By this point, we’re all grossly aware of the long-standing GameStop meme of going in to trade multiple Triple-A games only to be offered a couple of bucks in store credit. That was evidently not the case when someone basically traded a near-complete set of Amiibo.
That said, if you want to put that whole thing to the test and then some, next month GameStop is hosting a “Trade Anything Day.” Yes, you read that right. On December 6, guests are invited to visit their local GameStop store to, well, trade anything in exchange for store credit.
“Bring Whatever Get Store Credit,” the advertisement reads. “Some Questions Asked.”
As it turns out, there are a lot of caveats but also some interesting ways to interpret things. Either way you chalk it up, it’s a rather creative way to try and get people in the stores, especially as the holiday season gets underway and there are loads of things to buy.
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As the ever reliable Wario64 shared on Twitter, there’s a ton of caveats to what you actually can bring in. That’s where the whole “Some Questions Asked” comes from. The full list of no-go trade-in items is as follows:
- 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.
As a final note, “Items MUST fit in our 20x20x20 measuring box,” and “GameStop employees have the discretion to reject any item.”
Some of these exclusions make absolute sense, like hazardous waste, chemicals or alcohol. Perhaps most interesting, “Taxidermy items are valid for trade.” Yeah, I’m not totally sure how that’s going to fly at a store.
It would seem that if you have anything like Funkos, small toys, figurines, game cases or cables, that would be acceptable for trade, provided that you’re willing to part with them for an undisclosed amount of store credit.
“Gonna make sure I don’t work that day,” one employee wrote in the store’s subreddit.
Personally, I have a ton of empty PS4, Switch and PS5 cases that I have been meaning to get rid of, so a day like this definitely piques my interest. They were bound for the landfill anyway, so getting any bit of credit is certainly way more preferable, and as 2025 has shown us so far, there’s no shortage of video games to buy.
