To be blunt, you’d have to be high not to trade in your Xbox Series X to GameStop since it promises Pro members $420.69 (hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) in store credit through April 26. No matter how long you’ve had your Series X — a day, or going on almost five years — taking a deal that has you getting back 85% of its total value in credit is simply unheard of in my experience trading products in at GameStop.
If this sounds like something you’d like to do, you’ll need a GameStop Pro membership to get the special trade-in amount. And, lucky for us all, there’s a deal happening that lets you knock $5 off a yearly membership. After you add GameStop Pro to your cart, enter the promo code FIVEOFFPRO to see the price fall from $25 to $20. Then, head to your local GameStop with your Xbox Series X and everything that originally came included in the box (controller, HDMI cable, power cable) to get your trade-in credit.
This promotion seems to be aimed directly at people who love brands that use April 20 not only to joke about smoking weed but also doing the sex (its Facebook ad includes a picture of the shiba inu from the long-ruined “doge” meme with “deal with it” glasses on, which should tell you everything you need to know about the kind of people GameStop presumes pot smokers to be).
Through the veil of this cringe, it’s also aimed at more mature people who might very well be scheming plans to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 during an especially tumultuous economic moment. In response to a Facebook user who insists this is too good to be true, GameStop replied with “It’s no joke!”
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