Why do people hate gamestop?

[quote name='HotJuicyBurgers']Why do people hate getting prostate exams? Similar situation.[/QUOTE]

Prostate exams at least help you avoid future complications. GS's fingering leads to complications.
 
[quote name='misterpiggybank']Prostate exams at least help you avoid future complications. GS's fingering leads to complications.[/QUOTE]

lmfao. I was just making a quick joke but you elevated it to another level. :applause:
 
For me it's the constant PUR problems, not receiving my magazines for months at a time OVER AND OVER. They really don't offer any incentives. Buy a new game for $60, they will give you $20 if you're lucky, turn around and resell it for $54.99. My last straw with them was when I bought Batman AC. Had the game nearly a month, never opened it, and still had my receipt and they refused to let me bring it back. All I wanted to do was get another game. Needless to say, between Bestbuy, Newegg, and Amazon, I really have no need to deal with them anymore.
 
[quote name='chatgirl4']Well I have another reason to hate them-pre order bonuses

After swearing them off several years ago, my friend talked me into getting Resident Evil Revelations pre-ordered, with the premise you get the bonus case if you do, even the jackass manager confirmed, sounds simple, right?

Well if your still reading, then you know the rest.....

So long story short, go in this morning to get both items, game arrived but not the case, then he proceeds to tell me, the other GS got only one case in (not sounding good), then he said he would call if he managed to find the case....BUT, it gets better....

He then suspected that Kelsey, another employee, might have stolen them....he proceeded to call her, only to get no answer....

*Le Sigh* so tomorrow I am getting a refund, fuck GS[/QUOTE]

Wait, you hate Gamestop because an employee allegedly stole pre-order bonus'? Am I misunderstanding?
That's like swearing off McDonald's because one of their employees put pickles on your sandwhich when you ordered no pickles.

I think all the Gamestop hate is dumb. Everyone knows that they gut new games, and yet people freak out when they go in and are offered a gutted new game. That's not Gamestop's fault, that's your fault for being too dumb to realize what you were getting yourself into.
 
[quote name='myl0r']Wait, you hate Gamestop because an employee allegedly stole pre-order bonus'? Am I misunderstanding?
That's like swearing off McDonald's because one of their employees put pickles on your sandwhich when you ordered no pickles.

I think all the Gamestop hate is dumb. Everyone knows that they gut new games, and yet people freak out when they go in and are offered a gutted new game. That's not Gamestop's fault, that's your fault for being too dumb to realize what you were getting yourself into.[/QUOTE]

GS employee alert! LOL Ya your definitely misunderstanding, comparing it to pickles? It's not GS's fault for selling gutted games? Are you serious? That place is horrible, they used to be a store for gamers when it was EB. Ahhh the good old days.... I can go on and on about that shithole but everyone else covered pretty much everything.
 
"Hate" is an awful strong word, but every time I go into that place, I'm reminded why I don't go there more often.

My last experience with them began in July, when I had a bunch of DS games that I wanted to get rid of, and they were offering a 50% credit bonus. Probably could have gotten a little more with Craigslist, but not really interested in the hassles that can bring, so I went in. Anyway, I have to stand there for fifteen minutes because they don't have enough people working to handle the queue, then I get lowball quotes for some of the stuff. By the time I've invested that much time, I just wanted it to be over with, so I took the trade-in value and applied it towards Skyrim.

I go back in to get Skyrim, and there's a huge line that I have to wait through to pick up my preorder. In the line are a bunch of "gaming dads" with offspring busily screeching and hooting.

Throw in the fact new games are virtually never discounted (and it's very, very rare that I'll ever pay full retail for a game), trade-in values are absolute crap (unless they're having a special promotion), and the constant and perpetual bombardment of self-marketing (perfectly illustrated by the video clip in the OP), and I find very, very little reason to want to shop there. To me, it's for people who think that a "game only" store is some kind of boon to consumers in general and gamers in particular, in spite of the fact that nearly every policy they have is not very consumer-friendly, or even gamer-friendly at that.
 
