GameStop Online “Deal”: Higher Trade-In Value on Select New Titles If Returned By December 20th

GameStop is pulling out all the stops to earn your buck this holiday season. The retailer/glorified pawn shop is promising to give you a little extra cash back on Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2 if you buy the titles from them online an return them no later than December 20th of this year.

In other words, you can rent the games from them for a full price down payment and get roughly $20 less back when you return them. Exact verbiage below.

Purchase New Super Mario Bros. online and get a guaranteed $30 trade credit if you trade in the game at a GameStop store by December 20, 2009. Offer valid for online purchases only. Offer valid for a limited time only. GameStop reserves the right to end this promotion at any time. Coupon for $30 trade credit will be e-mailed November 23, 2009 to the e-mail address used to place the order. Wii versions only.

“Purchase Left 4 Dead 2 online and get a guaranteed $40 trade credit if you trade in the game at a GameStop store by December 20, 2009. Offer valid for online purchases only. Offer valid for a limited time only. GameStop reserves the right to end this promotion at any time. Coupon for $40 trade credit will be e-mailed November 23, 2009 to the e-mail address used to place the order. Xbox 360 version only.”

Considering GameFly lets you rent games everyday for about half the price of this so called “deal”, without the upfront purchase requirement, and no limit on when you have to return the game, this GameStop online offer really doesn’t seem all too great.

[Thanks Siliconera]