100 ways to get Great GameStop Customer Service

[Samus]

1. Buy an Edge Card every time you walk into the store.

[Scorch]

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[Shazyzang]

That's not 100, I want my money back.

[Lupin_IV]

2. Preorder anything and everything they are offering.

[crzyjoeguy]

you can get "great" service at gamestop?

[pitfallharry219]

3. Get a job at GameStop and service yourself.

[TheBlueWizard]

you can get "great" service at gamestop?

Not really.

[the_grimace]

buy all their used retro games that sell doe like $10 a cart for a NES game that probably wont work

[lolwaut]

4. Do not go within 150 feet of any GameStop store.

[Macheezmo]

5. Hypnotoad

[breakingcustoms]

6. shop somewhere else

[lionheart4life]

Just go in knowing what you want, buy it, and try not to say a single word while looking straight ahead at all times.

[DesertEagleXIX]

I was expecting give the clerk a BJ....Thank goodnes for those Edge cards.

[NovaKane]

7. Let them know you're hip to their scheme if they try to pressure you to pre-order shit.

[Porksta]

8. No glitter, bitches.

[BarbblerElf]

9. Rub their belly

[ninja dog]

2. Gamefaqs

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

10. Same as others have said: SHOP ELSEWHERE

[DuelLadyS]

11. Own breasts. I've always had great service at Gamestops. :lol:

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

11. Own breasts. I've always had great service at Gamestops. :lol:

Do manboobs count? :lol:

[Manatee]

Ask for Battletoads everytime you're instore. Call ahead for best results.

[Lupin_IV]

Do manboobs count? :lol:

Half the time, the clerks have them, so no.

[anotherpoorgamer]

12. Buy their cheap used games so they can free up space in their store.

or

Knock over the magazine rack after arguing with the store employee over the gutted new game policy.

[joshnorm]

13. Agree that the scratched up disk and the gutted box that they gave you and took home to play is new. Thank them and offer them a hand job before you skip on out of there

[Porksta]

Do manboobs count? :lol:

Wear a pushup. Show off those moneymakers!

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

Wear a pushup. Show off those moneymakers!

:lol:

[KingDox]

Buy what ever game they recomend when you're buying another game.

"I see you're buying a copy of Dirt, you should think about picking up a copy of Madden, it's awesome"

[mis0]

The male GS workers I've talked with are jerks. They think they're so much better than me because they're hip with the new games coming out. I just go shop and look around with my girlfriend since I know speaking to women are their only weakness.

[Shady3011]

Whoa. I thought this was CAG not GameFAQs.

[phear3d]

oh i like this thread already. lol. op, you should change the title to 1001 ways.

14. Stop promoting employees based on the store numbers. Hire qualified, honest individuals. I was just at a GS and you can tell that this girl is the manager since she was annoyed at everything she did. When she asked me what was her employee looking for (yeah she came out of the door where he was and she couldn't ask him?) and I told her and all she did was shook her head like I did something wrong.

15. Listen to your customers, not the corporate executives. If you were voted WORST on one of the biggest shopping forums on the internet (for 3 years in a row), you should take that as constructive criticism.

[hiccupleftovers]

Not shop at GS. Simple enough.

[hiccupleftovers]

Whoa. I thought this was CAG not GameFAQs.

Everyone (meaning most) hate GS.

[dan13l858]

Ask for Battletoads everytime you're instore. Call ahead for best results.

My friend works at Gamestop and knows about the Battletoads thing. Once, she kept a guy on the phone for like 10 mins saying is it on the PS2 or Xbox 360. I actually watched the prankster hang up in frustration. It was funny. I can't wait till the Virtual Console release so this tried prank finally dies down.

[Kerig]

16. Tell them Slidecage sent you.

[anch]

17. ask for the corporate or DM's number.
18. tell them that you know tellgamestop.com

[mietha]

17. ask for the corporate or DM's number.
18. tell them that you know tellgamestop.com

Either of those might work if corporate gave a shit, which they don't.

[TimPV3]

19. Don't bitch about your shitty trade in value
20. Smell decent
21. Don't ask if the Wii can play Blu-ray movies
22. When I spend an extra 2 minutes finding the best looking game in the drawer, don't complain because it has smudges, or ridiculously light scratches. It's used for a reason.
23. Don't try to weasel out of refurb fees because your PS2 magically stopped reading bluebacks on the car ride to the store.
24. For fucks sake, your 360 made that nice deep little ring on your disc, and it's not my responsibility to exchange it or give you a refund (but I'll do it anyway because I don't want to read about it on CAG).

[TheDeadEye]

I actually like GameStop. Well, not enough to buy new games there, but hey...

528. Remember that retail sales droids deal with thousands of idiots in any given month. Except you; you're a perfectly perfect customer who is completely awesome in every way. It's just all those other idiots who screwed it up for you and made the clerk fraking insane. :drool:

[Shady3011]

Everyone (meaning most) hate GS.