[quote name='myl0r']Wait, you hate Gamestop because an employee allegedly stole pre-order bonus'? Am I misunderstanding?
That's like swearing off McDonald's because one of their employees put pickles on your sandwhich when you ordered no pickles.

I think all the Gamestop hate is dumb. Everyone knows that they gut new games, and yet people freak out when they go in and are offered a gutted new game. That's not Gamestop's fault, that's your fault for being too dumb to realize what you were getting yourself into.[/QUOTE]

Allow me to clarify....My frustration stems from the fact that the MANAGER shit faced lied to me about the pre-order bonus, to boost his numbers, then had the galls to assume one of HIS employees might have stolen it.

This has nothing to do with Kelsey, aside from the info mentioned, its about the MANAGER lying, then tried covering HIS tracks.
 
[quote name='Central Scrutinizer'] Anyway, I have to stand there for fifteen minutes because they don't have enough people working to handle the queue, then I get lowball quotes for some of the stuff. By the time I've invested that much time, I just wanted it to be over with, so I took the trade-in value and applied it towards Skyrim.[/QUOTE]

There is an excellent thread on CAG that contains the trade in values for games at GameStop as reported by the CAG community. Now, a lot of the DS games are not that up to date, but I used it recently for the 3 for $10 promotion to get idea of which DS games qualified (over $2) and I brought an additional game as a safety measure in case one dropped. There is no reason a CAG should not have a ballpark estimate of what the games are worth at GameStop BEFORE they step in the store. I use the GameStop TIV thread to decide whether I'm trading into GameStop or BestBuy or Amazon.
 
[quote name='chatgirl4']Allow me to clarify....My frustration stems from the fact that the MANAGER shit faced lied to me about the pre-order bonus, to boost his numbers, then had the galls to assume one of HIS employees might have stolen it.

This has nothing to do with Kelsey, aside from the info mentioned, its about the MANAGER lying, then tried covering HIS tracks.[/QUOTE]

Gotcha. This makes more sense

I understand that certain stores have crap staff, and that's unfortunate. I don't buy often, but when I do go in, the guys at my store are really nice guys and really helpful.

My gripe with threads like these are it is always the same thing, people complaining that they:
1)Get "newsed" games that are gutted
2)Get hounded to pre-order something
3)Get screwed on trade in values

The frustration with this is, those 3 things have been standard at gamestop since the beginning of time, and yet people go into a gamestop store and expect otherwise. I don't get why. You KNOW that you will get a gutted game, you go to the store to buy it anyways, and then complain when you get what you knew you would get.


[quote name='lude21']GS employee alert! LOL Ya your definitely misunderstanding, comparing it to pickles? It's not GS's fault for selling gutted games? Are you serious? That place is horrible, they used to be a store for gamers when it was EB. Ahhh the good old days.... I can go on and on about that shithole but everyone else covered pretty much everything.[/QUOTE]
Almost a GS employee. I used to work for Game Crazy, so I know what it's like to work at a gamestore. What I meant was about gutted games, as I just explained, was that it is your fault(your=the complainer) that you know Gamestop sells gutted games, and you still go there expecting otherwise. The pickles comparison was when I thought the other user was upset that an employee stole the merch, and he was therefore angry at the company as a whole. I said that is like being upset at an entire chain restaurant because one employee at your local place messed up your order. He clarified it for me.
 
I have been reading this for a while and I have already put in my 2 cents, but one point that keeps coming up confuses me. The low trade in value.

What do ya'll expect? What do you want a new game to sell for $60 then trade in for %53 so they can sell it at $54? Its how they make money. They buy low and sell high. If you don't like it go else where, but don't hate a store because they assign a value to an item then try to sell it for a profit.

I hate gutted used games, I hate some of the used prices( I mean really Dynasty Warriors 6 is still $19.99?), and i hate the fact that they gave up on the coupons. But really I will still shop there from time to time.
 
