So a customer brings in some games to trade/sell and before it's get put into the store inventory it has to get past the employee/gamer/customer/cashier/"oh, that's RARE, let me put it on eBay!"-er? It seems I'd be better off buying it from the customer before he even reaches the counter.
My Gamestop Haul today And rude associates
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[quote name='TXboxGuY']So a customer brings in some games to trade/sell and before it's get put into the store inventory it has to get past the employee/gamer/customer/cashier/"oh, that's RARE, let me put it on eBay!"-er? It seems I'd be better off buying it from the customer before he even reaches the counter.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, pretty much. I guarantee you 3-5% of all trade-ins never even hit the shelves. They go directly to employees or friends of employees. Every videogame store Ive ever worked for has done this, and not just my store, but others in the district. All have hold drawers for employees.
Yeah, pretty much. I guarantee you 3-5% of all trade-ins never even hit the shelves. They go directly to employees or friends of employees. Every videogame store Ive ever worked for has done this, and not just my store, but others in the district. All have hold drawers for employees.
well I went to another GFamestop that opened just 2 weeks ago and low and behopld the manager is someone I known for4-6 years,(havent seen him in a long time). I ask him about the stash, and he said Employee's by corp policy can not hold games at all, but he said managers do give them the edge and give them till 48 hours or next paycheck to buy it to be air BUT some employees stash them for weeks or months or call other employees at different gamestop or friends, and sell it to them,
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game
, but will take my 50$ for Drake on Xbox
And Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game
, but will take my 50$ for Drake on XboxAnd Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it
[quote name='8ballGuy']well I went to another GFamestop that opened just 2 weeks ago and low and behopld the manager is someone I known for4-6 years,(havent seen him in a long time). I ask him about the stash, and he said Employee's by corp policy can not hold games at all, but he said managers do give them the edge and give them till 48 hours or next paycheck to buy it to be air BUT some employees stash them for weeks or months or call other employees at different gamestop or friends, and sell it to them,
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game, but will take my 50$ for Drake on Xbox
And Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it[/QUOTE]
Im sure 2 copies of suik 1 dont just come in every day, in the same exact position and order in the drawer, just ask a new guy they seem like the only ones who are geared towards proper customer service, and for the record I work retail
New games such as ps2,xbox,gc,psp,ds are fine to hold for a week or two but rare games such as PSX RPG's with no intent of buying it this millenium is ludocris
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game
, but will take my 50$ for Drake on XboxAnd Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it[/QUOTE]
Im sure 2 copies of suik 1 dont just come in every day, in the same exact position and order in the drawer, just ask a new guy they seem like the only ones who are geared towards proper customer service, and for the record I work retail
New games such as ps2,xbox,gc,psp,ds are fine to hold for a week or two but rare games such as PSX RPG's with no intent of buying it this millenium is ludocris
[quote name='8ballGuy']well I went to another GFamestop that opened just 2 weeks ago and low and behopld the manager is someone I known for4-6 years,(havent seen him in a long time). I ask him about the stash, and he said Employee's by corp policy can not hold games at all, but he said managers do give them the edge and give them till 48 hours or next paycheck to buy it to be air BUT some employees stash them for weeks or months or call other employees at different gamestop or friends, and sell it to them,
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game, but will take my 50$ for Drake on Xbox
And Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it[/QUOTE]
The reason why GS managers don't wanna take in expensive PS1 or N64 games is because we are now required to put them live onto the floor, aka the games are in the cases.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.
Trade IN-- Employee-Stash-Calls around----Sold to anybody except a regular customer.
He said he chose just to have 48 hour holds, and if not bought will be cleared personally by himself every Friday.
I guess different managers have different ways.
Weird how Gamestop is scared to take my 40$ for a PSX game
, but will take my 50$ for Drake on XboxAnd Yes I shoped at the gamestop many times, and trade in maybe once or twice a month. I spent over 150$ during one day, and a employee showed me the stash and I got threads of fate and saw 2 suik1. came back a few weeks later, he lied about not having it[/QUOTE]
The reason why GS managers don't wanna take in expensive PS1 or N64 games is because we are now required to put them live onto the floor, aka the games are in the cases.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.
[quote name='Kuros']The reason why GS managers don't wanna take in expensive PS1 or N64 games is because we are now required to put them live onto the floor, aka the games are in the cases.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Yes I was thinking the same thing but when their are only 6 employee's employed their but over 30 games stashed in the drawer(this drawer contained at least 15 PSX RPG's , even had low sought after ones such as beyond the beyond
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Yes I was thinking the same thing but when their are only 6 employee's employed their but over 30 games stashed in the drawer(this drawer contained at least 15 PSX RPG's , even had low sought after ones such as beyond the beyond
[quote name='Kuros']The reason why GS managers don't wanna take in expensive PS1 or N64 games is because we are now required to put them live onto the floor, aka the games are in the cases.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Then put an empty case out with a copy of the box art on the floor. They're not retarted, most stores do this already.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Then put an empty case out with a copy of the box art on the floor. They're not retarted, most stores do this already.
