Go to Wal-Mart and buy a tv while you wait.experiencing a panic attack now due to GCU Banned... Can a pharmacist advise.
Nah, they didn’t even ban the accounts this time. It used to be ban based on CC info, address and phone #. All that happened this time was that the account got refreshed. You can still make orders, and anyone that has exploited GCU well up to this point has come out WAY ahead already.
Checked WebMD for you. Turns out you're dead.experiencing a panic attack now due to GCU Banned... Can a pharmacist advise.
"She was dressed too provocatively! Why did her parents let her leave the house like that anyway?"This is the equivalency of taking your Porsche and leaving the keys in the ignition outside your house. Then giving your friends a punch card and saying "ring my doorbell when you want to take it for a ride and I'll punch your card. When you reach 3 punches, you're done." Then wondering why they're driving it more then 3 times. You were a dumbass and hired nobody to watch your car and stop people from misusing it.
With all the “attorneys” and “pharmacists” here, I’m sure someone can help you. Heck, there’s even a “therapist” here...experiencing a panic attack now due to GCU Banned... Can a pharmacist advise.
maybe, but it sure is entertaining!This entire thread is a shit show
Must be a sad life to hate on Best Buy so much that you have to frequent their forums.Actually any of you that lost points, had nuked accounts, whatever count your blessings.
There's someone on the Best Buy support forums complaining about a $1900 laptop they bought and returned to the store. BB issued them a refund check which they received a week later. They took it to their bank and was told it was "never funded by the merchant" essentially a bounced check. They called customer service and was told a check would be reissued, taking up to 6 more weeks. They asked for a supervisor and got disconnected. Called back, got sent to Telechex which was a dead end since it only handles personal checks not corporate ones.
Best Buy didn't ask anyone to hold their beer, they just spilled it on their own because they're too drunk.
This is also part of the problem. Totally violates the spirit of GCU.I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
I agree with EvilChamp on this. Just because you own a local video game store doesn't give you or anyone else free reign to buy as many copies of a game that you can. You need to go through the distributor like everyone else so that the developers and publishers are properly paid for their work. Otherwise, don't carry new games in your store.This is also part of the problem. Totally violates the spirit of GCU.
I purchased what I needed. As for the developers and publishers, the more best buy sells, the more they order, and the more they order, the better the developer or publisher or whoever does . The "spirit" of the promotion doesn't mean anything to me. If they didn't like it, pay a programmer to put a limit on how many I can buy. The manager would ask me how many copies of the new releases I wanted, they would put them aside, and I would pick them up. I would also buy a lot of the junk that doesn't sell that great for them, but would sell well in my store. Our best buy was never out of games simply because they were doing tremendous volume and were restocked frequently. I'm not mad they ended the program, more discouraged, just sharing.I agree with EvilChamp on this. Just because you own a local video game store doesn't give you or anyone else free reign to buy as many copies of a game that you can. You need to go through the distributor like everyone else so that the developers and publishers are properly paid for their work. Otherwise, don't carry new games in your store.
It's a damn shame that there are people like this who consistently abused the program, got banned for it and then just started new accounts to repeat the process. Spending 65K last year on games alone must mean that this guy was buying dozens of copies, maybe every copy the store had in stock at the time even. That is simply a dick move to other CAGs and GCU members looking to pick up a single copy to enjoy for themselves. I know you claim to sell these at GCU price in your store, but that doesn't make what you are doing any better.
This might be the dumbest justification I have ever seen. Not only did you abuse the GCU program beyond all reasonable limits, but you also then engaged in direct competition with Best Buy through price matching of the very program you abused. You essentially built your own business on practices you knew violated the terms of the GCU. While the publisher might not have cared, you did very real damage to Best Buy and likely the local video game market by abusing the program. Frankly, it's things like this that have permanently turned me away from supporting small video game businesses as I have generally found that they are just as unethical and dishonest as the big chains they purport to be better than.I purchased what I needed. As for the developers and publishers, the more best buy sells, the more they order, and the more they order, the better the developer or publisher or whoever does . The "spirit" of the promotion doesn't mean anything to me. If they didn't like it, pay a programmer to put a limit on how many I can buy. The manager would ask me how many copies of the new releases I wanted, they would put them aside, and I would pick them up. I would also buy a lot of the junk that doesn't sell that great for them, but would sell well in my store. Our best buy was never out of games simply because they were doing tremendous volume and were restocked frequently. I'm not mad they ended the program, more discouraged, just sharing.
I already said on the last page that I do like what Null did here, but to his defense, it sounds like the Best Buy store he had done this at had no problem with it and actually helped him do this. The store manager that allowed this to go on should be reported to corporate and promptly fired for this. I don't care if you are buying 50 games and the store has 250 copies. You are still abusing the program and using in a way that it isn't intended to be used. I understand buying 2-3 copies of a game for various reasons, maybe you have multiple consoles or people who want to play the game in your home. Maybe you want to take an extra copy to Gamestop to flip for credit and that to me is fine as long as you aren't buying more than 2-3 copies of a game.This might be the dumbest justification I have ever seen. Not only did you abuse the GCU program beyond all reasonable limits, but you also then engaged in direct competition with Best Buy through price matching of the very program you abused. You essentially built your own business on practices you knew violated the terms of the GCU. While the publisher might not have cared, you did very real damage to Best Buy and likely the local video game market by abusing the program. Frankly, it's things like this that have permanently turned me away from supporting small video game businesses as I have generally found that they are just as unethical and dishonest as the big chains they purport to be better than.
