Poll: Game stop, who hates it?
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Yeah, I've never had a bad experience at any either. Though a friend had a small issue returning a used game once within the 7 days. The manager asked him 20 questions before allowing him to return it then said "Well next time bring it back right away," though they have the 7 day full refund policy on used games and it was within the 7 days. That's the closest thing to a problem either of us have ever had. All but that particular guy, at the 2 Gamestops near me, are awesome. We also don't like that guy because he doesn't shut the hell up and even if you tell him "I don't like FPS" when he suggests you a game, he keeps going on about how great they are.SageRuffin said:
The other guys get the damn point and talk about something else! I'll admit I'm not fond of the whole idea of only getting $35 trade in value on a game I played for maybe an hour and realized it sucked, but it's a small price to pay and I generally get something more enjoyable anyway. As for the people that say "current gen game prices are too high," they are $60 (at least in the US, I know elsewhere its a different number, then again I don't know if Gamestops are outside the US...) brand new just about anywhere you go, so your complaint doesn't really work.
I don't like gamestop that much.
Used to not mind them, but then one of their sales people kept trying to sell me fallout new vegas for 50 bucks claiming that Obsidian is one of the best companies in the world, and that Bethesda was directly related to the new vegas production, at which point I lost interest in doing business with them...
Used to not mind them, but then one of their sales people kept trying to sell me fallout new vegas for 50 bucks claiming that Obsidian is one of the best companies in the world, and that Bethesda was directly related to the new vegas production, at which point I lost interest in doing business with them...
I've had butt-loads of people complain the same thing to me when I worked in GAME (basiacally Gamestop in England). If the company could just issue you a new card, how many pikeies do you think would get a £100 on a card, "lose it" go to every GAME store in the county and get it refunded? In my county that makes nearly £3600. Not bad for a days work. Next step is just to buy stuff and then trade in for cash, maybe get £1800 pounds back depending on what you buy, not bad when you started with a hundred quid.Gary Cummings said:
In short, it's A) to stop people stealing from the company, and B) to stop any potential dodgy employee stealing your money using that info, cause that's even worse.
Isn't Gamestop slowly destroying the videogame industry?
I get everything through Amazon or digital delivery.
I get everything through Amazon or digital delivery.
Speaking from experience, the whole "hard sell" thing? I hate doing it as much as you hate hearing it. It gets drilled into your head that when people buy extra stuff, the margin is better, which means more profit, which means you still have a job. Maybe it was just my manager doing a "hard sell" tactic on me because of the "hard sell" he got from head office to try and make the company more money... well that's pretty likely. But anyway, point is, when it boils down to it it's what you get told to do. It's not for fun or to annoy people.Geo88 said:
I've been to one before that was kind of sucky, but my local one is awesome with super nice people running it. I can find some awesome games there, too.
I hate how you could buy a game for 60 bucks there, come back the next day to return it and they'll give you up to 5 dollars max, if you're lucky.
I don't mind my GameStop, the employees there are nice and know what they talk about and they rarely pester me with preorder questions and stuff. They have the games I want most of the time and they're just a 5 minute walk from me, so it's really convenient for me.
I have rarely had a bad experience in Gamestop. None of that preorder mess that everyone seems to undergo. Most likely because I buy my games some time after they have come out. But the clerks are relatively pleasant. Wish that trade in system wasn't a huge rip off though. I buy a game for 60 bucks I want at least 40 back. None of this "20 dollars for a game from this year" shit.
I've had people try to defend gamestop to me. Despite me telling my story of them trying to sell my friend and me a used PS3 for the new price of 599USD+tax. How did we know it was used? Rubber bands on wires, the layer of dust, lack of bags. "that's how it comes" the manager said.
Not the first problem or last I've had there.
Not the first problem or last I've had there.
On one hand they're the reason why my local Game Crazy went out of business (Which feels like so long ago), and of course after they took over Funcoland and EB the prices on everything went up and all of a sudden we had two or three locations in one city, including two in a mall by where I work.
But at the same time they also do neat little things like pre-order bonuses (And a few times, or many I can walk in and ask for demos/old pre-order codes and other goodies they no longer need yet could cost $2-10 as DLC later) and midnight release parties. Also it seems like the stores are constantly getting bigger and evolving in ways, which can be a good thing, frankly they're ok just for the preorder part.
However for cheap used games and games on out dated consoles I have other places to go...Places loads better. Honestly, I can't really hate them or love them either.
But at the same time they also do neat little things like pre-order bonuses (And a few times, or many I can walk in and ask for demos/old pre-order codes and other goodies they no longer need yet could cost $2-10 as DLC later) and midnight release parties. Also it seems like the stores are constantly getting bigger and evolving in ways, which can be a good thing, frankly they're ok just for the preorder part.
However for cheap used games and games on out dated consoles I have other places to go...Places loads better. Honestly, I can't really hate them or love them either.
I have no problem with them. The pre-order crap is more due to the publishers, prices are the same as anyone else for new games and used games are a matter of what the market is willing to pay and if you don't like the prices you may always look elsewhere to see if you can find a better deal. So really I don't see any reason to "hate" the company.zestamaster said:
I don't really mind that much. I have never had a problem with them and since I only get my PC games from Steam...well I have no reason to hate them. And generally I don't have bad service with them. Their service is better then most places I would normally shop/eat at anyways. I mean, they can't be perfect right?
I don't really know gamestop, but we have Electronic's Boutique who are owned by gamestop.zestamaster said:
Their prices are just retardedly high.
I know more in my pinky than the entire staff do about videogames.
The preowned prices are laughable, they rip people off severely in trade-ins, the music they play is fucking awful, and they monopolise all the good collector's editions, and don't let any other stores acquire them.
They're always hiring people who can barely speak english over me (when i've applied for a job in the past).
They just want yes men and they are a bunch of goddamned morons.
If gamestop are anything like their sister company EB, then yes I freaking hate gamestop! >.<
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Aso, that lame "EDGE" card? Frigging thing used to be free, now it's like $15 unless you make a purchase over $100.
Gametraders give out their discount card for free!
Fuck EB! that Rhymed xD
Yeah... no It's EB, trust me, it was factored into the cost somewhere.Knife-28 said:
They do anything they can to screw over customers, and their customer service is shite.
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