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Gamestop irritates me

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lol, beat this, in the shop GAME in the Uk they are selling launch titles on the ps3 for $81! used games are the same price as brand new sealed games. GAME also rip you off with trade in prices, a good exsample is a DS lite is $16 TRADE, forget cash price lol
 
Welcome to the service industry, where an education is not required, and a decent wage can't be expected and knowledge of the products is not entirely likely.

When looking for something, there's always a choice. If you go to big box or chain, don't expect to get the same result as shopping at a retailer that has staff that know what they are talking about, and have the right products at the right prices.

For example, if I need something for my computer, I COULD shop at Staples, Futureshop or Best Buy, but, the right choice is Canada Computers.

When it comes to games, stop buying from places that are just there for your money. That's after all, all they want. So stop being surprised by that.
 
i hate gamestop,used games they sell for 59.99eur and new games for 64.99 wtf is this?yust 5euros cheaper?
i talked to the boss said thats not ok,but he said we buy games for 60eur(new).i never go back to gamestop they are so terrible.i hate them all over the worl.fuck up gamestop.
I wish gamestop get out of order
 
I work at Starbucks and the company enforces rules like post #1 says.
It's not what we like to do, it's doing our job.
A couple of years ago a pretty cool GS employee lended me his original GTA:LCS for the PSP.
He even told me it was against the rules to lend games to customers, but he did it anyways.
So that's when I downgraded to 1.50 firmware and got custom firmware for my PSP.
So my advice to you all is. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
 
I only have problems with the manager though. All the other employees let me trade in games, but the manager says that I'm not 18 yet! My 18th birthday is this year and this month too! Its always the fat lady that gives me problems. Thank god I had my dad with me that time because I really needed that 60GB HDD to install all my games cause I started using shitty DVD-9's.
 
Some other irritating things about Gamestop....at least the last time I was ever in one and paid any attention....which was a long time ago....

They tend to charge $5 more for new games than any other store (for example: Gamestop will charge $34.99, while other stores are charging $29.99), but if they have a used version of that game, it's the $29.99 price that new copies are selling for at other stores. That's price gouging (not to mention flat out ripping people off) and they should be sued for that, if you ask me.

They just never get some games in. You would think that a business that specializes in games would make sure they get EVERY new game that comes out, wouldn't you think? But they tend to skip obscure games sometimes. What's up with that?

It's stuff like this (and all the other complaints people have mentioned) that make me call the place Lamestop and not shop there.
 
I hate their fucking process and in-store credit for trading in games.
I had brand new copies of both Resistance: Fall of Man and Motorstorm.
Gonna trade them in.
Apparently they tell me they have to take my fingerprint or some shit, and fill out a million forms or something. Luckily I didn't bother after realizing I would only get $10 for two $30 games.

1/6 the profit? WHAT THE FUCK!?
 
You guys must utterly love going to the theatre.

Nah, likely most of you guys download your movies.

Gamestop makes damned near no money on sales of new games. But short of you guys being all morons you already knew that.

Which makes me wonder why so many people still whine about how they sell used games for close the price of new games.

Here's an idea. If you want to hurt Gamestop, STOP selling them your used games. Let their supply of used games dry up.

Oh wait, the problem with that, is then you guys wouldn't be able to buy a new game, play it to death in a week, and then sell it so you could get your next fix.

YOU guys are your own enemy. Of course Gamestop is going to sell a used game for damned near full price. Because you guys willingly sell them to them, and then willingly buy them from them.

Now if you stopped selling them used games, and only bought new games, they would make so little cash, they'd go out of business.

Now either do that, or stop complaining.
 
Welcome to the disgusting world of stupid ass commission and high pressure sales to keep your job if you don't hit a quota.

I hate I can't go into one without the harassment, sadly you have to now and again if something doesn't show up elsewhere.
 
Goshogun1 said:
Seriously, so many stores nowadays try and sell extra crap that I don't need. I usually just shop Amazon.com, and avoid these confrontations with sales clerks. Am I just over-reacting? It makes little sense to try and bombard me with other crap if I am already paying them like $200. Anyway, I just had to get that off my chest. I am sure I am not the only one who hates having to deal with this crap.
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Thats why you shop online
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but yeah. almost every gaming store has those ''perks'' really. you should have just gotten the dsi and said "This is all i want" after the second question.
 
Blythe31 said:
It seems like the hate for gamestop employee's is widespread. We should start a global army, take them down, then start our own store, for the gamers by the gamers.
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What angers me more is that I applied there and they said I wasn't qualified enough.
I guess working IT when I was 16 isn't enough for the high expectations of gamestop.
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Also, almost EVERYONE i've encountered at gamestop (sorry, no anecdotal examples here.) has either A. Had no clue what was going on, or B. Tried to shove their opinions on me about whatever my purchase is.

Several ignoramus comments include "why would you buy mirror's edge? It's just about some asian chick who runs and jumps on shit, right?" "You're seriously buying (insert non-hyped release that you know he's never heard of here)? Why not get (insert completely over-hyped generic mainstream game here, one that doesn't even fit the genre of the item he was currently ringing up)?"
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LOL, that is soo true.
One time I went to EB Games, I HAD TO sell them my XBox cuz no one was buying it.
They gave me $20 for it, two controllers and 13 games
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"One time I went to EB Games, I HAD TO sell them my XBox cuz no one was buying it.
They gave me $20 for it, two controllers and 13 games"

You HAD to sell it to them?

I must remember to never have any of my game gear with me when I go in one of their stores, they might force me to sell my stuff too, and I want to keep my stuff.

Man it must suck buying something, and then finding out it was just a short term trendy purchase.
 
Actually, I had an interesting experience in an EB games yesterday.

I went in, I had 300 bucks in my pocket, and when I came out, I still had 300 bucks in my pocket.

Weird I realize. I guess it's just handy that won't buy stuff based just on hype.
 
I remember they brought my old Genesis games for 10 cents a piece
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I recommend avoid buying/selling anything from gamestop. Because they tend to just rip people off. Just use Craigslist; works great.
 
i dont necessarily believe that they are there to harass those of us that know what were doing when we go in there.
that type of "harassment" is usually for the parents that come in with bigger wallets to throw around
 

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