I FUCKING hate EB

[quote name='jshorr']

See my post. Why not just have an extra few copies of the games artwork and put them in any case?[/quote]

For every 5 games you see with pre-sell artwork, there are 50 that never have artwork printed. Why would the manufacturer want to print extra art work for? Thats a waste of money to them.
 
$8.25 at Gamestop? fuck. I started out at $6.25 at EB.

It's a well known fact that many EB and Gamestop Employees use these "display copies" to take home and play.
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Your "well known" facts can go to hell until you actually work at a store. We weren't allowed to bring jack shaq home to play anything. We had to buy it the same way that you do.
 
if you guys buy a display copy do they shrink wrap the cd and booklet, put a sticker on it to seal it or just throw it in there?
 
[quote name='tenzor']if you guys buy a display copy do they shrink wrap the cd and booklet, put a sticker on it to seal it or just throw it in there?[/quote]

Actually, that's the main problem I have with buying gutted copies at EB. I don't care that the disc was removed, it still runs fine. But when EB sells you a display copy, they stick a big ass sticker on the right edge of the case (the side that opens). And there is no damned way to remove that sticker without getting the sticky paper crap all over the covered parts. If they didn't use those stickers, I honestly wouldn't care about buying a display copy.

That's why I go the Gamestop here instead of EB. Not only are they friendlier, they keep the sealed games in a case in the back, so they don't need to gut that many copies. In fact, I'm pretty sure all the games they have now besides the newest ones (ex. Madden) only have one display copy.
 
[quote name='ukhoops']if its such a big f'n deal, just dont buy the damn game there. EB and Gamestop stores are mostly smaller and dont have the security of the larger big box stores like BB and CC. They do "gut" games so they can indeed cut down on theft. If you dont like that practice buy elsewhere, dont bust the employee's balls, they are just doing their job and following company policy.
If everyone were a little nicer to the gamestore employees about your dislike of "gutting", maybe they wouldn't be as jaded as they are and everyone's shopping experience would be better.[/quote]

It's not the policy that irritates me, it's the employees who shoot me a dirty look when I ask for a sealed copy. Instead of just giving me the sealed title, they try and argue about the definition of "new", saying "it's never been played".
 
You know what? Why don't we all just boycott all the Shaq-fuing EB stores! Then maybe they might change their Shaq-fuing retarded policy. Just my 2 cents. :twisted:
 
At gamestop about 2 weeks ago they had a copy of ikuraga new on the shelf in one of those generic cases that are printed up on regular paper, i just figured that it was the display case and they had new ones or at least COMLETE games for sale there, so i went to the counter and found out that was it. The disc in a generic case, with a printed up front of the art work, and no manual.... for the same price as a brand new copy, needless to say i didn't buy it. What the hell is wrong with the idiots at gamestop? How do you lose all the contents of a game and have only the disc left? The whole time i was in the store also they were all talking about how they were going to rip off the company using some loophole to get games at discounts, i didn't catch it all but it sounded slightly illegal.
 
As for your well know policy, EB does not let employees take home games and play them. They have to buy them just like the rest of us. I don't know about gamestop, but EB used to have this policy about 1-2 years ago, but has since stopped doing this. You people might want to check your facts before you post.
 
See, KB Toys has an awesome policy when it comes to this. If you buy a copy, they tell you flat out if it's a display copy, and then give you a coupon good for $10 off any game $30 or more. If more stores followed this, there would be no more hate or wars. The world would live in peace, and all cultures will be united.
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My KB Toys has this awesome policy of charging $5 more than the MSRP for every single game.
 
[quote name='xzafixz']At gamestop about 2 weeks ago they had a copy of ikuraga new on the shelf in one of those generic cases that are printed up on regular paper, i just figured that it was the display case and they had new ones or at least COMLETE games for sale there, so i went to the counter and found out that was it. The disc in a generic case, with a printed up front of the art work, and no manual.... for the same price as a brand new copy, needless to say i didn't buy it. What the hell is wrong with the idiots at gamestop? How do you lose all the contents of a game and have only the disc left? [/quote]

Because people steal the display cases thinking there's a game in them. Which is why they gut the shit in the first place. Obvious? I think so.

