Your Worst EB or Gamestop Experience in Detail.

thank you gamestop manager, i love picking up preordered games that have been rezipped. you know the game is sold, yet you still open the box and probably rub your balls on it. third preordered game in a row i get this crap, i;m thinking of going straight to the dm this time just to mitch, boan, and waste their time.

 
[quote name='monkeydeew']thank you gamestop manager, i love picking up preordered games that have been rezipped. you know the game is sold, yet you still open the box and probably rub your balls on it. third preordered game in a row i get this crap, i;m thinking of going straight to the dm this time just to mitch, boan, and waste their time.

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Some companies seal their games like this as a rule.

If you feel that someone's testicles have been on a game, maybe you should stop shopping there instead of giving them your patronage and then whining.
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Some companies seal their games like this as a rule.

If you feel that someone's testicles have been on a game, maybe you should stop shopping there instead of giving them your patronage and then whining.[/quote]

SMB
 
I just read all your stories, and I gotta say I'm really glad I stopped going GS more fequently. Several of you mentioned the "little chats" they like to have with you about what systems you own and what games you should preorder. The clerks spend more time being annoying salesmen rather than paying attention to getting the sale complete. Which leads them to screw something up. I understand they're "trained" to do that, but I don't care. The last time I traded a couple old XBOX controllers he rung it up as if I wanted cash instead of credit. He made the mistake cause he wouldn't shut up about preorders, and he wasn't paying attention to what he was doing.

And not a complaint but just an observation: my wife is Japanese and everytime we go into a EB/GS the nerdy clerks behind the counter are constantly staring at her. It makes her feel very uncomfortable. A glance is fine, I can deal with that, but it's very creepy when they just stare. Twice I've caught them blantly staring and I just stare right back at them. They've stopped once they saw me and realize I know what they're doing.
 
[quote name='Rodimus Donut']Super Mario Bros?
Super Monkey Ball?
Small Mouth Bass?
Simulated Moving Bed?[/quote]

LOL @ Small Mouth Bass
 
I went in one time and wanted to buy a DS game (the Star Wars one) and they only had the open one from the shelf. I told them I didn't want it and I walked out. That's it.

TBW
 
My screw gamestop story happened about a year ago. I was looking through the ps1 games and there were about 5 copies of final fantasy 7, black label and GH. So I just picked up 1 copy for myself. When I brought it to the counter the guy asked me where i found it and I just said it was in the bin of games. He seemed reluctant to sell it to me... so as I was walking out, I saw him go and get all of the FF7s from the bin and a few other games and put them all behind the counter...

Nothing really bad to me, but I'm sure he just got all those games for himself...
 
Hey...even though we think the practice is pretty shitty as customers, I think that if we actually worked there we'd be gobbling up the "renting" new games thing...

I've never actually had any horrible experiences with Gamestop or EB, but there have been some recurrent funny ones. One of my favorites is when, at a GS in the mall, I bought the NCAA Football/To Spin Xbox game for $2, and as the GS clerk was checking me out(sounds wrong, yeah) he started droning on about random pre-orders for games that I had no interest in. The funny thing was that he was about six foot with red hair and a dumb face...so I end up standing there for about five minutes, acting interested, while he named the preorders I could make, probably about 100 in all. When I asked him what other games I could pre-order, his face lit up...haha
 
Here's another one. About a few months back, I went to one of the GameStops nearby after finding out they dropped the price on used copies of CE Final Fantasy XII. It was also when Game Boy micros dropped in price, so I figured "Why the hell not?" I picked out one of the used ones they had and was getting ready to pay for everything.

They couldn't find the AC adaptor for the micro. They had three micros behind their glass case and they couldn't find any adaptors. So they said they couldn't sell it to me. Bummer, no biggie although it is puzzling as to why they would even have them there if the adaptors aren't there. Sorta like how they have game cases for a game yet the game's no longer in stock. Whatever.

Couple of days back, I come in to grab Castlevania Double Pack...and they still have micros behind the glass case. Instead of sending them off or something, they still kept them there. As if they *want* to piss people off.
 
