Gamestop Lurking = Good Deals

I'm really sorry for putting this in the wrong forum. Thanks for moving it. I don't mind the slings and arrows, I was hoping to start a discussion rather than getting ripped apart, but whatever. I was just trying to let people know that it can pay to befriend GS employees to get penny guides and to be able to do this. It's almost criminal what they give in credit for games and I thought I'd get more support for sticking it to 'em. Oh well, whatever, nevermind.
 
Got several PSX, SNES games for dollars this way, also Brute Force for $3 back when it was $20 new, and most recently FFVII black label for $25, which is a deal. The employees were always cool.
 
[quote name='Rouzhokuu']That or he just doesn't really feel the need to waste time responding to a bunch of no-life, jackass internet police. =)[/QUOTE]

you wasted time posting here and reading this shit moron
 
[quote name='aw004g']but I'm thinking that this isn't a bad way to kill a lunch break or something.[/quote]

Yes it is- there's no way I'm spending a lunch hanging inside a cramped GameStop, haggling with twelve year-olds for an extra buck.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']You could have at least thrown glitter on someone or kicked over a magazine rack.[/quote]


LOL!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::D:D
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']Not only that, but if you're old enough, hanging around a GS too long might make you look like a...well...you know...[/quote]

Someone who likes Halo 3?
 
It depends how you go about it. If you're doing it to resell or something, that's wrong, but if someone turns down GS' offer, then I say it's fair game, as GS won't 'up the ante' when you're not satisfied with their offer. Besides, they were gonna go back home with it anyway, right? If GS didn't make a fair enough offer, that's their bad, just so long as you're not using their store like a real-world ebay.

I had a friend that was a manager of a gamestop, and he'd call me when someone was wanting to tade something in, but didn't like their offer (several times, I might add).
 
I did this once for Pokemon Pearl a week after its release. I paid 20 for it (matched what EBgames was going to give the kid)
I always make sure to take a peek at what people are trading in just in case-- especially in the store where I'm friends with the employees.
 
[quote name='KingofOldSchool']From now on, I'm going to hang out outside my Gamestop just so I can offer people trading in games $1 more than Gamestop will offer them.

WIN[/quote]

Better yet hang outside gs and sell your games for a buck less!
 
[quote name='rmb']Better yet hang outside gs and sell your games for a buck less![/quote]
I've seen people do something similar years ago when EB still sold a bunch of PC games. They'd hang around and if they saw someone looking at a game they had they'd walk up beside them and they "had a copy that wouldn't work on their computer but they can't take it back because it was opened" and that they'd sell it for a few bucks cheaper than what the store wanted.
 
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