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Well my story of an EBgames experience begins last week with my purchase of NFL2k5. I brought in 5 games for that trade-in deal to get 2k5 for free. The guy checked my 5 games, nfl2k3, dead to rights, rhps4, dbz:budokai, and segagt/jsrf. The only three part of the deal were Budokai, Dead to Rights, and THPS4. So i decide to give Budokai and THPS4.

Now today, more than 9 days later, i open my gamecube to realize that budokai is still in my gamecube. This was a complete accident, and i have no clue how the ebgames guy never even checked the game. I remember he never opened the cases, he just rung em up.
 
suuuurrreee it was an accident ;) *nudge nudge*

good job man! lol...but no it never happened to me b/c i keep my games in my cases, not in my system :(
 
[quote name='mernst23']The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$.[/quote]

No, you should bring it in to EB and give it to them, since they have already compensated you for it.
 
Logic and morality would tell you to take the game to them.


However, some of the CAGers on here will tell you to keep the game. Since it is their job to check for the disc quality.

The employee should have taken down your information. ie. phone number, name, etc. So, if they found the mistake, they should have given you a call.

The choice is yours.
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='mernst23']The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$.[/quote]

No, you should bring it in to EB and give it to them, since they have already compensated you for it.[/quote]

THey should compensate me for my 20 minute drive to the nearest EB.
 
I think they can legally take action, or at least get their money back. That is why they need your private info when u sell stuff back. Atleast the store by me does this.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']I think they can legally take action, or at least get their money back. That is why they need your private info when u sell stuff back. Atleast the store by me does this.[/quote]

He did take my number, but it was done last Tuesday, you'd think they would've noticed by now.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='guessed'][quote name='mernst23']The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$.[/quote]

No, you should bring it in to EB and give it to them, since they have already compensated you for it.[/quote]

THey should compensate me for my 20 minute drive to the nearest EB.[/quote]

The epitome of selfishness.
 
The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.
 
[quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....
 
I think you're in the clear with that game. Its not like its your fault that they didnt check to see if the game was in the case, Its a honest mistake. Personally if it bothers you just take it back next time you're going to EB
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

No. When you refuse to do the right thing you are in the red. Get over yourself. Both of you made a mistake. Correct that mistake.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.
 
Not just a mixup, but could be considered fraud as well by some. You gave them an item, that the average consumer would assume includes a game disk; you withheld that game disk, while accepting money/trade credit for the full item. The absence of that game disk materially changes that item. Yes, there is a caveat emptor, but there's also the responsibilty of the seller. Like if I were to sell you a car that had no engine without telling you that. The average consumer has a reasonable expectation that a car would have an engine. It might not *run*, or it might not run *well*, and therein is the caveat emptor, but the presence of *an* engine is assumed.

Of course I don't think you did that on purpose, I've done stuff like that accidentally as well. The 'right' thing to do, just as many have already said, is to give them the game and explain what happened. If you can't make it in the next day or so, call them up and tell them. If they say 'forget it', then you at least made the attempt.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Man, it's getting pretty thick in here. Remind me not to ask for advice when morality plays a part.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

I understand that the worker should have checked to make sure the game was there, but how is this not your mistake? You are the one who brought the case without the game. You didn't intentionally do it, but you still did it.

Could you define what it is that you mean by "overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC"? What qualifies as abuse? Of course, that is off topic, though -- since you feel you are being attacked, you are trying to change the subject and shift blame to some other group -- but I am still curious how it is being abused, in your opinion.
 
[quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?
 
Ok, take it from someone who's never used the BB gift card thing -- you should take the disc back to the store. Happy?
 
[quote name='Derwood43']
Man, it's getting pretty thick in here. Remind me not to ask for advice when morality plays a part.[/quote]

I tried to warn him........bring up moral issues on this site and you'll get flamed like a Wopper!
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

There is no hypocritical cutoff, and no one is saying that you did anything wrong by forgetting the game disc, just that you are doing something wrong by not giving the disc to its rightful owner now that you realize you are still in possession of it.

As far as gift cards being intended to be used as gifts, people buy gift cards for a number of reasons -- sometimes to save money (buy a $100 card for $90), sometimes as gifts, sometimes because they like the design, and sometimes for the coupon on the back. There is no rule, imposed or implied, that the purchaser can not use the card him or herself.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.
 
[quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. I'm waiting for their phone call, or the next time i'm in the area of that EB. And i doubt i'll be going there unless there is another great deal or by the latest when Halo 2 comes out. I have more important things to do with my time like goto work and get ready to go to college.
 
[quote name='darth_faygo']keep the game dude- eb rips people off for trade ins.[/quote]

Why people continue to post this kind of garbage is beyond me. EB does not rip anyone off on trade ins. They offer a price, and the customer is free to take it or leave it. Period. If you think the price they offer is too low, don't take it. No rip-off.

And dislike of a company or disagreement with their policies is not a rational excuse for defrauding them.
 
I would keep the game. Whats doen is done. I returned a wireless keyboard and mouse to BB, and forgot to put the keyboard in the box. I had the keyboard in the box, but then to get teh plastic tray in there, I had to take it out, and forgot to put it back in. I returned it to BB, and when I got home I saw the keyboard on the couch. Whatever was my responce.
 
[quote name='O.D.D']

the only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't).[/quote]

A BB employee actually told me to do this last time i bought the gift card. He told me dont even bother with the card, just take the coupon. NOT that i would, but just letting you know what he said. (obviously an employee who doesnt care about anything)
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need jackasses like you on this site.
 
[quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.
 
i've bought a game when BB offered a gift card, and i went back a month later and bought a cd with it.

i was a fraud to the system, i didn't use the gift for someone else. uhhhh, no.

if you want to start complaining about fraud lets start at the abuse of GR and their deals, returning stuff you got cheap at another store for profit.

we all have probelms with eb and gs but that doesn't mean when the screw up benifts you, that you get to take advantage of it.

don't be the loser kid, laughing and bragging about how he traded in a case without the game, go give the game back.
cuz once the store does notice or already has and is trying to see if you'll do the right thing, your screwed for fraud and a bunch of other legal crap
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.[/quote]

Doesn't matter if I dropped the last part of your post (it was only you saying "Meh if they call me I will take it too them but I won't go back even though I know I ripped them off"). That was a jackass comment and proves that you are scum just trying to justify ripping off EB.
 
[quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.[/quote]

Doesn't matter if I dropped the last part of your post (it was only you saying "Meh if they call me I will take it too them but I won't go back even though I know I ripped them off"). That was a jackass comment and proves that you are scum just trying to justify ripping off EB.[/quote]

No, i believe my thinking was more along the lines of "i'll do it next time i'm there." Even if the next time i'll be there is Nov. 9
 
Look at it this way.. if you bought a game from EB, got home and there was no disc inside. Would you assume it's your fault for not checking and just keep the case and not go back for the disc?

You sold them the game, you didn't give them the complete product you sold them, you owe them the disc. It's not a grey area. its cut and dry. If you dont take the disc back, you're no better than someone shoplifting from them. A thief.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.[/quote]

Doesn't matter if I dropped the last part of your post (it was only you saying "Meh if they call me I will take it too them but I won't go back even though I know I ripped them off"). That was a jackass comment and proves that you are scum just trying to justify ripping off EB.[/quote]

No, i believe my thinking was more along the lines of "i'll do it next time i'm there." Even if the next time i'll be there is Nov. 9[/quote]

No you said this "AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. I'm waiting for their phone call, or the next time i'm in the area of that EB. And i doubt i'll be going there unless there is another great deal or by the latest when Halo 2 comes out. I have more important things to do with my time like goto work and get ready to go to college." (Why did you delete your post scum?) And you already said at the beginning of this thread "The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$." (A post you also deleted)
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']Look at it this way.. if you bought a game from EB, got home and there was no disc inside. Would you assume it's your fault for not checking and just keep the case and not go back for the disc?