[quote name='davo1224']You know how you stop talk of preorders? Only talk about Gamecube. I swear they'll treat you like a leper.[/QUOTE]
This is the tip of the day. There's only one place--and one guy--near me who really turns the pre-order spiel up to 11, and next time I'm around him I'm going to give this one to him.

GS: Have you pre-ordered Halo 3 yet? If you don't, you won't be able to get a copy at release.
SELF: No, I haven't. I'll take one of those for the GC.
GS: I'm sorry, Halo 3 is exclusively available on the Xbox 360.
SELF: Is there anything I can pre-order for the GC? Anything? Because I really, really want to pre-order for the GC. Right now. Is Duke Nukem still coming out? Because I'll have 20 of those for the GC. And throw me in for the next Zelda and Mario Kart. ON THE GC.
GS:

It should at least slow him down, though I doubt it'll bring things to a halt.

[quote name='Rodimus Donut']
And not a complaint but just an observation: my wife is Japanese and everytime we go into a EB/GS the nerdy clerks behind the counter are constantly staring at her. It makes her feel very uncomfortable. A glance is fine, I can deal with that, but it's very creepy when they just stare. Twice I've caught them blantly staring and I just stare right back at them. They've stopped once they saw me and realize I know what they're doing.[/QUOTE]
I'm starting at your wife right now. Undressing her with my eyes. Through the internets...

:drool:

Daddy like.
 
[quote name='Rodimus Donut']]
And not a complaint but just an observation: my wife is Japanese and everytime we go into a EB/GS the nerdy clerks behind the counter are constantly staring at her. It makes her feel very uncomfortable. A glance is fine, I can deal with that, but it's very creepy when they just stare. Twice I've caught them blantly staring and I just stare right back at them. They've stopped once they saw me and realize I know what they're doing.[/QUOTE]

Thinking back to those pictures of you in Japan and that crazy look you had in your eyes, that would likely be the scariest shit ever. EVER.
 
[quote name='Rodimus Donut']And not a complaint but just an observation: my wife is Japanese and everytime we go into a EB/GS the nerdy clerks behind the counter are constantly staring at her. It makes her feel very uncomfortable. A glance is fine, I can deal with that, but it's very creepy when they just stare. Twice I've caught them blantly staring and I just stare right back at them. They've stopped once they saw me and realize I know what they're doing.[/quote]

Dude, tell them off. Why don't you grow a set and do something. Stop staring back at them and stick up for your wife. I agree that a quick peek is fine, I mean if you got a hot wife you expect people to notice and it's a compliment, but staring is rude and insulting.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']Thinking back to those pictures of you in Japan and that crazy look you had in your eyes, that would likely be the scariest shit ever. EVER.[/QUOTE]

I get that same look when someone beats me in Pokemon.... :evil:
 
[quote name='LanceJr']Dude, tell them off. Why don't you grow a set and do something. Stop staring back at them and stick up for your wife. I agree that a quick peek is fine, I mean if you got a hot wife you expect people to notice and it's a compliment, but staring is rude and insulting.[/QUOTE]

It really wasn't that big of a deal in the first place. Besides I accomplished my goal without saying a word. And sorry if I don't take advice from a guy with a TMNT avatar. Nothing personal, It's just a policy.
 
[quote name='Rodimus Donut']It really wasn't that big of a deal in the first place. Besides I accomplished my goal without saying a word. And sorry if I don't take advice from a guy with a TMNT avatar. Nothing personal, It's just a policy.[/quote]

Oh, not a problem. Not everyone is perfect.
 
[quote name='tangytangerine']Yeah, I do that too. Seems like once in a while when I'm in the GS I go to, someone always picks up the used copy of Silent Hill 2 or 3(PS2). Then they realize the price and that's when I point out to them that SH 2 is $10 & SH3 is $12.99 at Game Crazy. I like to do that cause it saves the customer money.

