Gamestop is the company we all love to hate. They are constantly at odds with one group or another and most gamers tend to ignore them if they can. The prices they give for trade-ins is abysmally low and they turn around and sell them for twice as much to willing consumers ready to spend $5 less. It's shady but completely legal.
One thing that won't be legal for Gamestop anymore is selling games with online passes without warning the consumer first in California. Most of your salespeople in a Gamestop won't tell you that that game you are saving $5 on will actually cost you $5 more when you have to buy an online pass.
I'm glad that someone is finally cracking down on this and I hope it spreads to more states soon. Many gamers are smart enough to not fall for such a trick but there are plenty of not-savvy consumers out there that do - and it needs to stop.
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