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GameStop Manager refuses to sell games...
Just seen on CNN:
In Dallas Brandon Scott (Manager of a GameStop) says he will not sell games to students unless an adult confirms they are doing well in school. The corporate owners aren't endorsing Scotts plan yet. Scott: "I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but I mean, to me it's worth it because the kids understand that someone cares." Scott promises to buy any kid with straight A's a brand new game. |
Scott promises to buy any kid with straight A's a brand new game. |
I have a feeling this guys going to be looking for a new job soon:
http://news.filefront.com/texas-game...good-students/ If you want to buy games from a certain GameStop in Texas, you’d better make sure your grades are in check, first. A GameStop manager in southern Dallas, Texas is requiring children who come to the store to purchase games to have their parents confirm that they are getting good grades. And not only that, but the kids have to mind their manners, too. “They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word, pull your clothes up,” Brandon Scott, the GameStop manager, said in a recent article by WFAA-TV. “I’m probably going to get in trouble for this, but to me it’s worth it, because the kids understand that somebody cares.” Some students might think this is a bit harsh, but he’s all about the giving, too. “If you give me straight As with your teachers signature, endorsing it and your parent up here, I’ll buy you a brand new game,” Scott said in the article. It will be interesting to see if anyone higher up in the GameStop chain of command will take any action. Retailers do have the right to refuse service to anyone, but I’m not sure if any retailers have come up with anything like this before. The GameStop in question is located along the I-20 in Texas, though no specific information was given in the article. |
Awesome! A GS worth going in to.
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I think his offer to buy any straight A student a game is pretty fucking cool, as is his regulating his store so that kids know not to act a fool when they shop there.
The rest of it, not so sure about that. |
I wonder how long this guy has been a retail manager.
Unless this guy is looking to get fired in a blaze of glory and looking for publicity to leverage into a better job offer, this guy is an idiot. If I'm 16 and don't have a parent to escort me into the store, at the mall (which I understand is still a hang out for the kids), then I'm just going to walk another 100 feet to Best Buy or Target and buy my game there! How many retail stores do you think there are in southern Dallas? I've never been there so I have no idea, but it's not like this is in some small town where it might make some slight difference. The other thing that makes this guy an idiot: Buying games for any student with straight A's. According to Wikipedia, Dallas has a population of 1,232,940. Now, in a city that large, how many students do you think get straight A's? If these games are being paid for out of his pocket, even with his employee discount, his entire salary will soon be gone buying games. |
You rebel! You sound like a troublemaker. Riff-raff he doesn't want in the store anyway.
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He will certainly be fired, and I can't imagine this is anything more than a grab for attention.
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I was going to make a derogatory comment about how this is common practice at Gamestop to not sell games.. but the guy's trying to do something good and it's not about forcing preorders for the likely to be super rare Halo 3.
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If he could only make it so there were no kids period in the store, I would shop there in a second...
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People still shop at Gamestop? How quaint.
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There were tons of kids I would have loved to kick out when I worked at Gamestop.
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
I was going to make a derogatory comment about how this is common practice at Gamestop to not sell games.. but the guy's trying to do something good and it's not about forcing preorders for the likely to be super rare Halo 3.
I remember when I was a kid, all the arcades (remember those?) would give you free tokens if you brought in your report card -- the better your grades, the more tokens you got. We used to make the rounds after every report card to play free video games. |
What would be funny is if some sixth grader brought in a straight A report card and then tried to get an M-rated game as his freebie (using a fake id, of course).
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So if you are 10 years old, he will still sell you GTA or Manhunt so long as you keep your grades up?
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They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word.. |
This store must be deep in the hood. There probably is not much hope for many straight A students coming by here, unless they are commuting from another neighborhood.
“They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word, pull your clothes up,” Brandon Scott, the GameStop manager, said in a recent article by WFAA-TV. “I’m probably going to get in trouble for this, but to me it’s worth it, because the kids understand that somebody cares.” |
this guy is a hero.
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I'm assuming the N-word is "Nintendo".
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Originally Posted by mkdevo
this guy is a hero.
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Here's a better article (quite possibly the original source)
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....c9704de6.html Also, on the right-side of the page, under the picture it claims that he has refused about 24 sales.
Originally Posted by By JEFF BRADY / WFAA-TV
Imagine a video game shop that reinforces good grades instead of undermining them?
Well that's just what we found at one retail store along I-20 where the manager, who happens to be married to a teacher, asks kids about school before making a sale. He's not exactly a video game MVP but he wants every school-age client to know about another set of letters. "He needs to be reading a book. He knows how to play Madden before he knows how to do his ABCs and 123s - that's backwards!" said GameStop manager Brandon Scott. Scott manages a popular GameStop in south Dallas - and started a new policy this summer on his own. No school-age customer can buy a video game unless an adult confirms that the child's getting good grades in school. GameStop doesn't endorse or even know about the good-grade rule. "I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but to me it's worth it, because the kids understand that somebody cares," said Scott. So far, parents and other adults like the concept. "Well it makes sense. Why reward a kid with a game when he's not doing good in school?" said customer Robert Coulter. So far, Scott has refused about two dozen sales. But he says most of the students come back later, with good grades, to make a purchase. And Scott has other unwritten policies. "They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word, pull your clothes up," Scott said. He's even pledged to buy any video for a student on one condition. "If you give me straight As with your teachers signature, endorsing it and your parent up here, I'll buy you a brand new game," Scott said. "I was like, man he's going lose his job! But no I don't think so because I think there's got to be a point at which you put the kids and the value of education over the dollar," said Ann Fields.
Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Well I'm sure he's a great guy, but let's not put him in the same category as Michael Righi or Brett Darrow...be realistic.
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LOL nice.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I'm assuming the N-word is "Nintendo".
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I wonder how many kids are going to be getting straight A's via Photoshop? :)
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Sounds like a cool guy.
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