The new "gutted" games has gotten out of hand. It used to just be that the last "display" copy of a game, regardless if it was the standard or limited/special/collectors edition got gutted for "display" purposes.

I have gone in there on a number of occassions on either Tuesday night or Wednesay afternoon and all they have had left was gutted copies... and I'm talking like four or more.

No way in hell should they have four or more NEW "gutted" games on release day. That reeks of foul play or the very least stupidity.

Outside of misprints or something being extremely rare I would never pay full price for the standard edition of a game. I wish more people would do the same; how people are willing to pay full price for a game that has been molested is beyond me.

I stopped preordering games from Gamestop when I went to pick up my preorder of MvC3 Special Edition and it was gutted.

I like how Gamestop's motto at least used to be "Power to the Player". They could care less about the average gamer. They want causal uninformed gamers.
 
I've alreay put my 2 cents in as well as everyone else here, but I have one other thing to add. I see just about everyone here bitching about gutted or opened new games. It is YOUR OWN FAULT for buying a gutted game. If you go into a gamestop store and the only copy they have of a game you're wanting, GO TO A DIFFERENT STORE. I'm sure that not all of the gamestops out there will only have gutted all of the remaining games that you're wanting. Or better yet, GO TO (insert generic store here) and get it where they don't sell used games.

Or if you're burning store credit, ORDER FROM GAMESTOP WEBSITE! I don't think they are that stupid as to sell gutted games from their website, after all, they don't have to display anything for an online store.
 
[quote name='stuntman21']I've alreay put my 2 cents in as well as everyone else here, but I have one other thing to add. I see just about everyone here bitching about gutted or opened new games. It is YOUR OWN FAULT for buying a gutted game. If you go into a gamestop store and the only copy they have of a game you're wanting, GO TO A DIFFERENT STORE. I'm sure that not all of the gamestops out there will only have gutted all of the remaining games that you're wanting. Or better yet, GO TO (insert generic store here) and get it where they don't sell used games.

Or if you're burning store credit, ORDER FROM GAMESTOP WEBSITE! I don't think they are that stupid as to sell gutted games from their website, after all, they don't have to display anything for an online store.[/QUOTE]

No shit sherlock, our point is that it is just plain WRONG to sell opened gutted games as new! Isnt this illegal? They should alteast give you 10% off.
 
The way people overexaggerate about the open games is laughable. I rarely shop at GS anymore due to a bad experience, but I can think of maybe two times I ended up with a gutted copy, because they were the last copies, but I wanted the games and ended up buying them anyways. The way you people talk about it is like the employees sit behind the counter evilly laughing while they open every game.
 
[quote name='whoknows']The way people overexaggerate about the open games is laughable. I rarely shop at GS anymore due to a bad experience, but I can think of maybe two times I ended up with a gutted copy, because they were the last copies, but I wanted the games and ended up buying them anyways. The way you people talk about it is like the employees sit behind the counter evilly laughing while they open every game.[/QUOTE]


I can promise you I'm not exaggerating about anything.
 
I was looking at the Gamespot website and there are so many games that showed as being out of stock. I don't hate them though, but I think it is unusual that so many games are not in stock.
 
[quote name='lude21']No shit sherlock, our point is that it is just plain WRONG to sell opened gutted games as new! Isnt this illegal? They should alteast give you 10% off.[/QUOTE]
Actually if you bring it up nicely(and aren't demanding about it) some store managers will give you a 10% or so 'shopworn' discount on the newsed games. But you do have to ASK for it.
 
[quote name='stuntman21']
Or if you're burning store credit, ORDER FROM GAMESTOP WEBSITE! I don't think they are that stupid as to sell gutted games from their website, after all, they don't have to display anything for an online store.[/QUOTE]

I've bought new games online that have arrived gutted.
 
Their used prices are ridiculous(ex. MvC2/PS2/$40), the deals only last 3 days usually when they rarely occur, they do spamfuck your inbox, most of their used section has got pissy/water damaged/boogered/residued cases, and oh yeah a good number of stores have thrown out ds game cases/instructions for no fucking reason, just like Funco used to do in the nineties.

