funny gamerush story I got the "letter"

Man he must have really pissed them off. He must have traded in copies of Shaqfu , Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero, and Superman 64.
 
I'm not saying the OP is one of these people, but personally I hope they DO ban each and every one of the jerks who flagrantly abused the promotions. You know who you are. Legitimate traders lost out on some good trading opportunities because of the flippers.

Deals are supposed to be about finding and sharing good prices and promotions that we may have otherwised missed - so that we can save money. But all too often its been about abusing a generous policy or taking advantage of a loophole in a promotion. What happened to integrity, people? I honestly don't know how some of you live with yourselves.
 
[quote name='Purkeynator']Man he must have really pissed them off. He must have traded in copies of Shaqfu , Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero, and Superman 64.[/QUOTE]

Don't you dare say that about Shaq-Fu! It is not only a running joke here it is also one decent game! I played that sucker to hell so many times so don't ever put it along side those putrid things that dare call themselves games!
 
[quote name='soulwish2003']Most of us here 'smeared' BlockBuster during the trade in deals... some of us are getting busted for it. IMHO, you play you pay...[/QUOTE]

You're implying someone did something wrong, or against the agreement. That's not true, if the deal says you can trade 10 games per day, you should be able to trade 10 titles per day. Same goes for multiples of the same item, if it doesn't say 1 copy per title ever, then you can trade as many of the same item as they are willing to accept.

Rules are Rules, if you follow them, you should not be arbitrarily banned because the manager doesn't like, you, your hair cut or the games you trade.
 
[quote name='chakan']I also find it suspicious he hasn't directly answered the question if he traded in multiple copies of the same game.

He's been asked at least three times directly, so I'll bet that's what it is.[/QUOTE]

He already answered it look at the first page.




My guess is some one just used his account to do the flipping or whatever so BB banned him.
 
Rent or purchase games at Blockbuster without abusing their absurd trade-in policies? HERESY! If I got that letter, I'd never enter a BB again solely because I wouldn't have anything to do in the store.
 
I can't say I'm surprised, it seems like there are massive scale $5 and $10 clearances going on at nation wide retailers (Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, Toys R Us...) on the average of once a week. Something was bound to give.

It's really a double edged sword. You can get tons-o-games for cheap, but at the same time, it's really killed the enjoyment and pride in having any sort of collection, and don't even get me started on the "niche" titles. Who in their right mind is going to pay $50 for a quirky niche game when you know for absolute certainty, in 1-2 months (often times even less), it will be $10-$20 somewhere. It's not just the odd-balls either, even "big name" games of very high quality drop in price within a matter of months.

I can't imagine how publishers aren't feeling the burn of their over saturation yet, I play games with every minute of my free time, and haven't paid full price for a game in almost 2 years.
 
[quote name='XxFuRy2Xx']Pardon me for this n00b question. But, what the hell is flipping?[/QUOTE]

Buying a game for cheap at Gamerush using one of their deals (like the trade 3 games, get any used game for $5) and then trading it back in for profit.
 
[quote name='XxFuRy2Xx']Pardon me for this n00b question. But, what the hell is flipping?[/QUOTE]

Well, people have different definitions. Some people consider it flipping to buy games at one store (like EB or Target), and then trade them in at another (like GR) to make a profit. I certainly DO NOT consider that flipping - I call that being smart :D. After all, the store sets the price they think the game is worth - as long as that game isn't stolen or gotten from their own store via real "flipping" (see below) then it shouldn't matter where you got it from.

Real "flipping" is when you buy games using a deal at a store, then turn around and trade them back in at the same store to build up credit with very little original cost. This is abusing the deal. For example, early in the summer Gamerush had a deal where you could trade 3 games and get any used game for $5. Plus you got the original trade credit for the 3 games. They also had Buy 2 Get 1 free on used games. So, you could start with about $20, get 3 used games, then take that to another location (or if you were bold the same one later that day - which apparently some idiots did). You trade those 3, get about $9 in trade credit, plus buy something like Revenge of the Sith or Gran Turismo 4 (both relatively new at the time) for $5. You then take that, and trade it into another store and get $30-$35 credit. So you now have $35-$40 credit from your original $20 spent. Buy more cheap games, and repeat indefinitely until you build up a ton of credit.

