Gah! Stupid Store!

[VinnyT]

Ok, todaqy I was driving around, lookinf for thrift stores and little game shops, and I find a place called" It's about Games".

The place had all kinds of games in it's windows, and it had the usual "Buy, Sell, Trade" stuff too. So, I go in to check it out.

This place had some nice stuff, old and new alike. Then, I saw a 4 row display with ALL boxed Genesis games!

Me being all estatic, I mull over what I can get(I only had about 12 bucks on me). Eventually, I bring a El Viento and a Road Rash box to the clerk, so he can get the games for me. After I pay, I grab the boxes, and the clerk says:

" Oh sorry, we don't sell boxes!"

Read that again. They DON'T sell the fuckin boxes with the games. Cause, you know, WHO'D WANT THE BOX TO THE GAME!

Fucking Douches.

[jonjandran]

Yea I went into a place like that in Mobile , Alabama.

Boxed prices but you don't get the boxes. :angry:

[The Insomniac]

Ouch. I've never heard of places that don't sell the boxes.

[Kejoriv]

You should ask to speak to the owner or mananger and find out why

[Cmosfm]

Rhino Video Games.....ever bin there? They don't sell the boxes either. Even though there just boxes on display with carbon coby covers.

That store really pisses me off, I remember the one time I DID want to buy a game that was loose...I take the shitty copy box to the counter and then he goes to the back, gets the game, puts it in a bag. I knew it was loose, but when I got home I looked at it and it looked like a dog got ahold of it!

I've never bought anything without looking at it from them again. idiots

[IcewynG]

There's one store here that just won't sell the games with boxes. They use it for display only. I had to talk the guy into letting me pick up a box + manual for Tagin' Dragon to complete the game... and even that, he sold me for some hefty price...

I mean, c'mon! At that price, they should sell the game w/ box & manual! But you know, it is one of those "ebay is god" stores, so...

IcewynG

[Push Upstairs]

The stores here have a similar policy....i asked the manager at one store only to find out that 90% of the boxes on the shelf are from his personal collection. :eek 2:

I asked the other stores and i was told something like "its hard to find boxes for games this old"

However one of those stores has often sold complete Master System games for $2. :rocker:

[KirbyStar27]

I hate stores like that. They shouldnt out the freakin box on them if they dont wnat to sell it JEEZ!!! :angry:

[classicb]

I had the opposite happen. I was buying NBA Jam for my Genesis and they had 3 copies boxed but they had their own seal on it so I couldn't open it before I bought it. So I went with the heavier one because I thought it would have the instructions in it. I open it and the manual looked like it had cereal spilled on it and the game had half a label. It was only $.99 and NBA Jam so it wasn't a big deal just annoying that I couldn't look in the box.

[tonyvortex]

are we all forgetting that funcoland was the same way?when i worked there we were even told to throw away all the display boxes(snes,genesis,extra dreamcast,psx).i of course took them all home in a garbage bag.funcoland didnt care about complete games.gamestop still doesnt care ,im lucky to now work at a store that gets tons of boxed games in.

[GamecubeFreek]

I have never had a game store not sell the box to me, but if they did I would be upset. Especially if it were a rare game and you think you have an awesome find, only to find out that you can only purchase the game loose.....sometime gamestore owners can be dumb.

[Garry Silljo]

There used to be 4 of those stores in my area but they all went belly up. When ever I went there or Funcoland I would just complain a lot and refuse to buy until I got the box. Eventually they would always cave.

[LAGO]

I managed to find a store in my area that had a bunch of Genny boxes and manuals with no carts. I thought i'd pick them up and then snag the Genny games loose to make it complete.

I asked the owner how much he wanted for them and he says "Well they haven't got the games and i'm doing inventory on the store so I can't sale anything right now, but feel free to check back in a couple weeks"

... and the reason you are open for business if you "can't sale anything"? a few weeks later they were gone. oh well.

[§ Gideon §]

I haven't encountered this sort of store, yet. I can understand why they would want to keep the boxes, but it still makes me a little peeved.