And GS DOES let employees "rent" out games. I've personally used the service once, but most people use it at least once a week. For all the shit we have to put up with through corporate we damn well should be able to rent out games. If you don't like it, it's probably the display copy, so just refuse to buy the display copy. That is all.
 
And GS DOES let employees "rent" out games. I've personally used the service once, but most people use it at least once a week. For all the shit we have to put up with through corporate we damn well should be able to rent out games. If you don't like it, it's probably the display copy, so just refuse to buy the display copy. That is all.
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As long as its sold as used and not new, which it no longer is since someone took it home and played it. The customer has the right to be pissed off if they're being sold a used game as new, thats called fraud.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']
And GS DOES let employees "rent" out games. I've personally used the service once, but most people use it at least once a week. For all the shit we have to put up with through corporate we damn well should be able to rent out games. If you don't like it, it's probably the display copy, so just refuse to buy the display copy. That is all.
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As long as its sold as used and not new, which it no longer is since someone took it home and played it. The customer has the right to be pissed off if they're being sold a used game as new, thats called fraud.[/quote]

I agree. But like I said, if you don't want something that's been played by someone, you're 100% safe if it's manufacturer sealed with the security strips for the PS2 and Xbox games. A display copy is probably the one that's been used (though that doesn't mean all display copies are used). So just refuse to buy the display copy and you should be ok.
 
[quote name='Lord_Kefka']Geez, WTF. If it's not sealed, just pass on it. They'll get more. Unless it's a game they can't get new anymore. In that case, tough shit! I work at Gamestop and have been yelled at for the stupidest things from the most shaq-fu-tarded customers. We try to be nice, but we work for an oppresive, profit-gourging, corporate machine. Just find a store you like and talk to the manager. We've started using the preview art that they send us for the wall displays so we have more sealed copies. But people still bitch, it's like they're not happy unless they do.

It's opened. If it looks new, buy it. If not, politely decline. We sell the opened copies. And then fucktard customers use the "it was already opened" excuse to return the new product that they bitched about buying in the first place. You can't pull that shit at Wal-mart.

Here's a clue. I work part-time (with alot of hours) at Gamestop as 3rd key while I do school. So I'm part of the 'management team' of the store. I get paid a whoppong 8.25 an hour with NO benefits to take your shit. And that's after I got a raise for my year of working there.[/quote]

welcome to the corporate world

no one is going to tailor your job to your whims and fancies..they need people that get the job done..if you don't like it, quit

if you can't keep customers happy, then that's your fault..you're getting the 8.25 for that very reason

from the way you talk about customers, you just sound like another one of those "i'm so shaq-fuing cool that i work at a gamestore" people

and fyi, benefits aren't given to part time employees..that's why they hire a bunch of you as part timers..so they can get you to do the work without paying benefits..again, welcome to corporate america
 
[quote name='Samurai T']EB is a great store IMO. The only store I dislike is Gamestop, because they're always trying to give me a display when they have a sealed copy.[/quote]

Our store never does that. Some of the policies I'm hearing about about other stores are really lame.
 
[quote name='msdmoney'][quote name='BigNick'][quote name='doraemonkerpal']although i don't like the practice of selling opened games as new, i thought this bs was well-known?[/quote]

It is, and every time it happens to me, I tell myself that this is the last time I am going there. Them some deal whows up, so I have to go there.[/quote]

I hear you, I can't stand that policy, but if I see a great deal I am tempted to go in since its right across the street from my work ( I can see the sign from my cubicle). I guess I always think I might get a non-opened game.[/quote]

i agree the policy is dumb. one time, i was looking for stake: fortune fighters (b/c it was cheap and good trading material at gamecrazy) and it was really hard to find at any eb around my area. i finally found one and went to pick it up. i didn't mind that it was one of their opened "new" games b/c it was the last copy they had, but the guy couldn't find the game cd or manual! it was a "brand new" game, but they couldn't sell it b/c the game/manual were lost! :roll:

it was kind of annoying driving all the way there and finding out that they couldn't find the game cd/manual for their "brand new" game. :evil:
 
I agree and I have a way to save a ton of shelf space too! Manufacture sends box art with new games. Box art sheets are placed in books for customers to browse. No need to have the wasted space of tons of games. Just put out the used boxed games on the walls. The new games can all be behind the counter then.
 
