Gamestop's "new" games

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I've was friends with a guy who worked at Gamestop and he was telling me about employees playing new games, repacking them, and selling them new. I know that this isn't a localized thing since I have seen others mention that here.

To keep this short, I emailed Gamestop this:

"Gamestop allows the selling of games at full retail when they have been played and re-packaged by employees. This is true because I have been told by employees at the local store as well have been told by others around the country that are aware of this. Does said employee not count as a user or is Gamestop knowingly cheating their customers? "

Two days later, I got an answer...kind of.

"Thank you for contacting GameStop.
First, we apologize for your poor experience. We take matters like this very seriously and welcome the opportunity to resolve this ASAP.

We will be more than happy to assist you by email.

To do this, we need your help with a few pieces of information. Once we get this information, we will immediately send this to the local District Manager and you can expect a response within 3 business days.
(Please feel free to copy and paste any information already provided):
Store’s 4 Digit Identification Number (or street address, city, state, zip code):
Date of occurrence:
Employee names (if possible):
Summary of the issue:
Original receipt present (if applicable):
First Name:
Last Name:
Contact Phone Number:


Best Regards,
Tim
Customer Service Agent"


[email protected]


This isn't an answer at all, however (maybe) isn't a way to change things so that perhaps Gamestop will at least slow down on how they take advantage of customers.


So, as many people as we can to file complaints the better.
 
Shh, I wouldn't complain about this too hard, some of us like getting the new reprint games which are opened and marked as used. It can go both ways *nod*
 
I hear they open games and still sell them as new. Any truth to this. What does ninja dog think about this?
 
One of the reasons that I rarely buy games from Gamestop, even if it is advertised as new, because I went to stores and they have, the clearly resealed or sometimes not even sealed, marked as new and selling them.
 
Well he did ask you which store it was so that he can email their district manager. Even handling it locally is better than nothing,a nd to be fair, it will vary on the store. I work at a Gamestop and it's definitely not something we do there.
 
[quote name='DaMonStEr']Well he did ask you which store it was so that he can email their district manager.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and in all fairness, even though you're literally the last person on Earth do discover this practice, you may want to actually follow up on their e-mail before you come here to complain that they didn't do anything, since the ball is in your court and you chose to ignore it. Of course that's not going to help.
 
I just don't understand the reasoning for opening the new games? It just creates more storage room needed by needing the room for the boxes AND the envelopes with games. I just don't buy new games from them. Amazon is where it's at! Gamestop would rather sell used anyway.
 
Not all Gamestops allow the employees to check out new games. Some store managers restrict them to doing that for only the used games.
 
Dearest Gamestop Customer, we have been knowingly doing this for years but are acting like we are concerned to make you feel better. Here is a toilet to piss in. You don't know where it'll end up when you flush it, but at least you'll have the satisfaction of flushing. We can repeat this process until you are tired from it. Our research shows that one person cannot make a difference, no matter how big a screwball she is, so let me close by saying...
 
Since this is brought up, how do they handle returns on this matter? I saw a copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector's Edition once, it is not sealed though. Kind of want it, but was afraid that if I buy it and change mind, without opening it, I might get stuck with it. And it is not too cheap too, $50 for it.
 
[quote name='thunder_gamer']Since this is brought up, how do they handle returns on this matter? I saw a copy of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Collector's Edition once, it is not sealed though. Kind of want it, but was afraid that if I buy it and change mind, without opening it, I might get stuck with it. And it is not too cheap too, $50 for it.[/QUOTE]

There put a clear seal sticker on the game case. Once the seal is broken, it's no longer "sealed." On big titles like sports games and most AAA releases, Gamestop will get plenty of sealed copies, although the exact number depends on preorders. Once a game gets a few months old though, they'll be down to the gutted "new" copies so if that annoys you, just buy it somewhere else.

You guys may laugh, but a couple of years ago somebody stole the case off the wall of my local store thinking the game was in there. The store manager called the cops, who were in the area, and the culprit was arrested for shoplifting, even though the case was empty, because the value of the game was $x.

It was when SC IV was new and I think he grabbed a couple of other game cases as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30753951@N04/3879982689/
 
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