This is why the trade 3 get any used for $5 was canned early - it got thoroughly abused. At first I didn't think it was such a great deal because I tend not to buy used games - but I had started to use it (as intended - for games I wanted to keep using games I bought elsewhere) just before it ended and got a few decent deals (SW Battlefront when it was still $50 new, Xenosaga II, Incredibles, etc - nothing spectacular, but good buys at $5!). Then they pulled it with very little warning. Who knows if anything like that will return.
 
I never liked any rental place games as they tend to do something terrible to the game. With cartridge games they used to not only use stickers but also melt their name into the cartridge behind, whiuch is terrible. And those terrible stickers on disc games.
 
[quote name='Eltis']I'm not saying the OP is one of these people, but personally I hope they DO ban each and every one of the jerks who flagrantly abused the promotions. You know who you are. Legitimate traders lost out on some good trading opportunities because of the flippers.

Deals are supposed to be about finding and sharing good prices and promotions that we may have otherwised missed - so that we can save money. But all too often its been about abusing a generous policy or taking advantage of a loophole in a promotion. What happened to integrity, people? I honestly don't know how some of you live with yourselves.[/QUOTE]

good point, but i think you're posting in the wrong place. i think the "i love blockbuster cock" and "i bend over for blockbuster" thread can be found at www.goFurself.com

now go back to work and put those rentals back on the shelf.
 
[quote name='minos1067']good point, but i think you're posting in the wrong place. i think the "i love blockbuster cock" and "i bend over for blockbuster" thread can be found at www.goFurself.com

now go back to work and put those rentals back on the shelf.[/QUOTE]

Pretty harsh there pardner.
 
[quote name='bluekeith75']No, the last time I traded I traded in nfsu2, midnight club 3 and batman begins. I got madden 06, nintendogs and god of war all used except nintendogs it was new.. the time I traded before that was probably in may. I really have no clue why they suspended me, for crying out loud I don't even have any late fee's. The only thing I can ffigure is that when I was in 3 weeks ago I went back the next day and complained to the manager about the condition of god of war and the missing instructions and returned it for another copy.[/QUOTE]

Here's your problem: You traded in 3 nearly brand new games just released on the same day. (as someone else said) They think you are turning stolen merchandise.
 
[quote name='bluekeith75']First off I have traded maybe 10-15 games at blockbuster in the last year all at the same location. No "flipping", the last time I traded was about 3 weeks ago. Today, I got a delivery, overnight mail from dhl. I have not ordered anything so I looked at the label and it said blockbuster A. Curran dallas, tx tel: 214-854-4197.

I opened up the envelope to find a single page typed letter. I do not have a scanner so i will type it out word for word.


september 26, 2005


mr. **********
*************
*my add


Dear Mr. ********


Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in the BLOCKBUSTER Trading Program. While conducting a recent review of trade activity, your account(s) were identified as having excessive trade activity.

In order to be fair to all our trade members, BLOCKBUSTER reserves the right to limit the number of copies of a title and overall number of goods accepted from a member or autherized trader without prior notice, As of SEPTEMBER 27, 2005, we have suspended your trading account from further activity in all stores until further notice.

However, please note that this does not apply to your rental or purchase privileges. You may continue to rent and /or PURCHASE at all BLOCKBUSTER locations under the current terms of your membership agreement.

Thank you again for your continued patronage. We look forward to seeing you in our stores again soon. If you have any questions regarding your trade privilages, please contact our customer care team at (214) 258-1017.



Sincerely,

Customer Relations

Blockbuster Inc.





Has anyone else got this letter? I would call but it really does not bother me, Like I said I have only traded 10 or so games at bought 3-4 in the past year. I just found the letter funny and thought i would share.[/QUOTE]
what i think is funny is that they spent money to send it to you overnight and another thing i dont think thats right that they wont let you trade in anymore games, its not like you stole anything from that place and i understand maybe theres a limit per week to trade in but that is no reason for not letting you trade in games.
 