You sold them the game, you didn't give them the complete product you sold them, you owe them the disc. It's not a grey area. its cut and dry. If you dont take the disc back, you're no better than someone shoplifting from them. A thief.[/quote]

Well obviously they haven't cared enough to call. Would EB track me down if they sold me a game with no disk inside? Doubtful
 
[quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote:6c9bfe6588="Ericnmel99"]The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.[/quote]

Doesn't matter if I dropped the last part of your post (it was only you saying "Meh if they call me I will take it too them but I won't go back even though I know I ripped them off"). That was a jackass comment and proves that you are scum just trying to justify ripping off EB.[/quote]

No, i believe my thinking was more along the lines of "i'll do it next time i'm there." Even if the next time i'll be there is Nov. 9[/quote]

No you said this "AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. I'm waiting for their phone call, or the next time i'm in the area of that EB. And i doubt i'll be going there unless there is another great deal or by the latest when Halo 2 comes out. I have more important things to do with my time like goto work and get ready to go to college." (Why did you delete your post scum?) And you already said at the beginning of this thread "The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$." (A post you also deleted)[/quote:6c9bfe6588]
Because thinking something is the opposite of doing something. Might as well arrest any person you think looks suspicious, even if he hasn't done anything yet. Whatever, i said i'll bring it in the next time i'm there, and that's what the fuck i'm going to do. If they want to call me to make me come in sooner, it's their perogative, not mine. I'll keep the game in a case in my house in the meantime.
 
"I think they can legally take action, or at least get their money back. That is why they need your private info when u sell stuff back. Atleast the store by me does this."

they can legally take action against thier dumba$$ employee who can't do his job, his loss, don't take it back man, you beat the system and the system sucks, so piss on em!
 
I think this thread wins the 'Longest Quote' Award. Congratulations!
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My two cents:

The guy at EB made a mistake by not checking the disc at the time of the transaction. The whole situation is really do to this register person, and not an issue of morality.

I'll pose a couple of questions, and answer yes to any of them you have no right to complain:

The automated check out at the home depot (or any other store) spits back an extra dollar change at you, do you go searching for the proper person to give it back to?

At the grocery store, the clerk doesn't scan an item on the conveyer belt that gets put in your bag and you don't notice until you get home, do you go running back to the store demanding to pay for it?

On your way into a Major Leauge Baseball game, you find a 7th row behind home plate ticket laying in the parking lot for the game you're going to, do you use that ticket?

While working as a waiter/waitress, you get a $20 tip only to find that its two $20 bills stuck together to make $40, do you search down the customer and ask him if it was a mistake?


Sometimes things happen and you end up being on the good side of the stick, and chalk it up to luck. I would consider myself fairly moral, and I had the first three happen, and I kept them. To resolution to the problem could take more effort to do than leaving the problem lie.

EB can have stacks of trade ins to be processed, and possibly multiple of the same title came in that day, are they going to call everyone that traded in that title that day/week? Most likely not, since that would be a poor customer service move on their part....
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']Look at it this way.. if you bought a game from EB, got home and there was no disc inside. Would you assume it's your fault for not checking and just keep the case and not go back for the disc?

You sold them the game, you didn't give them the complete product you sold them, you owe them the disc. It's not a grey area. its cut and dry. If you dont take the disc back, you're no better than someone shoplifting from them. A thief.[/quote]

what he said... imagine if you're on the receiving end... and let your conscience eat your selfishness away :twisted:

[quote name='mernst23']Well obviously they haven't cared enough to call. Would EB track me down if they sold me a game with no disk inside? Doubtful[/quote]

Well maybe they didn't notice it yet. But if they sell it to a customer and the customer comes back with the complaint of no game inside, you can guarantee they will bring hell to your door (well maybe not, just using my imagination and trying to scare you into doing the right thing :D )
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

Quit trying to shift the blame. Best Buy GGC is perfectly legit, and is not the point. The point is both you and the employee messed up. Correct the problem. If you don't, you could be in trouble for fraud and he could lose his job.
 
A morality topic without JSweeney? Wow. :shock:

Editing out most of the quote chain...

[quote name='mernst23']Because thinking something is the opposite of doing something. Might as well arrest any person you think looks suspicious, even if he hasn't done anything yet. Whatever, i said i'll bring it in the next time i'm there, and that's what the shaq-fu i'm going to do. If they want to call me to make me come in sooner, it's their perogative, not mine. I'll keep the game in a case in my house in the meantime.[/quote]

The "thinking/doing" argument doesn't make any sense at all. Let's say I think Kerry is a better candidate than Bush. I vote for Kerry come November. How is that the opposite of what I had been thinking?

In any case, it looks like you've made the right decision. Sooner would be better than later, but the fact that you're going to give them the game means that you're doing the right thing. Good job.
 