I hate them too, but this thread serves no real purpose.

[Shazyzang]

#???: Ask for XStationCube Advance games.

[Sooku]

27. Don't act like a jerk. I act like a nice guy when I go to GS, and I've never had a bad experience before.

[NovaKane]

or

Knock over the magazine rack after arguing with the store employee over the gutted new game policy.

LMAO!!!

[Vinny]

28. Tell them you just got out of prison after serving a 3 year term for stabbing a GameStop worker who wouldn't stop pestering you to preorder games or buy an EDGE card.

[Demolition Man]

#100 - Shop somewhere else.

[DaddyBoJangles]

30. Bring them Mountain Dew, Cheetoes, Snickers or any other carbonated, fattening treat.

[Furashu]

31. show them your lower back tatoo that says gamestop

[Tsukento]

3. Get a job at GameStop and service yourself.
I can't believe no one made a joke about this. :lol:

[pitfallharry219]

I can't believe no one made a joke about this. :lol:

I know. I thought it was clever.

[Squarehard]

32. Tell them you're Jesus

[chimpian]

99. Hold a conversation on with yourself about how much you wish this place was still a magical forest full of gnomes and unicorns.

[JMClarkent]

33. Only speak using Video game quotes...

- 'Would you like to reserve Madden 2010?'

-" I'm sorry, but the princess is in another castle..."

[Warner1281]

101: Know that GS = "opposite land." Thus, when you say you want a "new" copy, it is assumed you want a "used" copy.

[help1]

33. Only speak using Video game quotes...

- 'Would you like to reserve Madden 2010?'

-" I'm sorry, but the princess is in another castle..."

Dude.

I might just do that.

[Tsukento]

Even better. If you ask for new, and they go to reach for an open case...

"HALT RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

[DuelLadyS]

Even better. If you ask for new, and they go to reach for an open case...

"HALT RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

Don't forget:
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[dg7md]

Pre-order every title you can only to cancel them before you leave the store.

[MidnightScott]

Even better. If you ask for new, and they go to reach for an open case...

"HALT RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

Well that happened to me before. I went to a GameStop (by my house, I still shop there for some reason...) and I asked or a new unopened copy of Lunar Knights for DS. He reaches in and pulls out a gutted copy.

I said, no thank you. I asked for a new unopened copy and you give me this? Do you not know what unopened means?

Then me and my brother left the store. I mean I know it sounds like I'm the asshole here. I still shop there anyway though, but I only ever preorder stuff or buy a game on launch day (like Sonic Unleashed).

Back when I was naive, I bought Dragon Ball Z: SSW2 & Castlevania: DoS at GameStop and they gave me a gutted copy. I bet they played the damn game and used it already, and were just selling it as new.

But they never bug me about preordering anything most of the time. I did preorder MadWorld, Pokemon Platinum, Rhythm Heaven, and a Blue DSi...so maybe they like me now? :p

[bigdaddybruce44]

I don't honestly think you sound like an asshole. You wanted an unopened copy...you asked for unopened copy...and they try to hand you the opened one. I know when I was looking to pick up the MGS Essentials, the only one the store had was the display copy. I didn't want the banged up cardboard box, so I said, "No, thanks." The employee looked at me like I was fucking nuts.

Many of the employees who recognize me from going there so much will now ask me if I mind getting the gutted copy. They also don't seem to ask about pre-orders nearly as much as in the past. I honestly can't remember the last time an employee asked me if I wanted to pre-order anything.

[camelking6969]

1001) wear a shirt that says " i hate preorders"
1002) shave your head and get a tatoo of princess peach on your scalp

[mogamer]

19. Don't bitch about your shitty trade in value
20. Smell decent
21. Don't ask if the Wii can play Blu-ray movies
22. When I spend an extra 2 minutes finding the best looking game in the drawer, don't complain because it has smudges, or ridiculously light scratches. It's used for a reason.
23. Don't try to weasel out of refurb fees because your PS2 magically stopped reading bluebacks on the car ride to the store.
24. For fucks sake, your 360 made that nice deep little ring on your disc, and it's not my responsibility to exchange it or give you a refund (but I'll do it anyway because I don't want to read about it on CAG).

You forgot the part where you charge the refurb fee on a game, don't refurb it and charge full price on it. :roll:

[Hybrid5006]

Do they sell GameCast games?

[Demolition Man]

Naw I want a Microsoft Wiistation.

[camelking6969]

You forgot the part where you charge the refurb fee on a game, don't refurb it and charge full price on it. :roll:
classic, but true

[Nintendokid54]

#. pretend to be deaf...

[iNFiNiTE HORiZON]

#34. (and I actually do this)

- every time they ask you to preorder something or try to hand you a gutted copy of something just look at them like they are crazy and you dont know what they are talking about or trying to pull.