I seriously have to question what this means. Are they going under? I have my 360 preordered at Gamecrazy and would like to know if the store is in danger of closing....
 
[quote name='Eltis']I'm not saying the OP is one of these people, but personally I hope they DO ban each and every one of the jerks who flagrantly abused the promotions. You know who you are. Legitimate traders lost out on some good trading opportunities because of the flippers.

Deals are supposed to be about finding and sharing good prices and promotions that we may have otherwised missed - so that we can save money. But all too often its been about abusing a generous policy or taking advantage of a loophole in a promotion. What happened to integrity, people? I honestly don't know how some of you live with yourselves.[/QUOTE]

oh god another bleeding heart, for the love of god people, bb does what they want, we do what we want, so why do we judge each other. and i live with myself quite fine. so my advice to you is sit down shut up and relax
 
[quote name='Cyb3-rr']Pretty harsh there pardner.[/QUOTE]

it's just that this topic belongs to the op, not the bb patriot. i'm sure that if the patriot would accidentally say something wrong to his favorite bb employee, he'd be in the dog house too.
 
gotta beat xmen 2 & burnout revenge soon so i can sell them for $35 each and preorder RE4 for PS2 (get my mini figure preorder bonus) so i can play that beat that and sell it for $35 too. Gotta love getting paid $5 per game to rent at GR, anyone agree.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']It must have cost a lot to send out letter DHL. The USPS isn't good enough ?[/QUOTE]

From most of the BB stores that I've been to, it seems like they may have pretty large corporate contracts with DHL -- pretty much every shipping truck I've ever seen at a BB has been from DHL. Considering that, it might not be that much for them to send via DHL.
 
so far the main way you get banned is your store manager reports you and than they can band everyone connected to you as well because they banned 2 of my friends who have a trade contract but have never traded and you get to keep your pre-orders and game credit if it was on the cards because the credit on my account was taken but not that on the cards
 
[quote name='rocket6682']so far the main way you get banned is your store manager reports you and than they can band everyone connected to you as well because they banned 2 of my friends who have a trade contract but have never traded and you get to keep your pre-orders and game credit if it was on the cards because the credit on my account was taken but not that on the cards[/QUOTE]

How much credit did they take? I'm not sure if they can legally take that from you. Granted, if you were flipping it clouds the issue a little more, but the credit should still be yours. Have you talked to anyone at BB to see what they say?
 
If the letter was based on quantity I would have gotten a letter long ago. In the last year I've probably traded in 40 games (many were ones I bought AND PLAYED used from GR) and about 80 DVD's [remember the "trade any DVD and get $8" deal"? Woo I cleaned up on that and cleared shelf space for the HD versions I'll eventually get!].

I have my Xbox360 paid for completely from trades.

I still think they pay out better than any other place for trades.
 
your kinda right, you get banned if you pissed off the manager, who then looks for a excuse to band via flipping or saying that you stole something and then also bans all your friends and you can protest. me and my friends called upon it and they spin you round and round the phone network until some unfortuned middle aged lady gets on the phone after you been on hold for the 5th time and you snap at her she grabs her boss that says bb has the right to refuse service to anyone and then says he will look into it. 20 min later after being on hold they hang up and if you call again they start the routine again. just for the people who are about to make a jab at me let me say i am already pissed off and i was not calling for myself but my friends who where wrongfully banned and to all the bb lovers i just want to tell you that you can kiss my ass.
 
Havent gotten anything like that..but you trade in 10-15 games..uhmm I took a list of 50 games there and they were like please please bring these games in we give the most trade in cred blah blah like they were all over my 50 games. I would send something back and being like FU you just lost one of your best customers.
 
I currently work at a blockbuster store and this is the first I've ever heard of this letter. I work at a Non-gamerush store so if this is from gamerush than I don't know. The only time my store has ever banned someone was because he was a dealer who would trade in multiple copies of the same game and then buy multiple copies of new games. He bought our entire shipment of San Andreas on release day. They do have a pretty strict "no dealer" policy.

The chances are that the employees at that store probably don't even know that you got that letter and that you've been "banned". Go to the store and try trading something and see what happens. Blockbuster stores aren't really interconnected either so you could probably go to another store and sign up for a new account. I went to another store I didn't work at and signed up for a trade account and flipped a bunch of stuff and they never found out.
 
