Bye, bye Gamestop!
06-03-07 | 09:05 AM
#101
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Everyone always brings this up. How much do you have to trade in or buy to get your $15 back that the card cost? Only after that are you actually making/saving money. That means you are roped into going into those places just to break even and get your $15 back.
$150 bucks before things are in your favor. Doesn't sound like much of a 'bonus' to me.
$150 bucks before things are in your favor. Doesn't sound like much of a 'bonus' to me.
I tend to try to buy most stuff used, so that I can get into the clear on my $15 card/magazine purchase. I also don't like paying next-gen prices, so I'll wait a week and get the used one for the $50 that we're all used to paying, or better yet, wait for the B2G1 sales and get 3 games for $100, which is definately a good deal.
06-03-07 | 12:25 PM
#102
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From: Sand Point
Originally Posted by asianflow
I'm surprised more people don't have a problem buying an open boxed game while paying full price for it. If there's no shrink wrap on the box, I consider it used.
Hell, I remember back in the early days when we'd buy the last copy of a game. Not only did it come opened, but the instruction booklet wasn't even the actual booklet. It was a black and white copy!
06-03-07 | 12:49 PM
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From: New York, NY
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Actually the stores get emails saying "We expect only x percent of pre-order customers to pick this up within the 48 hour hold window, so take y amount out of the reserved copies to sell to walk-ins." I think this is utter bullshit, because if they're trying to get people to reserve games, they should hold the fucking games.
The thing about purposely holding copies that aren't reserved until the next day is not a company policy, it's idiot store managers who think it will give people incentives to reserve in the future. All it does is give people incentive to buy the game somewhere else. Those managers are schmucks.
The thing about purposely holding copies that aren't reserved until the next day is not a company policy, it's idiot store managers who think it will give people incentives to reserve in the future. All it does is give people incentive to buy the game somewhere else. Those managers are schmucks.
06-03-07 | 02:15 PM
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From: A National Park
Originally Posted by darkside
I have really noticed a difference. The guys at EB Games would do some cross selling, but they were cool about it and once they knew you they would leave you alone.
That has changed under the GameStop banner. I was there today to check out the new sale and was badgered non stop. They literally would not stop trying to cross sell me on preorders. I was trying to look through the sale area and the guy never would shut up. I told him twice I had no interest in preordering anything right now politely, but that did not stop him from trying. When I finally went to check out he shoved some preorder book in my face to look through. I finally had to ask him what the fuck was the matter with him. Was it just his hearing or was he retarded. I ended up being a dick, but my patience has limits.
Outside of major sales I will be avoiding them as much as possible. It seems that 90% of the employees I knew are now gone and the ones they have replaced them with are nothing but cross selling robots.
That has changed under the GameStop banner. I was there today to check out the new sale and was badgered non stop. They literally would not stop trying to cross sell me on preorders. I was trying to look through the sale area and the guy never would shut up. I told him twice I had no interest in preordering anything right now politely, but that did not stop him from trying. When I finally went to check out he shoved some preorder book in my face to look through. I finally had to ask him what the fuck was the matter with him. Was it just his hearing or was he retarded. I ended up being a dick, but my patience has limits.
Outside of major sales I will be avoiding them as much as possible. It seems that 90% of the employees I knew are now gone and the ones they have replaced them with are nothing but cross selling robots.
06-03-07 | 06:29 PM
#105
Originally Posted by Ravenous
Damn, which location was this? I was at the one on CUlebra and 410 and this dude was annoying the whole fucking store. If we wasnt pushing shit he was hanging around next to the customer talking about the dvds/games. He bothered the hell out of one guy who just gave us this weird ass look cause the dude wouldnt shut up! We were there for about 5 mins.
)The guys at the one just a little bit south of there (off 281 by the Chilis/Office Max/Michaels shopping area) are a little pushy, but I don't go there often enough,
The other two are at Northstar (410 and San Pedro, by BB and CC) and the one at the Quarry. Those two I frequent about once every three months, and that's only when I'm in the area.
06-03-07 | 07:16 PM
#106
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I went in EB today to check out the B2G1 sale. Spent about 30 minutes picking stuff out.
Get to the counter and turns out I had a new copy of Condemned instead of used. No biggie, swap 'em out. Oh wait, the used copy is $5 more than the new copy.
They wouldn't work with me on that one so I left 'em all on the counter. I mean what kinda retarded BS is that where the used copy is more than the new copy*?
*by new I mean opened.
So technically it was used but couldn't get it as part of the "used" sale. What a joke of a store.
Get to the counter and turns out I had a new copy of Condemned instead of used. No biggie, swap 'em out. Oh wait, the used copy is $5 more than the new copy.
They wouldn't work with me on that one so I left 'em all on the counter. I mean what kinda retarded BS is that where the used copy is more than the new copy*?*by new I mean opened.
So technically it was used but couldn't get it as part of the "used" sale. What a joke of a store.