I bet they try returning them to Best Buy depending on how many copies they have laying around and not selling. It's the smart move if you are running a business, still a shitty thing to do, to begin with.For resellers, if the games don't sell do you eat the loss or do you return them to Best Buy?
Others did, I never had a problem selling what I bought from them since I was selling them for $10 under what new releases retailed for.For resellers, if the games don't sell do you eat the loss or do you return them to Best Buy?
What damage did I do to the local video game market by abusing the program?This might be the dumbest justification I have ever seen. Not only did you abuse the GCU program beyond all reasonable limits, but you also then engaged in direct competition with Best Buy through price matching of the very program you abused. You essentially built your own business on practices you knew violated the terms of the GCU. While the publisher might not have cared, you did very real damage to Best Buy and likely the local video game market by abusing the program. Frankly, it's things like this that have permanently turned me away from supporting small video game businesses as I have generally found that they are just as unethical and dishonest as the big chains they purport to be better than.
There’s a reason why top software companies pay fresh out of undergrad, green as hell developers total compensation packages north of $150K these days (and can quickly be over $250K with a few years of experience). Because it’s not just a few simple lines of code to do what you are describing.Edit - Also, couldn't all of this have been prevented by adding a simple line of code to the computer system as well?
See... i was done with this thread... but the train wreck that it is, made me look again.Whose gonna get engaged to someone they met in this thread?
Fine, spend 250k and do it if they really cared about it.There’s a reason why top software companies pay fresh out of undergrad, green as hell developers total compensation packages north of $150K these days (and can quickly be over $250K with a few years of experience). Because it’s not just a few simple lines of code to do what you are describing.
Why spend the money when they can just do exactly what they did this week and did to you multiple times when you abused the system? Honestly, until you posted your story, I assumed they were just worried about some flippers, but the fact that commercial businesses were abusing their program in such volume makes me feel some real sympathy for Best Buy and some anger towards you for destroying the program with your greed.Fine, spend 250k and do it if they really cared about it.
if anyone is still wondering why gcu is over.....I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
I had no problem paying the $30 each time. There are plenty of other stores around the country that did the same thing as the stores in our area, doesn't really mean anything, but it's the truth. I would be willing to bet at least 15% of their gaming revenue was from other resellers. As far as why should they have spent the money? Look at all the anger and backlash they are facing because of canceling gcu if it was because of resellers or not (not sure they have had an official statement on the reason yet).Why spend the money when they can just do exactly what they did this week and did to you multiple times when you abused the system? Honestly, until you posted your story, I assumed they were just worried about some flippers, but the fact that commercial businesses were abusing their program in such volume makes me feel some real sympathy for Best Buy and some anger towards you for destroying the program with your greed.
IDK, about this one. Game Stop usually sells a used copy of a new game for $54.99 and recently (a bit before this announcement) $56.99. I don't think it really drove down the price for used or new at GS. If anything it just killed the TIV at GS.A sudden influx of used titles makes Gamestop (or whoever) lower their prices on them, which makes new copies of that title even less attractive.
For those wondering why BB Corp would set item limits to purge accounts, or cancel the program entirely...I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
So you bought the games at Best Buy and then sold them in your store for the same price you got them for from Best Buy?I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
Not gonna judge you for trying to make a profit, but why didn't you try to set this up in a way that wouldn't constantly send up red flags and lead to account bans? If you got banned every 3 months, that's 8 accounts in 2 years. If you had just had 8-10 separate accounts running from the start, then you still could have bought 20-30 copies of any game without "abusing" the program. Unless you were buying a lot more than that, in which case you more than likely could have struck a better deal with a distributor.I spent 65k in games last year at best buy and similar amounts in the years before. I have a small retail store and would buy the games and sell them at pretty much the same price as bb with gcu discount since we don't really make any money buying from a distributor on new games anyways. Many other local independent game stores did the same thing at our bb (not sure what they sold them for at their stores). Management at the store encouraged all of us to buy as much as we can. We had a friendly working relationship with the store. They would get all midnight releases because the numbers the bb had were so large compared to the rest of the stores in our region. The system would purge my gcu account several times a year and I would just rebuy new accounts every 3 or 4 months or so. I didn't receive rewards points since it was for resale, so it didn't matter to me if I had to spend another 30 bucks every 3 months. I'd gladly slip bb a large sum of money to be able to keep the program or buy other peoples active gcu accounts. No point in my story except just to post it.
Honestly it's Best Buy's fault for not having a proper system in place to stop such rampant abuse. The stores who colluded with guys like this should've been punished as well..... instead, the rest of us get to lose our nice 20% discount on the games we were actually buying for ourselves.I ruined GCU for everyone *shrug*