I also don't like how they punish/honor employees for wrangling pre-orders, also I rarely see the same people working at the same gamestop that I frequent which is weird.

Also, that cartoon is a Family Guy ripoff, the circle is complete.

Oh yeah, I forgot, their store tracker barely works/is up to date or so the employees tell me when I ask for "rare/scarce game x".
 
lol... Your whole post is stupid... God forbid a company for trying to make some money, I guess they should just sell MvsC 2 for $5 so we can all buy it and flip it on eBay which it sells for roughly the same price.

Spam your email? I only get 1 at the most 3 emails per week which I hardly call spam and it's your option to receive emails from them. The DS cases I can't argue with but it leaves them a lot of shelf space, there are over 2000 different DS games. At least they make it up with them giving me free cases. The tracker is also just a tool, call and confirm!
 
[quote name='myl0r']My gripe with threads like these are it is always the same thing, people complaining that they:
1)Get "newsed" games that are gutted
2)Get hounded to pre-order something
3)Get screwed on trade in values

The frustration with this is, those 3 things have been standard at gamestop since the beginning of time, and yet people go into a gamestop store and expect otherwise. I don't get why. You KNOW that you will get a gutted game, you go to the store to buy it anyways, and then complain when you get what you knew you would get.[/quote]
Knowing something beforehand doesn't justify it. They have some shitty policies, which causes people to hate the place. Whether or not they still shop there is irrelevant. Also, I'd like to point out that GameStop doesn't make these things known to the customer prior to visiting. Until my wife got suckered by one, I had no idea that they sold gutted games. See, she wanted to get me LittleBigPlanet as a gift, so she went to GameStop and bought a "NEW" sealed copy, the one with the ModNation Racers beta. Because I wanted to play the beta while it was still available, she let me open the game early. Upon doing so, I found only a sleeved disc inside. They opened it, removed everything, put the disc in a paper sleeve, and resealed the case. And of course, because it had been opened by me, they wouldn't let us get a refund. I personally think it's worth being upset about.


[quote name='myl0r']The pickles comparison was when I thought the other user was upset that an employee stole the merch, and he was therefore angry at the company as a whole. I said that is like being upset at an entire chain restaurant because one employee at your local place messed up your order. He clarified it for me.[/QUOTE]
When you are constantly receiving the same bad service from multiple employees, of course you're going to start disliking the company as a whole. I've stopped going to several fast food places because they keep hiring idiot workers who can't get simple orders right. And really, even just one bad experience can sour your entire perception of a business. A few months ago, I was yelled at and kicked out of a thrift store because I was trying to look at something 5 minutes before closing time, so I now refuse to shop there. Another example: my $1500 laptop was stolen by a McDonald's manager around 5 years ago...I haven't gone to a McDonald's since then because the experience was so upsetting to me.


[quote name='stuntman21']I've alreay put my 2 cents in as well as everyone else here, but I have one other thing to add. I see just about everyone here bitching about gutted or opened new games. It is YOUR OWN FAULT for buying a gutted game. If you go into a gamestop store and the only copy they have of a game you're wanting, GO TO A DIFFERENT STORE. I'm sure that not all of the gamestops out there will only have gutted all of the remaining games that you're wanting. Or better yet, GO TO (insert generic store here) and get it where they don't sell used games.

Or if you're burning store credit, ORDER FROM GAMESTOP WEBSITE! I don't think they are that stupid as to sell gutted games from their website, after all, they don't have to display anything for an online store.[/QUOTE]
Like I said above, they don't let you know beforehand that a game is gutted. Sometimes it's obvious at the time of purchase, but sometimes they reseal them. The web site is no different. The few games I have ordered online have all been gutted.
 
