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EB Games, Games, Gamestop, Nintendo, Stupidity, Technology, Video Games, Wii
Rumor has it that in order to reserve a Nintendo Wii at an EB Games or Gamestop, the $50 deposit must be made by trading in games. In other words, no cash, credit, or even store credit is to be accepted. But if you bring in old games that you probably spent more than the $250 Wii price tag to buy originally, you can pay for part of that $250 price tag and reserve a system to pick up on November 19.
Or just go somewhere else and keep your old games (assuming you have any).
Let’s count the days until the person who thought this up gets fired, assuming it prooves true. Likely they leaked a test balloon to see how folks would react, then go from there.
Not in Order 
Ah, except that this is what EB Games and GameStop does every time a system comes out and it does not mean that you can’t put a deposit down using some other form of payment. These are stores whose main function is the trading, buying, and selling of games that gamers have tired of and so it makes perfect sense that they just try to get people to trade their “old” stuff in for the new stuff. Perhaps the people starting these kinds of rumors would do well to look at what these stores have done in the past before jumping off the high dive and splattering into whatever is there, but it’s not going to be water!
Well, this is the very first time I’ve bought a video game system on its launch day. So I’ve never seen how these shops handle the trade-in market they are so desparate to corner (have cornered?).
Still, it’s a pretty stupid idea, I think, even if it’s not the only way to reserve a system. If I know I’m not going to keep the game, why not just rent it, finish it, and pay less than buying it? Then again, I also don’t buy every game that’s released like the intense gamers do, so it would never be worth my while to turn in games.
I believe that this might be true……i don’t exactly know yet but i plan on reserving a Wii sometime later on this month or next month but the $50 deposit is required to actually reserve it?……That really doesn’t make any sense to me…..i’ll update with more when i actually do go to EB and reserve a Wii….