Will Electronics Boutique accept a return without a reciept

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My girlfriend bought me NASCAR 2005 for Xbox for Christmas and I have a couple of problems. 1) I don't have an Xbox and 2) I already have this game. Can someone tell me what EB will do if I try and take it back there. I dont dare ask for a reciept. I still have the game in the orginal seal.
 
I doubt it, but it's worth a shot.

Why does your girlfriend not know you don't have an XBox and already have the game?
 
[quote name='Scorch']I doubt it, but it's worth a shot.

Why does your girlfriend not know you don't have an XBox and already have the game?[/quote]

and girls say men don't listen..
 
Geez, just ask her for the receipt. And no, I seriously doubt they will take it back. I am sure they will buy it back though for $2 though. :p
 
Back when Mario Sunshine was realivly new, I acciedentally purchased 2 copies from EB for $30 and a $20 voucher each. Since I did not know the return poloicy, I took one copy back at Wal-Mart and they gave me a $50+ tax gift card. Should I try this again?
 
[quote name='Follandboy']My girlfriend bought me NASCAR 2005 for Xbox for Christmas and I have a couple of problems. 1) I don't have an Xbox and 2) I already have this game. Can someone tell me what EB will do if I try and take it back there. I dont dare ask for a reciept. I still have the game in the orginal seal.[/quote]

If you don't have an XBOX, why do you already have this game?
 
He probably means he has the PS2 version or Gamecube version. There is a Gamecube version, right? Hell if I know. Doubt that EB will take the game back and give you a refund or any store credit(not $50 worth for sure). Wal-mart worked for you in the past, so try them. I've never tried anything like that at Wal-Mart, so I wouldn't know.
 
I think Wal-Mart's standard policy is to accept up to 3 returns a year without a receipt (they take your driver's licence # when you return to track them). You'll get store credit and not cash though...
 
Wal-Mart is EXTREMELY generous this time of year with returns; at mine, they've got all these extra lanes open, and they'll take anything, no questions asked....
 
[quote name='wampa8jedi']Wal-Mart is EXTREMELY generous this time of year with returns; at mine, they've got all these extra lanes open, and they'll take anything, no questions asked....[/quote]

Agreed, take it back to Wal-Mart. They'll most likely give you a store credit (possibly $50) no questions asked. If you're really lucky they'll give you the cash. But I think even a $50 gift card would be really good, you can get another game.
 
If there's a time of year to try at EB this is it, I think I remember them having some sort of lenient return policy for about 2 weeks after x-mas.
 
GameStop is the only place around me that will take returns with no receipt, although when there was an EB in my mall they did too.
 
I'm not sure what the current game store policies are. Really, if its sealed, your best bet might be a normal store (a Kmart, Walmart, Target, etc). This time of year, usually its no questions asked. You'll get store credit, but you can get a different game (if your looking for cash, your not going to get it without a receipt)
 
Stop being a sissy-boy and ask for the receipt. I doubt your relationship would be jeapordized. And if it would be, then you're with the wrong woman.

Back when Mario Sunshine was realivly new, I acciedentally purchased 2 copies from EB for $30 and a $20 voucher each. Since I did not know the return poloicy, I took one copy back at Wal-Mart and they gave me a $50+ tax gift card. Should I try this again?
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oops....seems you enjoy defrauding retailers. Why don't you just do it again and ruin the return policies in the future for legitimate consumers ?

Accidentally.........................sure !
 
Just try it, it cannot hurt...they took some titles from me, and suffice to say i got the entire jak and daxster series out of it...
 
[quote name='bmulligan']Stop being a sissy-boy and ask for the receipt. I doubt your relationship would be jeapordized. And if it would be, then you're with the wrong woman.

Back when Mario Sunshine was realivly new, I acciedentally purchased 2 copies from EB for $30 and a $20 voucher each. Since I did not know the return poloicy, I took one copy back at Wal-Mart and they gave me a $50+ tax gift card. Should I try this again?
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oops....seems you enjoy defrauding retailers. Why don't you just do it again and ruin the return policies in the future for legitimate consumers ?

Accidentally.........................sure ![/quote]

I also wondered what "accidentally purchased 2 copies" meant, but I just assumed someone else bought one for him. Maybe the OP could clear this up.
 
I'm not gonna sugar-coat it. EB Games WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt, GameStop WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt. Hell, NO store will accept your game without a receipt. You can't just walk into a Target with a whole bunch of $1.99 games from the K-Mart that's going out of business and say, "I bought all these games here a few days ago, and I want to return them but I lost the receipt" and expect them to give you full price in store credit. You MAY have a chance with Wal-Mart, but then again you may ruin the return policy for legitimate customers. You're BEST bet is to ask your "girlfriend" for the receipt so you can return NASCAR 2005. Chances are she DOESN'T have the receipt, but you should stop being a little weener and just ask her for it.

For the record, some people on these boards are BAD liars:

- How does your "girlfriend" not know you didn't have an Xbox?

- How do you "accidently" buy 2 Mario Sunshines?

