The Official Rant About Gamestop Thread!!

[quote name='Oktoberfest']Hey, guess what, if you don't like them, don't shop there! AN AMAZING CONCEPT, I KNOW[/quote]

Hey, guess what, if you aren't interested in the thread title, don't post here! AN AMAZING CONCEPT, I KNOW
 
[quote name='camoor']Hey, guess what, if you aren't interested in the thread title, don't post here! AN AMAZING CONCEPT, I KNOW[/QUOTE]

well technically that was my rant
 
Man, I totally hate Gamestop for selling me pristine, complete PS2 games at buy 2 get 1 free prices and giving me free subscriptions to the magazine. What a terrible company.
 
Actually this is a good idea. Now when we can direct the 800 posts per day about GS to this thread.
Yeah they suck sometimes, but they have gotten a lot better IMO.
 
[quote name='MikeHoncho']Thank you for this. Now I only have to avoid one topic if all the traffic is directed at this one.:bow::bow::bow:[/quote] Yep. I'm even going to avoid my own topic. XD
 
[quote name='Zing']Man, I totally hate Gamestop for selling me pristine, complete PS2 games at buy 2 get 1 free prices and giving me free subscriptions to the magazine. What a terrible company.[/QUOTE]


You mean those free subscriptions you get when you pay $15 for the card? And I really want to shop at some of these GameStops you guys are going to if the used games are pristine instead of looking like someone shat on them.
 
[quote name='Zing']Man, I totally hate Gamestop for selling me pristine, complete PS2 games at buy 2 get 1 free prices and giving me free subscriptions to the magazine. What a terrible company.[/quote]

Yeah, gee, they are cool. They jack up all their prices to 3 times what their worth, and then make you think you're getting a deal when you buy three for the price of two. You pay $80 for three games at Gamestop with the B2G1 deal, but in reality, you could have gotten the games anywhere else for $50.

And 'pristine condition'? You're not shopping at Gamestop buddy, Gamestop doesn't carry pristine games. You might be thinking of GameCrazy.

Also, ooh, you get a 'free' subscription to the shittiest gaming magazine on the market. Woo hoo.
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']Yeah, gee, they are cool. They jack up all their prices to 3 times what their worth, and then make you think you're getting a deal when you buy three for the price of two. You pay $80 for three games at Gamestop with the B2G1 deal, but in reality, you could have gotten the games anywhere else for $50.

And 'pristine condition'? You're not shopping at Gamestop buddy, Gamestop doesn't carry pristine games. You might be thinking of GameCrazy.

Also, ooh, you get a 'free' subscription to the shittiest gaming magazine on the market. Woo hoo.[/QUOTE]

Gamestop is pretty good if you know how to use the promotions to your advantage. If you just take in a few random games to trade in.. yeah, that sucks. But you trade in your games when they have a promotion..+30% +10% with Edge or + $10 or $15 with "x" trade ins.

THEN you use this credit during a Buy2Get1 sale.
 
[quote name='lilboo']Gamestop is pretty good if you know how to use the promotions to your advantage. If you just take in a few random games to trade in.. yeah, that sucks. But you trade in your games when they have a promotion..+30% +10% with Edge or + $10 or $15 with "x" trade ins.

THEN you use this credit during a Buy2Get1 sale.[/quote]

I realize that trade-in values are OK when they have these promotions, but no matter what, if you're a buyer, you're getting fucked. You can always get something cheaper elsewhere. (And in better condition too.)
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']I realize that trade-in values are OK when they have these promotions, but no matter what, if you're a buyer, you're getting fucked. You can always get something cheaper elsewhere. (And in better condition too.)[/quote]

Not always, they have some sweet promotions for purchasing as well. I've gotten about 4 or 5 games within a week of release for about $35 a piece. Since it was only a week old they were in pristine condition. Just have to know how to work the promotions and be very straight forward about the disc condition you are looking for. Yeah they take discs that look horrible, but they do take in discs in great condition too.
 