[quote name='skiizim']lol... Your whole post is stupid... God forbid a company for trying to make some money, I guess they should just sell MvsC 2 for $5 so we can all buy it and flip it on eBay which it sells for roughly the same price.[/QUOTE]

HAHA, thank you! I love when people complain about their "eBay" prices! Well if that's what it sells for, what the hell do you expect a successful company to sell it for? If they can get some idiot to buy it for that price, what do you want them do? If any of you people actually ran a business, you would understand that you're out to make money, not make friends. Now, don't get me wrong. A lot of GS's business practices are awful and turn many of us away, but in the end, they are still massively successful, so they don't care if "hardcore" gamers and thrifty people like us hate them. They don't make a big profit off of us, anyway.
 
[quote name='ZombieToast']Knowing something beforehand doesn't justify it. They have some shitty policies, which causes people to hate the place. Whether or not they still shop there is irrelevant. Also, I'd like to point out that GameStop doesn't make these things known to the customer prior to visiting. Until my wife got suckered by one, I had no idea that they sold gutted games. See, she wanted to get me LittleBigPlanet as a gift, so she went to GameStop and bought a "NEW" sealed copy, the one with the ModNation Racers beta. Because I wanted to play the beta while it was still available, she let me open the game early. Upon doing so, I found only a sleeved disc inside. They opened it, removed everything, put the disc in a paper sleeve, and resealed the case. And of course, because it had been opened by me, they wouldn't let us get a refund. I personally think it's worth being upset about.



When you are constantly receiving the same bad service from multiple employees, of course you're going to start disliking the company as a whole. I've stopped going to several fast food places because they keep hiring idiot workers who can't get simple orders right. And really, even just one bad experience can sour your entire perception of a business. A few months ago, I was yelled at and kicked out of a thrift store because I was trying to look at something 5 minutes before closing time, so I now refuse to shop there. Another example: my $1500 laptop was stolen by a McDonald's manager around 5 years ago...I haven't gone to a McDonald's since then because the experience was so upsetting to me.



Like I said above, they don't let you know beforehand that a game is gutted. Sometimes it's obvious at the time of purchase, but sometimes they reseal them. The web site is no different. The few games I have ordered online have all been gutted.[/QUOTE]

Went back today to get a refund, at this point I don't even care about the fucking case anymore, it's about being lied to by both manager & employee.

Called the corporate number this morning, got the jargon that unless they refuse to give me the item, they can't do shit (gee, thanks), so fuck the entire chain & corporate.
 
I'm very unwelcoming to that business practice that GS does, I am very weary when purchasing a new game there because I know they have the tools to reseal games. The only times I buy new games from them are if they're a GS exclusives in some form or another or if it's a really, really good deal and wouldn't care if it's gutted.
 
[quote name='ZombieToast']When you are constantly receiving the same bad service from multiple employees, of course you're going to start disliking the company as a whole. I've stopped going to several fast food places because they keep hiring idiot workers who can't get simple orders right. And really, even just one bad experience can sour your entire perception of a business. A few months ago, I was yelled at and kicked out of a thrift store because I was trying to look at something 5 minutes before closing time, so I now refuse to shop there. Another example: my $1500 laptop was stolen by a McDonald's manager around 5 years ago...I haven't gone to a McDonald's since then because the experience was so upsetting to me.[/quote]
I can understand employees being annoyed by someone being in the store so close to closing time and just casually looking around the store as if they have nowhere else better to be. I've been there before when I worked retail and the places didn't pay me enough to wanna deal with slowpoke customers after the end of my shift. Besides which, we usually had to do some sorta cleanup at night's end and maybe a lil restocking before leaving.

Not to mention management was always looking for ways to short you on hours by any means necessary. So if you were late closing up one night, that might mean you get 4 hours the next time you worked instead of 6-8.

As for the stolen laptop, how did it get stolen? You went to throw your garbage away and came back and it was gone? They do have security cameras in many McDonald's restaurants now. You could've just called the franchisee's contact #(usually available on a plaque of some sort near the front counter) and asked for the video footage.
The few games I have ordered online have all been gutted.
Click to expand...
Only gutted/disc only game I was ever sent from Gamestop's website was a used copy of the Little Big Planet GOTY edition about a week after it released. It was in a plain black case with no artwork or manual, just the damn disc. Really? A week from release and the game is disc only?:roll:

Although they also did send me a defective(clearly marked as such as well via stickers on the package)copy of Black Ops when I bought one from them via a code stacking glitch a couple of years ago. There were no visible signs of scratches or anything on the disc, it just refused to work in my PS3.
 
