Dear Future Gamer

I was reading FG38 while in Hong Kong, and read Michael Rosser's letter concerning secondhand games. He said how retailers didn't say that the games were secondhand, and so I have a question about a made up scenario.

Say it's your birthday or something and you ask for a game. Let's use Quake II. However, because you have a lot of friends and/or you spread the word, well, you get two copies. If you take one of them to a trade-in shop but don't open it, etc, so it's still cellophane wrapped, what should the shop do with it? Would they sell it as secondhand but still in the cellophane, or keep the cellophane on the game and sell it "first hand"? Or would they just rip off the cellophane and sell it secondhand? This question has been on my mind for a while, so please answer it, Future Gamer, and if any games exchange shop owners are out there, please answer.

Millasur

FG: I'm sure that happens quite a lot, Millasur, and my feeling is that any shop worth its profit margin would simply re-sell the game as a new, full-price release. And why shouldn't they? The game hasn't been played, after all. I don't think you'd find many ripping off the cellophane and badging the game as secondhand and therefore charging less for it. Maybe I'm completely wrong - any retailers out there like to put me straight?