Gamestop Corporate warns employees to keep their mouths shut, or they are fired

lol, I like the comment after the memo where the guy said his friend got fired for selling games on Ebay, and some of them were imports :rofl:
 
Well gee, you work 'em to death, stick most of 'em at minimum wage, make them sell add-ons to death without any kind of commission or bonus, and they have the audacity to do this kind of stuff? Who'd have seen that coming? :roll:
 
...whats youre point? Most companys have this. You have insider information...no matter how small or big. Its meant for employees only, not to tell the whole world. It just like theweekly ads getting posted early, early notification of deals, etc. Nothing new.

I should edit to say its really stupid for GS to even issue this...like anyone who makes $7 an hour will give a damn. If GS really wants to take action and track down these people, just have the GS employee e-mail/pm the information to a trusted person and have them post the deal. Noway for GS to know.
 
I shop at gamerush in riverside, I know.... but I have credit there. and Virgil there tells me about all their deals, and all the gosip about the Wii launch. He started a unoficial pre-order list too
 
[quote name='Roufuss']That's not true, a Gamerush employee on this site got fired awhile back because he was leaking info.[/QUOTE]

Yes, more then one GR was fired for leaking info (Hi!).
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Yes, more then one GR was fired for leaking info (Hi!).[/QUOTE]
How'd you get caught?

This notice would make me leak more, if I worked at GameStop.
 
What I wonder is, how can Gamestop detect who is selling on eBay or not? Sure, they have personal information, but what are they going to do? Snipe every single game auction on eBay just to make sure their employees aren't selling?

Due to privacy policy, GS can't go up to eBay and say, "hey, can you search through your accounts for these 1 million people who work for me and give me the ones who are registered"
 
[quote name='sarausagi']What I wonder is, how can Gamestop detect who is selling on eBay or not? Sure, they have personal information, but what are they going to do? Snipe every single game auction on eBay just to make sure their employees aren't selling?

Due to privacy policy, GS can't go up to eBay and say, "hey, can you search through your accounts for these 1 million people who work for me and give me the ones who are registered"[/quote]I'm sure it's the same way they can find out who leaked info. If you're stupid enough to use your name somewhere, they'll catch you. Like if your eBay username is your full name or something idiotic like that.
 
[quote name='botticus']I'm sure it's the same way they can find out who leaked info. If you're stupid enough to use your name somewhere, they'll catch you. Like if your eBay username is your full name or something idiotic like that.[/QUOTE]

Not even that... they can probably trace it to what you've been buying in the store lately (since you probably used your employee discount), your location on Ebay, how many of the same items you bought at your store that you are selling, and from there it would probably be easy to get the rest of the info. you need from or off of Ebay.

Hell, they could even buy the item from you with a dummy account just to get your name + address to see if it really IS you.

I mean, let's say I work for GS, my store gets traded in a Suikoden 2, MvC 2, and Valkyrie Profile. Somehow, my manager finds out I plan on ebaying them, they tell loss prevention, and they look to see who from tampa bay just happens to put up those exact same three games. It's not real hard to figure out.
 
LOL I could sell that shit easily if I was working for them. And if I was working for them I'd proxy out of my ass and use the glorious wireless networking features to post all around under a name such as BEER BARON STARRING HOMER SIMPSON. You'll NEVER FIND MEEEEEEEEEEE! There's at least 20 different unsecured wireless networks in my neighborhood. ANd at LEAST another ten that you can go to such as starbucks, mcdonalds, subways and college.

How hard can it be to play keep away from a company that hires people as stupid as rocks?
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Not even that... they can probably trace it to what you've been buying in the store lately (since you probably used your employee discount), your location on Ebay, how many of the same items you bought at your store that you are selling, and from there it would probably be easy to get the rest of the info. you need from or off of Ebay.

Hell, they could even buy the item from you with a dummy account just to get your name + address to see if it really IS you.

