Xbox 360: Trade, Sell, or Keep?

[TechnoTokyo]

I have an Xbox 360 Slim, with a 250GB Hard Drive, Microsoft rechargeable battery pack, and a Kinect. I am planning to trade it at Gamestop or go to eBay and sell it, along with a few games that won't work on the Xbox One (i.e. Kinect Games), according to some articles about the Xbox One's backwards compatibility.

I don't know exactly what to do. I don't want to trade that stuff at Gamestop since Gamestop has a verrry bad reputation of trading values, but I can't avoid it since it's the only way my parents know of trading stuff for other things, when it comes to games. At eBay, I can probably make more money off of it and use it to pay less for the Xbox One, but, since I'm still young, my parents most likely won't approve or will be way too overly cautious of selling and buying online. Unless if I can convince them that selling the Xbox 360 is better on eBay, the Gamestop option seems to be the only option available.

The controller I have for my Xbox 360 still works, but it's modified a little bit, and some buttons don't work very well as they used to. I don't plan on selling it at Gamestop since I heard that Gamestop doesn't accept modified controllers.

tl;dr I only want the Xbox One for the Master Chief collection. How can I convince my parents that selling my Xbox is better on eBay so I can gain more money to pay for the Xbox One: Master Chief collection bundle instead of trading it at Gamestop for literally nothing?

 

[jossrik]

Don't even consider trading it at gamestop. They won't give you half of what it's worth, check Craigslist, and see what they're going for there. That's probably the place to go. Remember, eBay charges like 15% of final price + whatever you get for shipping so you won't get near what it sold for, subtract from that the actual shipping cost, and you could be looking at as much as a third of what you thought you sold it for down the drain and useless for a new box. eBay isn't perfect, but it is way better than gamestop. The only thing good about game stop is you can count on them to rip you off at every chance, where as eBay, you just get mildly ripped off where you feel bad about the sale. Craigslist. No shipping. No fees. You don't need to give out your personal information or bank numbers or anything like that. Heck, even taking an ad out in your local newspaper or trade paper would be a good idea.

If you have to go eBay, here are some things to look for. Make sure the buyer/seller has a decent feedback, no one is perfect so don't look for perfect feedback, that could be a sign that the account is fake if there's too much good feedback, but generally in the 98 - 99 % positive is a good sign. Don't ship til the money is in your hands, and make sure the buyer knows that. I had a guy leave me bad feedback because it took exactly a week to get to him when he thought it would take three days. You can't control the US Mail. Anyways. Buying from eBay is the same rules only backwards. If it looks like it's too good of a deal, it probably is. But the amount of real people and real auctions is overwhelmingly good on eBay, remember, they make their money of people who sell. The more they sell, the higher prices they get, the more eBay likes them. If eBay has to step in to resolve problems, they take care of it, fast. If your customers are unhappy for any reason, and I do mean *any* reason, eBay will usually take care of it. That's as a buyer, if you sell something and the person complains, eBay will make your life miserable. Paypal (owned by eBay, I think... maybe it got sold recently, maybe not, I can't remember) is almost as bad. Not to disuade you, I do a lot of buying and selling on eBay. Just letting you know the downsides so you can go to your parents informed.