So I was doing my normal checking on GameStop.com to see what stores had what in stock. I've checked for Gitaroo Man for almost the past 8 months now and not a single store in CO (or the surrounding 200 miles) has ever shown it in stock. Well on a whim after placing an order for the DQ8 slime controller yesterday, I decide to check again and lo and behold there appears to be a brand new store across town in C. Springs and it shows the lovely 1-3 copies in stock.
Now, I'm at work with 3 hours to go before quitting time and I make the decision NOT to call on the oft chance I get an employee that knows the value of this game and they choose to maybe snag it before I get there. So as soon as I get off work, I haul ass down to the new shop. It's a nice store, a 'concept' store as it has mini HD displays hanging on the walls, a scrolling digital info display and HD demo stations as well. Unfortunately, the manager seemed to have just graduated from Intro to Managing 101, because as soon as I set foot into the store he begins asking what genre I like and wanting to sell me on Madden '06 and all the other new releases that week. But not in that casual kind of way, nope, in that 'I just memorized this from the manual and let's see if I can repeat it line-by-line kind of way'. I was hoping one of the asst. managers from another store had been moved over to this new one so I wouldn't have to go through this.
I break free and head back to the used section and there it is, a used copy of Gitaroo Man. I pick it up dreading it's going to be missing the manual, but nope it's in there with a little rental sticker on it (which surprisingly peeled off easily w/ no damage). So I turn and head up front to get upsold on reupping my subscription of GI or preordering something. I get a glance at the actual disc and unfortunately it has the whole disc rental sticker on it with the crappy white ring in the center. I get my total of $30 and change, gladly pay it and head home to Goo Gone the damn thing free of that sticker. I'm happy and now I can turn my attention (and saved $) to finding a copy of Jack Bros...
Now, I'm at work with 3 hours to go before quitting time and I make the decision NOT to call on the oft chance I get an employee that knows the value of this game and they choose to maybe snag it before I get there. So as soon as I get off work, I haul ass down to the new shop. It's a nice store, a 'concept' store as it has mini HD displays hanging on the walls, a scrolling digital info display and HD demo stations as well. Unfortunately, the manager seemed to have just graduated from Intro to Managing 101, because as soon as I set foot into the store he begins asking what genre I like and wanting to sell me on Madden '06 and all the other new releases that week. But not in that casual kind of way, nope, in that 'I just memorized this from the manual and let's see if I can repeat it line-by-line kind of way'. I was hoping one of the asst. managers from another store had been moved over to this new one so I wouldn't have to go through this.
I break free and head back to the used section and there it is, a used copy of Gitaroo Man. I pick it up dreading it's going to be missing the manual, but nope it's in there with a little rental sticker on it (which surprisingly peeled off easily w/ no damage). So I turn and head up front to get upsold on reupping my subscription of GI or preordering something. I get a glance at the actual disc and unfortunately it has the whole disc rental sticker on it with the crappy white ring in the center. I get my total of $30 and change, gladly pay it and head home to Goo Gone the damn thing free of that sticker. I'm happy and now I can turn my attention (and saved $) to finding a copy of Jack Bros...
