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[AlteredBeast]

Back in the XBoxen days, I used the retail training site to get like 7 games for free from MS. Signing up about a month ago, I noticed that they had gone to a pay-reduced-price, no shipping for the prizes you can claim. That didn't bother me much, but the fact that they never restock the rewards and therefore, there is nothing left to redeem your points for.

It seems like in 2002, they always had pretty much everything in stock and new rewards were constantly coming out, now, the proverbial shelves are empty, and have been that way for nearly 2 weeks.

For you guys that have been using it more consistently, does this always happen, or is MS planning on shelving the Expert Zone/Rewards Zone?

Sony's retail loyalty site is pathetic, too. Their prizes all require one to take a very large amount of tests to have enough so that you can redeem them for rewards.

Nintendo's site is on a raffle system for prizes. You 'win' prizes...or you don't. I took about a billion exams for this month to see if I will end up winning anything. If I don't, I will probably not go back.

 

[voltron]

Back in the XBoxen days, I used the retail training site to get like 7 games for free from MS. Signing up about a month ago, I noticed that they had gone to a pay-reduced-price, no shipping for the prizes you can claim. That didn't bother me much, but the fact that they never restock the rewards and therefore, there is nothing left to redeem your points for.

It seems like in 2002, they always had pretty much everything in stock and new rewards were constantly coming out, now, the proverbial shelves are empty, and have been that way for nearly 2 weeks.

For you guys that have been using it more consistently, does this always happen, or is MS planning on shelving the Expert Zone/Rewards Zone?

Sony's retail loyalty site is pathetic, too. Their prizes all require one to take a very large amount of tests to have enough so that you can redeem them for rewards.

Nintendo's site is on a raffle system for prizes. You 'win' prizes...or you don't. I took about a billion exams for this month to see if I will end up winning anything. If I don't, I will probably not go back.

Ive never been more confused in my life.

 

[Stapler Gonzales]

This thread is mindfuck.

 

[MCD]

This thread is mindfuck.

 

[Stapler Gonzales]

Indeed.

 

[AlteredBeast]

I guess you guys would have to have acyively participated in retail training for the various companies to know what the **** I am talking about.

Sorry...

 

[Azure Dream]

Ive never been more confused in my life.

It's not that hard.

When you're employed at major retail chains like GameStop, Best Buy, etc, you qualify to use these side-sites that often reward you for learning about products (or testing your knowledge on them). Nintendo wants to make sure you know Nintendo products in and out, so you can effectively push them and answer customer questions. Sony wants the same thing, and so forth. So on the sites, you often read articles, fill out quizzes and such, and as he mentioned above, there's several ways they divvy out the rewards.

All he's saying is "Is MS shelving their program? They don't ever seem to have any rewards in stock to claim anymore."

 

[Stapler Gonzales]

It's not that hard.

When you're employed at major retail chains like GameStop, Best Buy, etc, you qualify to use these side-sites that often reward you for learning about products (or testing your knowledge on them). Nintendo wants to make sure you know Nintendo products in and out, so you can effectively push them and answer customer questions. Sony wants the same thing, and so forth. So on the sites, you often read articles, fill out quizzes and such, and as he mentioned above, there's several ways they divvy out the rewards.

All he's saying is "Is MS shelving their program? They don't ever seem to have any rewards in stock to claim anymore."

Ah, the clouds have cleared in the proverbial sky of my mind.

 

[voltron]

It's not that hard.

When you're employed at major retail chains like GameStop, Best Buy, etc, you qualify to use these side-sites that often reward you for learning about products (or testing your knowledge on them). Nintendo wants to make sure you know Nintendo products in and out, so you can effectively push them and answer customer questions. Sony wants the same thing, and so forth. So on the sites, you often read articles, fill out quizzes and such, and as he mentioned above, there's several ways they divvy out the rewards.

All he's saying is "Is MS shelving their program? They don't ever seem to have any rewards in stock to claim anymore."

Thats pretty cool actually. If I was in gaming retail Id be on those sites ALL the fricken time.

 

[Visualante]

Thats pretty cool actually. If I was in gaming retail Id be on those sites ALL the fricken time.

If you worked in gaming retail you'd spend every free minute relaxing you fool. Besides if you are smart you would borrow games from the store instead of trying to earn them.

 

[Stapler Gonzales]

If you worked in gaming retail you'd spend every free minute relaxing you fool. Besides if you are smart you would borrow games from the store instead of trying to earn them.

Is that what the kids call stealing nowadays?

 

[Grayman]

Boo hoo hoo you don't get rewards for your hobby anymore :lol

 

[black_13]

shit thats interesting. I would probably win a whole lotta stuff as I'm always explaining different consoles to different people and their features and games.

 

[Grayman]

Is that what the kids call stealing nowadays?

no it's ghost ridin' the sale or something like that.

 

[kiryogi]

Nintendo's site is on a raffle system for prizes. You 'win' prizes...or you don't. I took about a billion exams for this month to see if I will end up winning anything. If I don't, I will probably not go back.

Hrm, I knew of MS/Sony, but whats Nintendos RLS?

 

[mandiller]

I thought 'Microsoft Retail Training' was a new DS game.

Thread does not deliver :'(

 

[Oni Link 666]

I know GS employees are allowed to take games home to play around here. Then they just seal them back up and sell them like new. I know someone who took a brand new Guitar Hero 2 with guitar home to play co-op for a week. Pretty shifty practice IMO.

I know someone who used to work at BB and didn't get to take games home or anything. He used to do this retail training stuff and get free games. I answered most of the questions for him. He wasn't that informed.

 

[apujanata]

I know GS employees are allowed to take games home to play around here. Then they just seal them back up and sell them like new. I know someone who took a brand new Guitar Hero 2 with guitar home to play co-op for a week. Pretty shifty practice IMO.

Is this practice only for old games, or included just released games ?
I agree that it is pretty shifty practice. Down with GS.

 

[Juwanna Peezadis]

I thought 'Microsoft Retail Training' was a new DS game.

Thread does not deliver :'(

Developed by Rare, right?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Is this practice only for old games, or included just released games ?
I agree that it is pretty shifty practice. Down with GS.

Last time i checked, its for all new and old games

 

[Gantz]

^ explains stories of gamers finding finger prints on their brand new discs :lol

 

[AlteredBeast]

Sooooo, nobody knows, then, eh?

 

[kiryogi]

Sooooo, nobody knows, then, eh?

Tell me whats the url to nintendos RLS!