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[quote name='KowHunta']Then put an empty case out with a copy of the box art on the floor. They're not retarted, most stores do this already.[/QUOTE]
Where do you suggest we keep the game? We no longer have a designated area for Playstation guts, as we barely have enough space for all of the next-gen games out now. The method you mentioned is exactly what we do for the next-gen games, but we just don't have the space/time to do such a thing for the playstation games any longer.
Where do you suggest we keep the game? We no longer have a designated area for Playstation guts, as we barely have enough space for all of the next-gen games out now. The method you mentioned is exactly what we do for the next-gen games, but we just don't have the space/time to do such a thing for the playstation games any longer.
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[quote name='KingofGames']Where do you suggest we keep the game? We no longer have a designated area for Playstation guts, as we barely have enough space for all of the next-gen games out now. The method you mentioned is exactly what we do for the next-gen games, but we just don't have the space/time to do such a thing for the playstation games any longer.[/QUOTE]
At the local GS and EB they just toss PS1 games and place holders in the bargain bin, with rather large sticker prices on them. GS wanted $40 for a disk only copy of lunar.
At the local GS and EB they just toss PS1 games and place holders in the bargain bin, with rather large sticker prices on them. GS wanted $40 for a disk only copy of lunar.
[quote name='KowHunta']Then put an empty case out with a copy of the box art on the floor. They're not retarted, most stores do this already.[/QUOTE]
Trust me, we aren't going to do that as KoG said, stores like mine don't even have the room. We did have PS1 games in the back, but we are required to have them live.
We don't even want to bother really.
Trust me, we aren't going to do that as KoG said, stores like mine don't even have the room. We did have PS1 games in the back, but we are required to have them live.
We don't even want to bother really.
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I work at a videogame store and for one i take offense to the comments that all employees are basically pieces of crap. Just because people have problems in multiple stores that there are over 3000 of makes all employees at all videogame stores basically unthoughtful losers that only think of their own gaming needs. Another thing about the online inventory, my store has atleast 100 defects a week, and those are all in inventory, and by LAW we have to hold all trades for 30 days before we can sell them, which are also in our inventory. As for an employee stash, not one at my store, the most holding we have is if an employee calls and picks it up b4 his shift or right after, which is generally what we will do for customers if they call and say they will be there within the hour. For the few gamers that disagreed that all employees are useless, thank you. You are definately the people that are the best kind of customers, we are gamers too. I enjoy talking about games w/ customers all the same, i mean i'll even tell customers when they can expect games to come from the back and what day to come back. I'm sorry for the people that have had problems in videogame stores, but don't generalize all employees. You can goto any store and find retarded employees, but like i said not everyone is one. Also have to give props to Mookyjooky for everything he said bout this and the several others.
Bottom Line:
If you don't like the people and are just gonna complain about them go somewhere else, order your games online, or just go in and buy what you want and leave.
Bottom Line:
If you don't like the people and are just gonna complain about them go somewhere else, order your games online, or just go in and buy what you want and leave.
[quote name='Kuros']The reason why GS managers don't wanna take in expensive PS1 or N64 games is because we are now required to put them live onto the floor, aka the games are in the cases.
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Don't want to make you look like an ass but... out of all the Gamestops I've been too, NONE of them have had games in the cases, they were all in the back still, and I just bought from there today.
Today I went to a Gamestop and picked up Tactics Ogre, Vandal Hearts 2, Devil Dice (not rare but sometimes HTF) and I found a copy of Suikoden 1, as well as some other rpg's (I think Legend of Mana was one as well).
No hoarding going on, the employee even said "Wow, I'm surprised someone is buying this, don't see a 35 dollar ps one game too often, what's it about?". I thought of this thread as I left that store.
I think some of you shop at the worst Gamestop's in the country =/
Which means those games get stolen easily, so putting $25-$60 games out on the floor to be stolen is obviously a stupid idea.[/QUOTE]
Don't want to make you look like an ass but... out of all the Gamestops I've been too, NONE of them have had games in the cases, they were all in the back still, and I just bought from there today.
Today I went to a Gamestop and picked up Tactics Ogre, Vandal Hearts 2, Devil Dice (not rare but sometimes HTF) and I found a copy of Suikoden 1, as well as some other rpg's (I think Legend of Mana was one as well).
No hoarding going on, the employee even said "Wow, I'm surprised someone is buying this, don't see a 35 dollar ps one game too often, what's it about?". I thought of this thread as I left that store.
I think some of you shop at the worst Gamestop's in the country =/
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