Used Madden/Gamestop Question

[stockstar1138]

I picked up Madden 09 used from Gamestop this weekend and I need some help figuring this out.

I went in, saw no used copies on the shelf. I asked the guy if there was any used Madden 09s for PS3. He said yes, he knew he had one and i asked if he could help me find it cause i didn't see it.

he walked over and pulled the collectors edition off the shelf, it had a $54.99 price tag on it, typical for a newly released used game non-special edition. he told me right off the bat, before i could even ask a question that there was no bonus material with the game, just the game itself and thats why it was the regular used price.

i was like, ok, and i bought it.

then i was thinking, why was that on the shelf?

- if somebody was going to drop $90 on a special edition, would they seriously sell it to gamestop for a used price within a week? Probably Not.

- if somebody did do that, why would they take all the bonus material out of it before they sell it back used? Makes no sense to me.

ive seen many shaddy things before on shelves on gamestop, but ive alwasy been able to figure out why they are there, this one has me stumped. does somebody have any theories to why a used collector's edition with nothing but the game was on the shelf at a gamestop within a week of release?