17/18. Valid toward purchase of any New Switch console. Not valid toward cash trades. Trades must be in full working condition to receive full value. Defective items may be eligible for trade at a lesser value. Trades subject to manager approval. Cannot be combined with any other offer. See store associate for details. No dealers. Offer valid in the United States and Guam only. Void where prohibited. GameStop, Inc. reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the offer for any reason without notice
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Last Edited by Gsharpshooter80 June 16, 2018 at 04:25 PM
SD user "john4769" had success trading in his PS4 for a Switch and then returning it in a separate transaction for credit off a PS4 Pro. Here's the link to his post.

Quote :
First receipt showing 250 trade in credit for the PS4 and purchase of the Switch, ignore my other trade in items.

https://imgur.com/a/J0iYNEc

Second receipt showing return of switch and getting $299 refund and getting PS4 Pro.

https://imgur.com/a/YAfPh7I
SD user Gsharpshooter80 is also reporting similar results with 4 successful attempts.
Here's the link to his post.

Quote :
Hey guys I have done this 4 times so far since my last few posts! I have acquired 3 ps4 pros and 1 switch. I'm giving the switch as a gift to someone. I have gotten extremely lucky because I went onto craigslist and managed to snag 2 xbox one S's with all accessories for $120 each from 2 seperate sellers!

I want to thank the people who said to ask for a gift receipt because that did the trick to get the full $300 + Tax towards a gamestop giftcard to loop hole the promo!!!! Here is how I did it with images below I will only be discussing how I got 1 of the PS4 PRO's:

Step 1: So I walked into GameStop 1 and traded in one of the 2 xbox one S's I acquired from Craigslist for $120 (I should also point out I lost $30 bucks on this one because I didn't notice the controller was partially cracked but still profited regardless) and asked to put it towards a switch, got $220 credit for it and paid $86.89 and acquired the switch (at this point I went home and forgot to ask for a gift receipt so the following day I spoke to a different guy who gave me a gift receipt, more of the gift receipt in Step 2) :

https://imgur.com/cILgSfK

Step 2:
Took the gift receipt with the switch to another gamestop literally 10 minutes away. The guy at this store noticed I purchased the switch today (since gift receipt was printed today instead of yesterday) and said any reason you want to return it? I said this was a gift and I'm more of a playstation guy and he said "oh ok cool so let's see if we can get you that gift card with full credit back".

He tried scanning the bar code but seemed to be having trouble as if the sku wasn't picking up in the system from the switch and from the receipts bar code. So after a few tries the guy I guess refunded me the gift card manually possibly due to the trouble he's having and I got the card with $325.86 full return!! I think he could have been having trouble because the promo code isn't showing with the gift receipt bar code since I didn't give him the original purchase receipt. But as you can see it's a different gamestop from the location printed on the top of the receipt compared to the first image posted and I received full refund back on gift card as you can see from where it say's RETURN on the receipt. I asked to exchange for a ps4 pro instead of this whole card process but the guy said he was all out so I just asked for the gift card at least to walk out with:

https://imgur.com/c6NbNJR

Step 3: Another 10 minutes go by and I'm back to the 1st gamestop and asked the same guy who printed me the gift receipt if he had any ps4 pro's in stock and said he has just a few left and they're selling quick but we just got a shipment in yesterday and don't know if we'll have em later, I kind of hesitated walking back to my car in hopes that he doesn't know I'm scheming but I said F**k it I'm here already and I don't want to lose the chance. Asked the guy for one PS4 Pro and he radioed another guy from the back to bring one up (coincidentally it's the guy who gave me the switch /xbox one S deal the day before). The guy rings it up, I swipe the gift card into the terminal and literally just pay $54.32:

https://imgur.com/HurX9Yg


Soooo in conclusion I paid:
-$120 - Xbox One S from craigslist
-$86.89 - For Nintendo switch difference of remaining balance
-$54.32 - for PS4 Pro differene of remaining balance
Total: $261.21 (My other xbox one S that wasn't damaged fetched me $231.21 for another PS4 PRO)

Hope this helps! Good luck!

