The biggest rip-off is with PC games. You pretty much CAN'T return them unless the disc itself is dead.
Maybe not in your country you can't but over here in Scotland I can buy a game take it home unwrap it, run it on my PC and then return it within 30 days for a full no quibble refund provided I have the original case, instructions and the product is in resellable condition, i.e not damaged in anyway and as long as I have the receipt. One good thing about the UK is the consumer protection laws are very specific and in fact render EULAs as nothing more than something to be clicked through to get to the install.
Saying that the local Game store here sticks a sticker on all it's products that says that the game can only be returned if the sticker is still there, hoo boy I would love to see the sales assistant stupid enough to refuse my refund because I had removed that sticker.
As for all the other stuff, needless bitching about companies that are, basically, there to make profit. They don;t force you to buy their product so you don't have to.
I went straight up to the manager and asked what the hell was going on, and he said that he was told by the Head Office to put those prices. But the way he said it, he was basically saying "We here at Wal Mart know you idiots are willing to shell out exorbitant fees for these little toys, and are too stupid to walk East for three Goddamn minutes to get to EB Games.".
He really needs a kick in the teeth.
For taking advantage of the lazy and stupid? Really you serious? If you're to lazy or too stupid to take a 3 minute walk to a store that is selling the same product for a fraction of the price then really you aren't smart enough to be allowed to spend money at all. The guy doesn't deserve a kick in the teeth he deserves a damn good hand shake. We live in a world were people are getting more lazy and more stupid and these people deserve to get the piss taken out of them at every opportunity. Can I get that manager's name, I want to buy him a beer.
I hate it when stores do that with any optical media. I'm buying new because I want the guarantee that no clumsy idiot put scratches in the disc, and I'm not paying full price for a package that's already been opened.
Been down this road before and my opinion of people who think this is the same now as when the topic cropped up two or three months ago. Get a grip if the disc works who cares if the packaging was opened or not it's a disc not a god damn car. And don't use the 'it's the principle of the thing' argument because THAT principle is as retarded as the people who think it IS a principle.
