GameStop will soon host a "Trade In Anything" Day, and customers can trade in almost anything for store credit, except most dead animals, illegal drugs and hazardous materials.

A GameStop customer cashed in big time after trading a Pokémon card for over $30,000 in a historic deal.

On Dec. 1, a customer in Grapevine, Texas, sold the gaming retailer a fully authenticated PSA Grade 10 Holo Gengar card with a fair-market valuation of $33,883, according to a news release Gamestop posted on X.

After completing an inspection, verification and compliance procedures, the store paid the customer $30,494, the company said.

“This event now constitutes the most valuable single trade-in ever recorded in GameStop history,” GameStop said in the news release.

The gaming retailer added, “Furthermore, any trolls who publicly claim that GameStop trade-in values are bad are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect. Any prior and ongoing objections to our trade values are now deemed without merit and factually invalid."

The company concluded its release with its slogan: “Power to the players.”

The massive trade-in also comes after GameStop announced it'll have its first-ever "Trade Anything Day" on Saturday, Dec. 6. On this day, customers can trade in anything they want, with some restrictions, for store credit, GameStop told USA TODAY in an email in late November.

Logan Paul bought rare Pokémon card for over $5 million

Of late, Pokémon cards are known to be cashed in for high amounts. In 2022, YouTuber Logan Paul broke the Guinness World Record for the most expensive Pokémon trading card sold at a private sale. The card was a PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card that cost him $5,275,000, according to Guinness.

Paul purchased a PSA Grade 9 Pikachu Illustrator for $1,275,000 in 2021 from Matt Allen, a prominent sports card collector. At that point, Paul told Guinness he had “never spent this much money on a physical asset.”

The YouTuber and WWE wrestler then traveled to Dubai, where he purchased the over $5 million PSA Grade 10 version of the card from a collector who goes by the name "Dubsy," according to Guinness.

The PSA Grade 10 Pikachu Illustrator card is a rare collector's item. Only 39 of them were created in 1998 and given out to winners of a Pokémon illustration contest, Guinness' website said. Out of the 39, only 20 have been graded by PSA, a leading card authentication service. Eight of them have been given a PSA Grade 9 out of 10.

A Grade 9 means the card is nearly perfect but could exhibit minor imperfections like a slight wax stain on the reverse or slightly off-white borders. To be given a Grade 10, a card would need to be deemed perfect with “four sharp corners, and a front and back that are free of any impressions, indentations, or minor abrasions,” PSA’s website states.

At the point of the auction, Paul’s card was the only one to be given the coveted Grade 10 rating.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com

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