Comments on: Amazon starts video game trade-in service http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:41:44 -0500 hourly 1 By: Amazon Lightning Deals http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-989714 Amazon Lightning Deals Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:58:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-989714 MP3's, VOD, Game Downloads and now game trade-ins. And the Kindle too - Amazon is really expanding into everything. MP3’s, VOD, Game Downloads and now game trade-ins. And the Kindle too – Amazon is really expanding into everything.

]]> By: martin neal http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-989690 martin neal Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:52:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-989690 Its about time. Its about time.

]]> By: Steve Bonneau http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-989480 Steve Bonneau Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:28:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-989480 To date there hasn't been anyone the size of Amazon to offer this type of service to consumers - I believe Amazon will iterate their offering (as well as other successful buyback sites) to add more benefits and successfully differentiate from Gamestop’s in-store trading. Gamestop has recently said that online trading will fail. This is like Blockbuster saying that Netflix will fail because why would people want to receive new movies in the mail rather than go to their local Blockbuster store – we know how that story played out. Though buyback sites have been around since 1996/97 (with the debut of SecondSpin) this category of ecommerce (consumer to business) has been a sleeping giant. No one with any significant resources to date has offered consumers the type of service that really compels consumers to trade online in the numbers consumers do with online ecommerce or rental of movies through Netflix type services. With Amazon’s entry this sleeping giant ecommerce segment will wake up and challenge stores (who trade) like ecommerce did with brick and mortar for the last 10+ years. Disclosure – Buybak.com provides a buyback software platform as a service for online retailers. To date there hasn’t been anyone the size of Amazon to offer this type of service to consumers – I believe Amazon will iterate their offering (as well as other successful buyback sites) to add more benefits and successfully differentiate from Gamestop’s in-store trading. Gamestop has recently said that online trading will fail. This is like Blockbuster saying that Netflix will fail because why would people want to receive new movies in the mail rather than go to their local Blockbuster store – we know how that story played out.

Though buyback sites have been around since 1996/97 (with the debut of SecondSpin) this category of ecommerce (consumer to business) has been a sleeping giant. No one with any significant resources to date has offered consumers the type of service that really compels consumers to trade online in the numbers consumers do with online ecommerce or rental of movies through Netflix type services. With Amazon’s entry this sleeping giant ecommerce segment will wake up and challenge stores (who trade) like ecommerce did with brick and mortar for the last 10+ years.

Disclosure – Buybak.com provides a buyback software platform as a service for online retailers.

]]> By: Doug Aamoth http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-989257 Doug Aamoth Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:00:10 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-989257 Yeah, how are Amazon's trade-in values compared to GameStop? I haven't been to a GameStop in a while but the last time I was there I remember thinking the trade-in pricing seemed too low. Yeah, how are Amazon’s trade-in values compared to GameStop? I haven’t been to a GameStop in a while but the last time I was there I remember thinking the trade-in pricing seemed too low.

]]> By: Griffon http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-988850 Griffon Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:03:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-988850 Cool, finally a Game Stop buster (who's trade in prices are totally retarded). Cool, finally a Game Stop buster (who’s trade in prices are totally retarded).

]]> By: GeekOSN » Blog Archive » Video Game Trade-In Service Now Offered by Amazon http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-988825 GeekOSN » Blog Archive » Video Game Trade-In Service Now Offered by Amazon Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:54:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-988825 [...] Source: CrunchGear [...] [...] Source: CrunchGear [...]

]]> By: Screen Sleuth http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/comment-page-1/#comment-988818 Screen Sleuth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:25:36 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/05/amazon-starts-video-game-trade-in-service/#comment-988818 Nice idea...i'm sure video game companies are none too thrilled though, seeing how they feel about used games selling at EB and related places. Nice idea…i’m sure video game companies are none too thrilled though, seeing how they feel about used games selling at EB and related places.

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