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Gamestop preorder offer on XboxOne ? Warring !!!
- Thread starter dovella
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Alx
Member
I don't think there's a requirement for all shops to have the same prices, especially if they're franchise stores. They're usually free to set their own prices and special offers.
I suppose that the first store already had dozens of second-hand copies of the game in stock, so it wasn't worth much for them, while the second one had none so it would be easier for them to sell it.
lmao, just wow.
kidhero1000
Banned
So what do you want us to do about it exactly?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Hmm? Never heard thats before, thats pretty shitty
The first line alone had me rolling. Holy shit.
malboroking
Banned
Pretty sure he's just warning us about deceptive business practices at GameStop. However seeing as this is in Italy, it's not relevant to many gaffers. I'm not really surprised, corruption of this kind is pretty common in Italy unfortunately. Also, some of you guys are being serious dicks making fun of his English.
if I understood correctly (it was hard) I think he means that he saw the xbone promotion and went to sell some of his stuff and by visiting 3 different gamestops, he found that they are giving him different prices for his games and vita and is warning us so we don't sell our stuff for cheap, I can only say, its gamestop, stop going there
Only in Italy ? Sure ?
Try in your town pls.
Example OFF TOPIC
http://gizmodo.com/5938323/how-to-be-a-genius-this-is-apples-secret-employee-training-manual
kidhero1000
Banned
Deceptive business practices and GameStop?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody stop the fucking presses!!!!!!!
I'm sorry but this translated crap seriously makes me wanna
onlyindreams
Banned
this guy is straight up my favorite gaf poster now
IdreamofHIME
Member
Usually prices are nationwide, sounds like the guy was trying to take your stuff cheap and keep the extras for himself.
kidhero1000
Banned
This guy is a tool, and a dip.
I also thought I to this hypothesis, but then I connected yesterday's event to other things that have happened to me over the past few months in the centers Gamestop so I think it is hiding behind something like...
http://gizmodo.com/5938323/how-to-be-a-genius-this-is-apples-secret-employee-training-manual
But if a store already has an inventory full of GoW 2 why should the price stay at $15? I don't get why people do this anyways, selling a Vita for $70 store credit when you can easily get $130 after fees on eBay?
That's the 2nd time you've posted the link about the Apple Store training manual.
You don't still hate Apple do you?
travisbickle
Member
What's a giochi? Is it like a gnocchi because that's delicious.
HORRORSHØW
Member
...and lolz were had by all.
Games
If I went over to Italy and spoke this bad of Italian, I would not be upset if some people laughed along the way. Nobody is calling this guy an idiot or anything(far from it, he at least has a basic understanding of English which is always respectable), its just a hilarious translation.
eso76
Member
Yeah, not to be a dick (i'm italian) but in Italy and southern Italy especially (Naples and surrounding areas, as a matter of fact) that's exactly the case. I mean, look at our former prime minister
But this is true for most gamestop 's. You generally have no idea how much your games are worth and apparently there's no way of knowing if they are good for offers like the one the op posted. There's no official list of games they'll accept, and even then clerks will always tell you different shops will accept different games.
Nice informative op, btw, but it gave me headaches trying to decipher
Yeah, not to be a dick (i'm italian) but in Italy and southern Italy especially (Naples and surrounding areas, as a matter of fact) that's exactly the case. I mean, look at our former prime minister
But this is true for most gamestop 's. You generally have no idea how much your games are worth and apparently there's no way of knowing if they are good for offers like the one the op posted. There's no official list of games they'll accept, and even then clerks will always tell you different shops will accept different games.
Nice informative op, btw, but it gave me headaches trying to decipher
1000 % TRUE , THANK YOU !!!!
Sickboy007
Member
I just...sigh
Ah ... Again
Sly Cooper
Gamestop Pompei 5 €
Gamestop Pagani 15 €
Professor Layton DS
Gamestop Pompei 5 €
Gamestop Pagani 15 €
Donkey Cong Country Wii
Gamestop Pompei 8 €
Gamestop Pagani 13 €
Sly Cooper
Gamestop Pompei 5 €
Gamestop Pagani 15 €
Professor Layton DS
Gamestop Pompei 5 €
Gamestop Pagani 15 €
Donkey Cong Country Wii
Gamestop Pompei 8 €
Gamestop Pagani 13 €
HORRORSHØW
Member
It seems like your Pompei store is slighting you. Maybe take your business to another Gamestop?
Grimløck;77871181 said:
I think that all depends on the approach that establishes the clerk at the time of contact with the customer
Father with little son?
The parent who does not understand anything about video games, then smash it
But ...perhaps the clerk did not realize that games are not for me and for my son
dark_inferno
Member
Gamestop was the reason why Microsoft should have keeped that DRM Stuff.
I agree, but i Want DRM like STEAM
Sounds like a safety hazard.
Cashier: "While you're here, would you like to preorder this game?"
