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[gblues]

So, I picked up a used copy of FF12 (which rox), but holy shit the generic cover art EB/GS use for preowned games is fugly:

I'd be happy with a scan of the actual art that I could print out and use instead, but I dunno if the mods would allow that. But here's a photo of the game disc in my PS2 just to prove I do own the game:

Nathan

P.S. Is there any content difference between the CE and non-CE of FF12?

 

[Tieno]

Google it!

 

[pj]

Give them credit for writing out the roman numerals

 

[Dave Long]

Why did you buy it? Was the $5 savings really worth not having the box and manual?

The only way these things go away is if people don't buy them.

 

[Z_Y]

I would have bit the bullet and paid $5 more for a sealed copy....but I am crazy like that. I can't stand it if a used game has sticker gunk all over it.

Unless you got that for greater than 50% off...that is just silly. In fact...the mere thought of what you have done is making me want to stick hot needles in my eyes.

 

[JonathanEx]

http://www.thecoverproject.net/

 

[AdmiralViscen]

Fixed.



Did you ****ing pay $45 for that?

I don't pay more than $10 at EB/GS for a game that's not 100% intact.

 

[Crackerman16]

LOL, I'd never pay that much for a used game without it's original case and manual. I always check for scratches as well before I buy used games from EB/GS.

P.S. Buying used games hurts the gaming industry. Try not to do it if you don't have to. Giving developers money is better than giving EB/GS money because EB/GS didn't actually make the game.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

What the hell is going on in this picture?!? Is your camera magic?

 

[Wario64]

Make you sure you trade it back in to get 10% extra credit

 

[Odysseus]

Why did you buy it? Was the $5 savings really worth not having the box and manual?

The only way these things go away is if people don't buy them.

Quoted and bolded for truth.

Did someone press a gun to your head while you were making this transaction?

 

[MoxManiac]

Fixed.



Did you ****ing pay $45 for that?

I don't pay more than $10 at EB/GS for a game that's not 100% intact.

Same

 

[Awesomated]

I've never really understood what's going on in that artwork they use. What are those cartoon guys supposed to be doing?

It's certainly beyond unattractive, and the price of those used games only adds insult to injury.

 

[Z_Y]

I am posting again in this thread just to say GOTDAM WHY WOULD YOU BUY THAT.

And another thing...wasn't FFXII only released a month or so ago? What could the original owner have possibly done to the original case? Eat it?



This sort of reminds me of the time when I stumbled upon a near mint copy of VF4 used for $6 at a Gamestop. This wasn't Evo either. Other than the ugly ass sticker...the box was in perfect shape and I decided to pick it up. I took it up to the register to buy it and the clerk reaches back in the drawer and pulls out this mangled VF4 box with the insert all ripped down one side and "MARCUS" written on the back in big black magic marker fat letters which appeared to be put on there by a 5-year old. I then watched in horror as the disc he pulled out also had "MARCUS" written across the disc. I asked the guy politely if I could possibly have the display box and the disc that belonged to it. He hesitated and then checked with his manager who then gave me this look as if to say "WTF is my problem?" Made me feel like an asshat but I did get the near mint copy.

This whole used game market needs to just go away and die somehow. It sucks b/c it is the only way you can find older games in a store though. Their shelves are polluted with all this used crap....no room for older games.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

I've never really understood what's going on in that artwork they use. What are those cartoon guys supposed to be doing?

It's certainly beyond unattractive, and the price of those used games only adds insult to injury.

It is seriously the stupidest shit I've seen in the 2+ years I've worked there, and it was supposed to tie in to some market signage from a long while back, that most of the stores around me threw away because it was so ugly. While the old EB Games generic yellow box covers didn't look all that great, it was certainly much more appealing than retardeda-ass kids and a monkey thing in pseduo-anime style drawings.

And another thing...wasn't FFXII only released a month or so ago? What could the original owner have possibly done to the original case? Eat it?