- How does she not you know already have this game? What prompted her to buy this peticular game which requires an aquired taste (NASCAR anybody?)?
 
Just take it in and ask, normally after christmas they are more forgiving on reciepts. They might have a policy on not taking stuff back but I've seen them do it for store credit before so it doesn't hurt to ask. If they won't take it back dump it on ebay you'll probably get most of the value back.
 
[quote name='mick16']I think Wal-Mart's standard policy is to accept up to 3 returns a year without a receipt (they take your driver's licence # when you return to track them). You'll get store credit and not cash though...[/quote]

That is their policy.
 
I tried taking it back at EB today and I got absolutly nowhere. Sorry honest customers, but it is going back to wal-mart tommarrow.
 
[quote name='Devin']I'm not gonna sugar-coat it. EB Games WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt, GameStop WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt. Hell, NO store will accept your game without a receipt. [/quote]

This just isn't true. Target will accept items without a reciept, but they give you store credit in the same department that you must use that day. Best Buy will also give you store credit for the cheapest price for the item within the last 30 days. This may be a holiday policy, but I did this before Xmas on a game that I had actually bought there and lost the receipt (ended up finding it later).

As far as Walmart goes, I thought they changed their policy on returns without a receipt earlier this year. They probably have a special holiday policy though.
 
[quote name='Devin']I'm not gonna sugar-coat it. EB Games WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt, GameStop WILL NOT accept your game without a receipt. Hell, NO store will accept your game without a receipt. You can't just walk into a Target with a whole bunch of $1.99 games from the K-Mart that's going out of business and say, "I bought all these games here a few days ago, and I want to return them but I lost the receipt" and expect them to give you full price in store credit. You MAY have a chance with Wal-Mart, but then again you may ruin the return policy for legitimate customers. You're BEST bet is to ask your "girlfriend" for the receipt so you can return NASCAR 2005. Chances are she DOESN'T have the receipt, but you should stop being a little weener and just ask her for it.

For the record, some people on these boards are BAD liars:

- How does your "girlfriend" not know you didn't have an Xbox?

- How do you "accidently" buy 2 Mario Sunshines?

- How does she not you know already have this game? What prompted her to buy this peticular game which requires an aquired taste (NASCAR anybody?)?[/quote]

For the record, some people on these boards also don't know what they're talking about. Devin fits into this category. Many stores accept returns, especially this time of year and they'll just give credit.
For the record, some people on this board (Devin) cannot spell.
Weener should be weiner. Peticular should be particular. Aquired I assume you meant acquired.
Before you flame someone make sure you have a strong grasp of the English language.
 
I just returned LOTR: Third Age and ghost recon 2 without a recipt (said they were gifts) (both ps2) to EB and was able to use the 100 dollars credit instantly (couldn't put it on a gift card)...traded in a couple things and got a second Taiko drum and 2 wavebirds.
 
I just took back two games to EBX w/o receipt. The mgr accepted them and gave me full credit on the condition that I use it right then and there.

They are pretty easy going if you exchange for another game but I dont have much experience with returns for credit.
 
[quote name='icemanjmw13']For the record, some people on these boards also don't know what they're talking about. Devin fits into this category. Many stores accept returns, especially this time of year and they'll just give credit.[/quote]

So you're saying that what I stated above is possible "this time of year"? You can honestly grab a bundle of (let's say 10) $1.99 games at K-Mart, go to one of the "many stores" and say, "I want to return these games but I don't have the receipt", and you're saying you'll get full credit... just as long as it's "this time of the year"?? You're full of shit, iceman. I think what you meant to say was that returning your games without a receipt and getting credit is strictly YMMV and it's only possible at 9 locations worldwide. And earlier when I said, "NO store will accept your game without a receipt", that was an expression. You've heard of an expression, right? For example, "I'm always sick" would be an expression. Anyway, I was implying that EB Games and GameStop (as well as millions of other stores) will not accept his game without a receipt. If you think I literally meant that "NO" store will give him credit, then why do you think I suggested that Wal-Mart may be his best bet to get full credit?...

[quote name='icemanjmw13']For the record, some people on this board (Devin) cannot spell.
Weener should be weiner. Peticular should be particular. Aquired I assume you meant acquired.[/quote]

Guess what, iceman! "Shaq-fu" isn't a word either - that doesn't stop me from telling you to "fuck" off (pronounced: "fukk off") and get a life and stop hounding me for minor typos, now does it?

[quote name='icemanjmw13']Before you flame someone make sure you have a strong grasp of the English language.[/quote]

The OP was afraid to ask his "girlfriend" for something so minor as a receipt, so the term "weener" (weiner) was not used as a flame in any way, shape, or form in this context. It was just.... an expression.
 
