GameStop announced that on December 6, 2025, it’s holding its first Trade Anything Day at all its stores. The premise is that you can bring in almost any object, and get $5 store credit for it. The object doesn’t have to be a video game, or anything that they sell at the store.
But there are many limitations, which are listed below. Rest assured that you can trade in your taxidermy items.
You should be able to bring in a paper clip and get $5 store credit for it. Try it! If you bring in something that GameStop normally accepts in trade, you’ll get the normal trade-in amount for it.
Before we get to the lengthy list of exclusions, some basic info:
- Limit one item per person
- The item must fit into a 20x20x20 inch box
- GameStop staff have the authority to to refuse any item
Excluded items
- Hazardous waste or material, chemicals, liquids
- Lithium ion batteries or items containing lithium ion batteries
- Weapons and ammo
- Dead or alive animals (Taxidermy items are valid for trade)
- Alcohol, Tobacco, drugs or pharmaceuticals (legal or not)
- Computers (such as desktops, laptops, notebooks, all-in-ones, minis, workstations, e-readers, tablets, thin clients, smart displays, virtual reality headsets with built-in processor, interactive flat panel displays with built-in processor) excluding certain MacBooks GameStop normally accepts in trade
- Computer peripherals intended for use with a computer and weighing less than 100 pounds — monitors, keyboards/keypads, mice/pointing devices, external hard drives (excluding those normally accepted in trade), facsimile machines, document scanners, printers, 3D printers, label printers, digital picture frames. Small electronic equipment (portable digital music players, VCRs, DVD players, DVRs, digital converter boxes, cable or satellite receivers, projectors including those with DVD player capability
- Small scale servers
- Televisions
- Gift cards and other currency (foreign or domestic)
- Jewelry
- Sexual and explicit items
- Items resembling body parts
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