I can't say I hate them, but over the years they have given me less and less reason to shop there. I only go in one now when I'm looking for something specific that I am unlikely to find elsewhere and even then Amazon will usually be the first choice.
 
I dislike there business practices but I can't complain about the people that work at my main GS. They have gone above and beyond for me quite a few times, this is one of the why I go there.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']I can understand employees being annoyed by someone being in the store so close to closing time and just casually looking around the store as if they have nowhere else better to be. I've been there before when I worked retail and the places didn't pay me enough to wanna deal with slowpoke customers after the end of my shift. Besides which, we usually had to do some sorta cleanup at night's end and maybe a lil restocking before leaving.[/quote]
I can understand being annoyed as well. That does not make it okay to yell at customers. If they don't want people coming in, they need to say so at the door. It's not so hard to say "Sorry, we're not taking anymore customers today."



[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']As for the stolen laptop, how did it get stolen? You went to throw your garbage away and came back and it was gone? They do have security cameras in many McDonald's restaurants now. You could've just called the franchisee's contact #(usually available on a plaque of some sort near the front counter) and asked for the video footage.[/QUOTE]
Like skiizim said, I forgot the bag at my table when I left. I can't really offer an explanation for how I forgot about it; I just did, I guess. This was several years ago, so I don't recall my exact mindset at the time. Considering that I'm a bit forgetful at times, I probably had forgotten that the laptop was even in my bag that night (and I was likely distracted by my friends as well). We were the only customers there and they locked the door behind us, so I wasn't terribly worried at first because I figured they would stick it in Lost & Found and I could pick it up the next day (also had my wallet with ID). Naive of me, yes, but I wanted to be optimistic. As can be expected, I was sorely disappointed. To make a long story short: I found out who took the bag but I wasn't able to get any help in the matter. Between the owner, corporate HQ, BBB, and the police I had absolutely no luck. The manager said the video showed me leaving with the bag, the owner said there was no video because the cameras are turned off at 2 PM, the police said I probably sold the laptop, and BBB said they would write McDonald's a letter.

I have since gotten over the loss of the laptop itself (it would be way obsolete by now anyway), but I'm still relatively upset that I lost the songs I recorded and the guidebook I wrote for my tabletop RPG.

Anyway, we're getting WAY off-topic now...
 
They have a lot of games though. Sometimes they might not all be available, but there are other stores that seem to have a limited selection.
 
I think when it comes to GameStop, people have a hard time separating policy from the actions of employees. A lot of complaining I see about GS pertains to poor behavior on behalf on the employees. Let's remember that these are overworked retail employees that earn shit wages. If you honestly expect the greatest of service from them, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "I don't have these problems at other retail stores." And you're right, but look at the nature of other retail stores and how much interaction you have with their employees. If you go into, say, Target to buy something, you walk in, go get the item, get it rung up, pay, and bounce. You can very likely make a trip to Target without even speaking to an employee, other than them telling you the total and, maybe, you telling them you want to pay with a credit card/debit card/gift/etc. Hell, the way a lot of these PoS systems are set up now, you don't even need to tell them, because they don't have to hit anything like they did in years past.

In a GameStop, you are forced to deal with the employees...unfortunately.