[quote name='NeatNeatNeat']I currently work at a blockbuster store and this is the first I've ever heard of this letter. I work at a Non-gamerush store so if this is from gamerush than I don't know. The only time my store has ever banned someone was because he was a dealer who would trade in multiple copies of the same game and then buy multiple copies of new games. He bought our entire shipment of San Andreas on release day. They do have a pretty strict "no dealer" policy.

The chances are that the employees at that store probably don't even know that you got that letter and that you've been "banned". Go to the store and try trading something and see what happens. Blockbuster stores aren't really interconnected either so you could probably go to another store and sign up for a new account. I went to another store I didn't work at and signed up for a trade account and flipped a bunch of stuff and they never found out.[/QUOTE]

Wait, your non-GR Blockbuster got GTA:SA, new, to sell?? I've never seen a new release in a regular BB for sale (as opposed to rent). They have a smattering of old greatest hits titles, but nothing current. Does your BB store do preorders and use the GR preorder deal (trade 2, preorder for $29.99)? If so, that is interesting - people have asked if regular BB's did this and we always tell them no in the GR thread.
 
[quote name='io']Wait, your non-GR Blockbuster got GTA:SA, new, to sell?? I've never seen a new release in a regular BB for sale (as opposed to rent). They have a smattering of old greatest hits titles, but nothing current. Does your BB store do preorders and use the GR preorder deal (trade 2, preorder for $29.99)? If so, that is interesting - people have asked if regular BB's did this and we always tell them no in the GR thread.[/QUOTE]

we occasionally get brand new copies of newly released games but we only usually get a couple copies of each. Our selection is mostly greatest hits titles though. Also we don't do the trade 2 preorder for $29.99 but we can do preorders.
 
[quote name='NeatNeatNeat']we occasionally get brand new copies of newly released games but we only usually get a couple copies of each. Our selection is mostly greatest hits titles though. Also we don't do the trade 2 preorder for $29.99 but we can do preorders.[/QUOTE]

Is this a regional thing? What city is you Blockbuster in? The Blockbuster in my home town never gets new games. I live near Dallas.
 
Wow, I'm sure Blockbuster is just trying to counter people that abuse their trading policy, but they're going to end up sticking it to some people who don't deserve to have their trade priveleges revoked. I have a BB account which I occassionally trade in stuff with, and I'm almost positive that I want to close it after this (Regardless of whether or not the OP traded in multiple copies). Denying someone a trade-in is one thing. But denying someone the right to trade in? Bad business. I won't deal with businesses that treat their customers like that.
 
[quote name='duderanch']Wow, I'm sure Blockbuster is just trying to counter people that abuse their trading policy, but they're going to end up sticking it to some people who don't deserve to have their trade priveleges revoked. I have a BB account which I occassionally trade in stuff with, and I'm almost positive that I want to close it after this (Regardless of whether or not the OP traded in multiple copies). Denying someone a trade-in is one thing. But denying someone the right to trade in? Bad business. I won't deal with businesses that treat their customers like that.[/QUOTE]

So you are saying that a business does not have a right to refuse service to those that are abusing it. I would take everything the OP says about his "innocence" with a grain of salt. It is most likely that he is underplaying his abuses in order to gain the group's sympathy. If the gets it he will no doubt feel justified in his actions. meanwhile abusers and flippers continue to hurt trading and influence prices negatively. Eventually business will dump trading or aise prices on other goods and services to make up the loss. You know this last part is true. Do you think business executives make up losses out of their own pockets! NO WAY! That burden goes straight to the employees (reduced payroll) or to the consumer (higher prices).:evil:
 
[quote name='Gamezilla']So you are saying that a business does not have a right to refuse service to those that are abusing it. I would take everything the OP says about his "innocence" with a grain of salt. It is most likely that he is underplaying his abuses in order to gain the group's sympathy. If the gets it he will no doubt feel justified in his actions. meanwhile abusers and flippers continue to hurt trading and influence prices negatively. Eventually business will dump trading or aise prices on other goods and services to make up the loss. You know this last part is true. Do you think business executives make up losses out of their own pockets! NO WAY! That burden goes straight to the employees (reduced payroll) or to the consumer (higher prices).:evil:[/QUOTE]

Blockbuster employee? I only ask because this is your first post and you probably saw this topic on the front page and registered.
 
