Is anyone else a good samaritan when it comes to people buying Wii games?

No I normally mind my own business unless they straight up ask me.
People generally come in with a mindset of what they are looking for, so why stop them?
 
Oh this isn't turning into GAF is it? >_>; Sometimes I wanna tell people not to buy this and that, but then I stop myself. But I will help someone if I overhear them asking an employee, of if they see lost/confused. I saw a Best Buy person recommending M&Ms Racing...I wanted to facepalm him...
 
[quote name='ananag112']I do this generally. The last time I remember doing this was when some guy was about to buy Rampage: Total Destruction for his kids. Instead I got him to buy Rayman Raving Rabbids and Zack & Wiki as it was the same price as just the Rampage game.[/quote]
My "friend" gave me Rampage: Ultimate Destruction as a gift. It was sealed and everything.

fuck him.
 
I sadly bought Ninja Bread Man. Was in target and some guy was getting it out of the case and at the same time I just happened to tell a friend of mine how horrible that game was and teh guy over heard and asked about it. Whipped out my iphone and showed him the reviews.
 
I don't like to interfere unless someone has been given incorrect information by a store employee or such. If someone is buying shovelware it's their prerogative.
 
When I worked retail, I was always honest about what I thought was crap and told people not to buy certain products or games. I know some employers don't like that, but my view on it is being honest creates happy customers and customer loyalty, which in turn creates repeat shoppers, thus giving you more business in the long run. I used to have so many customers come in and ask for me specifically because I never gave them BS and knew what I was talking about.
 
If its clear that the person is very undecided about what to purchase and is basically asking for help then I will steer them in the right direction. However sometimes it will backfire on you because they won't understand to buy the 50$ game over the 30$ game, then you have wasted your time.

Sometimes to make a happy child you have to buy whats on the list no matter what, as they won't accept items for gifts that are not from their list. If it makes a kid happy then you HAVE to buy whats on the list no matter what, and believe me I know this from experience. Sometimes making a kid happy has to override what you think is a good game.

Another thing is that children almost NEVER know what they want, they can spend 2 hours in a game store browsing and still be undecided. They are just too young to have actual tastes in gaming and to know which games are good and which are bad, unless you have older kids who are really in the know. Most kids however will tell you they just buy whatever looks good on the shelf. They also seem to actually play and enjoy games that are considered bad by the general public, which is a scary thought.

The Gamestop employees here are actually pretty honest with undecided buyers and they will try to steer them in the right direction usually. They almost always steer potential buyers for Wii games towards Nintendo's first party titles. This creates more sales for them because if they made a suggestion that someone buy Action Girlz Racing for the Wii for their little girl for X-mas, I don't think they would get very many customers coming back to them. FYI Action Girls Racing got a 0.8 on IGN as a review score, the lowest review score I have personally ever seen for a console video game. I know Gamestop employees don't have logic most of the time but the ones around here seem fairly honest.
 
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[quote name='SaraAB']However sometimes it will backfire on you because they won't understand to buy the 50$ game over the 30$ game, then you have wasted your time.[/quote]
I don't understand what makes Super Mario Galaxy better than Endless Ocean. Endless Ocean>all :nottalking:
 
I was at a gamestop after buying some Gamecube game... and this woman traded in 5 ps2 games (one of which was a pretty rare game)... and picked up CHICKEN SHOOT for the wii and then some other 17.99 shovelware.

The cashier made the comment, "you do know that you can play this as a flash game." This woman, however, was so entranced by her phone conversation that she said "But Im traded in 5 old old games for two WII games." The cashier suggested something like Barbie something, since it's better overall... but the woman said "just ring me up, I'll let them decide if they like it."

After she left, he said "What do I know, I've only been working here for 8 years."

Im glad I didn't jump on that land mine. I save my good advice for when people ask, or are seriously confused by the wall of games.

[quote name='tsmvengy']:shame:[/quote]
If by :shame: you meant :whee:. You would overlook those flaws... if you were seriously high.... which is their target audience!
 
If you have been around game sales at all you will know that people do bizzare things, and are still happy with their purchases. Its very strange to us, but its true, as long as someone walks away happy then its all good.

Besides if she bought used games at least she could return them within a week for other games.
 
I try to help people sometimes, but it depends on certain factors at the time. It's been a while since I actually helped someone pick a Wii game out. Mostly due to the fact I haven't bought many lately.

The only problem I have with giving my opinion is the other person looking at games is not me. I usually try to ask questions that would help me gauge interests and other factors. With this information I can give good recommendations, if the info I get isn't confident I point the to 1st party titles.

The problem with determining crap games it is subjective to each person, what you may consider to a bad game others may love. We all think we know what is truly a bad game and we would be right in our own tastes.
 
once in GS a kid and his father were looking to buy Halo 1 & 2. This was right after Halo 3's release when they had the price all jacked up. The dad didn't want to spend what was like $50 on the two games. When the kid was alone I told him to head over to Bestbuy (or Target, don't recall now) which had both titles, new, for $10 each.
 
I do my best with my sister and tell her what to pick up and what not to pick up. It is a losing battle though since she doesn't listen. As for other consumers out there...I let them make their own mistakes unless it is Chicken Shoot...I swear that game...it pains me so much...
 
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