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You are correct. A new revision is coming soon. How do I know? Pure speculation
Here's a suggestion. Let go of the past. Sell the controller bro
This seems to be a hard push towards getting rid of Nintendo Switch stock. I wonder if there is indeed a Switch hardware revision coming down the line.

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oyouno
06-16-2018 at 01:32 PM.
06-16-2018 at 01:32 PM.
Quote from doi.onze :
Just did another trade for my OG Xbox One for Switch then went to another store to return it and the guy who was doing the return asked me why I'm returning it, I just told him straight up "I don't want it and I just want the credit" he really looked annoyed since he probably knows I'm just flipping it which is funny since that's how GS operates.
Nice!
returns just hurt their numbers. That's all most of the employees care about because that's what their managers bitch at them about daily.
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pun
06-16-2018 at 01:38 PM.
06-16-2018 at 01:38 PM.
Quote from jmor :
The people at GameStop refused my trade in because I didn't have an hdmi or microusb. Anyone else have that issue?
I forgot to bring my hdmi cable, so they took the new cable from my Nintendo switch.
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oyouno
06-16-2018 at 01:40 PM.
06-16-2018 at 01:40 PM.
Quote from 4daLulz :
Ok this is odd, I traded in a xbox one S and got the $250 towards a Switch and gift receipt. I went to another GameStop which called the original store to cross reference. They rejected my return/upgrade. All good with a spare Switch though.
You have 30 days to return the gift. Try another store or wait a week and return for store credit/gift card. I had to get everything done today because of the PS3 80dollar deal I wanted to take advantage of.
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rdunlap
06-16-2018 at 01:50 PM.
06-16-2018 at 01:50 PM.
Went about an hour ago and completed the trade for the Switch. For some reason they taxed me on the whole $300 and not just the extra $50. Why is this? I'm in CT btw.
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cg618
06-16-2018 at 01:53 PM.
06-16-2018 at 01:53 PM.
Traded-in my S earlier today for a switch. I could've gotten the 1X because the girl was cool with doing the switch exchange for the 1X then and there. I also had a controller with drift issues so I brought it along, 38.16 otd. I got substantially more in trade-in value than I paid for my 1s, if this ain't slick I really don't know what is. Thanks!

Now to wait on a good 1X deal to replace my S
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Barbados82
06-16-2018 at 02:03 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:03 PM.
Quote from oyouno :
You must not have a gift receipt. without gift receipt its YMMV if they will process the return.

I told the guy I was trading in PS4 for Switch. He warned before doing anything that all sales were final because of people immediately trading in the Switch for credit. I didn't even tell him I was gonna try to get the PS4 Pro.
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DaConfusion
06-16-2018 at 02:11 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:11 PM.
Traded in old working PS4 and 1tb xbox one s. On the same ticket I purchased two switch consoles which then allowed their system to do 250 trade credit for each console I was trading.

Over the phone, when they tried trading ps4 and xbox one s for one switch only one console came up for 250 and the other just received a trade bonus (I forget the percentage).

I will just sell the switch units hopefully fast.
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slickdealer31
06-16-2018 at 02:20 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:20 PM.
Do they tax on the full $299.99 price or after discount from the trade-in of the other systems?
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rdunlap
06-16-2018 at 02:34 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:34 PM.
Quote from slickdealer31 :
Do they tax on the full $299.99 price or after discount from the trade-in of the other systems?

I was taxed on the whole $299.99 (CT) so it came to $69 and change for the Switch.
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BallerWithADream
06-16-2018 at 02:52 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:52 PM.
Quote from 4daLulz :
Power and HDMI cables are required for the console trades. Micro USB shouldn't be required.

They required a micro usb for my PlayStation since controller has built in battery he said you have to so that dampened my deal a little
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oyouno
06-16-2018 at 02:53 PM.
06-16-2018 at 02:53 PM.
Quote from slickdealer31 :
Do they tax on the full $299.99 price or after discount from the trade-in of the other systems?
I was only taxed on the amount paid for the switch after the trade ins.

299
-250 PS4
-20 dualshock3
-20 dualshock4
= 9.99

so my total was 9.99+tax = 10.70 for the switch. or something like that
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rcvscoupons
06-16-2018 at 03:06 PM.
06-16-2018 at 03:06 PM.
Quote from 4daLulz :
Power and HDMI cables are required for the console trades. Micro USB shouldn't be required.

