Game N Trade

This place sold me two SNES controllers, both of which are now broken. The first was a used original SNES controller that was sold to me with a broken down button. So much for playing Street Fighter 2! The other was a brand new after market controller. This controller’s connector, which plugs into the console came out of its socket THE FIRST TIME I EVER TRIED DISCONNECTING IT from the console. I called in to see what the return policy was. I get requiring a receipt of purchase, that’s not a huge deal to me, but the person who picked up the phone didn’t do much but laugh at me over the phone
I will not be shopping here ever again.
If you are coming here for old school gaming equipment I would ask the store clerks to demo the product to ensure it works before you make the purchase.
Also make sure to get a receipt in your hand before leaving the store. Once you get home scan the receipt and archive it on your computer or else your will end up like me, regretting your purchase.
Capitalism gone wrong.

I had a really amazing experience today and last time I went in with an unfair attitude before which is why I’m giving this store a better review and the man working in the store at opening time which was around 10am this morning did a really good job helping me out. He was easy to talk to and very friendly, and I highly recommend coming to this place if you want to save money on buying retro games since shipping can cost about 7 to 10 dollars more when buying online and if you do have a hard time please try to be reasonable and the people there will do their best to help you out. This place can be pricey depending on what you want. When it comes to returns they will do their best within reason and I hope everyone finds what they are looking for and keeps supporting this local business. Again, if you feel like you need to turn in something for credit, exchange or cash or whatever it may be, please show these people respect when doing so because they are not Gamestop and don’t go saying «well at Gamestop …» I hope you get the idea when I mention this.

Eh it’s alright… Poor selection and seems to be ran thru… prices are actually more than what you can get games online for… there are better shops in the area

First off let me start by stating I have shopped here before with no issues until my most recent visit.
Yesterday I purchased Dungeon Travelers 2 for the ps vita. The guy who worked there (some older Asian guy) casually conversated with me about other rpg games and what not and I was on my way… He never gave me a receipt in my hand so I figured oh it’s probably in the game case… No receipt
So I go back today to exchange the game for another because it was not what I expected and the same guy I seen yesterday refused to exchange the game… Even though there is still a sticker on the cover which says GAME N TRADE.
Even though I showed him my recent debt transaction of my purchase on my cell phone and had the debit card with me…
I even requested him to pull up his transactions from yesterday because we all know businesses keep daily sales records…
I’ll never come back to this store, at least gamestop knows how to treat there customers and don’t forget to give you receipts

I Had read a couple reviews about this place and thought I’d try it out since I wouldn’t be in Sacramento for a good long time. The area isn’t bad just the people with bad parking. The guy working there was pretty nice and was able to give a lot of insight on the current games at the store. He sometimes contradicted himself talking about their place being like a Game Crazy but better and have more reasonable prices than GameStop. The majority that I questioned prices about he always said that they had to compete with their competitor GameStop pricing pre-​owned items like retail price of a GameStop witch make NO sense. I hate walking into the store and looking at something and bringing it to the counter or ask to buy only to find out it ins’t for sale… its like putting chips and salsa on the table at a grocery store and telling me I cant eat them. what is the point!!! Don’t get me wrong there were a lot of cool vintage stuff for sale and games that were still factory sealed so that was nice. This is NOT a place to haggle for discounts or bundle deals they go «online» (like Ebay) to compare and sell it to you for their «special price». If your buying multiple games this is a good place because they charge to use credit-​card for under $ 10.00 purchases. Now and than they get a great item you cant pass up, I did buy a couple games that were factory sealed for my collection, as a collector I can wait till things loose popularity or find something out in the «wild» like people say. They sell a Nintendo 64 or $ 60.00 (1 controller & cable) when just that day I saw one a couple streets down at a goodwill for $ 50.00 (1 controller & cables) and near by someone from Craigslist for 40.00 (2 controllers & cables)…I guess in the end you determine the worth and value of what your willing to pay for an item. Overall I’ll put up with the pricing and maybe come back someday hopefully to find something I cant pass up.

They are really just okay. Went in here looking for some Playstation 1 games and not much of a selection. The games were hard to locate in the store and they were way overpriced. The store is very small yes and I found it odd how they were supposed to be open at 10am and when my husband and I arrived there was no one there at that time. I’m sure they have a great selection of other games and consoles if that’s what you’re looking for.

