{"id":1413489,"date":"2025-12-03T21:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/T37JcqwWrkYPqDHLAfSzHf"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:17:06","slug":"gamestop-gives-someone-a-historic-30000-trade-in-payout-for-an-ultra-rare-pokemon-card-then-takes-aim-at-the-trolls-for-some-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gamestop-gives-someone-a-historic-30000-trade-in-payout-for-an-ultra-rare-pokemon-card-then-takes-aim-at-the-trolls-for-some-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"GameStop gives someone a historic $30,000 trade-in payout for an ultra-rare Pok\u00e9mon card, then takes aim at the &#8216;trolls&#8217; for some reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>GameStop&#8217;s been on a roll with bizarre trade-ins as of late. After announcing &#8220;Trade Anything Day,&#8221; an idea that sounds more like a sketch comedy bit than a real thing, it has awarded a record-setting payout of over $30,000 to a customer who handed in a &#8220;fully authenticated PSA 10 Holo Gengar.&#8221; It&#8217;s also really excited to use this moment in &#8220;GameStop history&#8221; to denounce its greatest enemy: <del>digital distribution<\/del> the trolls.<\/p>\n<p>This all comes from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gamestop\/status\/1995625203460891061?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a post on X<\/a> where GameStop announced the historic trade, which it calls &#8220;the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded&#8221; at any GameStop location. It goes on to say &#8220;Furthermore, any trolls who publicly claim that GameStop trade-in values are bad are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect. Any prior and ongoing objections to our trade values are now deemed without merit and factually invalid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Statement from GameStop pic.twitter.com\/Qho0M7xzko<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1995625203460891061\">December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a benign jibe and a neat story, I suppose, especially for whoever decided to hold on to that Gengar. That said, the implicit argument against detractors doesn&#8217;t really follow; most people aren&#8217;t going to try to bring in anything more valuable than an old console, a used game, or a batch of dust-stained Amiibo. And as Polygon spotted in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gamestop-trade-in-values-prices-money-pokemon-card-gengar-psa-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">its story<\/a> on this, Battlefield 6 is less than two months old and only gets you $27.50 in trade-in credit.<\/p>\n<p>With most things, you&#8217;ll usually have more luck selling directly to somebody who wants it than to a storefront that may eventually be able to do it for you; a Pok\u00e9mon card worth five figures is a definite exception to that, given how small the market for such a thing is. The real question is how one expects to spend that much credit at GameStop in a lifetime. By buying an even rarer Gengar, I suppose?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m probably reading too much into the tone of an X post from GameStop, which has historically revved up its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/platforms\/the-gamestop-memelord-returns-stonks-spike-market-panicsand-all-hes-done-so-far-is-post-a-bunch-of-mid-memes\/\">irreverent humor<\/a> whenever it&#8217;s gotten the chance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"60140eed-9f25-47d6-9861-14169942b240\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gamestop-gives-someone-a-historic-30000-trade-in-payout-for-an-ultra-rare-pokemon-card-then-takes-aim-at-the-trolls-for-some-reason.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"60140eed-9f25-47d6-9861-14169942b240\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/card-games\/gamestop-gives-someone-a-historic-usd30-000-trade-in-payout-for-an-ultra-rare-pokemon-card-then-takes-aim-at-the-trolls-for-some-reason\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GameStop&#8217;s been on a roll with bizarre trade-ins as of late. After announcing &#8220;Trade Anything Day,&#8221; an idea that sounds more like a sketch comedy bit than a real thing, it has awarded a record-setting payout of over $30,000 to a customer who handed in a &#8220;fully authenticated PSA 10 Holo Gengar.&#8221; It&#8217;s also really excited to use this moment in &#8220;GameStop history&#8221; to denounce its greatest enemy: digital distribution the trolls. This all comes from a post on X where GameStop announced the historic trade, which it calls &#8220;the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded&#8221; at any GameStop location. It goes on to say &#8220;Furthermore, any trolls who publicly claim that GameStop trade-in values are bad are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect. Any prior&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gamestop-gives-someone-a-historic-30000-trade-in-payout-for-an-ultra-rare-pokemon-card-then-takes-aim-at-the-trolls-for-some-reason\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1413490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[3083,748],"class_list":["post-1413489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-card-game","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GameStop gives someone a historic $30,000 trade-in payout for an ultra-rare Pok\u00e9mon card, then takes aim at the &#039;trolls&#039; for some reason | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GameStop&#039;s been on a roll with bizarre trade-ins as of late. 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