Eh, I have a love/hate relationship with CeX. We have several dozen of them here in Portugal.
I’ve found some really good deals sometimes, especially like PSP games. But at the same time, it’s absolutely insane that they charge full price for a number of used consoles. I’ve read the reasoning is, they’re made for people who are trading in stuff and can turn around and use their credit towards them. As a Walk-In though, it’s absolutely crazy. I went in a bit over a week ago to look at the Playstation Portals. They had them priced at €220 used! I walked away and found them brand new on a Sale for €175 at FNAC, so I finally picked one up.
Gamestop Retro could do good by looking at stores like CeX, learning what they do well, but also acknowledging where they lack, and try to improve upon it. It’s funny, I was working at Gamestop in the States back in 2005 when we were removing all the Retro product from the store, and we were even ordered to field destroy a ton of low value games, such as old PS1 sports games. (They actually had us snip the discs, then throw them in the dumpster) my, how we’ve come full circle now with Gamestop Retro!