Use the trade in promotions (on crappy games that have no ebay value but that have at least a little bit of gamestop value) then save up your credit until there is an email coupon for the games you want to buy. The trade 2 for extra 10 and trade 3 for extra 15$ seem to be the only promotions worth using for trade in's. Hopefully the stores around you will have the used games you want to buy and if they do and they are in decent condition then you will be getting some cheap games.
 
If they actually checked the disc quality and accepted only full package trade-ins, then it'd be a bit better. They'd get a hell of a lot more money out of me then.
 
If all the GS trolls would actually use this thread, it would improve this place a great deal. I'm tired of every GS-related thread being full of nonsense.
 
I'd love it if GS gave tiered values for the different conditions of games that they have.

Complete/mint games = best value/most expensive resale price
disc + manual only games = better value/less expensive resale price
disc only = good value/least expensive resale price
 
[quote name='pogipinoy27']I'd love it if GS gave tiered values for the different conditions of games that they have.

Complete/mint games = best value/most expensive resale price
disc + manual only games = better value/less expensive resale price
disc only = good value/least expensive resale price[/QUOTE]

This.
 
fuck you, local GameStop. You never have any of my lovely pre-order bonus items. Worse than that is you hire a bunch of incompetent people to run the lovely place. Seriously, there are fucking signs in front of their faces saying the release dates of games, and they still can't figure it out.

In conclusion, your online store isn't so bad.
 
[quote name='pogipinoy27']I'd love it if GS gave tiered values for the different conditions of games that they have.

Complete/mint games = best value/most expensive resale price
disc + manual only games = better value/less expensive resale price
disc only = good value/least expensive resale price[/quote]

Too much work. Lines already get backed up when it's busy. Now imagine if employees had to become appraisers also. It sounds easy but it's not like these guys are trained to do more than ask if you want to pre-order or ask for your trade ins.

Also, if the signs for release dates are right in front of you, why are you asking them about it? When my grandfather used to own a 7-11, a bum used to come in and ask how much candy bars were even though there was a huge sign that said "All Candy Bars 40 cents." He would ask and my uncle would say ten dollars. He'd look all crazy like we were ripping people off and then he'd shuffle off.
 
The idea of a centralized thread to bitch about Gamestop and their policies that many of us could avoid just by NOT SHOPPING THERE sounds like a good idea in theory. However, there is already a stand alone thread complaining about GS on the Shopping/Discussion board, so it won't stop the people who won't take 5 seconds to do a search for GS complaint thread(s) from making their own.

This idea will be flushed down the toilet quick, like my idea of making a discussion thread for pennied guides was.

Plus, if people posted about their bad experiences with GS in ONE spot, how would they get billg styled infamy for being a whiny little bitch about a store chain not giving them what they think they deserve?

Oh and.....Gamestop fuckin' sucks, but I think we all know that already, right?
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']Yeah, gee, they are cool. They jack up all their prices to 3 times what their worth, and then make you think you're getting a deal when you buy three for the price of two. You pay $80 for three games at Gamestop with the B2G1 deal, but in reality, you could have gotten the games anywhere else for $50.

And 'pristine condition'? You're not shopping at Gamestop buddy, Gamestop doesn't carry pristine games. You might be thinking of GameCrazy.

Also, ooh, you get a 'free' subscription to the shittiest gaming magazine on the market. Woo hoo.[/QUOTE] The only time gamestop has pristine games is when they gut new copies for their sales. Like they did with all the copies of Odin Sphere. Every single one gutted.
 
[quote name='Access_Denied']Yeah, gee, they are cool. They jack up all their prices to 3 times what their worth, and then make you think you're getting a deal when you buy three for the price of two. You pay $80 for three games at Gamestop with the B2G1 deal, but in reality, you could have gotten the games anywhere else for $50.

And 'pristine condition'? You're not shopping at Gamestop buddy, Gamestop doesn't carry pristine games. You might be thinking of GameCrazy.

Also, ooh, you get a 'free' subscription to the shittiest gaming magazine on the market. Woo hoo.[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I bought probably a dozen top-tier PS2 games that were literally like-new condition for $20 or less each. Stuff like Curse of Darkess, etc. This was 2 years ago at the Gamestop in Erie, PA. I used to go there every few months and there was always good stuff. Maybe things have changed since the EB merger or something.

