I picked the game up yesterday. The copy they had on their shelves was nasty looking and beat up. When I checked out I was given a shiny new looking white box and a clean instruction manual and club nintendo code. The metroid trilogy case on the shelf was a steel book, but I don't know if they had white boxes under their counter.
Back when the game came out I was too busy to play it. When I was less busy they were all sold out and selling for over $100 online. Now I can play it... But later though because I'm busy again.
Also, the people who work at the Gamestop I went to were really nice and not pushy, but the other customers were just awful. One guy was yelling at lady over the phone because Battlefield was glitching out. Another guy both belched and farted in line and it smelled awful. Plus the same guy was loudly talking about how he hooked up with a nasty lady, but not the nastiest one he's been with. The pregnant looking lady he was with knocked over a display that hit my partner in the leg.
Sorry, I had to vent that out somewhere. A lot if the time I feel like stores that get a bad rep get that because of their awful customers. Still, the company policy on selling Xenoblade at an inflated price is just nonsense.