06-03-07 | 07:46 PM
#108
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
The guys at the one just a little bit south of there (off 281 by the Chilis/Office Max/Michaels shopping area) are a little pushy, but I don't go there often enough,
From what I have heard though he started out as a customer that showed up every single day to hang out for hours and talk games and they finally just hired the guy. He was apparently bringing that laptop even before he worked there.
06-03-07 | 08:33 PM
#109
Originally Posted by darkside
From what I have heard though he started out as a customer that showed up every single day to hang out for hours and talk games and they finally just hired the guy. He was apparently bringing that laptop even before he worked there.
06-04-07 | 09:23 AM
#110
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
The new one is cheaper than the used one because it is currently on sale. It is not always cheaper than the used one.
Open copy ~new~ : $20 (not part of B2G1)
Open copy ~used~ : $25
Fact is that this copy and multiple others labeled as *New* that are all open, looked as bad as if not worse than the used crap. There were dozens of stickers that had been stuck and peeled and restuck and repeeled and restuck again all over the actual case since there was no factory plastic on it. That in and of itself doesn't bother me, IF IT IS USED, I have spare cases. It is the fact that this is labeled as *New* and treated as such.
I didn't have the patience to argue with them. I just left them on the counter.
Thinking back at that 25%-%50% off bin, most were open. What a fucking retarded company.
Once the factory seal is broken it is used. Period. How hard of a concept is that to grasp?
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06-04-07 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Everyone always brings this up. How much do you have to trade in or buy to get your $15 back that the card cost? Only after that are you actually making/saving money. That means you are roped into going into those places just to break even and get your $15 back.
$150 bucks before things are in your favor. Doesn't sound like much of a 'bonus' to me.
$150 bucks before things are in your favor. Doesn't sound like much of a 'bonus' to me.
I spent way more than $150 a year on games, so yes, it comes out to be a bonus. And like Shagrath pointed out, for the $15 spent on the card, you're getting one year of Game Informer subscription. Also, the card is handy if you're trading in games... Again, in general, trade in games at GS sucks, but not too bad when there are promotions.
Of course, for me, it's all about the times/headaches you need to spend on completing the trades. eBay is perferred, but the fees suck balls big time, not to mention shipping fees jacked up too. On top of that, you gotta worry about NPBs and in rare cases, *ucked up buyers. Trade forums are out of my league, since the system depends on senority of membership (which is a BS in my book, by that i meant, it makes sense on paper, but hell, you can easily get screwed, it's less reliable that eBay IMO).
06-04-07 | 09:34 AM
#112
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Trade forums are out of my league, since the system depends on senority of membership (which is a BS in my book, by that i meant, it makes sense on paper, but hell, you can easily get screwed, it's less reliable that eBay IMO).
06-04-07 | 10:37 AM
#113
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Once the factory seal is broken it is used. Period. How hard of a concept is that to grasp?
06-08-07 | 09:23 PM
#115
Originally Posted by Ocelot
Trade forums are out of my league, since the system depends on senority of membership (which is a BS in my book, by that i meant, it makes sense on paper, but hell, you can easily get screwed, it's less reliable that eBay IMO).
06-08-07 | 10:14 PM
#116
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I'm not defending that practice, but by now, don't you know that they do that? I mean, it's not a surprise anymore, is it?
06-08-07 | 10:23 PM
#117
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
...And today was my last day. Pretty uneventful. We watched Hellboy and Star Trek II-III. I start the new job on Monday.
Congrats! And good luck on the new job!
06-27-07 | 01:23 PM
#119
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I just called GameStop to see if they got in Overlord for 360 today. They informed me that they did, but wouldn't hold one for me, since I hadn't pre-ordered it. I kindly informed him that I'd buy it at Best Buy instead. I called another GS and they said they'd hold one for me, but I might just wait for Best Buy to get it (later today) on principle.
Usually the only time I'll buy from Gs/EB is used games, since that's really the only place around town that has a good stock of stuff, and with the B2G1 and Edge discounts, it makes them tolerable.
Usually the only time I'll buy from Gs/EB is used games, since that's really the only place around town that has a good stock of stuff, and with the B2G1 and Edge discounts, it makes them tolerable.
06-27-07 | 01:48 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
Overlord came out today too? Dammit. Overlord or Darkness - who should I choose....
I've got The Darkness on my GamezNFlix queue, but it could be years before I actually receive it.
06-27-07 | 01:53 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by Shagrath
The reviews I read said The Darkness was only about a ~10 hour game, and the multiplayer was pretty meh. Overlord looks like it has great humor, and is a game my wife is interested in as well, so the decision was easy for me.
I've got The Darkness on my GamezNFlix queue, but it could be years before I actually receive it.
I've got The Darkness on my GamezNFlix queue, but it could be years before I actually receive it.
06-27-07 | 02:01 PM
#124
the MP doesn't really mean much to me and a 10 hr game is ideal. It's something I can make time to finish. :-)
Might hold off on Overlord - like mentioned, it's likely to drop in price quicker than The Darkness.
Might hold off on Overlord - like mentioned, it's likely to drop in price quicker than The Darkness.