And yes, I did get a free Edge card for a year along with the magazine. Maybe the girl thought I was cute. I don't really care about the magazine, but it was interesting that they gave it to me, especially since I live in Canada. They actually shipped it to me from the states! I was impressed.
 
I've gotten plenty of mint games from GS. And it isn't their fault or any other store's fault that children and/or complete retards don't know how to take care of things. You can argue that they shouldn't take in games that are in poor condition or are disc-only, but why not? They're a business, and if people want to pay for the games, well, that's their problem.
 
[quote name='depascal22']Too much work. Lines already get backed up when it's busy. Now imagine if employees had to become appraisers also. It sounds easy but it's not like these guys are trained to do more than ask if you want to pre-order or ask for your trade ins.[/quote]

I don't think it'd be that hard to implement. On the selling side it'd be quite easy. All you have to do is just program their inventory system to have a different sku for the different versions of the game. For a brand new used game the prices could be like:

mint/complete - 54.99
manual+disc or box+disc - 52.99
disc only - 50.99

something along those lines. For the trade ins, it could theoretically be as simple as pressing a key after they scan the game in. Or, for disc only titles, since they're looking the game up anyway, just designate in their system disc only.

The only hassle would be that it would make doing inventory 10x more tedious. But that could be alleviated, from a business standpoint, by corporate offering stores incentives to keep better track of their stuff (i.e. free lunch for a store or something along those lines).

Overall everyone would win. The consumer would be more inclined to trade in complete copies of their games (since they'd get a greater trade value). GS would make more money off of selling used games. I'm just very much a proponent of the consumer having choice.
 
[quote name='pogipinoy27']I don't think it'd be that hard to implement. On the selling side it'd be quite easy. All you have to do is just program their inventory system to have a different sku for the different versions of the game. For a brand new used game the prices could be like:

mint/complete - 54.99
manual+disc or box+disc - 52.99
disc only - 50.99

something along those lines. For the trade ins, it could theoretically be as simple as pressing a key after they scan the game in. Or, for disc only titles, since they're looking the game up anyway, just designate in their system disc only.

The only hassle would be that it would make doing inventory 10x more tedious. But that could be alleviated, from a business standpoint, by corporate offering stores incentives to keep better track of their stuff (i.e. free lunch for a store or something along those lines).

Overall everyone would win. The consumer would be more inclined to trade in complete copies of their games (since they'd get a greater trade value). GS would make more money off of selling used games. I'm just very much a proponent of the consumer having choice.[/quote]

Those ideas are good and all but why would any corporation go through all that just to satisfy a very small section of their clientele? Who's gonna pay all the IT guys to stay late to get the system up and running without bugs? Why would they pay extra to employees as incentive to do the same job they're already doing?

Besides, Gamestop still charges and gets full price for disc only games. Why should they change their policy just to satisfy the hardcore collector?
 
[quote name='depascal22']Those ideas are good and all but why would any corporation go through all that just to satisfy a very small section of their clientele? Who's gonna pay all the IT guys to stay late to get the system up and running without bugs? Why would they pay extra to employees as incentive to do the same job they're already doing?

Besides, Gamestop still charges and gets full price for disc only games. Why should they change their policy just to satisfy the hardcore collector?[/quote]

yeah. It's really sad when reality kills a dream.

It's so nice to dream though :)
 
[quote name='pogipinoy27']mint/complete - 54.99
manual+disc or box+disc - 52.99
disc only - 50.99[/QUOTE]

Please tell me you're not serious about those differences in prices. That's even more insulting than selling a used game for 5 bucks less than new like they already do now.

Anyway, I hate Game$top because they're the Wal Mart of the video game industry, and they're somehow worse in many ways. Check out the Zero Originality videos. Oh, and the fact that they sell used games for 5 bucks less than new games. That's crap. And the fact that they're effectively a monopoly, so they get away with stuff they wouldn't have when EB, Funco, Rhino, and the other stores were still their own entities.
 