The point of my post is, GS employees are no better or no worse than the employees at any other retail store. You just interact with them more, so their shortcomings are revealed. Believe me, I've had so many people ask me to accompany them to a Best Buy or whatever to help them purchase electronics, because they don't want to deal with the clueless employees.
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']I think when it comes to GameStop, people have a hard time separating policy from the actions of employees. A lot of complaining I see about GS pertains to poor behavior on behalf on the employees. Let's remember that these are overworked retail employees that earn shit wages. If you honestly expect the greatest of service from them, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "I don't have these problems at other retail stores." And you're right, but look at the nature of other retail stores and how much interaction you have with their employees. If you go into, say, Target to buy something, you walk in, go get the item, get it rung up, pay, and bounce. You can very likely make a trip to Target without even speaking to an employee, other than them telling you the total and, maybe, you telling them you want to pay with a credit card/debit card/gift/etc. Hell, the way a lot of these PoS systems are set up now, you don't even need to tell them, because they don't have to hit anything like they did in years past.

In a GameStop, you are forced to deal with the employees...unfortunately.

The point of my post is, GS employees are no better or no worse than the employees at any other retail store. You just interact with them more, so their shortcomings are revealed. Believe me, I've had so many people ask me to accompany them to a Best Buy or whatever to help them purchase electronics, because they don't want to deal with the clueless employees.[/QUOTE]

Both Gamestop and Best Buy prey on uninformed consumers the only difference being that Best Buy sells its opened and display items at a discount.

Also I've never been in a Best Buy store that smelled or had stains all over the carpet.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']How does one forget about a laptop bag, especially when said laptop is $1500.:whistle2:s That thing would've been super glued to my side and never left my sight.[/QUOTE]

what kinda idiot on CAG forgets a $1,500 laptop in a bag?
 
[quote name='crowbb']I can't say I hate them, but over the years they have given me less and less reason to shop there. I only go in one now when I'm looking for something specific that I am unlikely to find elsewhere and even then Amazon will usually be the first choice.[/QUOTE]

Wow a man of sense in this thread?

You sir are a saint!

And no im not being sarcastic. This actually is how i feel about them as well. If they have a decent sale(not often) or a B2G1 and I can actually find something I will take advantage of it. But its not the first store I will go to.

Only reason i still go there now besides the above listed is I still get Gift Cards from Erewards
 
[quote name='myl0r']Wait, you hate Gamestop because an employee allegedly stole pre-order bonus'? Am I misunderstanding?
That's like swearing off McDonald's because one of their employees put pickles on your sandwhich when you ordered no pickles.

I think all the Gamestop hate is dumb. Everyone knows that they gut new games, and yet people freak out when they go in and are offered a gutted new game. That's not Gamestop's fault, that's your fault for being too dumb to realize what you were getting yourself into.[/QUOTE]


Grab the pitchforks village idiots and imbeciles.:roll:
 
[quote name='Slappybob']Wow a man of sense in this thread?

You sir are a saint!

And no im not being sarcastic. This actually is how i feel about them as well. If they have a decent sale(not often) or a B2G1 and I can actually find something I will take advantage of it. But its not the first store I will go to.

Only reason i still go there now besides the above listed is I still get Gift Cards from Erewards[/QUOTE]

I feel the same way most days of the year. But then the day that I'm like "well, let's see if they have this..." and I go into gamestop, it reminds me all over again why I don't shop there.

To me it's like taco bell. You forget how shitty it is until you have it. Then you vow not to have it again. But then like 7 months later, you're like "hmmm that big beefy cheesy mega cardiac arrest burrito looks really good on tv."

rinse. repeat.
 
[quote name='confoosious']I feel the same way most days of the year. But then the day that I'm like "well, let's see if they have this..." and I go into gamestop, it reminds me all over again why I don't shop there.

To me it's like taco bell. You forget how shitty it is until you have it. Then you vow not to have it again. But then like 7 months later, you're like "hmmm that big beefy cheesy mega cardiac arrest burrito looks really good on tv."

rinse. repeat.[/QUOTE]
But don't forget, now you have a possibility of winning a Vita with that $5 electro shock paddle special.;)
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']But don't forget, now you have a possibility of winning a Vita with that $5 electro shock paddle special.;)[/QUOTE]

That's if the employees even give you the box with said entry code to you at all.
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']That's if the employees even give you the box with said entry code to you at all.[/QUOTE]
True. I know when McDonald's did their annual Monopoly contest a few years ago, a buddy of mine offered one of the hourly workers a buncha cash for a stack or two of the large cups that had 2 game pieces on each.
 
