Gamestop Review

[Ashlee]

Gamestop "US" sucks

 

[Devante]

My girl is manager at Gamestop.

It's a good place to get cheap accessories once in a while, usually on older hardware.
I've always wanted a PS2 Eye and now they sell them at $2.99.

I got a Gamecube broadband adapter at $0.99 brand new.

It's true the trade in prices suck, but no one is making you go there rather than craigslist or eBay.

And it's true that they open the games and then sell them as new.

What I don't get is why people here act like they are forced to go there!

 

[Deleted User]

Never had a problem with gamestop, the people respect me, so I do the same.

 

[Hells Malice]

Gamestop "US" sucks

Freakin' Necro bumper. This thread is old as shit.

 

[YayMii]

I received a copy of ES IV: Oblivion as a gift, but I wanted the GOTY version so I went to Gamestop to trade my non-GOTY version for a GOTY version. Unfortunately I made the mistake of opening my copy before trading. Even though I only played it once and all of the contents were intact, they bought it from me for only $3.85 worth of store credit. They had only one "new" copy of GOTY but it was already opened. I asked them why it was unsealed and they said it was because they used it for the display case. I shrugged my shoulders and said "sure, I'll take it" because they assured me it was new. So the guy went to get the game, stuck it in the empty case and sold it to me unsealed at the "new" price.

I got to my car and before driving away, I sat there in the parking lot and opened the case just to check the contents. I noticed that it was missing the map. I knew it was supposed to come with a map because my non-GOTY version had one. I went back into the store to inquire about the map, and the guy seemed very apologetic about it. He looked all over the store for it, but couldn't find the map that was supposed to be in the case. So I asked if I could have my map that was in the non-GOTY game that I had just traded in. He was hesitant to give it to me, but then I reminded him that I had just paid the full price for a "new" game, so he should give me the map. I also pointed out that they were going to sell my copy "used" anyway and it doesn't make a difference to them if it's missing the manual or if the contents are intact--they would still sell it for the same price regardless. So he relented and gave my map back to me. I found out later that the GOTY map contains an extra inset for the Shivering Isles, which was missing from my map.

The truth is, I never look at those maps that come with RPGs. I never have, so why should I even care? It's because I sold a pristine copy of the non-GOTY Oblivion for chump change and paid full price for an unsealed, "new" Oblivion GOTY edition that didn't even come with the complete case contents. I even had to argue just to get my map back. If I buy something brand-new, I expect everything that came sealed in the case to be included. In retrospect I wish I had just given my original copy to a friend and bought the GOTY edition elsewhere.

Odd, I had a similar experience with EB Games where I live (which is in Canada). Back in 2006, I ended up buying a used copy of Oblivion on 360 (and I remember having to wait more than half an hour for them to find a disc in the back of the store). It didn't come with a map (like it should have), but I didn't expect one because my Morrowind GOTY on Xbox didn't come with one (AFAIK only the original version came with one and the Platinum Hits GOTY version came with an updated one, and the regular GOTY version which I had didn't have one in the first place). In 2009, I decided I wanted to switch for the GOTY version, so I went to EB Games to trade in my old version which had only light scratches. They decided that I would actually have to pay them $2 to take it, so I just ended up keeping it and buying the GOTY version without trade-in. It came with everything though, even the updated map.

And then a month ago, I was going to pre-order Skyrim at Future Shop (that's Best Buy to you American people), but they refused because apparently "they had no preorders left", so I was forced to preorder at the EB Games next door. They gladly accepted my preorder, but they misspelled my last name on the receipt. I later found out that the same people also misspelled my cousin's last name when he preordered it, merely coincidental (the people put an L where an O is supposed to be on mine, and put an O where an L is supposed to be on my cousins'). When I picked up the game at midnight release, everything (but the disc) was outside of the case underneath the shrinkwrap. The label wasn't even put in, everything was loosely moving around. Don't know why it was like that, but now I have a small rip on the label from what I assume was from shipping.

Also, my experience with exchange there was slightly displeasing. Back in 2007, I was able to exchange my broken GH3 guitar (that came in the bundle) with no issues. But last year, I got a broken DJ Hero turntable for I think $50 at a Gamestop (still in the city), and found out that the local EB Games was selling the exact same thing for $65. Since their exchange policy allows me to exchange it between different stores, I went ahead and exchanged it at the local EB Games, but they ended up charging me the extra $15 for the exchange (until I went to complain, and they refunded the $15).

 

[BoxmanWTF]

Canadian here, I only notice that the used games are overpriced, otherwise EB games is fantasical