How is GameStop a monopoly? You can buy and sell used games at a number of places (Blockbuster, eBay, Amazon, Game Crazy, Mom and Pop stores, etc.). GameStop is very successful and very widespread, but they are far from a monopoly.
 
i think the main problem is that alot of the employees are yes incompetent. Literally every gamestop ive been to has had that one guy who is a giant douchebag. They just treat people like crap, i remember one time i witnessed a person come in and ask if any Wii's were in stock and the D-bag employee asked her if she was retarded. However, there are of course alot of nice and helpful employees.....
 
[quote name='gotrice415510']i think the main problem is that alot of the employees are yes incompetent. Literally every gamestop ive been to has had that one guy who is a giant douchebag. They just treat people like crap, i remember one time i witnessed a person come in and ask if any Wii's were in stock and the D-bag employee asked her if she was retarded. However, there are of course alot of nice and helpful employees.....[/quote]

To say that GS employees are incompetent is probably understating it. On the other hand, most minimum-wage workers are fairly incompetent. We just don't notice it much, because our interactions with them are minimal. You hand the cashier an item, they scan it, you hand them money, and you leave. Not much chance for their stupidity to come out. With GS employees, though, you actually have to ask them for things, and that's where a lot of the problems come into play. It also doesn't help that seem mostly unsupervised, and whenever they are being supervised, it is by someone as stupid as they are.
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']To say that GS employees are incompetent is probably understating it. On the other hand, most minimum-wage workers are fairly incompetent. We just don't notice it much, because our interactions with them are minimal. You hand the cashier an item, they scan it, you hand them money, and you leave. Not much chance for their stupidity to come out. With GS employees, though, you actually have to ask them for things, and that's where a lot of the problems come into play. It also doesn't help that seem mostly unsupervised, and whenever they are being supervised, it is by someone as stupid as they are.[/quote]
yess!!!!! that is basically the whole reason sucks
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']How is GameStop a monopoly? You can buy and sell used games at a number of places (Blockbuster, eBay, Amazon, Game Crazy, Mom and Pop stores, etc.). GameStop is very successful and very widespread, but they are far from a monopoly.[/QUOTE]

It's kind of like how Micro$oft is a monopoly. Sure, there's Mac, Linux, etc., but Windows is the only thing that's really relevant. Heck, G$ is even more of a monopoly than M$ because G$ doesn't have a competitor like Apple.
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']To say that GS employees are incompetent is probably understating it. On the other hand, most minimum-wage workers are fairly incompetent. We just don't notice it much, because our interactions with them are minimal. You hand the cashier an item, they scan it, you hand them money, and you leave. Not much chance for their stupidity to come out. With GS employees, though, you actually have to ask them for things, and that's where a lot of the problems come into play. It also doesn't help that seem mostly unsupervised, and whenever they are being supervised, it is by someone as stupid as they are.[/QUOTE]

People expect that gamestop employees, you know, know something about video games. This is where the problem comes into play. On one hand they may get a very good answer from a very good and knowledgable employee. However on the other hand they may get a very, ahem, bad answer to their question. The problem is that despite people's perceptions, gamestop employees may NOT know stuff about video games, because their hiriing is not based on how much you know about games despite it being a game store, its largely based on your ability to sell things.

Also when you have people coming in and asking "what game would be a good gift for my 5 year old son, he can't read yet" its not exactly easy to answer. Its basically loaded because there is no right answer. Some customers will never be pleased, and they may be dissatisfied with the service they receive no matter how much you try to please them. No matter who you hire not every employee is gonna be able to answer every question about every game or every system either.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']Also when you have people coming in and asking "what game would be a good gift for my 5 year old son, he can't read yet" its not exactly easy to answer. Its basically loaded because there is no right answer.[/QUOTE]

Actually, there is a right answer. Get the hell out of Game$top and go to a book store. If your kid can't read at 5 years old, you're on your way to failing as a parent. I can't remember ever not being able to read, and that's the way it's supposed to be.

The problem with G$ is that they'll SELL SELL SELL to that kid anyway.
 