I hate Gamestop Because the the trade in prices are a rip off and, also they sell you gutted ( open games ) as new when they should be sold as used. I hate buying used games BTW.
 
I'm not a lawyer, but in this crazy lawsuit country of ours (good ol US of A) isn't selling a "used" game as "New" considered illegal? or is this some grey area.

It's a shady business practice that we all know they've done for years
 
[quote name='Rexall']I'm not a lawyer, but in this crazy lawsuit country of ours (good ol US of A) isn't selling a "used" game as "New" considered illegal? or is this some grey area.

It's a shady business practice that we all know they've done for years[/QUOTE]
Apparently it's not a big enough deal for even the Federal Trade Commission to do anything about it. I tried filing a complaint about this GS practice of selling opened games as new with them a few years ago and I never heard shit back.:roll:

So if the gov't won't even take the time to address it, then I imagine the court system would probably dismiss any lawsuits over it as well. Big business and all that.:whistle2:#
 
I don't think the FTC cares about this issue, didn't Kotaku or one of the other major gaming websites try to get to the bottom of why Gamestop is the only store in the whole USA whom is allowed to sell new games as used and as I can recall they didn't really get anywhere with their investigation.

Other than the really cheap used games, like cheap PS2 games, I think the only reason I shop at GS is because I get erewards gift cards to there. I try to use my gift cards for a new game but its becoming harder and harder to find a new game that I actually want to buy that I know won't drop in price in a month or 2 before I get around to playing it or end up in the clearance bin in 6 months. At which time I can find it for a price much cheaper than what GS charges for the used copy of the game.

I don't think GS is really like other retail stores, their employees definitely all have the same mentality if they have worked there long enough, and if they haven't worked there long enough they will gain the "douche" mentality that we all talk about so much. This store sucks the life and soul out of almost everyone who works there. The only time you won't see it is if you happen to come upon an employee who hasn't worked there long enough to gain this mentality. Other retail stores are more generic and employ a wide variety of personalities, even best buy, they have generic types of employees and they don't go after one specific personality for all their stores. Target and Walmart the same, I don't see a specific type of person working there, its a mix of random employees. Same for the fast food chains, the employees that work there are random.
 
I agree with you. Lately I've been going to GS to buy PS2 games, and they are slowly getting rid of all their PS2 games. 3 of my stores don't carry PS2 games anymore. Last night I was lucky enough to find one that did.

Once all the PS2 games are gone, I will have no interest to shop there for all the reasons you just stated.
 
"charging refurbishing fees without even telling you, but even worse is when they do it when you trade in a game without case/box or manual.

I proceed to ask them how that's fair when they charge the same amount for their preowned disc only copy of games. They have no good retort and that's where I tell them to themselves and I'm not trading my games in unless you take away the fees, which they usually do."

seriously how the fuck can they charge refurbishing fee when they dont sell the shit with boxes or manuals a high % of the time
 
All of the stores around me still carry PS2 games, the prices are really low too, even lower than what I can get at yard sales. However finding complete PS2 games is another story.

There is a picture of a gamestop "douche" on my facebook news feed, oh how I would love to steal the picture to post it here, however unfortunately the person is someone that I know, so I can't do that.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']All of the stores around me still carry PS2 games, the prices are really low too, even lower than what I can get at yard sales. However finding complete PS2 games is another story.

There is a picture of a gamestop "douche" on my facebook news feed, oh how I would love to steal the picture to post it here, however unfortunately the person is someone that I know, so I can't do that.[/QUOTE]

Must be a regional thing, around here the prices are either the same as new or slightly higher, in fact, my local one had all 3 Fatal Frame games, used $29.99 each, bought all 3 new off amazon for under $48.

Didn't know if this was mentioned or not, but another gripe is all the fucking stickers they put on the damn case, sometimes even on the actual insert :bomb:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
bread's done
Back
Top