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EB games/Gamestop = Worst video game store ever?
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smokeychan
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:lol I remember when Shadow of the Colossus achieved Greatest Hits status, and I went to GameStop to buy it. They didn't have it new, and asked me, "would you like to buy the used version for $18?"neight said:
I was like, "WTF. You didn't just ask me that. Are you retarded?"
:lol :lol :lol "Shipped from San Francisco where your ass probably came from, you know what I'm implying."TheJollyCorner said:
domokunrox said:
Well I work at gamestop so let me be honest with you...
1. That store you went to was ran by dicks. Simple as that, at our store we made it a point over and over again that we didin't have extra copies.
2.We didn't get extra copies because Nintendo allocated Gamestop a certain amount. If you know Nintendo they always limit. We got allocations I believe early last week...each store got a number based on their current reserves. For instance my store was allocated 285. We had around 250 reserves at time of allocation.
Im sorry the store near you sucks so much at customer service but with a company like that and really any big company...you are going to run into employees that don't give a damn.
inner-G said:
I don't mind upselling at all, that's retail. I hate it when they get all dude-bro on me.
"Hey bro, trading in a 360 game, cool, cool. What other games do you have? Do you want to preorder (fill in game that doesn't release for a year). No? Are you sure? We're only going to get enough copies to cover the people who preorder. You won't be able to find the game anywhere else, it will be sold out. No? Sweeeeet."
There is a line between upselling and badgering, and Gamestop has stepped boldly across it.
The thing that really pisses me off is when they lie over the phone. You call and ask if they have a game that came out that day, they ask if you preordered, if you say no they tell you they don't have any, then you have to go into the store and they have plenty of copies.
HamPster PamPster
Member
Gamestop sucks?
Sheesh gaf. If theres a new image to some random JRPG you break it the second it is out... but when a big retail chain founded in 1984 sucks it takes you 24 freaking years to break the news to me?
You're losing it gaf... I'll be at gamefaqs
Sheesh gaf. If theres a new image to some random JRPG you break it the second it is out... but when a big retail chain founded in 1984 sucks it takes you 24 freaking years to break the news to me?
You're losing it gaf... I'll be at gamefaqs
smokeychan
Banned
The cool thing about the GameStop I go to is I'm friends with the managers and we're going to create levels in LittleBigPlanet together.
Like the hat?
Banned
every gamestop or eb games i go to is awesome.
see...those are what we call assholes, thats not company policy. I mean I work there, and yes there are quite a few things I dislike about how its being run, but the comments you guys are stating are how the company was ran before the restructure. It seems that some of the stores like being asses, send in complaints people. Write to the DM, we honestly want those people fired. When ever you call, and you feel you have been dicked over say this,QVT said:
"Can i get your name again,(wait for name)This is a secret shopper call I'd just like to tell you that you will be given a write up."
Not every store is a bad apple, but yes there are those that are. Whenever I go to Houston if I find one, I call them out on it hard...it does boggle my mind sometimes how badly they are misinformed.
Toy Soldier
Member
Vanish said:
Yes, totally false. Every MK will come with the Wheel.
smokeychan
Banned
You're probably right, but when a new game is $20 and they're selling a used copy for $18, I think a $2 discount is not enough. Somebody could've played that used copy and thought the game was so awesome that they jizzed all over it before trading it in. I can spare $2, the equivalent of bus change, to avoid the possibility of that. To have no new copies of a critically acclaimed game it must've been one of those D-level stores, which wouldn't surprise me considering I lived in Schenectady, New York at the time and everything there is D-level. What a shitty place to live.stilgar said:
smokeychan
Banned
Yeah, for two dollars, you can comfortably avoid all the nasty shit people do to their video game discs. I'm looking at people who think it's okay to live in a pig sty and never wash your hands after taking a shit. I would've been easily acquiesced if the discount was like $15, however. Shadow of the Colossus for five bucks? Hey!
I bought Metal Gear Solid 2 used for $3 and The Getaway used for $5 because I thought, "wow, those are real discounts. I'll wash the cover off with ammonia when I get home."
I bought Metal Gear Solid 2 used for $3 and The Getaway used for $5 because I thought, "wow, those are real discounts. I'll wash the cover off with ammonia when I get home."
Wal-Mart is a big box store with great traffic. Whatever it stocks is going to sell, and in the rare case where it doesn't they have plenty of other areas making money to cover the loss. Gamestop is a specialty shop. Not so easy to eat losses like that.QVT said:
Again, if Wal-Mart is so much better, just go there. Who is going to stop you?
TheJollyCorner said:
this video filled me with murderous rage.