[quote name='Tromack'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='Ericnmel99']The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

Quit trying to shift the blame. Best Buy GGC is perfectly legit, and is not the point. The point is both you and the employee messed up. Correct the problem. If you don't, you could be in trouble for fraud and he could lose his job.[/quote]

I doubt you are going to lose your job over a 10$ trae-in credit. I've got buddies who've worked at grocery stores and they don't get in trouble even if they come up to 100-200$ short.
 
[quote name='Ericnmel99']I think this thread wins the 'Longest Quote' Award. Congratulations![/quote]

Just a little longer and it could become a novel or something. But honestly, do people really care if EB (one of the biggest Video Game retail stores in America) lose like $10. I'm sure the company will get by some how.
 
[quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote name='mernst23'][quote name='O.D.D'][quote:711c57d571="mernst23"][quote:711c57d571="Ericnmel99"]The correct thing to do would be to bring the game to them and let them know of the mixup.

If you choose to do anything else but that, the moral police on this site will bust down your door and tickle your ears with thier words of moral judgement for days upon days.[/quote]

So let me get this straight. Overusing and abusing programs such as the BB GGC is allright, but when a worker at EB makes a mistake, i'm in the red? Makes sense....[/quote]

Bingo because Best Buy allows us to do the GGC. It is an offical deal. Things like buying games cheap and then taking them back to Wal-Mart who sells them for 50 is wrong. You deciding to keep the game even though EB made a mistake is wrong. I am sure if you called EB and told them what happened and then said you weren't going to correct the situation they would be pissed. If I call Best Buy headquarters and told them I put 15 dollars on a gift card to get a 20 game for 15 they wouldn't give a shit.[/quote]

A Gift card by definition should be used as a gift. So you exploiting a deal in order to gain 5$ is much more moral than me accidentally forgetting a game which i recieved 10$ credit for? Is there like a 8$ cutoff when it comes to hypocrisy?[/quote]

How is it exploiting a deal? Giftcard are available to put money on for any purpose. Now the GGC comes with a 5 dollar off coupon. Since I bought the giftcard from them I am allowed to use the coupon.

The only way your argument can hold any water is if we encouraged people to steal the coupons out of the GGC (which we don't). Now you made an agreement with EB that if you gave them 2 games they would give you NFL 2K5. EB only got one game and a case. You willingly did not hold up your end of the agreement and YOU ARE WRONG. No matter who you try to pass the blame off on you will always be wrong.[/quote]

AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. [/quote]

:roll: Wow just please leave the site now.....we defintely don't need people like you here.[/quote]
Nice job editing out the rest of what i said.

I guess the CC ebay hoarders belong here much more than i do.[/quote]

Doesn't matter if I dropped the last part of your post (it was only you saying "Meh if they call me I will take it too them but I won't go back even though I know I ripped them off"). That was a jackass comment and proves that you are scum just trying to justify ripping off EB.[/quote]

No, i believe my thinking was more along the lines of "i'll do it next time i'm there." Even if the next time i'll be there is Nov. 9[/quote]

No you said this "AS far as i know, that agreement wasn't made in writing. Maybe they thought giving me ESPN 2k5 was worth 1 game and a box. I'm waiting for their phone call, or the next time i'm in the area of that EB. And i doubt i'll be going there unless there is another great deal or by the latest when Halo 2 comes out. I have more important things to do with my time like goto work and get ready to go to college." (Why did you delete your post scum?) And you already said at the beginning of this thread "The sad part is that i don't want to keep the game. I should ebay it for 5$." (A post you also deleted)[/quote:711c57d571]
Because thinking something is the opposite of doing something. Might as well arrest any person you think looks suspicious, even if he hasn't done anything yet. Whatever, i said i'll bring it in the next time i'm there, and that's what the shaq-fu i'm going to do. If they want to call me to make me come in sooner, it's their perogative, not mine. I'll keep the game in a case in my house in the meantime.[/quote:711c57d571]

Well here do this. Write a letter to the president saying that you are thinking about killing him if he ever visits your hometown. I guarantee you the FBI would be knocking on your door within a week (yes it is a extreme example but it gets the point across).

Overall you're a jackass trying to justify keeping the game. You can say that you are going to take the game to them next time you go in (Nov. 9) but we all know that you won't (that takes moral prowess). Even if you did it would be too late anyways. They wouldn't remember and an employee could have been disciplined or fired thanks to you.
 
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