[quote name='the_grimace']seems like others have beat me to it, but I wanted to add that my "new" copy I purchased online was gutted as well, AND had a gigantic sticker on the front that was a bitch to get off, AND the case was a bit scratched up with a small dent in the bottom corner. As someone that likes to collect games as much as play them, I am super pissed.
I usually avoid gamestop at all costs, but because this was an exclusive, I didn't have much choice. It's really a shame that gamestop thinks it is ok to take a game, unwrap it, slap a giant sticker on the front, put the disc in a shitty plastic sleeve and store it in some tiny wooden drawer, throw the case on display shelves for everyone to handle, then go ahead..pack it up...and sell it as new... Just disgusting. I am well aware that they do this as well, but I thought it was restricted to in store purchases. The few other online orders I have done for other games from Gamestop have been sealed. This one is in terrible condition (well at least for what I would hope new condition should be)
Just a warning to anyone looking to buy it...[/QUOTE]
This reminds me of something I heard a GS employee tell a customer the other day... Someone came in trying to return a new game that was opened and the GS employee, of course, would not take it. He (GS employee) claimed it was a federal law that once a game is opened it can't be accepted as new. I thought it was hilarious given that GS opens and sells games as new all the damn time.