Are controllers required or can you also get credit for it
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usb7
06-16-2018 at 03:33 PM.
06-16-2018 at 03:33 PM.
Quote from oyouno :
I was only taxed on the amount paid for the switch after the trade ins.

299
-250 PS4
-20 dualshock3
-20 dualshock4
= 9.99

so my total was 9.99+tax = 10.70 for the switch. or something like that
and what state are you in?
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devious20000
06-16-2018 at 03:38 PM.
06-16-2018 at 03:38 PM.
i thought i was screwed when they said they can't accept the gift receipt because they needed to see how the switch was paid, so i went to the car and took a pic of the receipt, prentended that my wife texted me, and after that smooth sailing l, traded an old ps3 for credit for $80 minus $12 refurb fee, and that left $17.10 credit, and the rep just gave me cash back. i actually have a ps4 pro already so i will sell that on craigslist or offer up, originally traded an xbox one s and paid the rest of the switch with store credit.
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06-16-2018 at 03:38 PM.
06-16-2018 at 03:38 PM.
Hey guys I have done this 4 times so far since my last few posts! I have acquired 3 ps4 pros and 1 switch. I'm giving the switch as a gift to someone. I have gotten extremely lucky because I went onto craigslist and managed to snag 2 xbox one S's with all accessories for $120 each from 2 seperate sellers!

I want to thank the people who said to ask for a gift receipt because that did the trick to get the full $300 + Tax towards a gamestop giftcard to loop hole the promo!!!! Here is how I did it with images below I will only be discussing how I got 1 of the PS4 PRO's:

Step 1: So I walked into GameStop 1 and traded in one of the 2 xbox one S's I acquired from Craigslist for $120 (I should also point out I lost $30 bucks on this one because I didn't notice the controller was partially cracked but still profited regardless) and asked to put it towards a switch, got $220 credit for it and paid $86.89 and acquired the switch (at this point I went home and forgot to ask for a gift receipt so the following day I spoke to a different guy who gave me a gift receipt, more of the gift receipt in Step 2) :

https://imgur.com/cILgSfK

Step 2:
Took the gift receipt with the switch to another gamestop literally 10 minutes away. The guy at this store noticed I purchased the switch today (since gift receipt was printed today instead of yesterday) and said any reason you want to return it? I said this was a gift and I'm more of a playstation guy and he said "oh ok cool so let's see if we can get you that gift card with full credit back".

He tried scanning the bar code but seemed to be having trouble as if the sku wasn't picking up in the system from the switch and from the receipts bar code. So after a few tries the guy I guess refunded me the gift card manually possibly due to the trouble he's having and I got the card with $325.86 full return!! I think he could have been having trouble because the promo code isn't showing with the gift receipt bar code since I didn't give him the original purchase receipt. But as you can see it's a different gamestop from the location printed on the top of the receipt compared to the first image posted and I received full refund back on gift card as you can see from where it say's RETURN on the receipt. I asked to exchange for a ps4 pro instead of this whole card process but the guy said he was all out so I just asked for the gift card at least to walk out with:

https://imgur.com/c6NbNJR

Step 3: Another 10 minutes go by and I'm back to the 1st gamestop and asked the same guy who printed me the gift receipt if he had any ps4 pro's in stock and said he has just a few left and they're selling quick but we just got a shipment in yesterday and don't know if we'll have em later, I kind of hesitated walking back to my car in hopes that he doesn't know I'm scheming but I said F**k it I'm here already and I don't want to lose the chance. Asked the guy for one PS4 Pro and he radioed another guy from the back to bring one up (coincidentally it's the guy who gave me the switch /xbox one S deal the day before). The guy rings it up, I swipe the gift card into the terminal and literally just pay $54.32:

https://imgur.com/HurX9Yg


Soooo in conclusion I paid:
-$120 - Xbox One S from craigslist
-$86.89 - For Nintendo switch difference of remaining balance
-$54.32 - for PS4 Pro differene of remaining balance
Total: $261.21 (My other xbox one S that wasn't damaged fetched me $231.21 for another PS4 PRO)

Hope this helps! Good luck!
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