Goozex is a game trading site where you send the games you’re not playing to other people in Canada, the US and Bermuda for points. You then take these points and request games from other people, who send them out to you. I originally joined because you get 1 free request and 100 free points (good enough for a crappy game on almost any system). If you’re going to join, please use my referral link so we can both benefit with some free points.

The whole system runs on trust. You have to trust that the person you’re sending the game to is honest in saying that they’ve received your game. And you have to trust that people will send you games you request. Because you get 100 points free upon signup, I suspect a lot of one-time users will request 100 point games and never use the site again. In any case, I sent away a 100 point game, Metroid Prime and hopefully will get the credit for it.

If I don’t get credit for it, I do feel kind of ripped off for giving away my game for free. Maybe I could’ve gotten $5 or $10 from it on Craigslist. On the other hand; I don’t want these games around, and better than throwing them away, I can send it off to some kid who wants it. The bonus for my charity is that I might get some free games in return.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: games, gettingridofstuff, webgeek