[quote name='Devin'][quote name='icemanjmw13']For the record, some people on these boards also don't know what they're talking about. Devin fits into this category. Many stores accept returns, especially this time of year and they'll just give credit.[/quote]

So you're saying that what I stated above is possible "this time of year"? You can honestly grab a bundle of (let's say 10) $1.99 games at K-Mart, go to one of the "many stores" and say, "I want to return these games but I don't have the receipt", and you're saying you'll get full credit... just as long as it's "this time of the year"?? You're full of shit, iceman. I think what you meant to say was that returning your games without a receipt and getting credit is strictly YMMV and it's only possible at 9 locations worldwide. And earlier when I said, "NO store will accept your game without a receipt", that was an expression. You've heard of an expression, right? For example, "I'm always sick" would be an expression. Anyway, I was implying that EB Games and GameStop (as well as millions of other stores) will not accept his game without a receipt. If you think I literally meant that "NO" store will give him credit, then why do you think I suggested that Wal-Mart may be his best bet to get full credit?...[/quote]
Noone ever said that they wanted to buy the cheap pack of games and return it for full credit. He stated that he wanted to return one game, Nascar. Your example of buying bargain games was something you made up and wasn't really related to the initial questions, so no I was not commenting on that at all.
And it's not only this time of year that stores take things back without a receipt. It is true that YMMV when returning games, and not all stores will take things back. However saying that NO stores will take it back and then naming EBgames, Gamestop, and Target is giving the OP the idea that those stores won't ever take games back, which is also strictly YMMV. Face it you came off like an asshat, and I just returned the favor to you like you deserved.
 
EBGames lets you return items. I went to Toys R Us during there Buy 2 Get 1 Sale to get 2 Paper Mario 2s, and one tales of symphonia. I kept one Paper Mario 2 and went to EB and "returned" the two other games for the same price I paid at Toys R Us. Felt bad afterwards though, so I guess I won't do that again. Stupid convictions! :x
 
[quote name='icemanjmw13']Noone ever said that they wanted to buy the cheap pack of games and return it for full credit. He stated that he wanted to return one game, Nascar. Your example of buying bargain games was something you made up and wasn't really related to the initial questions, so no I was not commenting on that at all.[/quote]

It's the SAME concept, retard - returning game(s) to Target that you purchased from a different store without a receipt, claiming to have lost the receipt, and expecting full credit! Same concept! K-Mart was used as an EXAMPLE, you moron!
 
man, no offense, calm down would you. haven't you ever got a gift from someone you already had or just have no intrest in?

just do this:

take it back to wal mart, OR take it to a toys r us, neither of these stores ever asked questions for me on a holliday return.
 
On topic: I'd ask your gf for the recipt. If she doesn't have it, and you are telling the truth about the whole story, I would return the game...
 
Return it. No way man. Most stores have change their return policy through mid January or so. You just have to tell them that it was a Chrismtas gift and that you already have it or want to exchange it and they will. Granted, they will only give you their current price on the game but as long as it's sealed and they carry it, store credit is yours!!


BTW- weiner and wiener are both correct. You can spell it both ways, like grey and gray.
 
[quote name='Devin'][quote name='icemanjmw13']Noone ever said that they wanted to buy the cheap pack of games and return it for full credit. He stated that he wanted to return one game, Nascar. Your example of buying bargain games was something you made up and wasn't really related to the initial questions, so no I was not commenting on that at all.[/quote]

It's the SAME concept, retard - returning game(s) to Target that you purchased from a different store without a receipt, claiming to have lost the receipt, and expecting full credit! Same concept! K-Mart was used as an EXAMPLE, you moron![/quote]

The difference is that returning a budget game (and those 3 pack games are clearly budget games) to a store that may not even carry it in the first place, and returning a fairly new game that all major stores carry is different. Also I don't find random names like retard and moron at all offensive coming from someone with an obvious inferiority complex. Waste your time on other threads because your comments don't mean a thing to me.
 
[quote name='icemanjmw13']The difference is that returning a budget game (and those 3 pack games are clearly budget games) to a store that may not even carry it in the first place, and returning a fairly new game that all major stores carry is different. Also I don't find random names like retard and moron at all offensive coming from someone with an obvious inferiority complex. Waste your time on other threads because your comments don't mean a thing to me.[/quote]

You're an idiot and that's all there is to it, iceman. I was talking about returning game(s) that Target carries (NASCAR 2005, if you were even listening, you moron...), to Target that you originally bought from a different store (K-Mart was used as an EXAMPLE). You're a jackass, iceman, and we'd appreciate it if you stop posting on these forums...
 
Sorry about that, BustaUppa. But come one! This iceman guy is just hopeless. I didn't know people could be as dumb as he is.
 
There are battles worth fighting and there are battles not worth fighting. So long as someone isn't trying to commit fraud, and just wants to return a game that they can't use, I don't see the issue.

The problem with returns are the jerks who buy say, Ghost Recon 2 for 20 at Kmart and then do a receiptless return to another store to get 50.. or get two copies of Mario Sunshine, with no other intended reason than to be a fraudulent jerkoff.

Stores do still accept recieptless returns for a reason... it helps build consumer confidence in them. It's a nice thing for them to do.... and if the fraudulent jerkoffs keep exploiting them, they'll tighten them up or remove them.
 
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