Students trade-in computer games at GameStop; when they go to college, they trade-in textbooks at the college bookstore. “College bookstores are the only place worse than Gamestop for trade-in values of used product” was posted on Twitter on May 21, 2009. “College Bookstores: The Gamestop Of Education” was posted on Twitter on March 15, 2012.
“College book stores are the equivalent of GameStop when it comes to trading stuff in” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on October 1, 2017.
Wikipedia: GameStop
GameStop Corp., or simply referred to as GameStop, is an American video game, consumer electronics, and wireless services retailer. The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, United States, and operates 7,117 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. The company’s retail stores primarily operate under the GameStop, EB Games, ThinkGeek, and Micromania brands.
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Trade-ins
GameStop sells games that are traded in for store credit. This practice has come under fire from game publishers and developers as they make no money from the transaction.
Twitter
Lumpy Prole
@WokeCrumbum
College bookstores are the only place worse than Gamestop for trade-in values of used product.
7:59 PM - 21 May 2009
Twitter
DtoidCblogs
@DtoidCblogs
College Bookstores: The Gamestop Of Education - Gaming Novice http://dtoid.it/xzxtH1
6:50 PM - 15 Mar 2012
Twitter
Scott Benitez
@_FreshSB
College Bookstores are like GameStop buy something regular price and when you sell it back they give you 20% of what it cost. Lol
4:55 PM - 26 Aug 2012
Twitter
SC: Dumb_Ugly
@DeezO_oNutz
College book stores buy back books like GameStop. You pay $156 & they like “$7.25?”
11:22 AM - 26 Aug 2013
Twitter
Kaniel Outis
@Harold_Major
GameStop must run college book stores
11:37 PM - 16 Dec 2013
Twitter
Joey
@Duewikipedia
College book stores are literally the GameStop of bookstores
1:23 PM - 22 Apr 2014
Twitter
Quan Glo
@IRolling_Stoned
College book stores and GameStop gotta be owned by the same people
8:38 PM - 20 Aug 2017
Twitter
Jordan Smith
@JSmith_1187
College bookstores are like the Gamestop of textbooks
7:37 PM - 30 Aug 2017
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
College book stores are the equivalent of GameStop when it comes to trading stuff in
submitted October 1, 2017 by blackholes__
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COMMENTS
Peelboy
Gamestop is the child of the college bookstore.
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