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Originally Posted by AoA Reading your post made me angry. You, good sir, are filling me with GameStop rage! ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!! I too have gotten in to fights with them. God forbid they EVER have an unopened case of whatever game I'm buying. Even when its on sale, they have ONE ONE!!!!!!!!!! game available and its OPENED and gutted. GameStop. Please let me find someone else selling LA Noire for $20. /[rant] I'm still angry. Stupid GameStop.

An easy fix would be to just call your local store and ask if they have any sealed copies

Originally Posted by CAGkrazy Maybe he intends to return and rebuy the item.. hopefully he didnt open it yet.

Yep, I will keep it sealed and go back with my receipt. I grabbed now to get a sealed copy and to not chance missing out on a copy.

Thanks for the concerns/heads up though.

Originally Posted by Kingmojo210 Yes most games will likely be 2$ off used priced i.e MW3 39.99 Used 37.99

I will have to say "no". Last year Mortal Kombat DC Universe was $10 NEW, but the USED copy was $17.99 on the shelf and the guy wouldn't sell it to me for $8. I specifically told him I'm not paying $8 more for a used copy that's dumb. He said sorry, the NEW copies were sent to stores to sell specifically for this sale. This is a sale not price drops, which the USED prices would reflect price drops.

I'm pretty sure only the listed games are on sale, and each store gets sent extra copies of each (sealed) but they gut a bunch to put on floor.

GS got their shipment of ads for next week's sale. Grabbed a few to plot out my price matching schemes if need be. GS manager said used prices will not be dropping along with their new counterparts. At least on the games I asked about (MK:KE, AC:R, etc). Like others have stated sometimes they do, like COD:MW3, COD:BO, etc.

Originally Posted by spug21 An easy fix would be to just call your local store and ask if they have any sealed copies

That's not easy at all. I've called six GS stores (within 25mi) of me and ALL stores gutted ALL copies of certain games on sale to put them in the sale bin. Or if a store only gets 1-2 copies of a game, they get gutted immediately.

So would we be able to price match this to amazon or will that not happen?

Originally Posted by Romeo That's not easy at all. I've called six GS stores (within 25mi) of me and ALL stores gutted ALL copies of certain games on sale to put them in the sale bin. Or if a store only gets 1-2 copies of a game, they get gutted immediately.

If you guys are only worried about buying "gutted" new games for return purposes (as opposed to being played by employees, etc) most of the GS stores in my area have switched to an "official" black, red and white GS sticker to cover opening. They stopped using the clear stickers as these were easy to remove/reapply and could be purchased anywhere.

This does nothing for the fact that it's still gutted, but they are less likely to question your return.

Originally Posted by klimb22 If you guys are only worried about buying "gutted" new games for return purposes (as opposed to being played by employees, etc) most of the GS stores in my area have switched to an "official" black, red and white GS sticker to cover opening. They stopped using the clear stickers as these were easy to remove/reapply and could be purchased anywhere. This does nothing for the fact that it's still gutted, but they are less likely to question your return.

Morally I will not buy it if it's tampered with. Breaking the seal means it's used and I will not buy used games.

Someone else replied about employees checking out games, I know for a FACT that the gutted copies are checked out.

Originally Posted by Romeo Morally I will not buy it if it's tampered with. Breaking the seal means it's used and I will not buy used games. Someone else replied about employees checking out games, I know for a FACT that the gutted copies are checked out.

assuming what you say is true....how can they sell new copies of games that are played by employees legally speaking??? surely if this was the case someone would sue them by now????

i say "if" because its the internet and hating gamestop is the cool thing to when ive had almost no problem with them in the past 15 years besides gutted games which hasnt really bothered me all that much.

Originally Posted by kayne2000 assuming what you say is true....how can they sell new copies of games that are played by employees legally speaking??? surely if this was the case someone would sue them by now???? i say "if" because its the internet and hating gamestop is the cool thing to when ive had almost no problem with them in the past 15 years besides gutted games which hasnt really bothered me all that much.

There was a big debacle over this a few years ago, and because of that, for the past 3 years GS hasnt allowed their employees to borrow and play new games.

Also, morals has nothing to do with not buying used games sold as new. Like nothing at all. It'd have to do with morals, if say, Slave labor made the games. Opening games and selling them as new isn't a morral issue.

Originally Posted by KtMack23 There was a big debacle over this a few years ago, and because of that, for the past 3 years GS hasnt allowed their employees to borrow and play new games. Also, morals has nothing to do with not buying used games sold as new. Like nothing at all. It'd have to do with morals, if say, Slave labor made the games. Opening games and selling them as new isn't a morral issue.

oh i didnt know about that debacle was legal action taken or something??

also yeah there is morals involved. if the game has been played that is dishonesty as in the above mentioned case. however to me it is new if it has just been moved to a plastic that one time. its still new provided the rest of the case and manual is in tact. im really not bothered by it. i can see how it might be a little deceiving to people and thus a moral issue

Originally Posted by keine hmm... Very tempted to snag WKC II for $20, but I think I might be able to find it at a lower price later.

Took 3 years for Tales of Vesperia/Valkyria Chronicles to drop below $20 so good luck with that.

Originally Posted by MSUHitman Took 3 years for Tales of Vesperia/Valkyria Chronicles to drop below $20 so good luck with that.

I can vouch for this fact... I was the stubborn one who waited for a drop on both.... hahaha

Originally Posted by skycat561 PS3 Assassin's Creed Revelations 19.99 Catherine 29.99 Grand Theft Auto IV Complete Edition 19.99 King of Fighters XIII 29.99 Mortal Kombat : Komplete Edition 29.99 Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition 29.99 Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Pack 49.99 White Knight Chronicles II 19.99

My wish list.

Also, will there be a physical ad for PM'ing?

Originally Posted by Perfect*Ending My wish list. Also, will there be a physical ad for PM'ing?

yup!

Originally Posted by Romeo Morally I will not buy it if it's tampered with. Breaking the seal means it's used and I will not buy used games. Someone else replied about employees checking out games, I know for a FACT that the gutted copies are checked out.

So every copy of every game that's gutted in every gamestop has been played?

Originally Posted by Perfect*Ending Also, will there be a physical ad for PM'ing?

The stores have it now. Picked up a few copies just for PM'ing purposes.

It's too bad that there arent more games in this sale that I want besides 2. I'm just going to snag ass creed and prey that the coupon stacks with hot shots. If it doesn't stack then I'm skipping that game for now

Originally Posted by strait edge follower It's too bad that there arent more games in this sale that I want besides 2. I'm just going to snag ass creed and prey that the coupon stacks with hot shots. If it doesn't stack then I'm skipping that game for now

Yeah I hope the coupon stacks as well. Plan on getting all 3 of the Vita games that are part of the sale, but if the coupons doesn't work I'll just pick them up later.

I also forgot I have a $5 gift card for Target, so I'll have them Price match Gamestop's Ass Creed and get it for $15.

Originally Posted by kayne2000 oh i didnt know about that debacle was legal action taken or something?? also yeah there is morals involved. if the game has been played that is dishonesty as in the above mentioned case. however to me it is new if it has just been moved to a plastic that one time. its still new provided the rest of the case and manual is in tact. im really not bothered by it. i can see how it might be a little deceiving to people and thus a moral issue

I'm not sure what legal action was taken, I just remember the story on Yahoo's front page.
Also, maybe selling games used as new shows your integrity. But whether or not you buy new "games" that may or may not have been used, (which is what he implied) has nothing to do with morals.