Major Bad News for Rhino Shoppers - Rhino Bought by GameStop

[rhinoguy]

about some of the rumors i work for rhino and what they have told me is that the old school are going to be stright buy 1 get 1 and will be like that untill they sell out and the old school systems i dont know but there is talk about gitting a free game if you buy one of the systems but the 25% extra on credit is true but that only applies to credit not any giftcards and i also herd that all rhinos will not open on sunday the 14 in order to change the stores into game stops

[KungFuOpera]

This is correct, all Rhino locations will be closed on the 14th to convert and will reopen on the 15th as Gamestops, far as we can tell. It's almost freaky how quiet and secretive they're being with this. What, do it quick and no one will notice?

/sigh

[awp]

Anyone think there's anything pre-emptive we should do if we have a pre-order there? Or should everything be safe?

I'm almost tempted to cancel it, get the credit and hope that there's a 25 percent bonus to convert it to GS credit. But I'm also still worried about losing the credit.

[neudog]

Well now that Rhino is going away I thought I'd start a thread in remembrance where members could share their favorite Rhino moment(s) and what they might have scored the last days of its existence.

My favorite memory is going into my local store for the first time. I never heard of the store prior to it opening, so I had to check it out and man was I blown away. I'm a huge fan of all video games especially classic stuff and there was so much of it. Sure their were the occasional pricey gems, but overall they had reasonable prices. Then to also have great promotions like "buy 2 get 1 Free" and "Trade 2 Get 1". I will miss Rhino and I look forward to the next independent company that comes out of its shadow.

As for what I was able to score the last few days I'd say I did pretty well. Here is what I scored:

- NBA 2K7 (360); traded Raw vs. Smackdown 07'/Ape Escape 3 $8
- Superman Returns (360); Time Crisis Crisis Zone/Odama $10
- Elebits (Wii); Psychonauts/Winback 2 $10
- Lost Planet (360); Zelda Collector's/Ape Escape 3 $10
- Rainbow 6: Vegas (360); Ape Escape 3/Winback 2 $14
- Trauma Center (Wii); Winback 2/Odama $20

Total Spent: $72 Total Gained: $305

Not to bad I have to say for a last hoorah.

[naes]

CAG Lifestyle & Off Topic As a CAG, your cheapness probably spreads to other facets of your life, beyond video games.
Talk about ways you save money or anything else you wish, as long as its NOT GAMING OR SHOPPING RELATED.

[neudog]

CAG Lifestyle & Off Topic As a CAG, your cheapness probably spreads to other facets of your life, beyond video games.
Talk about ways you save money or anything else you wish, as long as its NOT GAMING OR SHOPPING RELATED.

As a matter of fact it does. I use coupons, shop at Thrift Stores and do various other things to save money. Even though I try to save money I do purchase some games that are worthy at full price and I shop at retail, but I'm on a strict budget being a full time student and the only income being my wife's teacher pay. CAG is the best site I've come across and I make sure to inform others of its greatness.

[naes]

Um...???
As a matter of fact it does. I use coupons, shop at Thrift Stores and do various other things to save money. Even though I try to save money I do purchase some games that are worthy at full price and I shop at retail, but I'm on a strict budget being a full time student and the only income being my wife's teacher pay. CAG is the best site I've come across and I make sure to inform others of its greatness.

[FriskyTanuki]

This should be in the Deal Discussion forum, not Off-Topic.

[neudog]

It was hard to decide where it went. I know I mention deals, but I didn't think it merited being in the Deal Discussion Forum. Mods feel free to move if need be, thanks:)

[Scorch]

I used the suggestion line to tell them of an exploit I had found in the store to get the entire store free.. since the store is dead, I suppose that i'll share it. This has to be done in combination with a 2 for 1 and a B2G1 free deal. I'll use real games as an example. And these are completely random games, i'm just using them as an example.

Let's say I traded in Half-Life 2 and Psychonauts and got Destroy All Humans 2. Then I traded in Winback 2 and Driv3r and got Scarface.

Alright, now let's say that HL2, Psychonauts, Winback 2 and Driv3r all got exactly $10. I could take DAH2 and Scarface back, get $100 in credit, get all four games I did the 2 for 1 with, then get two more $24.99 games for free since it's B2G1 and do it all over again.. so.. basically..