[quote name='Gamezilla']So you are saying that a business does not have a right to refuse service to those that are abusing it. I would take everything the OP says about his "innocence" with a grain of salt. It is most likely that he is underplaying his abuses in order to gain the group's sympathy. If the gets it he will no doubt feel justified in his actions. meanwhile abusers and flippers continue to hurt trading and influence prices negatively. Eventually business will dump trading or aise prices on other goods and services to make up the loss. You know this last part is true. Do you think business executives make up losses out of their own pockets! NO WAY! That burden goes straight to the employees (reduced payroll) or to the consumer (higher prices).:evil:[/QUOTE]

They do have a right to refuse service IF they state it. If the OP was abusing his trading rights then they do have a right to refuse it if it was previously stated, but if he was just trading in games and didn't break any of the policies, they don't.

Also why are you referring to him getting group sympathy? All he did was post a letter in which he received stating he could not trade in and wanted to know if anyone else had received this same letter. Although I do not agree with what the letter says, I still do not know 100% of all the details so I can't say he was 100% right or wrong, but if I was the OP I would contact the Coporate Blockbuster and talk to them about it.

Also your getting way to deep into this letter, Blockbuster starts a trade in game program, people trade in games, Blockbuster re-sells them, how can people abuse it? Blockbuster will only give traders the amount they have listed, and apparently Blockbuster is making a profit or they would have stopped the program a while ago. I've went into my Blockbuster to buy some used games, and more than once they ask me if I have any games I wanted to trade in. Obviously they WANT people to trade in their games. What your doing is starting to get WAY deep into what he is saying and starting a whole new conversation.
 
[quote name='Gamezilla']So you are saying that a business does not have a right to refuse service to those that are abusing it. I would take everything the OP says about his "innocence" with a grain of salt. It is most likely that he is underplaying his abuses in order to gain the group's sympathy. If the gets it he will no doubt feel justified in his actions. meanwhile abusers and flippers continue to hurt trading and influence prices negatively. Eventually business will dump trading or aise prices on other goods and services to make up the loss. You know this last part is true. Do you think business executives make up losses out of their own pockets! NO WAY! That burden goes straight to the employees (reduced payroll) or to the consumer (higher prices).:evil:[/QUOTE]

Well, based on the content of the letter and the facts that the OP provides us with (He only traded in 10-15 games this year, that's only a game or two a month), I wouldn't say that he's abusing it. If Blockbuster has too many games, it's their fault. They're the ones that buy the games that people trade. If they have too many crappy sports games, then they shouldn't accept them. They shouldn't accept the trades AND THEN ban someone from trading. That just isn't right.
 
[quote name='Gamezilla']So you are saying that a business does not have a right to refuse service to those that are abusing it. I would take everything the OP says about his "innocence" with a grain of salt. It is most likely that he is underplaying his abuses in order to gain the group's sympathy. If the gets it he will no doubt feel justified in his actions. meanwhile abusers and flippers continue to hurt trading and influence prices negatively. Eventually business will dump trading or aise prices on other goods and services to make up the loss. You know this last part is true. Do you think business executives make up losses out of their own pockets! NO WAY! That burden goes straight to the employees (reduced payroll) or to the consumer (higher prices).:evil:[/QUOTE]It's totally retarded for Blockbuster to go about its business in this way. Does BB ever stop to think, "Hmm. Why do people trade in 26 copies of certain games?" Maybe because the pricing is all screwed up? All they have to do is fix the price on their buybacks and give $8 instead of $20 for a game you can buy on clearance for $10 at Toys R Us.

All they have to do is go through people's trade accounts and see if anyone's traded more than 3x or 5x of a title and flag those games for markdowns. And don't say "well it's way too hard for them to make a computer go through and do that" because it's not; it's a piece of cake.