I mean, let's say I work for GS, my store gets traded in a Suikoden 2, MvC 2, and Valkyrie Profile. Somehow, my manager finds out I plan on ebaying them, they tell loss prevention, and they look to see who from tampa bay just happens to put up those exact same three games. It's not real hard to figure out.[/QUOTE]

Why the hell would Gamestop care though? If they sell them for $70 and you buy them for $70 [or even $63] then why would it matter what you do with the game once you take it out of the store as a legal purchase?

It's plain ridiculous, if I buy two copies of VP from Gamestop and sell them they won't do a thing to me. Why would they do that to an employee?!
 
[quote name='sarausagi']Why the hell would Gamestop care though? If they sell them for $70 and you buy them for $70 [or even $63] then why would it matter what you do with the game once you take it out of the store as a legal purchase?

It's plain ridiculous, if I buy two copies of VP from Gamestop and sell them they won't do a thing to me. Why would they do that to an employee?![/quote]Two things:

1) The same reason most stores do not cater to "resellers," whatever their definition of that may be. They're not in the business of being a middleman between you and eBay

2) When you (the employee) get first dibs on items, and their only intent is to resell the item, you take away potential sales from actual customers. Whether or not these customers will eBay their purchase or not, they have to come into the store to do that. And getting people into the store is something most business love.
 
[quote name='sarausagi']Why the hell would Gamestop care though? If they sell them for $70 and you buy them for $70 [or even $63] then why would it matter what you do with the game once you take it out of the store as a legal purchase?

It's plain ridiculous, if I buy two copies of VP from Gamestop and sell them they won't do a thing to me. Why would they do that to an employee?![/quote]

Conflict of interest
 
[quote name='sarausagi']Why the hell would Gamestop care though? If they sell them for $70 and you buy them for $70 [or even $63] then why would it matter what you do with the game once you take it out of the store as a legal purchase?

It's plain ridiculous, if I buy two copies of VP from Gamestop and sell them they won't do a thing to me. Why would they do that to an employee?![/quote]

Its because they want the items on the shelf. If collector's know that there is never any chance of finding anything rare, then why would they bother to come in at all? If we get in the store, its probable that we'll pick something up. They will do whatever they can to keep people coming in the store and if some moron at corporate thinks that this policy will help, then so be it. Its a $7/hour job. Most wouldn't care.

Now, on the other hand, leaking insider information is illegal. If an employee gets caught and the company can prove that it hurt their business, that $7/hour employee will have a lot more to worry about than losing their job.

TBW
 
The zipped-lips and no-selling policies aren't surprising.

What is VERY surprising is that comment about pirated games/movies, if it's true. I guess we should all just buy GBA games from Hong Kong and then trade them in. :p Things like that really bother me. If it's a mistake, ok, if it's done on purpose, you're just dumb. Helping yourself shorterm and shooting yourself in the foot longterm
 
Man Gamestop is getting up there with the worst.
Course retail is a bitch no matter what way you look at it. Unfortunately alot of people make their living off retail. Thankfully the majority of GS's employees are kiddies.
 
Well, after reading some replies..I have to say it doesn't make sense..based on experience it's really the casual gamer and parents that do most shopping at Gamestop. In fact, it would be to their disadvantage if collectors, resellers, and CAGs were the main shoppers, because then they'd really get screwed out of some money.

However, it still doesn't make sense to me. If a collector buys the game and keeps it, if a reseller buys the game and sells it, if an employee buys the game and sells it, there's no difference in end profit. The collector might buy another game if he sees it, the reseller might buy another one too, and they're already getting a full shift, subservience, and work from the employee, so it's all the same [probably even better if the employee's income goes straight into the store]

But here's my real question, if they DON'T want employees to buy games, why do they keep PSOne rares and old consoles games in cabinet's where no one can see it? Why not have a "collector's corner" or a "manager's choice" section where old stuff and gems are stored? Then actual collectors, non employee resellers, and customers in general can actually sell them. But for the most part, GS/EB keep the oldies and the rares out of reach from walk ins.

I swear, the only way to get anything from the cabinets at Gamestop is to buy a large amount of merchandise, do a bunch of trade ins, be buddy buddy with the manager, or have tits and a tight shirt on.
 
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