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Pilot Academy for PSP £5 at Virgin- £12 trade value! INSTORE ONLY


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My local Virgin Megastore had 21 copies of Pilot Academy for the PSP priced at £5, until I nabbed them all, that is! Pilot Academy is very similar to Pilotwings, is rated 6/10 at www.pocketgamer.co.uk, and is a flight sim with loads of planes and levels.
However, the best thing about it is that it is worth £12 trade at the moment.
The Virgin website has the game listed at £35, but these went through the till at £5 each, so if your local Virgin has them in stock, this is likely to be the price you'll pay. I also got 10% student discount on my games, and was then given a brand new student card too, as they've just changed them. I've not been a student for years, but I have found that if you ask for a student card, they'll usually just ask what Uni you attend (you might need to say you've left your Uni ID card at home). If it doesn't work the first time, try upstairs! It's worth it for the 10% discount without having to get the credit card.

A picture of my purchases (i'd removed the prices from half of the boxes ready to trade them in) in another one of my recent finds- although they only had one of these chairs in stock so it wasn't worth posting here!)
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If the £12 trade price stays at that level, and you buy 20 copies for £4.50 each (with student discount), you could make £162 trade profit fairly easy, almost enough for a Wii...

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What's your local. To save people going in there as you grabbed them all?

Did they scan at that price?
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What's your local. To save people going in there as you grabbed them all?
Good idea- Cardiff City Centre. The guy did jokingly ask me if I wanted more as he thought there was more in the stockroom, but as of yesterday the section hadn't been refilled- but the staff in there do seem lazy (GTA Vice City in a big 'New Release' section, PS3 offers not yet updated, etc).
Edit- yes, they scanned. I think it's a legitimate price rather than a mistake, as the game is a year old. Probably a high trade value as it's not likely to have been a big seller, hence it's a fairly rare game, i'd presume.

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Thanks, might pick one up at luncg time.
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i guess thats a £12 trade in price at cex then?

they will only take in 9 at once, and if you send in 20 in 3 goes, the price will drop in half, hence not making it worth it for me.

if im in nottingham tomorrow i might have a quick look in and grab a few. ill keep one though as i have a PSP.
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Sensible trading is the key. Took 9 in to cex for cash yesterday- £81- which (almost) covers my initial outlay. The rest i'll trade in with other titles and DVDs over the next few months, there's no hurry, because at £4.50 per copy i'm not worried about shifting them quickly. Heck, they can go on fleabay and i'll still make a couple of quid a copy!

I might start to post more of these games deals if this gets rated, there's one or two come up every week that haven't been posted here since I joined and there are always good profit margins over time spent.
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I would move them as quick as you can. When I worked at GAME, the minute they found out about trade in price, being higher than a selling price anywhere, they lowered the t/i price across the whole of GAME. It takes them a couple of seconds to do it

We used to get people buy 99p games in dixons, and trade them in for a couple of quid, as soon as someone finds out, they phone head office, and the trade in prices changes straight away

Same with gamestation, blockbuster etc

so as soon as someone finds out, your trade in price will be less than the £5 you paid
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i used to work for Gamestation and morally i think people buying up sale stock should be banned, they reduce them for there customers not for money making..

I hope they knock you back
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