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12-11-05 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MovieExchange
I'm sure that some people don't, but yeah... most do. We have 4 Game Stops and 2 EB Games in the area, and a few of them are "crackhead central" stores that ignore store policy and take in items that they believe to be stolen. The GS I was at had 5 War of the Worlds and at least 3 Madagascar. The EB in the mall across the street had 20 (I shit you not) of Cinderella, and at least 10 each of Fever Pitch, Interpreter, and a few other recent new films.
I know the stores will deny knowing that the items were stolen, but come on... when someone brings in 5 copies each of 4 movies, and they're all still factory sealed, what more proof do you need?
I know the stores will deny knowing that the items were stolen, but come on... when someone brings in 5 copies each of 4 movies, and they're all still factory sealed, what more proof do you need?
12-11-05 | 09:07 PM
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MovieExchange you were at my wife's EB Games. I told her the discs you bought and she said you were in today.
Nice to meet a local DVDtalker
Nice to meet a local DVDtalker
And yeah, it's nice to talk to some local folk!
12-11-05 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by qpid
Oh yeah typically when people bring in discs to trade in they cannot bring in more than 1 title of each/day. However if they have friends with them who also trade in the same discs...
Yeah, a few stores have gone to that. The major exception being the Game Stop across the street from the Valley. The manager there will take in ANYTHING. Multiple copies, discs with no cases, scratched discs, etc. From what other stores have told me, all he cares about is being #1 for volume each year. He's been with the company for over 10 years, so he can pretty much get away with anything.
12-11-05 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MovieExchange
She must be at the Genesee Valley Mall, right? That's a good store there. The one I want to go under is the one on Center Rd. I made a comment to one of the two ladies behind the counter about how bad the Center Rd location is.
And yeah, it's nice to talk to some local folk!
And yeah, it's nice to talk to some local folk!
Maybe I'll bump into you when I'm out scrounging for more discs
p.s. If you want some really nice discs and don't mind the drive, the Gamestop in Brighton generally has tons of boxsets (that's where I got my quadrilogy, band of brothers and other cool stuff)
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12-11-05 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by qpid
Coolness
Maybe I'll bump into you when I'm out scrounging for more discs
p.s. If you want some really nice discs and don't mind the drive, the Gamestop in Brighton generally has tons of boxsets (that's where I got my quadrilogy, band of brothers and other cool stuff)
Maybe I'll bump into you when I'm out scrounging for more discs
p.s. If you want some really nice discs and don't mind the drive, the Gamestop in Brighton generally has tons of boxsets (that's where I got my quadrilogy, band of brothers and other cool stuff)
Feel free to scrounge your way to my store sometime! Send me a PM, I'll give you the location and such.
I've never gone out to the Brighton store, but in the early days of my shop when I didn't have a good stock I'd go to the Auburn Hills, Novi and Waterford stores on B2G1F days and get box sets.
12-11-05 | 10:07 PM
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Actually I tried sending you a pm a couple of posts back so it wouldn't look like I was hijacking the thread but it tells me I am not allowed, are your pms off or something. Feel free to send me one with the address, I love dvd stores
Wait, is it on Genessee Rd?
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Wait, is it on Genessee Rd?
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12-11-05 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by qpid
Actually I tried sending you a pm a couple of posts back so it wouldn't look like I was hijacking the thread but it tells me I am not allowed, are your pms off or something. Feel free to send me one with the address, I love dvd stores
Wait, is it on Genessee Rd?
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Wait, is it on Genessee Rd?
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And yeah, it's on Genesee Rd. Hell with it - sorry to the mods and all if there's an anti-pimping your store rule that this violates.
Movie Exchange
7269 N Genesee Rd
Genesee Township
(810) 640-1669
11-8 M-F, 10-8 Sat, Closed on Sunday.
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12-11-05 | 10:26 PM
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It still won't let me send you a pm.