Customer: "I'm kinda in a hurry, see that lava over there?"
FeiRR
Banned
I wouldn't go to a shop which has no prices on display. I even think it's illegal here. I also heard Gamestop unwraps new games in stock. That's a used game for me and I'd buy it for 75% of price during the first month, no more. There's a very good side to console gaming being still a niche in my country: big retail chains have no control over the market, prices of used games are regulated by demand not nationwide policies and most people use auction portals to move their stock. If I beat a game in 1-2 weeks after release, I can sell it for three quarters of day 1 price, which is doable with most SP experiences. Chains like Gamestop destroy the free market, no doubt about it.
kidhero1000
Banned
This guy is a tool, and a dip.
Okay, here's my attempt at a decent translation. Note that not everything may not be correct due to the original manuscript being..... well...... the way that it was. But if anything is wrong, just replace the wrong parts with the correct info and hopefully it should tell a grand tale. Enjoy!
Translation
I will use a translator, I hope you can understand the severity of what has happened to me in these Gamestop locations in Italy. I'm also curious to know if other parts of the world experience the same problems.
Recently, Gamestop in Italy has a special trade in promotion for the xbox one, which is as follows:
I decided to trade in some of my used games and game consoles for store credit at the Paper Mill Center in Pompeii
- An Xbox 360 Slim 250 GB
- A Playstation Vita (WiFi +4 gb)
- some games on the Nintendo DS, 3DS, Wii, Xbox and obviously PsVita
Having been an experienced shopper at Gamestop, I became very suspicious and felt as though I was being cheated in terms of trade in credit at this certain stores in the middle of Pompeii due to inconsistencies. I was unsure whether I should just accept the credit they told me I was entitled to, or go to another Gamestop in the area. Here is a map of the nearest stores:
- Pompeii (paper mill◦ Center )
- Castellammare di Stabia
- Pagani (center PEGASO)
I decided to go to the store in Pompeii's Paper Mill Center, but when I asked about the offer (posted above), the clerk tried to avoid acknowledging it. Eventually, I got him to admit that there was a special trade in offer which was valid until August 31. He then asked me to wait 3 hours while he tested the functionality of my Xbox 360, then gave me a quote for the trade in credit.
Preamble
A few months ago, I brought a couple of games in to the store at Paper Mill in order to get credit towards a new game.
The titles were:
- El Shaddai
- Gears of War 2
Each title was evaluated, respectively,
El Sheddai: 3 Euro
Gears of War 2: 2 Euro
I traded both in without a fuss.
Today, I asked for the trade in value of both titles, just to see if the clerk would confirm the same trade in value (or more likely, a lower one. )
At the store in Paper Mill, El Shaddai was worth no more than €3 in trade in credit, but Gears of War 2 had dropped all the way to $0.01!!! (you read that right) (Editor note: G*d Damn! D
My Playstation Vita was worth €50, and that sucks! I told the female clerk that I had a powerup rewards pro membership if that made a difference. All of a sudden she starts giving me an attitude, saying "Why didn't you tell me you had the card before?? -__- " From the start I was assuming that the 10% extra trade in credit would be taken into account, but since it wasn't I decided to back out of the trade and try the Gamestop at Castellammare di Stabia. Unfortunately, the store was closed then I arrived, so instead I went to the store in Pagani.
The female clerk at Pagani was much more prepared, and because of that it tool away most of my suspicion about this specific store. After traveling to these different locations and gathering the trade in values for the same set of games, it became completely evident that the prices of exchange were COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
My Vita was now valued at €70 instead of €50.
Gears of War 2, formerly $0.01, was now valued at €15!
The rest of the titles I checked summed up to a pretty nice trade in value, some with a much better value and others with a slightly worse, but none of which were identical. At this final store, I had the clerk value all of my items including my 10% discount in the process.
Have you noticed that in all Gamestop stores, you can't see the value of the game you're trading and only the clerk can?
Here's an example:
In my honest opinion, this definitely shows the lack of transparency/openess Gamestop has with its customers. The clerk holds the advantage of evaluating the product at the lowest price while you, the customer, have no say in the matter.
If the monitor displays a trade in value of €20, the clerk could simply tell you the value is €10 or €15 instead, benefiting the company and cheating you out of your full trade value.
How is it possible that my copy of Gears of War 2 can increase from $0.01 to €15 within a few kilometers?
How is it possible that the value of my PSVita has grown from €50 to €70 within a few minutes and few miles of driving?
Is it somehow because the customer isn't allowed to see what what's on the clerk's screen and therefore wouldn't be able to tell of any inconsistencies (unless they compared values across different store like I did)? Never mind that looking into this oddity is not a simple task, or a consistent one at that, in my honest opinion.
Have any of you had similar experiences at a Gamestop? What are your thoughts on the matter?
I'm hoping to NoTacos that this post is understandable :/
Thank you!