This is all the TOS they have currently.
Some websites have expounded on the details
Bring Whatever, Get Store Credit! Some Questions Asked!: Exclusions include - Hazardous waste or material, chemicals, liquids. Lithium ion batteries or items containing lithium ion batteries. Weapons and ammo. Dead or alive animals (Taxidermy items are valid for trade). Alcohol, Tobacco, drugs or pharmaceuticals (legal or not). Computers (such as desktops, laptops, notebooks, all-in-ones, minis, workstations, e-readers, tablets, thin clients, smart displays, virtual reality headsets with built-in processor, interactive flat panel displays with built-in processor) excluding certain MacBooks GameStop normally accepts in trade. Computer peripherals intended for use with a computer and weighing less than 100 pounds (monitors, keyboards/keypads, mice/pointing devices, external hard drives (excluding those normally accepted in trade), facsimile machines, document scanners, printers, 3D printers, label printers, digital picture frames. Small electronic equipment (portable digital music players, VCRs, DVD players, DVRs, digital converter boxes, cable or satellite receivers, projectors including those with DVD player capability). Small scale servers. Televisions. Gift cards and other currency (foreign or domestic). Jewelry. Sexual and explicit items. Items resembling body parts. Items MUST fit in our 20x20x20 measuring box. Terms and conditions of promotion are subject to change. GameStop employees have the discretion to reject any item.
https://www.gamestop.com/trade
Community Reviews
GameStop's trade-anything promotion is framed as a quirky way to unload odd items, including collectibles and even taxidermy, but the practical value looks very limited. The posted rules and memo point to a $5 maximum trade value per item, a limit of one item per store, and the option to hit multiple stores with different donated items. Exclusions appear broad, with VR headsets, DVD players, and much of the usual electronic clutter left out, while actual DVDs still qualify. It reads more like a donation drive with small store credit than a broad trade-in event.
Collectors with oddball items like taxidermy or preserved specimens, because those items are explicitly allowed.
Shoppers with multiple nearby stores and different small items, because the promotion can be repeated once per store with separate items.
People clearing out actual DVDs, because DVD players are excluded while the discs themselves are still accepted.
Owners of common electronics like MP3 players or DVD players, because those items are already excluded from the promotion.
People hoping to trade a valuable item for meaningful credit, because the maximum trade value can be capped at $5 per item.
Shoppers expecting a broad anything-goes trade event, because the exclusions leave only items GameStop already takes on normal days.
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Please do not take this literally.
Please do not take this literally.
Maybe funko pops are now allowed?
Maybe funko pops are now allowed?
Collectibles are allowed as are preserved squirrels
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Crack pipes would be allowed
But pleasuring devices are not.
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Most Gamestops are by restaurants/food courts
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