The management at EBgames are morons, and so am I.

[Atari7800]

Here in Georgia, all the EBgames put a round sticker on used game CDs that are still in the case... I'm talking PSone and Dreamcast titles, not games that come in a DVD box (they put stickers on those, too, but the trick won't work on DVD cases.) The sticker goes on the front where the case opens, over the end, and onto the back. If you don't break the seal, you can bring the game back for a full refund. If you break it, you can only exchange it for the same title. The stickers are a bitch to take off and always leave residue.

The moron factor... its super-duper easy to open a regular CD case from the other side... just pull the tabs apart gently and fold it out the other way. You could play your games for days, seal it back up, copy it if you were into that sort of thing, and take it right on back for a full refund.

How stupid is this?

The REALLY stupid part of this situation is that it took me almost A WHOLE YEAR to figure this out. I am even dumber than the policy. I have bought dozens... maybe hundreds of cheap PSone titles in the past year and scraped those damn stickers off each and every one of them (I don't ever return games.) Pulling the CD case apart makes removing the sticker so easy it's not funny.

Just goes to show that a even a moron can go to college and get a good job.

[tynstar]

[b]The REALLY stupid part of this situation is that it took me almost A WHOLE YEAR to figure this out.

They have the same policy here in Phoenix.

[Happy_Dude]

A non-game store near me has the same policy on CD's, DVD's and what
little games they stock. It's piss easy to peel the sticker without damaging it
but I swiped a roll of stickers while they wern't looking.
Got me a lot of free music a lot quicker than Kazaa :P

[Jasoco]

Ours puts stickers on all three opening sides. So I couldn't try that if I tried to try it.

[WiseSalesman]

So I couldn't try that if I tried to try it.

[hu6800]

Here in Georgia, all the EBgames put a round sticker on used game CDs that are still in the case... I'm talking PSone and Dreamcast titles, not games that come in a DVD box (they put stickers on those, too, but the trick won't work on DVD cases.) The sticker goes on the front where the case opens, over the end, and onto the back. If you don't break the seal, you can bring the game back for a full refund. If you break it, you can only exchange it for the same title. The stickers are a bitch to take off and always leave residue.

The moron factor... its super-duper easy to open a regular CD case from the other side... just pull the tabs apart gently and fold it out the other way. You could play your games for days, seal it back up, copy it if you were into that sort of thing, and take it right on back for a full refund.

How stupid is this?

The REALLY stupid part of this situation is that it took me almost A WHOLE YEAR to figure this out. I am even dumber than the policy. I have bought dozens... maybe hundreds of cheap PSone titles in the past year and scraped those damn stickers off each and every one of them (I don't ever return games.) Pulling the CD case apart makes removing the sticker so easy it's not funny.

Just goes to show that a even a moron can go to college and get a good job.

I wish EB sold used games back when they had Neo Geo carts for sale.
woulda made my life a hell of alot easier even with the stickers.

[nothingisttrue]

i collect genesis games and i found this to work easy since genesis carts are so small..... buy one and have two in your left hand hang it down it down to your side and buy one and then walk out. if they say what about those act like you forgot.... works 9 times out 10

[Half Japanese]

i collect genesis games and i found this to work easy since genesis carts are so small..... buy one and have two in your left hand hang it down it down to your side and buy one and then walk out. if they say what about those act like you forgot.... works 9 times out 10

While the other posts have been a bit unethical (as the store gets their product back at least), your method is flat out stealing. I'd trip you going out the door if I saw you. A leg drop may be in order as well, depending on my mood.

[bargora]

i steal genesis games

(corrected for spelling)

[Jasoco]

i collect genesis games and i found this to work easy since genesis carts are so small..... buy one and have two in your left hand hang it down it down to your side and buy one and then walk out. if they say what about those act like you forgot.... works 9 times out 10

Oh my God.

You are a fucking moronic asshole!

[swlovinist]

I am disgusted what some have said on this post, and you as a gamer I am ashamed to hear this crap at this site. If all you want to do is rip off stores and and manipulate return policies, then I will assisit the above person and trip you as well at the door. It is stuff like this that makes retrun policies continue to become more stingy. I dont care what people do on their own time, but when it comes to bragging about breaking the law, this is not what this site is about. May your futures bring 100 hours of playing Mary Kate and Ashley!

[Jasoco]

I am disgusted what some have said on this post, and you as a gamer I am ashamed to hear this crap at this site. If all you want to do is rip off stores and and manipulate return policies, then I will assisit the above person and trip you as well at the door. It is stuff like this that makes retrun policies continue to become more stingy. I dont care what people do on their own time, but when it comes to bragging about breaking the law, this is not what this site is about. May your futures bring 100 hours of playing Mary Kate and Ashley!

Agreed. I would take pride in pointing you (The shithead who likes to steal games.) out to the manager. And the police. And in a lineup.

[DJCapcomBoy]

Sickening. I too would help with this tripping (Algebra Time! trip x 3=Emegency Room). Besides, genesis games are usually like 2 freaking dollars! People Like that should be shot. Many times. I hang my head in shame to have my screenname listed in the same thread as you. Despicable.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Oh, if only we had a Battlezone still...

Locking this before it completely goes to hell.

>>BANG!<<

Kristine