GameStop Says Its 'Trade Anything Day' Led Customers to Bring In a Goose, a Bobcat, And a Wii Netflix Disc

GameStop says it accepted much than 80,000 items during this weekend's 'Trade Anything Day' lawsuit — and shared images with IGN of the weirdest items it accepted, including a bobcat, a goose, and a carnal Netflix disc for the Nintendo Wii.

The chain's large trade-in lawsuit was the latest publicity stunt from the company, this clip designed to item its trade-in programme that provides customers with store recognition oregon currency for a scope of location amusement items.

Normally, this scope would not widen to taxidermied animals, roadworthy signs, oregon people's artwork of their pets with hairsbreadth similar Snoop Dogg. But this past Saturday, December 6, GameStop advertised it would supply (some) recognition for (almost) thing its customers cared to bring in.

In a connection to IGN, GameStop ranked its "more memorable trades" from stores crossed the state arsenic including items specified arsenic "a tiny Jesus," "a velocity bounds sign," Air Jordans, and tapes of Friends connected VHS.

Over connected societal media, customers celebrated shifting assorted unwanted items successful speech for credit, including McDonalds Grinchmas socks, and what looked to beryllium a replica of the United States Declaration of Independence. Another customer, seemingly joking, claimed they tried to trade-in a unrecorded favored dog, which they said had been refused.

Perhaps astir bizarre of each were the taxidermied goose and bobcat — some of which look to person seen amended days. Photos of some prevarication above, alongside immoderate of the different traded-in items that GameStop accepted.

Last week, GameStop deed the headlines for different trade-in story, arsenic it paid retired much than $30,000 for a uncommon Pokémon card. According to the retailer, that transaction was grounds its trade-in programme offered just worth — though it simultaneously admitted the paper had really been worthy astatine slightest $3,000 more. "Any trolls who publically assertion that GameStop trade-in values are atrocious are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect," the concatenation stated.

And conscionable this morning, IGN reported connected caller GameStop listing for Resident Evil Requiem that includes notation of an unanounced quality successful the crippled (no, not that one). We've contacted GameStop for remark connected that, but are yet to perceive back.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social