Whats with circuit city, eb, gamestop pushing replacement plans for games? Dont most companies offer a $10 replacement anyway?

My local EB has gone as far as adding the plan to your purchase until you say you dont want it.

If your local eb is doing it to everyone ... get them to stop.
I used to work there and what they are doing is not right. We asked if you want it, if you didnt .. we did not add. Now that i left i know that some of my old co-workers are doing it to people without them knowing what it is or anything.

Each one that they "sell" they get a cut of it, so it is just their to line their pockets.

What do you mean a $10 replacement?

What's a game replacement plan? If the game is defective, you can return it, right? How many times does someone break a game?

Console, sure, i could see a warranty.
Game replacement plans = ripoff. [They wouldn't push them so far if they didn't make money for the store.]
Take that 3 bucks a game, and every time you buy a game, stick it in a savings account instead. Eventually you'll have enough money to replace a game or buy a brand new one, without being 'locked into' replacing that specific game.
And a defective one you certainly can return/exchange immediately.

Adding the plan automatically to a purchase is at least ethically wrong, if not legally.

Most game instruction books have a warranty in the back couple pages, "If within 90 days the game doesnt' work, mail it to us with 5 or 10 bucks s/h for replacement." By that time, however, odds are the game has dropped to 5-30 bucks brand new.

Yes adding it without your permission is wrong. If you bitch enough after they have done it on a sale that you've made, you'll get a free game or two. And no not the used trade in crap new games. If the local store manager knows anything about business law. It isn't legal in most areas to add items to a purchase without your consent the only thing being shipping if ordered, but the charges are still to be disclosed to you at the time of sale.