[quote name='Segasonic01']Im in Tampa. There are 3 PnTs in my area. The one I kinda work for is the best. I am the one that goes & hunts for a major part of their old school games at the fleas & pawns. I also occasionally stand outside in a mario costume & wave at traffic, as well as test games & help with pricing on obscure stuff. They are the only one in the area that does not base everyhting off Ebay. For instance, mine got in X-Com UFO Defense & MvC for PS1. The system price is $24.99. However, the one in the next area over put out the very same games for $49.99 because "thats what you would pay on Ebay". I even had a friend go in and ask to price match X-Com, & the guy got pissed & told him no, grabbed the game, & threw it back on the shelf. So ya pricing varies depending on how douchebaggish the owners want to be i guess...[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a very interesting job. Are all three stores located in Tampa, I will have to look them up online if your store is that good. Like I said, I don't know what mine is like, but if they aren't good I may travel to Tampa, from what I've heard it is only about an hour away.
[quote name='C0IN']My experience has been horrible. I have an extra 360 with the rrod which is out of warranty and about 5 weeks ago decided to bring it to my local store to have it fixed. Not only do they still have the system but they haven't even looked at it yet. If this was my main system I would be beside myself.
I called them about a week ago and the employee I talked to had no idea what he was talking about telling me that the guy who works on the systems had gone on vacation for the 4th of July weekend. WTF kind of explanation is that I asked him, then he began stammering and stuttering until I just told him to forget it, and that I was coming to pick up my system, at which point he told me I would have to pay the 15 dollar fee for having them look at the system. I basically told the guy that I was going to contact the BBB due to their shady buisness nonsense so he then "waved" the fee.
I will bad mouth this store every and any chance I get.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it sounds like you don't have the best store, unfortunately that is the problem with individually owned stores. You can have really bad service like this, on the plus side you can have fantastic service, you get the benefit of a chain with the benefits of a privately owned store, so in the end it can be the best of both.
[quote name='Vulcan2422']It truly depends on your PnT since it's a franchise. The one that USE to be in business did that and well, they are not in business anymore. But I'll tell you this also, I'd gladly pay 7 more dollars for a used game then deal with a Gamestop/EB employee who thinks "That game sucks" or they know so much more than I do. Actually, I remember a mother in there buying a used game an she said "Game stop has it on there site for 3 bucks less" So the Manager said "Go check the website, if it's cheaper mark it down to that price and then take 2 bucks off. If it isn't, then just take 3 bucks off." I believe IMHO that the PnT employees treat you much nicer and arn't EVER pushy. Sure they have a 10% off card, but they don't try to push it down your throat like GS/EB does. They don't even try to push the thing where you wreck your game and you can bring it back either. I just love PnT and the only time I will go into a GS/EB now is if I need a new Gameinformer Magazine. That's it and that's my take on it honestly. But of course opinions will vary from store to store.[/QUOTE]
I haven't shopped at a Gamestop/EB Games in probably a year. I've never really had any problem with them, or even had them try to sell me things, but I think most of them were too lazy to do more than just ring out the games. The main reason I stopped shopping there was because their prices were so high, compared to all the other stores I could buy from. I also didn't like the fact that the stores, at least in my area, would sell new games that were already opened, so you really had no idea whether or not they were used. I personally don't buy my games used because I just prefer getting them new, but also with the Gamestop/EB Games stores, they were a good distance away from me, so I didn't want to get a game only to find out wouldn't read on my system or something and have to go all the way back to return it. But what they would do is have empty boxed on the shelf, so at first i assumed they just had an empty case that you took to the register and they would get the game from the back. What they actually did was remove the games from the case and then they would store the disc or cartridge in a file cabinet and then put it back into the case. I've heard from other people that this isn't how all of them work, but I never really liked it, so I never really bought from them. On occasion I would stop in the store when I was in the area to see if they had any specials, but generally the stores were so busy and so small you couldn't even get up to see the games, so I pretty much stopped shopping there.
[quote name='Vulcan2422']Not all stores are the same since it's a Franchise, you know this right? Apparently not since your going to badmouth the store every chance you get.
Anyways, You have seen the reviews of the stores, I'm pretty sure you know where your gonna go.
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I'm sure there are a handful out there that are not real good, but I think there are probably a lot of them that are great. One thing the guy told me when I went in the first time was that they were a lot like Gamestop/EB Games, but better, so you can't claim that unless you are :lol: or people won't keep coming back. Privately owned franchises are more likely to have better service since it is harder for them to stay in business and I think most people could agree that the service at a lot of the other game stores usually isn't that great.
[quote name='dnrrule']the one on route nine closed because of the location and he wanted to move back with his family. every time i went in he would always complain about how bad of a location he chose but he was always really nice and it was a great store[/QUOTE]
[quote name='Chuplayer']That sucks. I had just discovered it, too.
The location sucked, but maybe the PNT store locator had a factor in that. I went straight off of the website's map to find the store, and the website sent me to an abandoned building. The store was actually miles away.[/QUOTE]
I hate it when I finally find a place I like and I'm satisfied with and then no more find it and they are gone. So hard to find good business' sometimes, of any kind, and it seems like the ones I like always go out first.
alone while you looked around. and they let you try any game before you buy it. so i liked play n' trade. thats my experience anyway lol