2 weeks later after cleaning some games in my backlog, I went on ahead and popped in Skies of Arcadia Legends (Gamecube) that I purchased from this video game store.
I picked up the little mini disc and saw that the disk was scratched on the top. I thought to myself, «no biggie, the bottom of the disk looks to be in a usable condition» and popped that into my Gamecube.
After doing all the necessary tests through cleaning and playing another game to make sure that it was not my GC, it turns out that Skies of Arcadia Legends did not work at all.
I was mad and thought I just got ripped off for paying $ 56 dollars for a scratched disk.
I came back in the next day and I was helped by the manager of the store. As I walked in, I did not have my receipt from two weeks ago and was scared that they would not honor my purchase. I then explained that the game did not work and was hoping that he would fix it up for me after testing the game.
Unfortunately, he could not find the power cable that they use for the Gamecube. So I had to come back in another day and bring my own power adapter so that they could test my game out.
2 days later before heading off to work, I went in with the necessary things and I was helped by the guy who sold me the game. I told him my situation and he did what he could to get the GC disc to work properly.
After finding out that it did not work, he decided to give me store credit for my situation and I got two other games.
Coming home to those two games, one of my copies did not work again. But I just went back to the store the next day and they cleaned up the game for free.
If you decide to purchase something from this store, I highly suggest you get them to see if the game you are buying works. It seems that two games I purchased here were not working at all.

If you want to find some old games for Super Nintendo, NES, DreamCast, PlayStation, N64, GameCube, Sega, then check out this store. They have some interesting assortments for every console or just about. Found some valuable games such as Zelda on N64 and have stumbled upon the first Grand Theft Auto (that was some time ago and gone now).
This is a small store. So gamers be aware of that!
I asked about some console stuff and what comes with the product. For PSP’s, they removed the memory card out of them, so you have to buy those separately for whatever they are going worth, if any in production. Some of the Gameboy’s that I saw and asked about don’t come with the charger (again buy separately).
If you go to their website, they are incredibly secretive about their prices for a lot of store bought consoles (Xbox360 & PS3). Either have to call in and ask or simply go to the store yourself.
If you are desiring something classic, such as the Nintendo NES, SuperNintendo, DreamCast, Sega systems, they are completely out! They say on their website they «have them,» but I recently went 02÷19÷15 and they said they hadn’t had any in months at their store. I was extremely disappointed, not much frustration. However, that is clear false advertisement and unfortunately they won’t change it after I had asked about the game systems.
While looking at their games, prices are a bit strange. I found the Silent Hill Deluxe game with the redeem code on the cover. The price value was about $ 35, which is about what I’d expect or $ 49. But what you’re only paying for is the one disk of Silent Hill and the rest you enter the code. Now given this is a «buy used products,» this game was in no value for that price. If anything less than $ 20. So wasn’t worth the buy. Some prices are fair, some are right, most seemed bizarre.

Very reasonable prices on all games. Most games are a dollar or two less then what they are actually worth. Which makes me a happy camper. And they are local so you can’t get much better than that for a game n trade store. Also there big money maker is fixing broken consoles. You won’t get too much for trade ins. But you will get more than any gamestop or other game store would give you.

I live right down the street from this place.
Pros:
=game store that isn’t gamestop!
=they carry old and vintage systems.
=they will buy your games.
=friendly staff.
=convenient location.
=they repair consoles. big +
Cons:
=prices
=trade ratios are not in your in your favor.
=can’t match prices of retail stores: Fry’s, Walmart had xbox one on sale for 349 $ with assassin’s Creed Unity and black flag new. These guys did not and would not match prices if they did.

I like this place and generally will drop by once or twice a month if I have time. I usually end up walking out with something as they have VERY GOOD PRICES and a good selection of video games for retro and current systems. They never seem to disappoint me. I started to have a small collection of video games due to buying from them and I am glad I did as their prices were extremely fair; however, you still have to pay «collector’s» prices for «collector» items underneath a glass case. I highly recommend you to check this place out. You will be satisfied.

Game N Trade I never knew they have one in Sacramento. I checked the place out and see what they had on shelves and what they also specialize in. I looked around and see classic PSOne, and Two games and Dreamcast, SNES, GBA, Xbox, etc. And they were well maintained along with the cleanliness of the store. They fix broken buttons on systems and technical solutions. I asked them if they can fix my broken shoulder buttons on my 3DS and they said all I have to do is schedule an appointment and it can take 1 to 2 business days to repair. Next time if I have a car I’ll go there and that will be the first thing that I will do…

Love this place. The owner is a real cool guy, he very helpful and knowledgeable. Some of the employees aren’t great with customer service but all in all a good video game store.

Most horrible place I went to. prices are too high and trade value is way out of range. They tried to give me 20 dollars for ghost right when it came out. i recommend gamestop … actually ill recommend anything except this. That’s how horrible it is.

Good selection, decent price and above average service. Their trade in value isn’t the same as a GameStop though.

When i need a used game… great place 2 get them… i guess it was good timin when i went n there… im a Sonic the hedgehog fan rock on & they have majority of the games that i was looking for … i was very surprised @ that…