Trade HL2 and Psychonauts and get DAH2
Trade Winback 2 and Driv3r and got Scarface.
Take back Scarface and DAH2 for $100 in credit. The store's running a B2G1F on used games, so i'll pick up HL2 and Psyhonauts for $24.99 each, as well as Winback 2 and Driv3r for $24.99 each, then i'll get two games that are $24.99 each.. and thus another 2 for 1 deal is born. And you could keep doing this over and over and over and over and stack your credit over and over.. Immoral? Yes. Playing within the boundaries? Absolutely.

Anyway, I reported this to the corporate office and got a response.. the guy responding back was awesome and we talked via e-mail for the better part of a year. If there was a game I was looking for (rare or not), he would ship it to my local store. In January '05, as a Christmas gift, he sent something for me to my local store.. huge package. In it was a bunch of random promo gifts.. DDR CDs, game patches (like sew on patches), skins, PSP cases, DS cases, a Rhino cup, a Rhino hat, and a $20 gift card. I'm still in a bit of shock about all of that. I tried to fire off an e-mail the second I heard about Rhino shutting down, but by that time, his e-mail was already shut down. I hope to get in contact with him somehow in the future because he was awesome.

Literally half of my game collection is because of Rhino. The employees were awesome and they usually had the game I was looking for. I'll definately miss the store and the amazing trade-in deals they offered.

[Maynard]

CAG Lifestyle & Off Topic As a CAG, your cheapness probably spreads to other facets of your life, beyond video games.
Talk about ways you save money or anything else you wish, as long as its NOT GAMING OR SHOPPING RELATED.

shutup.

[VanillaGorilla]

Or, for the tons of people who lived in states where Rhino wasn't even located, it was completely meaningless. *waits for the "but this has implications everywhere!" arguement.

[cdeener]

This should be in the Bragging Rights forum not the Off-topic forum.

[seanr1221]

Guess you can't miss what you never had, but the store sounded awesome.

[mtxbass1]

Do we really need another thread on this?

I liked Rhino just as much as the next guy, but 2 of the Rhino threads have now become "it was fun while it lasted".

[CocheseUGA]

Do we really need another thread on this?

I liked Rhino just as much as the next guy, but 2 of the Rhino threads have now become "it was fun while it lasted".

Seconded.

[Scorch]

13 replies and i'm the only one that actually talked about the store. I think he got the hint that it should be in another forum with the first person that posted it, but it's not like he can move it.

[David85]

I'll talk about my memory of it.

I found out a few days ago that Rhino games was some store that the Gamespot people bought. Before then I never heard of them and never had any memories of them.

[neudog]

13 replies and i'm the only one that actually talked about the store. I think he got the hint that it should be in another forum with the first person that posted it, but it's not like he can move it.

Thanks Scorch. I guess some members think we have infinite power here. Also thanks to Maynard as well. I took naes's response both positively and negatively, but opted to be the better person with my response.

[suko_32]

I wonder if the converted Rhinos will be called Funcoland instead of Gamestop.

[Scorch]

I wonder if the converted Rhinos will be called Funcoland instead of Gamestop.

No. No one knows why it says FuncoLand on the online thing. I guess because that's the last place they bought out and they never updated it?

Anyone planning on going to Rhinostop in the morning? I know I definately will, just to check prices and see what all's changed.

[Roufuss]

Nope, I'm not driving 45 minutes just to go to a converted Gamestop. The only good part about Rhino closing is I'm going to save a shitload in gas.

[naes]

On a positive note, they sounded like a kickass store. Too bad I never got to do business with them.

[CocheseUGA]

Thanks Scorch. I guess some members think we have infinite power here. Also thanks to Maynard as well. I took naes's response both positively and negatively, but opted to be the better person with my response.

It's just that we've been discussing it for a month now. What else is there left to say?

[Scorch]

Glad my store's about a mile or two from me. I doubt there's anything worth checking out there, but hey.. you never know.

[neocisco]

No. No one knows why it says FuncoLand on the online thing. I guess because that's the last place they bought out and they never updated it?