I used to work at EB, like three years ago - and people like this just fucking pissed me off.
I know this is a joke by fragmaster at SA, but its so dead on, fuck.
edit: LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjaQiYM-R_w
smokeychan
Banned
There was a post somewhere in this thread where somebody explained that GameStop doesn't like to risk overstocking because it's bad for business. Of course, that doesn't mean they have to treat every game equally. But this is Smash Bros., which means even Wal-Marts will be sold out, and with limited quantities GameStop can offer reserves to make sure you shop at GameStop and not Wal-Mart. I think that's how it works.QVT said:
I refuse to shop there anymore. The employees are jerks (generally), they rarely have sealed copies of games, and the stores are full of mothers with whiny children or teenagers buying 50 cent games. I'd rather go to Wal Mart or Zellers, even if there are 2 EBs like 10 minutes from my house
p.s. im not bitter, just spiteful :lol
p.s. im not bitter, just spiteful :lol
dead souls
Member
Why would anybody pre-order a major release like SSB:Brawl anyway? Every major retailer probably has a fuckton of copies today.
GenericPseudonym
Banned
Who the hell goes to Gamestop? Do you like stores that look like a basement and are filled with ugly and annoying people? EB never has anything good, ever, and if they do they never have enough copies. I just go to Wal-Mart, Zellers (Canadian equivalent of Target) or Best Buy/FutureShop.
smokeychan
Banned
I know that, I just don't take that knowledge as a license to rub my eyes or scratch my itchy balls after touching anything I want.Jirotrom said:
Also, I keep my PS3 covered to avoid dust particles when not in use. Can I have my quirks or can I not?
Huh?Prvt.Pegleg said:
Prvt.Pegleg said:
I just got back from my local EB, without reserve, and SSBB is on my desk in front of me.
(Zellers was sold out)
There was a big ass lineup, but most of the plebes reserved it, and they had about 25 extra copies in the glass behind them.
so, anecdotal evidence is fun, on both sides!
Death_Born
Banned
Gamestop is shit, the only good thing about them is the used games (which are usually covered with crap and/or stickers). They use them to make a profit. Every time you go in there, there's always some retarded mom/dad/kid at the counter arguing with the cashier.
Death_Born
Banned
Shins said:
Why? Wal-Marts fuck over all local businesses. If we let them, they would put a store in every city or town in America. No joke, that's their business plan. Considering the amount of crap they sell, nobody should want a Wal-Mart near them.
Gamestop are 360 hacks. Imagine going to McDonald's asking for a Premium Chicken Ranch sandwich and EVERY single time the person behind the counter goes, "why would you want a chicken ranch sandwich? Buy a Big Mac" or "I know your son wants a premium chicken sandwich for Christmas but if I were him I'd hate you for it, buy a Big Mac".
DemonSwordsman
Banned
wait since EB and gamespot are pretty much the only game stores wouldnt they also be th best?
TrueReligion
Banned
why would you go there when you didn't pre-order? are you stupid?
aparisi2274
Member
domokunrox said:
Why didnt you just reserve or preorder the game ahead of time, and then there would have been a copy for you waiting at Midnight... Gamestop usually only sends enough copies to cover preorders... My local gamestop got 230 copies of the game, and they had 228 preorders...
I dont know why you are complaining... I mean thats like someone just walking up to a ticket booth at the start of the World Series and asking for a ticket right over the dugout and then getting all pissy when the ticket person says they have no tickets left...
.Reilly said:
Gamestop manager threw me out once because a customer was talking to the manager about the DS Lite. The manager claimed how it can play the old school Gameboy games (B&W games) and it has complete Wii functionality (at the time none of the games that used the DS connectivity feature had not been released).
I corrected him and said that the customer should then get a GBA SP for his old GB games. He threatened to call security on me (basically asking me to leave). "Get out! Get out of my store!" Ok, whatever. Never shopping at any Gamestop again.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Uno Ill Nino said:
This is it right here, my friends. I think it's crazy they turn away gamers. They should know gamers are sometimes irrational and end up wanting a game for the first time they see it on the shelves. They should know not everyone plans their game purchases in advance. They should also know that by turning those people away to get their games from Best Buy or Target, they are turning those people into Best Buy and Target customers, not GameStop customers. And even if you'd rather they just buy used games, you can't convince them if they stop going into your store!
My other gripe is that most of the stores are now just sticking that yellow used sticker directly onto the cover art slip, in effect ruining the spine. They should know that gamers don't like stuff like that!
Luckily there is a "mom and pop" game store about 5 minutes from my house which I started going to. In many ways they are the type of experience I think GameStop at least pretends to be. I don't shop at GS anymore.