There was another where I swear the employee was so pissed he was wanting to throw me out. It was right before they marked down all their PS1 for 75% off. A mom, dad & a kid walk in and look at the PS1 games, ask the employee if they had any racing games, of course they have no way to look it up. So off to the rack they went only to find stuff above $10, so I pointed out that Game Crazy carried PS1 games and to check there.

That employee gave me a "I swear to god, I'm going to fucking kill you"look cause he just lost the sale. But, hey, where your crap is overpriced, the store is only hurting itself.[/QUOTE]

Engaging in any activity remotely close to this is just wrong, and you should expect to get thrown out of the store for it. It's not your job to walk into a place of business and convince customers not to shop there. Gamestop may have some awful policies (and I personally never shop there), but you guys are just being jackasses when you intentionally divert business away from inside the store. You guys think you're freaking vigilantes or something? If you're going to play advocate for the consumer, don't do it on their own property. If I were a manager at one of those stores (God forbid), I'd do everything I could to have you arrested for loitering and soliciting.

I swear, I just don't understand how so many of you can criticize the place, but then tell stories about how you shop there. If you didn't shop there, they'd have fewer customers to make money from, and the whole thing would take care of itself. It's like some of you enjoy being treated like trash.
 
Because we know that gamestop's main clientele is soccer moms with kids and game-gift buyers so they have an infinite supply of customers, with those 2 groups around they will never be short of customers. Eliminating the hardcore gamer shopping base of gamestop would just be a minor percentage of the people who shop there and if we all went away then they would try to get away with even more crap with the customers. Its not like they would try to attract the hardcore gamers back to the store if we all went away, they don't want us as customers, they want soccer moms and gift buyers who can easily be taken for things like the game play guarantee, extended warranties, magazine subscriptions and preorders that they will easily forget about and the people that will trade back the games they buy there instead of going to ebay or amazon, or another game trading site like this one and getting rid of them that way.
 
Putting aside the fact that no one has statistics on EB's shopper demographics and pretending that we know them is a waste of time, the question remains: why do some of you care that the soccer moms shop at EB? If you don't need to shop there and know where to find better deals, why doesn't it end there?

I'm sticking with the "enjoy being treated like trash" theory.
 
[quote name='AlanSaysYo']Putting aside the fact that no one has statistics on EB's shopper demographics and pretending that we know them is a waste of time, the question remains: why do some of you care that the soccer moms shop at EB? If you don't need to shop there and know where to find better deals, why doesn't it end there?

I'm sticking with the "enjoy being treated like trash" theory.[/QUOTE]

If you read some of the stories you'd know that most of us don't even shop their anymore. Once and awhile I'll look around but very rarely do I ever buy anything.

Also take into consideration that some people may not have an option, if they want a game the moment it comes out. I disagee with your theory.
 
[quote name='monkeydeew']thank you gamestop manager, i love picking up preordered games that have been rezipped. you know the game is sold, yet you still open the box and probably rub your balls on it. third preordered game in a row i get this crap, i;m thinking of going straight to the dm this time just to mitch, boan, and waste their time.

[/quote]

You should see the seals on Spider-Man 3 for the Wii. They look horrendus.
 
Pics for said seals?

As Rodimus mentioned, some people don't have any other choice. I'm stuck on the far south east of the US, where the ONLY game retailer is GameStop. No hopes of any mom & pop stores here either. Personally, I wouldn't see any problem with having someone point out to me that there's a store with cheaper prices. Sure, the employees are gonna get pissed, but hey. Their loss for such shitty business to begin with.
 
So I went to one I'd never been in today, to get rid of some junk the ebay suckers didn't even want, while that "deal" is still going on. It was like a laundry list of terrible GameStop policies.