Anyone planning on going to Rhinostop in the morning? I know I definately will, just to check prices and see what all's changed.

I'll go by this week just out of morbid curiosity more than anything else. Actually, most of the employees at mine were pretty friendly and knowledgeable so I may still do some shopping there.

[kjauburn]

I'll go by this week just out of morbid curiosity more than anything else. Actually, most of the employees at mine were pretty friendly and knowledgeable so I may still do some shopping there.

If you mean the woodstock location bad news the store manager put in notice last week and this week is it for her. My guess is Gamestop will promote someone from one of there olders stores pissing off the rest of the employees and they will leave as well.

[kjauburn]

Anyone planning on going to Rhinostop in the morning? I know I definately will, just to check prices and see what all's changed.

I actually drove past it tonight when I was out getting dinner for the wife & I. I didn't see a whole lot of difference really except there seemed to be tons of large cardboard boxes sitting in the store. They seemed to be in a rush to get the new systems and pricing in place this weekend, but nothing else.

[suko_32]

The 25% increase on old Rhino credit has been confirmed by me.

[GrayWolf323]

why did they never make a store in virginia I want to buy these clearance deals so bad >_<

[MrNEWZ]

why did they never make a store in virginia I want to buy these clearance deals so bad >_<

Agreed. I've got money to burn! :-D

[Scorch]

There's no clearance deals, read the thread.

[awp]

The 25% increase on old Rhino credit has been confirmed by me.

Now that the stores have re-opened under GameStop has anyone actually converted their Rhino credit and gotten the 25% increase?

[kjauburn]

Now that the stores have re-opened under GameStop has anyone actually converted their Rhino credit and gotten the 25% increase?

When I was in there today I was told they don't have a way to deal with Rhino Credit right now unless its a gift card. They should have a fix in place shortly. They couldn't even ring up the WOW expansion preorders right now. People who already bought it had the choice of waiting until the system was fix or buying it again on top of the preorder today. Then when the system was fixed they could receive a credit for the preorder money down. This could have been just one store not knowing what the hell they were doing or a larger company wide issue...

[neocisco]

When I was in there today I was told they don't have a way to deal with Rhino Credit right now unless its a gift card. They should have a fix in place shortly. They couldn't even ring up the WOW expansion preorders right now. People who already bought it had the choice of waiting until the system was fix or buying it again on top of the preorder today. Then when the system was fixed they could receive a credit for the preorder money down. This could have been just one store not knowing what the hell they were doing or a larger company wide issue...

The Woodstock store? If so, thanks, you saved me a trip tomorrow (even a though it's a short one).

[cyberlian]

best snes games are still 9.99 at my local rhinos

[Segasonic01]

The Rhino in Zephyrhills, FL had some good stuff left. I got:

DC:
Dead Or Alive 2 (complete, non-GH, F***ed up manual) $9.99
Grandia 2 (complete), free
Sould Caliber (complete, non-GH) 8.99
Resident Evil 2 (complete) free

PS1:
FF Chronicles (FF4 & Chrono Trigger, complete) $17.99
FF9 (complete, non-GH) Free

They also had Ogre battle lim. for PS1, but left it.

[mcgavin27]

The Rhino in Zephyrhills, FL had some good stuff left. I got:

DC:
Dead Or Alive 2 (complete, non-GH, F***ed up manual) $9.99
Grandia 2 (complete), free
Sould Caliber (complete, non-GH) 8.99
Resident Evil 2 (complete) free

PS1:
FF Chronicles (FF4 & Chrono Trigger, complete) $17.99
FF9 (complete, non-GH) Free

They also had Ogre battle lim. for PS1, but left it.

I bought two dc games today and I didn't get a buy one get one free on them.

[thebagofsand]

Does anyone Know is the Woodstock Ga store has any games left? Thanks

[neocisco]

Does anyone Know is the Woodstock Ga store has any games left? Thanks

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[thebagofsand]

Like any thing good is what I meant.

[kjauburn]

Does anyone Know is the Woodstock Ga store has any games left? Thanks

The best games I saw were a sega pirates gold and some super mario all stars at $9.99 when I was there on tuesday.

