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Originally Posted by FngKestrel
Holy shit, you've practically discovered perpetual motion!
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It would be perpetual if the GameRush deal didn't end on January 1, but until then, that money will be motioning into my trade account there!
Oh yeah, another thing that makes it non-perpetual is my finite amount of "free" games from Toys R Us. Once those are all traded in, three at a time each day, then the only things to trade in are those $36.99 games for $30 credit each. After those are traded in, it would actually decrease my profit if I trade in anything I buy with the credit accrued in my trade-in account, as I would technically be buying them full price anyways.
But hey, it's still turning nothing into something!
I predict that by the time all of this is over, my trade-in account will be up to about $150, unless I use some of that trade-in value to purchase the $6 games. So, my account will probably be in the range from $126-$150.
Let's see... I'll work out all the math here.
My first trip to Toys R Us cost me $15.11. I bought 12 games there, but then gave three to my little brother, so I got 9 games out of that deal.
My second trip to Toys R Us cost me $8, my dad $20, and my mom $16.19 ($44.19 overall). We bought 25 games on that trip. So what I did then is mixed up all the games from both trips (minus the ones I gave to my little brother), and then split 'em up between my mom and I. So that's 25+9 = 34 games total, then 34/2 = 17 games total for me. I'm keeping one of these games for myself (Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits), so I have a total of 16 games to trade in to Gamerush. Since the Gamerush deals deplete my games by 3 each time, we'll just appoint 15 games to be traded in, so it all works out evenly.
So far, I've spent $23.11, and I'll add on half of my dad's $20 for a total expenditure of $33.11, and from that I acquired 17 games, two of which I will keep.
Trip one to Gamerush:
"Free" Games = 15-3 = 12 games left
Gamerush Games (each with a $30 trade-in value)= +1
Expenditure = $6
Total expenditure = $39.11
Trip two to Gamerush:
"Free" Games = 12-3 = 9 games left
Gamerush Games = 1+1 = 2
Expenditure = $6
Total expenditure = $45.11
Trip three to Gamerush:
"Free" Games = 9-3 = 6 games left
Gamerush Games = 2+1 = 3
Expenditure = $6
Total expenditure = $51.11
Trip four to Gamerush:
"Free" Games = 6-3 = 3 games left
Gamerush Games = 3+1= 4
Expenditure = $6
Total expenditure = $57.11
Trip five to Gamerush:
"Free" Games = 3-3 = 0 games left
Gamerush Games = 4+1 = 5
Expenditure = $6
Total expenditure = $63.11
Trip six to (a different) Gamerush:
Trade in all "Gamerush" games at $30 a pop.
5 games x $30 = $150
Account - Expenditure = $150-$63.11 = $86.89
Total Profit = $86.89
Since it's all store credit, I'll probably use it on new games, OR used games that I actually want (I really don't want 5 copies of Star Wars: Battlefront). Technically I'll be getting 3 brand new games (without tax) for a little over the price of one. Also take into account that the math above is all theoretical, as many factors are involved, such as:
* The first game I got from Gamerush is Silent Hill 4: The Room. I'm not sure if it has a $30 trade-in value.
* Gamerush might not have four more copies of Star Wars: Battlefront.
* 3 of my Toys R Us games are not valid trade-ins for some reason. That could knock my profits down by a whole trip unless I find three other games of mine that they'd accept (and that I want to get rid of).
* If I trade in any non-"free" games, chances are that I will be paying either more or less than $6 each trip.
* At any moment, Gamerush can lower the trade-in value for Star Wars: Battlefront.
* At any moment, Gamerush can heighten or lower the trade-in values of the games I trade in.