1. Jacked up shelves with things out of place everywhere and on the floor.
2. What appeared to be a 12 year old working the register asking me for my trades (which I admittedly had, but wanted to look first)
3. Numerous NEW games with the generic used inserts/cases. (this really pisses me off, they sell them disc only, new price, without any case or manual)
4. Didn't have anything worthwhile in stock.
5. $5 DS tax applied to Planet Puzzle League, my intended purchase.
6. My actual purchase, a new copy of Crush, was sold to me opened, because they refused to sell any of the sealed copies, because it's their policy, and "it's never been played"
7. Asked to pre-order because "halo 3 will sell out quickly"
8. Offered $4 for Lego Star Wars 2 ( I kept it)

Just horrible.

And on top of that, while I was in there, people were just making stupid decisions left and right! A guy was asking for an Xbox 360 elite (borderline ripoff) and another customer straight up purchased Tenchu Z for $64 cash, while the cashiers plugged him for pre-orders that he caved in on.

Gaming retail makes me sick. I do really enjoy Crush and Loco Roco, though, which I got for about nothing after dumping some unsellable stuff.
 
yea i rememeber one EB sold me a "new copy" of Digital Devil Saga 2..it had that homemade seal but i figured it was ok..when i got home there was a sticker on the manuel, disc had sum scratches and the bonus soundrack was missing...never bought from there agian
 
[quote name='AlanSaysYo']Engaging in any activity remotely close to this is just wrong, and you should expect to get thrown out of the store for it. It's not your job to walk into a place of business and convince customers not to shop there. Gamestop may have some awful policies (and I personally never shop there), but you guys are just being jackasses when you intentionally divert business away from inside the store. You guys think you're freaking vigilantes or something? If you're going to play advocate for the consumer, don't do it on their own property. If I were a manager at one of those stores (God forbid), I'd do everything I could to have you arrested for loitering and soliciting.

I swear, I just don't understand how so many of you can criticize the place, but then tell stories about how you shop there. If you didn't shop there, they'd have fewer customers to make money from, and the whole thing would take care of itself. It's like some of you enjoy being treated like trash.[/quote]

Actually, I only ever buy anything from them when it's a game that I meant to buy at normal retail once it hit a good clearance price, but I waited too long and all the stores sold out of it. Stuff like The Thing(xbox) and some other titles that I only bought from them for the above mentioned reason.

I have done all that the other CAGs who mentioned telling people about cheaper prices elsewhere and more to try and tell them in some small way to be truly educated consumers and know that you DON'T have to pay full retail for items EVER.

Discounted prices+the ability to buy more games at a better price= happy consumers

Well, unless you're talking bout the common GS customers people have mentioned already(the 'gotta have it now crowd and the soccer moms with spoiled brat whiney kids). They will just buy stuff without giving two craps because they 'have to have it NOW' or to shut up their whiney kids.

Me, I can wait......
 
$34.99 DS games make me want to roid out and spinning piledriver the entire staff
 
I went to a GS right at closing... they decided to close early, but all I wanted was directions somewhere due to not being familiar with the area. The dude kept saying they're closed and to go away, even though he heard that I only wanted directions.
 
[quote name='monkeydeew']how about 70$ for two resealed ds games that were preordered, while the buy 2 get 1 free deal was still going on[/quote]

Some DS games are sealed like that I believe. The only way to check for sure if yours is resealed is if the contents inside look used. I bought Paper Mario 2 new there a few years ago and it was resealed because it had a Gamestop stick on the actual case underneath the plastic, but the game was mint so I didnt care. It's too bad most display copies have scratches, finger prints, and the caes are sometimes even broken. Once I refused a display copy and the guy was like "are you sure?" then he rolled his eyes and said "whatever".

At EBGames they used to tell people when they were getting an open product but now it seems like they just simply give it to them without informing them that it's opened.
 
Yeah, DS games are sometimes shipped with that cheap resealed plastic. Especially 3rd party games. You'll see it at best buy even. It usually is a little bit harder and higher quality than the cheap stuff EB uses to reseal.