At least in my store, literally close to 1/4 of the people that come in are white trash dirty people who throw thier cases away as soon as they get home and put the disc in a 200 disc sleeve case, and never think otherwise. a good portion of them are so dirty and scratched we can't even pretend to sell them at least, but a lot of them, the actual discs aren't bad. So, we end up with a few hundred generic cases come and go every month, more or less...

 

[Wario64]

You know, FFXII was like $37 just a while ago too I think in one of the weekly sales. I bet it was cheaper than that used copy.


Actually, it was $37 at launch.

 

[Awesomated]

That means the used copy was $36.99

 

[Reave]

:lol Oh I ****ing hate those boxes. Or how about the boxes that have 239 stickers on them, and when you try to peel them off, they leave that sticker residue all over it? OR... no instruction manual.. lordie, if I hear them tell me "well you can go to this site called GameFAQs.com. That's game F-A-Q-S" one more time... from now on it's either new or nothing.

 

[sKwah]

I think its worse when you buy a new game from those places that has been used. You know when you go grab the nasty looking pikmin 2 case off the shelf that says 19.99 new, figuring they'll give you a sealed copy or something, then instead you get that case and they pull the disc out of some sleeve in one of those drawers.

 

[Triz]

My only issue with EB/Gamestop is getting the "floor" new copy. You know the we played it now its new for you full price opened" copy. I drove around to 6 different EB's looking for a sealed Dragon Quest 8 yesterday. Only one store had a sealed new copy of it. The rest all were trying to sell me the floor copy.

 

[Odysseus]

My only issue with EB/Gamestop is getting the "floor" new copy. You know the we played it now its new for you full price opened" copy. I drove around to 6 different EB's looking for a sealed Dragon Quest 8 yesterday. Only one store had a sealed new copy of it. The rest all were trying to sell me the floor copy.

Was there not a Best Buy, Target, or Wal-Mart somewhere near one of those 6 EBs?

 

[Wario64]

I think its worse when you buy a new game from those places that has been used. You know when you go grab the nasty looking pikmin 2 case off the shelf that says 19.99 new, figuring they'll give you a sealed copy or something, then instead you get that case and they pull the disc out of some sleeve in one of those drawers.

I skipped getting Fire Emblem yesterday because of that. Only 1 EB had the game, and it was a display copy. I didn't want the game that bad anyway, just wanted it cause it was only $10

 

[charlequin]

At least in my store, literally close to 1/4 of the people that come in are white trash dirty people who throw thier cases away as soon as they get home and put the disc in a 200 disc sleeve case, and never think otherwise.

This is exactly how this happens. People on GAF have no idea how many people there are out there who own one of those $10 CD binders with "PS2" scrawled on the front in Wite-Out Pen.

 

[Triz]

Was there not a Best Buy, Target, or Wal-Mart somewhere near one of those 6 EBs?

not one that would take my $20 gamestop giftcard

 

[Inquisitor]

This is exactly how this happens. People on GAF have no idea how many people there are out there who own one of those $10 CD binders with "PS2" scrawled on the front in Wite-Out Pen.

But I keep all my game boxes in my closet

100+ DVD cases in the living room, where?

 

[mr jones]

I'm still trippin' that folks will buy a game in one of those generic cases.

And its a relatively new game that probably sold for 5 bucks less than it does new.

Yikes.

 

[MoxManiac]

At least in my store, literally close to 1/4 of the people that come in are white trash dirty people who throw thier cases away as soon as they get home and put the disc in a 200 disc sleeve case, and never think otherwise. a good portion of them are so dirty and scratched we can't even pretend to sell them at least, but a lot of them, the actual discs aren't bad. So, we end up with a few hundred generic cases come and go every month, more or less...

What's wrong with doing this? I keep all my games and DVDs in caselogic binders (I leave the 'rare' ones cased, though) then safely store the cases away. I live in a tiny apartment, and I have like 75 PS2 games, for example. Many more DVDs than that. No way can I keep them all cased.