I still think TRU had it right back in the day, put one box art up on the wall/shelf with slips or tokens under it. Take said slip to the front and buy a sealed game. Pretty simple.
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']I still think TRU had it right back in the day, put one box art up on the wall/shelf with slips or tokens under it. Take said slip to the front and buy a sealed game. Pretty simple.[/quote]

Yeah, they still do that for preorders too. Nowadays you just go up to the counter and ask for games that are already in stock; they got stingy with the slips.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight'][quote name='Duo_Maxwell']I still think TRU had it right back in the day, put one box art up on the wall/shelf with slips or tokens under it. Take said slip to the front and buy a sealed game. Pretty simple.[/quote]

Yeah, they still do that for preorders too. Nowadays you just go up to the counter and ask for games that are already in stock; they got stingy with the slips.[/quote]

Ah! The good old days of knowing the games in stock before you go up to the counterto buy it
 
[quote name='YoshiFan1']Yeah, I liked the old TRU system with the tickets. It was easier and no display copies to deal with.[/quote]

Yeah man! Good call! Why can't these stores do that? It's probably cheaper to print out paper tickets then it is to make display cases with inserts.
 
[quote name='jimbodan'][quote name='YoshiFan1']Yeah, I liked the old TRU system with the tickets. It was easier and no display copies to deal with.[/quote]

Yeah man! Good call! Why can't these stores do that? It's probably cheaper to print out paper tickets then it is to make display cases with inserts.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm sure it's much cheaper to have black and white slips than full-color, high-res quality display cases. Viva la revolution!
 
if anything they should have ONE display copy and the rest be locked up. They should have it where you can look and pick up the boxes but you put them up and then go and tell them what you want at the counter or bring that with you and they put it up aftwards. that way all they have to sell is one display copy, that's how kb-toys works(or worked)

it wouldn't be that bad of a system,but you never get great condition disks and they let the employees rent everything.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight'][quote name='jimbodan'][quote name='YoshiFan1']Yeah, I liked the old TRU system with the tickets. It was easier and no display copies to deal with.[/quote]

Yeah man! Good call! Why can't these stores do that? It's probably cheaper to print out paper tickets then it is to make display cases with inserts.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm sure it's much cheaper to have black and white slips than full-color, high-res quality display cases. Viva la revolution![/quote]

In this day and age, I'd be shocked if they couldn't print out a full color high res images of the box art. Just minus the box, which isn't needed. Besides, you'd have less pissed off customers, and last time I checked that was a good thing.
 
[quote name='fireball343']if anything they should have ONE display copy and the rest be locked up. They should have it where you can look and pick up the boxes but you put them up and then go and tell them what you want at the counter or bring that with you and they put it up aftwards. that way all they have to sell is one display copy, that's how kb-toys works(or worked)[/quote]

Uh, that's exactly how the Gamestop I work at works.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight'][quote name='fireball343']if anything they should have ONE display copy and the rest be locked up. They should have it where you can look and pick up the boxes but you put them up and then go and tell them what you want at the counter or bring that with you and they put it up aftwards. that way all they have to sell is one display copy, that's how kb-toys works(or worked)[/quote]

Uh, that's exactly how the Gamestop I work at works.[/quote]
At this EB I went to, there were 2 thru 4 copies of some "new" games on the shelves.
 
Another solution would be plastic security cases . . . it works at Best Buy and Circuit City!

At Gamestop, I once traded in the Getaway (I bought it for $30 . . . owned it a month and beat it) getting $25 in trade. They had Red Faction 2 for $20 (in a newspaper ad and a great price at the time). The clerk wanted to sell RF2 to me for $40 . . . had to show him the ad.

All they had was an open copy (but "NEW") of RF2 . . . I didn't look at it (stupid but I almost never buy at GS or EB). About a mile away I was stopped at a traffic light . . . noticed the guide had a big crease in it.

Then I looked at the game disc . . . big scuff mark on it!

I took it back and got another. . . opened--why have several open copies?

