I was reading another Game Crazy discussion and a thought has been lingering in my mind. I don't even live near Game Crazy anymore, but their hijinks were SO insane they have left me with paranoid delusions even 6 months after I moved.
This question stems from multiple about-faces that GC pulled on my in the 1.5 years I lived in the area. Example: Store 1 says "get an additional $10 for every pair of non-sports games you trade in." Me - "Really? As many as I want?". GC employee - "Sure! Bring them all in!" I live closer to store 2, so I go to the other one with my games. Long story short, he rings me up and says something like "$6.50". I ask about the 2 for $10 xtra credit and he CALLS THE STORE THAT JUST TOLD ME I COULD TRADE AS MANY AS I WANT AND SPORTS ARE THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS to confirm that:
1) Only works once per day
2) Only works if at least one of the games is worth more than $10 to begin with.
We looked at the posted ad and he does the equivalent of reading "Hollywood Video is a great store" and then says "See, just like it says, one of the games has to be worth more than $10." Not word for word, but basically it was a totally illogical conversation to the point that there was no point in arguing. How do you argue with someone when you say "2+2 = 4" and they say "No, 2+2 = 57."?
This is just one of many such events. Having traveled quite a bit, I can verify that many smaller Game Store chains keep lists of people they dislike (and I know of one in particular that intentionally encourages employees to rip off people they don't like - adding up 30 games that should be a total of 250 trade, "accidentally" hitting the off key on the calculator, then they say "Ok, 195 in trade"). And Game Crazy is SO adament that you give them your precious little ID before they will price games for trade or sell anything to you. So for all you employees out there and all you insiders, I don't care what the answer is - just put my paranoia to rest:
DOES GAME CRAZY "FLAG" CUSTOMERS THEY DON'T LIKE AND INTENTIONALLY GIVE THEM THE RUNAROUND?
I've tried to ignore the thought for some time now, especially since it's so irrelevent at this point, but it won't go away. I have to know if a little flag came up on my name whenever they pulled me up (I admit, I did some flipping, and there's no way it escaped them completely. If that bothers you, at least you can get some satisfaction out of knowing I COMPLETELY missed the $5 deal for all those Earthbound/Secret of Mana/etc.'s out there)
Do they flag customers?
This question stems from multiple about-faces that GC pulled on my in the 1.5 years I lived in the area. Example: Store 1 says "get an additional $10 for every pair of non-sports games you trade in." Me - "Really? As many as I want?". GC employee - "Sure! Bring them all in!" I live closer to store 2, so I go to the other one with my games. Long story short, he rings me up and says something like "$6.50". I ask about the 2 for $10 xtra credit and he CALLS THE STORE THAT JUST TOLD ME I COULD TRADE AS MANY AS I WANT AND SPORTS ARE THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS to confirm that:
1) Only works once per day
2) Only works if at least one of the games is worth more than $10 to begin with.
We looked at the posted ad and he does the equivalent of reading "Hollywood Video is a great store" and then says "See, just like it says, one of the games has to be worth more than $10." Not word for word, but basically it was a totally illogical conversation to the point that there was no point in arguing. How do you argue with someone when you say "2+2 = 4" and they say "No, 2+2 = 57."?
This is just one of many such events. Having traveled quite a bit, I can verify that many smaller Game Store chains keep lists of people they dislike (and I know of one in particular that intentionally encourages employees to rip off people they don't like - adding up 30 games that should be a total of 250 trade, "accidentally" hitting the off key on the calculator, then they say "Ok, 195 in trade"). And Game Crazy is SO adament that you give them your precious little ID before they will price games for trade or sell anything to you. So for all you employees out there and all you insiders, I don't care what the answer is - just put my paranoia to rest:
DOES GAME CRAZY "FLAG" CUSTOMERS THEY DON'T LIKE AND INTENTIONALLY GIVE THEM THE RUNAROUND?
I've tried to ignore the thought for some time now, especially since it's so irrelevent at this point, but it won't go away. I have to know if a little flag came up on my name whenever they pulled me up (I admit, I did some flipping, and there's no way it escaped them completely. If that bothers you, at least you can get some satisfaction out of knowing I COMPLETELY missed the $5 deal for all those Earthbound/Secret of Mana/etc.'s out there)
Do they flag customers?