That's why they have stated rules that say "no more than 2x a title in a day." That's there so someone can't trade in 20x a title before they can change the prices. All they would have to do is change the price a within a couple of days, and whoopee, no problem with people trading tons of overpriced games. Don't ban people for trading according to the rules. Fix your pricing, Blockbuster.

Ps: my post doesn't defend 'flipping' defined as repeated buying and selling games back to the same location for profit.
 
I don't work for Blockbuster, but I do work in retail and have seen people in the OP's position attempt to rationalize their position. I would challenge the OP to post his account history (Available form his local store) so we can see his 10 or 12 items. :nottalking:

I went down to my local GameRush tonight and did a little research. The Manager on Duty at this Blockbuster told me that the Corporate office had begun to "suspend" (his word) trade accounts for reasons that they did not reveal. He did not know what the criteria was, but seemed happy that they were doing it. Apparently the store's have known for some time that the buyback prices were too high and the promotions were too liberal. I asked him if he thought it was fair that they dropped this policy on the OP without advanced notice and he pointed out that the OP signed an agreement which includes statement that Blockbuster "reserves the right to modify and further restrict trading limits without notification." I asked if Blockbuster plans to let people know what these limits are nd he said he didn't know. He had been told that the limits were aimed at derailing known flippers and wholesalers. He did not feel sorry that these people lost their privileges because they had already proven themselves willing to abuse an opportunity for personal gain. He was happy because he felt that the removal of this negative element would allow him to ultimately provide better deals for "real" trade customers. (This goes back to my earlier statement about canceling trade programs and raising prices.) Finally, he added that this is not the first time Blockbuster has modified policy. They continuously adjust buyback prices while trying to maintain competitive standards andadjust promotions. To prove this he showed me their new Trade 2 get a PPG for $5 sign that stated no items with a selling price of >$7.99 would be accepted. He says this is a change from previous policy that allowed you to trade almost anything.
 
Between the regular Blockbuster stores, Gamerush, movie trading company, and rhino video games you think a corporation could get it right in one place. All of the above companies are owned by Blockbuster. Certain titles are screwed up in all the systems and until they fix it why not take advantage of the deals.
 
I think the point is that the trading business for DVD and games is still relatively new (last 3 years nationaly) and most companies including Blockbuster are still learning the ins and outs and possibilities for abuse. They will need time to adjust policies, prices, and tolerances to find market stability.
 
[quote name='Gamezilla'] I asked him if he thought it was fair that they dropped this policy on the OP without advanced notice and he pointed out that the OP signed an agreement which includes statement that Blockbuster "reserves the right to modify and further restrict trading limits without notification." [/quote]

That is what the form says, but to me (and I'm sure most people here), that means that the next time you come in to trade they can say - "no more of that game", or only 1 trade a week, or whatever. They can change the rules however they like - but suspending people for rules you haven't made public to anyone seems a bit unfair.

[quote name='Gamezilla']
To prove this he showed me their new Trade 2 get a PPG for $5 sign that stated no items with a selling price of >$7.99 would be accepted. He says this is a change from previous policy that allowed you to trade almost anything.[/QUOTE]

What is this Trade 2 get a PPG for $5? Is this a new deal they have - sorry to jump off topic but if this is back I'd be shocked. Before, they had a trade 3 get a used for $5, and it already had some minimum selling limit imposed (at least at my store). THAT is the deal that was abused heavily. If they brought it back with just 2 games required then that is insane. Or are you mixing up the PPG with the preorder deal (for $29.99)? That has had the $7.99 limit for quite some time now (and thus is not any kind of "new" restriction as you claim - been there for 2 months now).
 
I may be mixing that up. I wasn't as focused on the deal as on the restriction. He pulled it from the back room so I assume this promotion is something in the near future or recent past.
 
I will admit I am a huge flipper and me being banned I do hold any anxiety toward blockbuster but admire them for finally beating me in this round of the game but what I do mind is when people make up rules and cheat to win I have been flipping at game rush since it opened and just recently got banned and in all that time I have followed every rule to the tee so as not to get banned. Where it got personal is when they banned every one who knew me now I am still a minor so they banned about 4 accounts I was on and 2 of my friends might I add my friends have never traded before. The civil rights movement fought for equal rights and blockbuster is deny them because they don’t care about the consumer they care about money. It seems that in this game of chess blockbuster like a frustrated toddler just stood up and through the board and all it pieces across the room showing every one there real opinion of the customer.
 