Oh well hope we haven't scared away too many other people from this thread, I'll probably stop by tomorrow or Tuesday
Oh well hope we haven't scared away too many other people from this thread, I'll probably stop by tomorrow or Tuesday
12-12-05 | 09:48 AM
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Wow small world...I was just in the Genesee Valley Mall this weekend looking at dvd's(Live in Swartz Creek)...I was actually hoping I didn't have any dvdtalkers in my area..now I'm gonna have to race you guys to stores!! lol
12-12-05 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by qpid
It still won't let me send you a pm.
Oh well hope we haven't scared away too many other people from this thread, I'll probably stop by tomorrow or Tuesday
Oh well hope we haven't scared away too many other people from this thread, I'll probably stop by tomorrow or Tuesday
Did that happen to be you outside of my shop this morning? Someone pulled through, and I had forgotten to turn the sign on the door so it still said closed. By the time I got around the corner to the sidewalk, they were already pulling back onto the street.
Originally Posted by Uncle Sammy
Wow small world...I was just in the Genesee Valley Mall this weekend looking at dvd's(Live in Swartz Creek)...I was actually hoping I didn't have any dvdtalkers in my area..now I'm gonna have to race you guys to stores!! lol
Actually, Qpid has the advantage, since his wife works for EB and can tell him far in advance.
12-17-05 | 01:53 PM
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According to a post on CAG, the after-Christmas sale is B3G1... seems like a bad sign. Anyone have additional information? I hope that this is not a sign of things to come.
12-17-05 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by illennium
According to a post on CAG, the after-Christmas sale is B3G1... seems like a bad sign. Anyone have additional information? I hope that this is not a sign of things to come.
12-17-05 | 04:28 PM
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If that's the case, then GS goes back to being that place I occassionally check out and walk out empty handed. No factor other than greed would account for this. Considering what they give you for DVDs, there's no way they still aren't making a nice profit with the current deal.
12-17-05 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Al Padrino
Considering what they give you for DVDs, there's no way they still aren't making a nice profit with the current deal.
12-17-05 | 05:11 PM
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I don't think it's greed--it's the merger. EB/GS has to make a choice between EB policies and GS policies, and I'm sure it comes down to a number of factors such as which had the more profitable business model, whether it's an actual merger or an acquisition of a subsidiary by a parent company, what the actual terms of the merger/acquisition are, etc. I don't know too much M&A law, but it's not simply a matter of greed. There's certainly a concern for profit maximization, but that's a sine qua non of any corporation.
But yes, I agree. It sucks.
But yes, I agree. It sucks.
12-17-05 | 07:54 PM
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Nah, it's greed. Gamestop isn't just merging with EB, they *bought* EB. They get to pick and choose what of EB's business models to adapt, if any.
I just hope that they don't adapt EB's sticker system. Christ, I'm tired of having to peel 10 stickers off an EB purchase. And you don't just peel them off... you have to use a bottle of goo-gone or a hair dryer. Either way, it's a pain in the ass.
I just hope that they don't adapt EB's sticker system. Christ, I'm tired of having to peel 10 stickers off an EB purchase. And you don't just peel them off... you have to use a bottle of goo-gone or a hair dryer. Either way, it's a pain in the ass.
12-17-05 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Al Padrino
Considering what they give you for DVDs, there's no way they still aren't making a nice profit with the current deal.
Originally Posted by Al Padrino
Considering what they give you for DVDs, there's no way they still aren't making a nice profit with the current deal.
12-17-05 05:28 PM
I just hope that they don't adapt EB's sticker system. Christ, I'm tired of having to peel 10 stickers off an EB purchase. And you don't just peel them off... you have to use a bottle of goo-gone or a hair dryer. Either way, it's a pain in the ass.
12-17-05 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MovieExchange
I just hope that they don't adapt EB's sticker system. Christ, I'm tired of having to peel 10 stickers off an EB purchase. And you don't just peel them off... you have to use a bottle of goo-gone or a hair dryer. Either way, it's a pain in the ass.
12-17-05 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Shagrath
Whenever I get something from EB, I just ask the clerk not to put those stickers on. They just tell me that I can't return it, except for an exchange, if they don't.
12-18-05 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by illennium
I think he means the price stickers. GS's price stickers peel off cleanly, whereas EB's price stickers require GooGone to remove.