the-daryl
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Has there ever been any definitive legality/ethicalness of this, I mean.
The other day I stopped in a local EB to pick up a "new" game. Of the five copies behind the counter, all but one were open. The first one offered had fingerprints and something else smudging the surface... But it was "new" not used, and had only been used as "display" (I didn't see any of the other open discs, so maybe they were spotless- the one I was offered couldn't even be described as "like new" heh).
I remember a while back there was supposed to have been some suit against EB for selling used games as new and was under the impression that the practice had been stopped. In this instance, I felt bad for the clerk, he was polite, and almost overzealous that it really wasn't used (even tho a quick glance at the disc would infer otherwise), he repeated the "display" line over and over.
Now, personally, my take... If a game is open, it's not new. ANYTHING that comes with ANY component factory sealed that is no longer sealed is no longer "new" (Whether it be a video game or a microwave) Every major retailer seems to have discounts on "open box items", and "display/floor models", except for when it comes to video games and display copies...
I have on occasion been at a gamestop or an eb when they only have one copy left of a game which is the display, but when you have five of something and four are open?
So I'm just wondering if this is isolated or common or if there is any policy/standerd practice in the industry about this...
The other day I stopped in a local EB to pick up a "new" game. Of the five copies behind the counter, all but one were open. The first one offered had fingerprints and something else smudging the surface... But it was "new" not used, and had only been used as "display" (I didn't see any of the other open discs, so maybe they were spotless- the one I was offered couldn't even be described as "like new" heh).
I remember a while back there was supposed to have been some suit against EB for selling used games as new and was under the impression that the practice had been stopped. In this instance, I felt bad for the clerk, he was polite, and almost overzealous that it really wasn't used (even tho a quick glance at the disc would infer otherwise), he repeated the "display" line over and over.
Now, personally, my take... If a game is open, it's not new. ANYTHING that comes with ANY component factory sealed that is no longer sealed is no longer "new" (Whether it be a video game or a microwave) Every major retailer seems to have discounts on "open box items", and "display/floor models", except for when it comes to video games and display copies...
I have on occasion been at a gamestop or an eb when they only have one copy left of a game which is the display, but when you have five of something and four are open?
So I'm just wondering if this is isolated or common or if there is any policy/standerd practice in the industry about this...