Friday, September 10, 2010

Best Buy starts selling used video games at Texas stores - Business First of Louisville:

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The Richfield-based consumer electronics retailer this week began testinvg used game kiosks at several of its stores in Dalladand Austin, Texas, according to a postinh on Best Buy Chief Marketing Officer Barrt Judge’s blog. Customers can insert theird used games intothe kiosks, which will scan it for functionality, then immediately issue a vouchedr redeemable for a Best Buy gift card. “It’ds a pretty slick system and one of thefew trade-ibn programs to provide instant gratification; you get the gift card on the spot and can redeemn it on anything in the store — not just anothed game,” Judge wrote on his blog.
Best Buy BBY) also will test the sale of used games at the storeas testingthe kiosks, and some of the kiosk s also will rent games and movies. The nation’s largest used-game retailer, Grapvine, Texas-based (NYSE: GME), reportec $8.8 billion in salesd in 2008. Other retailers are also testingout used-game including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and online retailer Game publishers have mixed feelingsabout used-game as they aren't guaranteed a cut of the sale the way they woulfd be with a new game. Some developeras have started adding new content that only works if the user has theoriginak game, to cut down on reselling.
Best Buy is reportedlu using Columbus, Ohio-based ePlay for the

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