EBSTOP? fuck EM
 
I was at the Lancaster, Ohio Gamestop this weekend, they recently changed the store name to Gamestop from EBgames. This has always been the worst store I have gone to because the floor is just filled with so much crap that there is no room to walk. I was once there during christmas season and the store literally was FULL, there was no visible way into the store. All you could see was people. Well they still haven't changed the floor layout, with the "gamedays" sale going they have even more floor space being used for their displays. This time the store wasn't busy so I could actually get inside. Well alot of the customers were asking the clerk what happened, why is it a Gamestop now. This is what got funny. The clerk didn't know or have a clue but started explaining what happened in his own mind.... "Well both companies (EB & Gamestop) were competing for the same buisness and each had a good market share of the game business, they got together and decided to merge so that as one company they would do even better and not compete with each other. It was a good idea because now they have a bigger market share of the business" ... Ok at this point I just left. They didn't decide to get together, Gamestop BOUGHT EB....
 
My overall worst experience happened about a year or two ago.

I went in to the GameStop looking for a copy of Klonoa 2. I found it, used, priced $14.99. This seemed like a good deal at the time to me, as the only copies I found on eBay were upwards of $30-40. When I take it to the register, they scan it. The cashier says "Sorry, this game isn't in our system." I glance at the screen on the table-thinger, and it does come up. For $10.
I still figure the employee wanted it himself. Needless to say, I left the store furious and never went back.
 
The majority of Gamestop employees I've encountered (minus about two or three total) are HORRIBLE liars and usually have no tact. I sometimes wonder where they think they are or who they're talking to.
 
[quote name='thesilentshadow30']I was at the Lancaster, Ohio Gamestop this weekend, they recently changed the store name to Gamestop from EBgames. This has always been the worst store I have gone to because the floor is just filled with so much crap that there is no room to walk. I was once there during christmas season and the store literally was FULL, there was no visible way into the store. All you could see was people. Well they still haven't changed the floor layout, with the "gamedays" sale going they have even more floor space being used for their displays. This time the store wasn't busy so I could actually get inside. Well alot of the customers were asking the clerk what happened, why is it a Gamestop now. This is what got funny. The clerk didn't know or have a clue but started explaining what happened in his own mind.... "Well both companies (EB & Gamestop) were competing for the same buisness and each had a good market share of the game business, they got together and decided to merge so that as one company they would do even better and not compete with each other. It was a good idea because now they have a bigger market share of the business" ... Ok at this point I just left. They didn't decide to get together, Gamestop BOUGHT EB....[/QUOTE]

Wait... you mean the Gamestop inside the mall in Lancaster? If so that is where my story is from. Pretty cool someone else hates that place too lol that has been there.
 
I went into mine looking for copies of lumines to ebay, and some dumbass kid with a sideways flat brim cap had just bought a $600 PS3, as well as $60 copies of Spider Man 3 and MLB 2k7.

What a douche. Almost $800 of crap. And he walked out of there without any component or HDMI cables, so you know he was rockin that PS3 on a 20 inch low def TV.
 
once at game stop when mario party 5 i believe came out (first one w/ the mic) i picked it up day after release the box was open but you know their crap about open boxes... i bought it any way... i forgot to check it before i left the mall... i get home open it up and the mic is there but instead of mp 5 in the case it is the HULK... so i had to hall my arse all the way back to the mall (15 min drive but 20 min to find a spot to park) and their resolution was to give me a resident evil 4 demo disk as though that made up for their increadable assness. I can't remember the last time i bought anything from GS or EB and I can't imagine me buying anything again unless it is something to sell on ebay or trade fodder (and that's a darn rare find now adays).
 
I was going to pick up a Halo 2 poster, And the guy said "We can't let you have it because the game isn't out yet" But the manager left a NOTE in the back saying that I could have it. That guy got fired soon after that. (He was bad for sales, I didn't get him fired for not giving me the poster)
 
But the employee purges that seem to be happening all over now make it impossible to establish a relationship with a particular store in the chain, something which was very easy to do pre EBstop days. Even the managers get shuffled so now its impossible to even come close to establishing a relationship with a store, which is probably what gamestop wants, to drive the hardcore gamers further and further away from their stores. Remember folks if you work at GS you will be randomly fired and then left without a job..
 
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