Yes, the staff "borrow" the games . . . totally sucks!!!
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight'][quote name='fireball343']if anything they should have ONE display copy and the rest be locked up. They should have it where you can look and pick up the boxes but you put them up and then go and tell them what you want at the counter or bring that with you and they put it up aftwards. that way all they have to sell is one display copy, that's how kb-toys works(or worked)[/quote]

Uh, that's exactly how the Gamestop I work at works.[/quote]

My GS has it setup that way as well. And I dunno about all of them, but I think KB Toys setup blows, everything is in a glass case behind the counter, no display copy or anything. Also the customer can't get a clear view of all the available products. Perhaps only a close second to my completely unorganized K-Mart for worst setup in game display.
 
[quote name='schultzed']Another solution would be plastic security cases . . . it works at Best Buy and Circuit City!
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Gamestop is too cheap for any type of security.
 
As evidenced by the TWO security cameras in the sotre I worked at. One in the sotckroom, and one pointed DIRECTLY at the cashwrap....on the EMPLOYEES. Great theft/robbery deterent.....*cough*yeah.....
 
Reality's Fringe said:
As evidenced by the TWO security cameras in the sotre I worked at. One in the sotckroom, and one pointed DIRECTLY at the cashwrap....on the EMPLOYEES. Great theft/robbery deterent.....*cough*yeah.....
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I'd expect that from GS.... They seem to put more emphasis on stopping employees from stealing than actual customers. I don't think my store has any cameras, but I could be wrong.
 
But you'd think they'd throw in for an extra camera in case, I don't know, the employees get robbed at gunpoint which happened twice to the pizza place next to us on the strip mall. Ah well, life's great mysteries.
 
I read every post in this thread. Many of you are justified in 'your point of view,' and I can understand why you say what you said.

I loved TRU's old buying method.

My advice is: Buyers Beware, very simple.

Yes, I learned the hard way, too. Back in April'03, EB had a buy 3 games and get a $40 rebate voucher. I got RE:Zero, 007 JB:Nightfire, and THPS 4. Tony Hawk ProSkater 4 was sold to me as new. But it had a large yellow trade-in store promo sticker on the actual game cover, and was re-sealed by the store; and then sold to me as new. Naturally, I was very upset, but kept my cool and asked for a resolution. Anyway, keeping a long story short. I had to travel to another EB to exchange it for a true new copy. I dropped over $150 that day on 3 new games with guides. I do not do that anymore. Cheapass is the way to go.

Anyway, I visit my local EBs, GSs, GCs, CCs, BBs, Fry's, TRU, and Wal-Marts all on a regular basis. I have come to know some of the nice people that work at the smaller specialty stores. They are game lovers and players just like us. So no need to player hate. Anyways, some of the girls that work at these stores are pretty cute, too.

Final word, if you are an experienced game buyer, you know what to look for, and how to spot a game that has been resealed. If you want a new game, ask to see or inspect it prior to purchase; you have the choice to refuse or pass on a suspicious copy. I have done so many times; it just means I'll have to find it elsewhere.

I am a game lover, and so are some of the people that work at these places. It's a lot easier getting to know the people, and to build a professional acquaintance. Plus, did I mention some of the girls behind the counters are pretty cute? :wink:
 
So I went to BB adn got Island Thunder for $15 after teh GGC. It comes with a free 2 month trial card of xbox live. Do you think the "new" copy that bitch at EB wanted to sell me had one? Nope.
 
Jesus, just quit bitching and just dont go to EB if it bothers you that much. Its because of the "gutting" that EB and Gamestop don't have security like BB and CC, they dont need it. If they do need it, it is quite possibly because the only people who have access to the games are the employees, not the customers.

I just dont see the purpose of constant bitching and complaining, the policies arent going to change just because BigNick thinks they suck.
 
[quote name='ukhoops']Jesus, just quit bitching and just dont go to EB if it bothers you that much. Its because of the "gutting" that EB and Gamestop don't have security like BB and CC, they dont need it. If they do need it, it is quite possibly because the only people who have access to the games are the employees, not the customers.

I just dont see the purpose of constant bitching and complaining, the policies arent going to change just because BigNick thinks they suck.[/quote]

Actually believe it or not, on rare occasions companies DO react to consumer comments and complaints and change policies. Not in the interest of helping the customer of course, but in the interest of helping their own bottom line. If these stores could change something that would improve customer loyalty and be very little effort on their part they might consider doing it. Since EB isn't likely to read these threads this is the exact place that people should bitch and complain about it and possibly discuss how to complain to EB, etc.
 
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