BTW, all my discs are mint and have stayed mint (cept for my MvC2 disc taht got scratched somehow.)

 

[mr jones]

What's wrong with doing this? I keep all my games and DVDs in caselogic binders (I leave the 'rare' ones cased, though) then safely store the cases away. I live in a tiny apartment, and I have like 75 PS2 games, for example. Many more DVDs than that. No way can I keep them all cased.

BTW, all my discs are mint and have stayed mint (cept for my MvC2 disc taht got scratched somehow.)

But... you keep all the cases in your closet, right? You just keep the games in a binder for convenience. Yes. That's what you're trying to say. You don't throw away your PS2 game cases. You'd never do that. YOU'D NEVER DO THAT.

 

[MoxManiac]

But... you keep all the cases in your closet, right? You just keep the games in a binder for convenience. Yes. That's what you're trying to say. You don't throw away your PS2 game cases. You'd never do that. YOU'D NEVER DO THAT.

Did you not catch the "safely store the cases away" bit?

 

[Dave Long]

I really have no problem with the used market existing, because it's clear that this is a fire and forget industry where no publisher really wants to support a game beyond a year or so and would much rather you buy revision .1 of whatever franchise their building now. That means you rarely will see a game last more than a couple years on a new rack and after that it's eBay or nothing if EB/Gamestop/Game Crazy/GameRush disappear with their wide selection of used titles.

So they should keep the used games, but for heaven's sake put some kind of restrictions on trade-ins so that you never take a game back that's incomplete. A local guy some years ago (who closed shop after the 32-bit generation because he found religion) used to only take back complete games for trades. No box, no manual, no trade. It was great. He also was able to pay a little more for trade-ins this way because he knew he had a solid, compete game to resell setting there on the rack.

These used stores need to revisit their trade-in policies.

 

[AdmiralViscen]

I think EB/GS used to force you to have boxes and manuals to trade. Back in the late 90s.

 

[Hunter D]

You deserve the eyerape for buying this game used. All for the major savings that amount to $5.

 

[Javaman]

What an eyesore. GBA games are even worse though at my local store. They discard all the manuals and boxes. NONE of their pre-owned GBA stuff comes with either. I don't know if that is company policy, but sheesh, what a waste.

 

[killermmn]

wtf???

 

[Alex]

One thing I always wondered is, you have to have a manual and the case to even trade these things in, right? How do they wind up like that then?

Or maybe I'm just thinking of olldddd Software Etc guidelines, like, before they were Gamestop. As in about a decade old.

 

[AdmiralViscen]

One thing I always wondered is, you have to have a manual and the case to even trade these things in, right? How do they wind up like that then?

Or maybe I'm just thinking of olldddd Software Etc guidelines, like, before they were Gamestop. As in about a decade old.

You are. You could bend over and pull a bare disc out of your asshole right in front of them and they'd take it.

 

[dogbowl]

Anyone here ever bought used games in Japan? Its beautiful.

Absolutely mint condition, wrapped in plastic and no god awful stickers. I don't think used game stoers will even try to sell a used game thats not 100% complete and near mint.

Even the old Famicom/ Mega Drive stuff is usually in great shape....

 

[Diablohead]

In the uk the GAME store replacement cases last time I checked were just purple and white with handwriting for the game content, at least they have no generic comic artwork on the front of the box here.

Blockbuster do the same but in red and yellow, or something close.

 

[charlequin]

Anyone here ever bought used games in Japan? Its beautiful.

Absolutely mint condition, wrapped in plastic and no god awful stickers. I don't think used game stoers will even try to sell a used game thats not 100% complete and near mint.

Isn't this pretty much the reason why so many games in Japan have sales that drop to near zero after a single week?

 

[Alex]

I don't mind buying used games at all, but I prefer to do so on like... say Amazon.com, where you can get a description of the quality and contents.