Dyre Ironwill
Regular
First, the link:
http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/join.asp?idr=564317193968
How does this work?
Simple, just sign up for an account through Goozex, choose a game, add it to your requests, and wait for a match. You'll have to enter your home address since someone will be mailing you the game. Since you'll only be getting 100 points, you'll only be able to select the games valued at 100 points or less. Still, there's some really great stuff available at that value.
Why can they do this?
Good question, and it's actually quite simple... Goozex isn't a site that sells games. They instead provide a sort of insurance policy to people that want to trade games online. Members trade games for points, which they can later exchange for different games. If someone receives a game that is pirated, broken, etc... they can report it, and get their points back. Goozex may require the person to ship the game to them though, to confirm that it's in poor condition.
This is a promotional thing they're running. It was supposed to end April 30th, but I guess it's been going so well for them, that they decided to extend it to June 30th.
Sounds fishy. How does Goozex make money than?
A couple of ways. They require members to use one trade credit per game they are receiving. Each credit costs one dollar. Trade credits and trade points shouldn't be confused. Think of it this way, the points are your currency to purchase the game, while the credits are the currency to insure the transactions. Goozex also will sell points to members if they choose to purchase them instead of trading a game off.
Okay, so a bunch of points go to another member, and one credit insures the transaction.. I guess I get it. Anything else?
Keep in mind that the game isn't sent to you by Goozex. It's sent to you by another member signed up with Goozex. Also, other people might be waiting for the same game you are, so you might wait in line a few days for your turn to get matched with someone trading it. You also might have to wait a couple weeks/months depending on the game's rarity/popularity.
The games are also valued based on a supply and demand system. If several people have a game up for trade, but no one's biting, that particular title will drop in value. The opposite is also true. If only two people are willing to trade a game, but twenty people want it, the title will rise in value. Of course, this generally means that titles such as "Spongebob Squarepants: Another Crappy Adventure" will drop in value like a rock. While Psychonauts will go up because of it's rarity, and it's cult following.
How do I know this works? Will I get tons of spam mail?
Well, I can't promise anything of course. I'm just another random person on the interwebz. Anything I say is subject to your willingness to believe me.
I can say that I've received a game myself. It took about two weeks to get here because the sender didn't include enough postage, and he had to resend it. It actually just came today (Kingdom Under Fire, pretty cool so far). And I can also tell you that after recieving the game, and giving the person feedback, I got 2 more trade credits and another 200 points (I guess to encourage people to leave feedback after getting the free game? Who cares, 2 more free games to get now.) I've also heard fantastic things about Goozex, and that spam mail isn't an issue.
If you still feel skeptical though (as I did), create an alternate e-mail account. Go ahead and sign up, and if you're worried about your home address as well, wait til someone else here confirms that they received a trade.. You still have the points and the credit waiting for you, whether you use it right away or not.
Also, once you've created your account, add your own referral link to this thread, and we can get a referral chain going. I'm not exactly sure of the referral benefits and how they work, but I do know that they give you bonus points for getting more people to participate with goozex (after they trade, or receive a trade, or what.. I don't know).
Yeah yeah, you didn't think I was doing this entirely out of the kindness of my heart, did you?
http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/join.asp?idr=564317193968
How does this work?
Simple, just sign up for an account through Goozex, choose a game, add it to your requests, and wait for a match. You'll have to enter your home address since someone will be mailing you the game. Since you'll only be getting 100 points, you'll only be able to select the games valued at 100 points or less. Still, there's some really great stuff available at that value.
Why can they do this?
Good question, and it's actually quite simple... Goozex isn't a site that sells games. They instead provide a sort of insurance policy to people that want to trade games online. Members trade games for points, which they can later exchange for different games. If someone receives a game that is pirated, broken, etc... they can report it, and get their points back. Goozex may require the person to ship the game to them though, to confirm that it's in poor condition.
This is a promotional thing they're running. It was supposed to end April 30th, but I guess it's been going so well for them, that they decided to extend it to June 30th.
Sounds fishy. How does Goozex make money than?
A couple of ways. They require members to use one trade credit per game they are receiving. Each credit costs one dollar. Trade credits and trade points shouldn't be confused. Think of it this way, the points are your currency to purchase the game, while the credits are the currency to insure the transactions. Goozex also will sell points to members if they choose to purchase them instead of trading a game off.
Okay, so a bunch of points go to another member, and one credit insures the transaction.. I guess I get it. Anything else?
Keep in mind that the game isn't sent to you by Goozex. It's sent to you by another member signed up with Goozex. Also, other people might be waiting for the same game you are, so you might wait in line a few days for your turn to get matched with someone trading it. You also might have to wait a couple weeks/months depending on the game's rarity/popularity.
The games are also valued based on a supply and demand system. If several people have a game up for trade, but no one's biting, that particular title will drop in value. The opposite is also true. If only two people are willing to trade a game, but twenty people want it, the title will rise in value. Of course, this generally means that titles such as "Spongebob Squarepants: Another Crappy Adventure" will drop in value like a rock. While Psychonauts will go up because of it's rarity, and it's cult following.
How do I know this works? Will I get tons of spam mail?
Well, I can't promise anything of course. I'm just another random person on the interwebz. Anything I say is subject to your willingness to believe me.
I can say that I've received a game myself. It took about two weeks to get here because the sender didn't include enough postage, and he had to resend it. It actually just came today (Kingdom Under Fire, pretty cool so far). And I can also tell you that after recieving the game, and giving the person feedback, I got 2 more trade credits and another 200 points (I guess to encourage people to leave feedback after getting the free game? Who cares, 2 more free games to get now.) I've also heard fantastic things about Goozex, and that spam mail isn't an issue.
If you still feel skeptical though (as I did), create an alternate e-mail account. Go ahead and sign up, and if you're worried about your home address as well, wait til someone else here confirms that they received a trade.. You still have the points and the credit waiting for you, whether you use it right away or not.
Also, once you've created your account, add your own referral link to this thread, and we can get a referral chain going. I'm not exactly sure of the referral benefits and how they work, but I do know that they give you bonus points for getting more people to participate with goozex (after they trade, or receive a trade, or what.. I don't know).
Yeah yeah, you didn't think I was doing this entirely out of the kindness of my heart, did you?