[quote name='Gamezilla']I think the point is that the trading business for DVD and games is still relatively new (last 3 years nationaly) and most companies including Blockbuster are still learning the ins and outs and possibilities for abuse. They will need time to adjust policies, prices, and tolerances to find market stability.[/QUOTE]I really don't think it's that difficult. You could hire an average CAGer for $10/hr and have the problems fixed in a week.
 
[quote name='rocket6682']I will admit I am a huge flipper and me being banned I do hold any anxiety toward blockbuster but admire them for finally beating me in this round of the game but what I do mind is when people make up rules and cheat to win I have been flipping at game rush since it opened and just recently got banned and in all that time I have followed every rule to the tee so as not to get banned. Where it got personal is when they banned every one who knew me now I am still a minor so they banned about 4 accounts I was on and 2 of my friends might I add my friends have never traded before. The civil rights movement fought for equal rights and blockbuster is deny them because they don’t care about the consumer they care about money. It seems that in this game of chess blockbuster like a frustrated toddler just stood up and through the board and all it pieces across the room showing every one there real opinion of the customer.[/QUOTE]

For the love of god stop skipping your english comp class!!! Contrary to what you might think, it IS usefull in the real world!!!
 
[quote name='rocket6682']I will admit I am a huge flipper and me being banned I do hold any anxiety toward blockbuster but admire them for finally beating me in this round of the game but what I do mind is when people make up rules and cheat to win I have been flipping at game rush since it opened and just recently got banned and in all that time I have followed every rule to the tee so as not to get banned. Where it got personal is when they banned every one who knew me now I am still a minor so they banned about 4 accounts I was on and 2 of my friends might I add my friends have never traded before. The civil rights movement fought for equal rights and blockbuster is deny them because they don’t care about the consumer they care about money. It seems that in this game of chess blockbuster like a frustrated toddler just stood up and through the board and all it pieces across the room showing every one there real opinion of the customer.[/QUOTE]

First off, please make sure you use better English Comprehension and spelling here, as most other CAG users WILL start bashing you and your posts simply because you don't seem to know where to add a comma or a period. (I'm not insulting you, just pointing out the fact that your message is riddled with errors.)

As for your being banned from trading at Blockbuster, I would have to say that you probably deserved to be banned simply for 'flipping', especially if you flipped enough product to garner the attention of the management, who in turn, banned you for abusing your trade-in priveleges.

The Blockbuster Corporation is a privately owned business and the mention of the Civil Rights Movement really has no place here for your argument, based on the grounds that you were the one taking advantage of a system, which eventually caught you as you played your 'game'.

When you signed up for your accounts, I'm sure that they actually had you physically sign your name onto a document with numerous rules and policies that you probably didn't read. I'm certain that one of those policies/regulations is somewhere along the lines of the following: "Policies and trade-in rules may be amended at any time, for any reason, with or without notice..." and if you didn't agree to their terms, they wouldn't allow you to have a trade-in account, right? (Please correct me if I'm wrong)

In other words, if you want to 'play in their house', you'll have to 'play by their rules', whether you like it or not. If you do something to offend them, they have every right to stop your trade activity with their company.

While I do feel that it is slightly unfair that your friends' accounts were banned because your name happened to be attached to them, it still goes back to the fact that you did indeed abuse your trading priveleges, hence, you and your friends do deserve to have your trade priveleges revoked, especially since they were willing enough to have you linked to their accounts. It doesn't matter whether or not they knew what types of activities you were conducting while using their accounts, you still managed to get their accounts banned.

In the process of getting your friends' accounts banned, are your friends a bit irritated or angry with you for having their accounts banned?
 
[quote name='banpeikun']I really don't think it's that difficult. You could hire an average CAGer for $10/hr and have the problems fixed in a week.[/QUOTE]

Hell, I'll do it for a free game every month :D
 
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