[thebagofsand]

Thanks I'm going by there tommrow. Its a shame it got cloesd down. It was a damn fine store.

[nikdvs]

For those people who don't like GameStop and the way it's running companies out of business, or buying them out, check out

http://www.stopgamestop.com

It just launched, but its goal is to provide a database of alternatives to GameStop, submitted by users.

[zman73]

For those people who don't like GameStop and the way it's running companies out of business, or buying them out, check out

http://www.stopgamestop.com

It just launched, but its goal is to provide a database of alternatives to GameStop, submitted by users.


I'd love to shop at another local game store, but there are none in my area, the only dedicated game store within an hour of me NOT owned by GS is a game traders in Biloxi, and the prices are so ridiculous Ive never bought anything from them

I doubt I will be spending anywhere near on games this year that I did last year

[addicted2games]

the only dedicated game store within an hour of me NOT owned by GS is a game traders in Biloxi, and the prices are so ridiculous Ive never bought anything from them


I went to that store back in 2004 and was really excited to see a store full of classic games from every system and most complete. Then I realized the prices were comparable to ebay prices or more and said forget it. They are still in business? Somebody must be buying games from them.

[oncedead]

Does anybody know if the stor in Albany, GA is doing this and if they have anything left?

[vwkiller1412]

On December 22nd I had an interview with Rhino Video Games. When I arrived there I was told that they were too busy, and that they would reschedule. Well, one week later I got tired of waiting and called them myself. I explained my situation and they told me to come in that day. I had my interview and it went great. It was a straight-forward style interview, which I can handle. I wasn't asked stupid-ass questions like"what can you bring to ********?", or my personal favorite "What are some of your opportunities?". I mean, the way I see it, if I am applying for a job in a department store, I don't have many opportunities!!! Anyways, I waited to (possibly) be called back for perhaps a 2nd interview. Another week passes by and OH MY F*CK*NG GOD, RHINO"S HAS BEEN BOUGHT OUT BY GAMESTOP. This particular Rhino's location was actually, seriously hiring, but due to GAMESTOP BUYING THEM OUT, I guess that was shot to hell. I contacted the store several times to see if they were still hiring, can't seem to get an honest answer. I mention to them that I had an interview a few weeks ago, and was told and I quite "DUH' THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE WERE RHINO'S, WE ARE GAMESTOP NOW, SO THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU IS TO COME BACK IN AND FILL OUT ANOTHER APP. Despite the fact that Gamestop now owns them, they are still using (according to my knowledge) the "Rhino" name, but apparently must have scrapped all "Rhino" apps.

NOW THAT IS BULLS#!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


P.S. NOW MY QUEST BEGINS AGAIN............................................. .......

[neocisco]

On December 22nd I had an interview with Rhino Video Games. When I arrived there I was told that they were too busy, and that they would reschedule. Well, one week later I got tired of waiting and called them myself. I explained my situation and they told me to come in that day. I had my interview and it went great. It was a straight-forward style interview, which I can handle. I wasn't asked stupid-ass questions like"what can you bring to ********?", or my personal favorite "What are some of your opportunities?". I mean, the way I see it, if I am applying for a job in a department store, I don't have many opportunities!!! Anyways, I waited to (possibly) be called back for perhaps a 2nd interview. Another week passes by and OH MY F*CK*NG GOD, RHINO"S HAS BEEN BOUGHT OUT BY GAMESTOP. This particular Rhino's location was actually, seriously hiring, but due to GAMESTOP BUYING THEM OUT, I guess that was shot to hell. I contacted the store several times to see if they were still hiring, can't seem to get an honest answer. I mention to them that I had an interview a few weeks ago, and was told and I quite "DUH' THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE WERE RHINO'S, WE ARE GAMESTOP NOW, SO THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU IS TO COME BACK IN AND FILL OUT ANOTHER APP. Despite the fact that Gamestop now owns them, they are still using (according to my knowledge) the "Rhino" name, but apparently must have scrapped all "Rhino" apps.

NOW THAT IS BULLS#!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


P.S. NOW MY QUEST BEGINS AGAIN............................................. .......

After reading this post I can see why they didn't call you back.