Umm I have always bought used games from them, but want to buy a previously used one; does the game come w/ the original case or a rental case usually?

Originally Posted by Carlanga Umm I have always bought used games from them, but want to buy a previously used one; does the game come w/ the original case or a rental case usually?

If you value the condition and quality of your games or movies, DO NOT BUY PREVIOUSLY VIEWED/USED.

Hope that helps. ^__^

Originally Posted by Squarehard If you value the condition and quality of your games or movies, DO NOT BUY PREVIOUSLY VIEWED/USED. Hope that helps. ^__^

Well, its a PS3 game, so I assume the BR won't be really damaged... I really want to know if they come w/ the original case or not to make my buying decision.

Originally Posted by Masterkyo Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3) $20 plus $1 shipping http://www.gohastings.com/product/GA.../286563549.uts

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Originally Posted by Carlanga Well, its a PS3 game, so I assume the BR won't be really damaged... I really want to know if they come w/ the original case or not to make my buying decision.

They rarely come complete with original everything, and will most likely be in a generic or rental case. I was hoping my warning would cover this part too, but I guess I wasn't clear enough.

Used actually usually comes with the shit it should. Previously Viewed is where you take the risk.

Originally Posted by Squarehard They rarely come complete with original everything, and will most likely be in a generic or rental case. I was hoping my warning would cover this part too, but I guess I wasn't clear enough.

Got you! Thanks!

Originally Posted by DarkSageRK Used actually usually comes with the shit it should. Previously Viewed is where you take the risk.

Thanks, I like to have the shit (orig case).

Just for the record, I've bought a mix of both used and previously viewed from GoHastings and every single thing I've ordered has come in its original case and all but two things have been in good condition. I've ordered probably 50+ things and maybe 6-7 of those were previously viewed. A few times, the previously viewed came in better condition than some of the used items. Still YMMV though, obviously.

Originally Posted by Tsel Just for the record, I've bought a mix of both used and previously viewed from GoHastings and every single thing I've ordered has come in its original case and all but two things have been in good condition. I've ordered probably 50+ things and maybe 6-7 of those were previously viewed. A few times, the previously viewed came in better condition than some of the used items. Still YMMV though, obviously.

For me it's been the complete opposite, and in many of the cases I've received PV in the place of USED, so it's even worse. And I have 50+ orders in the past 2 months, not just items, so I have a pretty good sample size as well as far as my experience goes. I've actually stopped ordering PV altogether and I am still getting them even when I ordered USED, and the conditions are horrible on the ones that do arrive PV. But as you said, it'll be YMMV.

Fair enough, Squarehard. I'm not gonna say I haven't gotten previously viewed copies when I ordered used, but for the most part, used is a better choice.

Originally Posted by DarkSageRK Fair enough, Squarehard. I'm not gonna say I haven't gotten previously viewed copies when I ordered used, but for the most part, used is a better choice.

Amen to that.

Originally Posted by V3rtigo They don't need a warehouse. Look at your order IDs and you can see exactly how much they're selling. We're talking about 500-1000 orders per day. That's 4-8 per store per day. Let's say 5 items per, that's 20-40 items per store per day. Probably much less when there are no sales, which seems to be most of the time nowadays. That in no way requires a warehouse. It also is really laughable that at those volumes, they still can't get inventory right. And yes, they're trading at low prices, but they were an $8 stock 2 years ago. Toys R Us already went bankrupt once, hence why they have private buyers (who I actually happen to know). It's foolish to compare them to Wal-Mart and Target but there is no reason they aren't as successful as Half Price Books. Big surprise, Half Price Books doesn't sell online, which is probably for the best. If you're not going to do it right, then why bother? Hastings bothered, and they're closing down stores and running a half-assed site. Maybe the Toys R Us owners will buy it for pennies on the dollar.

Despite the fact you are guessing at knowing the volume of orders and number of items in the orders based of what you think an order invoice from them means, you still completely ignored my point about the pitfall of running a central shipping location out of a retail front store.

Again, this whole thing stems from the idea "OMGz why can't the ship everything all at once instead of in 20 packages." Amazon doesn't even ship everything in the same package, so I don't know what the people are going on about. I've had Best Buy items arrive separately from the same order. Large enterprises with a handful of warehouse locations across the country specifically for internet orders don't always ship your entire order from the same location, yet people think Hastings should? Logistics aside, that's just a huge "What the " kind of statement. I've never ever once read any complaints about Amazon items arriving separately. But people like to pick on Hastings because its easy to do.

Who cares how they ship it (in terms of individual packages or all together) as long as your total price including shipping costs works out to be cheaper than the same item from another retailer or seller, including shipping?

But since you seem to know how to turn Hastings' business around, maybe you should send John Marmaduke your CV and a proposal. I'm sure he'll be real impressed by the references from your investor friends who own Toys R Us now.

Its also funny you continually blast Hastings where as stores like Toys R Us, Best Buy, f.y.e., etc. are all not doing so hot. The demand for physical locations for media items is increasingly shrinking. Hastings has many areas where they can do better for sure, but they're not exactly in a growing B&M industry.

Originally Posted by Squarehard Not to derail your conversation, but I just didn't feel it was fair picking on HPB just based on your experience.

My point wasnt to pick on them, just to say they are vastly different from hastings. Ive been in a ton of different locations and all were the same, so I guess you have some better HPB near you than I do :-)

Picked up few games today with $0.99 shipping

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so im in ny it started in kc and went to la first

lol usps

How are the used items from GoHasting usually? Do they usually come complete

Originally Posted by Shaq-Funaki How are the used items from GoHasting usually? Do they usually come complete

its a crapshoot 35 percent of the time

Originally Posted by cjenvy its a crapshoot 35 percent of the time

I would say it's a little bit more than 35%. Like I said, it is YMMV and this is just my own personal experiences, but every single thing I've ever ordered has come complete. There's only been a couple of times where something has come damaged.

Originally Posted by Tsel I would say it's a little bit more than 35%. Like I said, it is YMMV and this is just my own personal experiences, but every single thing I've ever ordered has come complete. There's only been a couple of times where something has come damaged.

Ive ordered thousands of items from them, and rarely do things not come complete. Infact, I think Ive only once or twice had used come incomplete for movies/dvd sets. Usually the games I get are complete too, but the most common occurrence seems that it doesnt come with the manual. More likely is the item coming in poor condition, but that is less than 10% for me too...

Originally Posted by cjenvy so im in ny it started in kc and went to la first lol usps

Hard to predict what USPS does. I live in CA and have had stuff shipped from NV and then make a road trip to the easy coast, and then eventually to CA in the end. You never know with the USPS. ^__^