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[quote name='Chuplayer']It's kind of like how Micro$oft is a monopoly. Sure, there's Mac, Linux, etc., but Windows is the only thing that's really relevant. Heck, G$ is even more of a monopoly than M$ because G$ doesn't have a competitor like Apple.[/quote]
Is you "S" key broken or have you just not graduated middle school?
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']Please tell me you're not serious about those differences in prices. That's even more insulting than selling a used game for 5 bucks less than new like they already do now.

Anyway, I hate Game$top because they're the Wal Mart of the video game industry, and they're somehow worse in many ways. Check out the Zero Originality videos. Oh, and the fact that they sell used games for 5 bucks less than new games. That's crap. And the fact that they're effectively a monopoly, so they get away with stuff they wouldn't have when EB, Funco, Rhino, and the other stores were still their own entities.[/quote]

I just remembered that Blockbuster takes games in about maybe 2 months ago and I've amassed over $400 in credit over that short period of time, mainly by paying attention to the Blockbuster/Gamerush thread.

They pay ALOT better for your games than Gamestop or Gamecrazy(not 100% sure about GC though) and they won't take in the same shit condition stuff as GS does. So essentially, you're able to build up a ton of credit there by flipping games and you mostly don't have to worry about 'will it come with a manual/artwork' or whatever if you're going to buy there, unless it's a converted rental copy.

It's easily 1000% better than Gamestop, that's for sure.

Oh and as Clarke asked, is your S key broken? Seriously, the whole using a dollar sign in the names of companies you dislike is kinda juvenile. Then again, I shouldn't talk, since I always called Gamestop AssRapeStop. Ahhh well, I've always been a hypocrite, why stop now?:lol:
 
[quote name='Chuplayer']It's kind of like how Micro$oft is a monopoly. Sure, there's Mac, Linux, etc., but Windows is the only thing that's really relevant. Heck, G$ is even more of a monopoly than M$ because G$ doesn't have a competitor like Apple.[/quote]

Wow, you cannot even begin to compare Microsoft to GameStop. Microsoft, depending on what source you are looking at, controls 85% to 95% of the operating system market share. Do you honestly think GS has its hand on it 85% of the used game market? Seriously. Come on. It's not even close.
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']Wow, you cannot even begin to compare Microsoft to GameStop. Microsoft, depending on what source you are looking at, controls 85% to 95% of the operating system market share. Do you honestly think GS has its hand on it 85% of the used game market? Seriously. Come on. It's not even close.[/quote] Nope. They have tons of competitors. GC, BBV, PnT, mom & pop shops, BB and CC in some markets.

I bet GS controls at least 60% of the market though.
 
No, I haven't graduated middle school. It keeps me young.

[quote name='darkslime']Nope. They have tons of competitors. GC, BBV, PnT, mom & pop shops, BB and CC in some markets.

I bet GS controls at least 60% of the market though.[/QUOTE]

But a lot of places are closing, in danger of being bought out by G$, or smaller in scale than G$.

For example, FYE sells used games, but who goes there expecting to find anything in particular? Their entire game section is about 1/4 of the size of a G$, and their trade in policies require you to have absolutely mint condition stuff, and a number of stores create other bullcrap rules about trading such as no trading on the weekend, no trading after 5:00PM, and stuff like that.

G$ is the only major game in town. Just look at how their prices have risen since they bought out all their main competition. Look at how few good deals there are now compared to when EB was around. Trade in values have dropped and markups have increased. They have no competition in the B&M now. They can do whatever the hell they want.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']People expect that gamestop employees, you know, know something about video games. This is where the problem comes into play. On one hand they may get a very good answer from a very good and knowledgable employee. However on the other hand they may get a very, ahem, bad answer to their question. The problem is that despite people's perceptions, gamestop employees may NOT know stuff about video games, because their hiriing is not based on how much you know about games despite it being a game store, its largely based on your ability to sell things.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, have you ever asked for help in a store and been told it's not their department? That's how GS employees are, except they've only got one fucking department and apparently no one works there. It'd be like going into a bookstore and asking for help only to have them shrug at you. I don't expect employees at Target or Walmart to know everything about everything, but if you work in a store that just sells games, know your games.
 
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