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Sell your games

Disc check: will we buy your used game?

Check your discs before you make the trip. A game console reads a disc with a laser. A deep scratch breaks the reading, and the game freezes for the next player. Watch how it works, test your discs at home in 30 seconds, and you'll know our answer before you leave.

We buy it Checked at the store We can't buy it

Test my discs Value my games

Inside the consoleLaser at 0%

Read signalReading

We buy it

Reads perfectly

The laser reads every track from the centre outwards. No breaks, no freezes.

30 seconds at home

Three tests, the same ones we do at the counter

No tools. A lamp and a fingernail are enough.

TEST 01

Drag the light

The light test

Hold the shiny side under a lamp and tilt it slowly. Scratches flash as the light passes over them. Look for any line that crosses the shiny area.

TEST 02

Faint markNail glides

Deep scratchNail catches

The fingernail test

Run a fingernail gently across the scratch, from the centre outwards. If your nail catches in it, the scratch is deep, and we can't buy the disc.

TEST 03

Centre ring and outer edge

Centre and edge

Look at the clear ring around the hole and at the outer edge. Any crack, even a tiny one, means the disc isn't safe to spin. Sticky labels or residue on the shiny side count too.

The disc rule

One rule, the same in every store

This is the exact guide our staff use at the counter. No guessing, no mood, no branch-to-branch difference.

We buy it

Clean, or marks you can't feel

No line you can see across the shiny side under a lamp
Fine dust or fingerprints (we clean those)
The disc is the original, in its own case

Checked at the store

A few faint marks at the very edge

Only very light hairlines, only near the outer edge
Your nail glides over them without catching
The store checks it with you; if it fails, you know why on the spot

We can't buy it

Deep, circular or cracked

Any scratch your nail catches in
Any scratch that reaches toward the centre
A circle scratch (from a disc spinning loose)
A crack, a chip or residue on the shiny side

If one store says no, every store says no

We'd rather tell you now than send you across town for a "sorry". If a store ever judges a disc differently from this guide, call 16280 and we'll sort it out.

Why we're strict

Your disc's next owner is a gamer like you

Every pre-owned game we sell carries our name and our guarantee. If a scratched disc freezes on level three, the next buyer comes back to us, and rightly so. Buying only discs that play perfectly is how we keep pre-owned games worth buying, and worth selling.

A disc didn't pass?

It's still yours, and it may still play

Many scratched discs still work in your own console. We just can't promise that to someone else. Keep it, or trade the rest of your games and keep that one for yourself.

Questions

Disc questions

Why did one store refuse a disc?

Every store uses this guide. The usual reasons are a scratch the nail catches in, a circle scratch, or a crack near the centre. Run the three tests above and you'll see the same result.

Will you polish or repair my disc?

No. Polishing removes a layer of the disc and can make a deep scratch worse, so we only buy discs that pass as they are.

Does my game need its case and cover?

Bring the original case with the cover inside. The disc check above is what decides if we can buy it.

The game works fine in my console. Why not buy it?

Consoles differ, and a deep scratch tends to grow with use. We only buy what we can resell with confidence to the next player.

Can I bring other games at the same time?

Yes. Each disc is graded on its own, and the ones that pass are paid in full.

Ready? Value your games

Add your games, grade each disc the same way, and see what you can expect before you visit.

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