ripped off by gamestop

[Fuyukaze]

Gamestop sucks, that's a given. Catch is, you accepted it as being an open copy the moment you paid for it. If it was the only copy and you were given an empty case, then you'd be cheated. Add insult to injury if you didnt realize it till you get in your car and return less then 5 minutes later and they swear they gave you the game and somehow they have a disc only copy when 5 minutes before they only had the one. Yet you didnt leave the parking space right in front of the store and not one customer walked in.

[scooterb23]

Well. No one got fucked over by Gamestop as badly as I did. Guaranteed.

*SNIP*

That's not really Gamestop's fault

*insert favorite facepalm pic here*

As for the OP, you gave them the money for something you didn't want, because you were too impatient to wait a couple days for shipping by buying online, and you're complaining...why?

[boatofcar]

*insert favorite facepalm pic here*

As for the OP, you gave them the money for something you didn't want, because you were too impatient to wait a couple days for shipping by buying online, and you're complaining...why?

Because it's the internet. What's it for if not to complain about stupid stuff no one cares about?

[Flashback2012]

Don't misinterpret this as an attack by any means but at the same time I fail to see the need to offer any sympathy on your behalf. I don't agree with the gutting of new games any more than you do but you could have simply walked away and chose not to endorse their practice by not giving them your business but you didn't do that.

GS didn't force you to buy it. Their views on new games do not line up with yours and you DID have the option available to you to NOT purchase it based on what you believe in but instead of sticking to your convictions, you pursued the discount angle. You were refused one and yet you STILL purchased the game from them?!

I guess it's easier to play the victim at this point and make accusations that they cheated you somehow when the evidence in your responses proves this to not be the case. You claim you were out of options and yet that clearly isn't true at all. You optioned against waiting up to 2 weeks for a mail order copy because it was your birthday and you apparently had to have the game TODAY. It was merely a coincidental inconvenience that none of the other retailers you tried prior to GS had it in stock. I don't know how many GS/EB are in your area but you also had the option of having them check for you to see if another location had a sealed copy of the game in stock.

At any rate, it doesn't matter. You got your rant of your system by posting it on here for all to see and you got the game you wanted for your birthday. It's Monday and a new GS bashing thread was in order anyway. If anything, it gives us the opportunity to break out the smiley.

[scooterb23]

Because it's the internet. What's it for if not to complain about stupid stuff no one cares about?

Porn and stealing music.

[YoshiM]

Porn and stealing music.

He agrees with you on the former.

[NayusDante]

I recently did the same thing. I picked up Retro Game Challenge, "new," with a gash on the case that left a big visible crease down the front of the paper. I had decided that I was buying it anyway, but I did my best to get her to mark it down. Of course, she declined, and gave me the same "OMG ITZ NEVER BEEN PLAYED!!!111" crap, which I honestly don't care about. I can erase the save files, but I can't repair a damaged cover insert, which is essentially the only packaging we have left to display these days.

Instead of going home to play while angry, I actually checked the URL at the bottom of my receipt. Click the "click here to skip survey or submit negative feedback," (POLITELY AND PROFESSIONALLY) describe your disappointment with their policies, and check the box to indicate that you'd like to be contacted by the district manager. You'll get a friendly call from the DM who will be happy to explain store policy, and that he "doesn't see it changing any time soon." If they get enough of these calls, I'm sure that they'll realize that gamers aren't happy.


There's no sense bashing someone for buying a pseudo-new game from GS, as it accomplishes absolutely nothing.

[sisko]

If they get enough of these calls, I'm sure that they'll realize that gamers aren't happy.

Sure they'll realize it, but they won't do anything about it because they know that their policies save them money, and idiots will continuously concede to those policies anyway (and then complain about it on the internet)

[scooterb23]

Fun fact: if all the "Gamestop Sucks" threads in the Modern Gaming forum were combined into one. The forum would go from 101 pages long, to 8 topics.

[koster]

Fun fact: if all the "Gamestop Sucks" threads in the Modern Gaming forum were combined into one. The forum would go from 101 pages long, to 8 topics.

Then merge them, I say, and make the topic sticky...

[djbeatmongrel]

I'm indifferent to Gamestops practices and don't mind too much because i know a store or 2 around me that does keep good care of even the gutted stock of new games. I will say OP is pretty stupid becuase if he didn't want he didn't want it he didn't have to buy it. Since you settled this thread shouldn't have even been started.

The GOTY edition has been out for a year and a half. It's not like they are going to make a steady amount of copies to prevent shmucks like you from playing chicken little on the message boards when your dumb ass threw a handfull of rocks overhead.

This thread should'nt have even been made because you should have dealt with your decission and had been enjoying the game when you got home.

[Fuyukaze]

Says "meh!" and continues browsing porn.

It aint been said but it's quoted for future refrence.

[lakerstowin]

I also have problems at gamestop.My biggest problem is when I buy games and I dont check and go home, they are not in case or the wrong game is in the case.I think its my fault that I dont check before I leave but sheesh shouldnt I trust a company that sells you something to see you are give you the right item?

[Emuaust]

+1 for a thread merge.

[TonyTheTiger]

The problems people have with Gamestop can apparently be reduced to four complaints.

1) They gut games to put on the shelves.

2) The employees can borrow/play the gutted games which are then sold as new.

3) They put stickers all over everything.

4) They pay jack for trades.


In the long run, what you have here is not some evil corporation hell bent on making people's lives hell. What you have is a retail chain. There's nothing technically wrong with #1. They could do worse. #3 is annoying but really only the insert stickers are a real hassle. #4, well, you aren't going to get top dollar anywhere going through a middle man like that. Only #2 is genuinely deceptive. But this is really par for the course with major retail establishments. We could make lists like these for Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target, Blockbuster, Toys 'R' Us, the former Circuit City, etc. The lists might look different but there's always going to be some little pet peeve. Gamestop just takes most of the abuse here because this is a video game site and Gamestop is the biggest video game retailer so we have the most experience dealing with the company and its annoying habits.

I don't much like stickers all over my games either and waste little time in removing them as carefully as possible. But in the end, it's just a sticker. We might be a little more OCD about that stuff here but a little perspective can go a long way. I certainly wish that things would be a little different but it's not like there's some huge exposé about corporate headquarters refusing to hire minorities or employees wiping their asses with game manuals.

[bcks007]

5: Pre-order goodies get stolen, lost, never found, etc.

[Oobgarm]

6. Anything else to fault them for your own stupidity.

[Kroogah]

I ordered a large pizza w/pepperoni and mushrooms from Gamestop, and I specifically told them to put the pepperoni on top. When it arrived, not only was the pepperoni NOT on top, it was a styrofoam plate with 3 tacos al pastor! I don't even like tacos al pastor. I'm starting an online petition to complain about this.

[tubeway]

In turn, I'd like to see a thread on how people here have ripped off Gamestop. You know. Getting stacks of penny guides, cancelling pre-orders and getting a refund so they can keep the pre order goodies (which someone here admitted to doing regularly), stealing manuals out of cases, or knowingly trading in broken games and systems.

Maybe GameStop will join the board and complain about people ripping them off.

[Sniderman]

Fun fact: if all the "Gamestop Sucks" threads in the Modern Gaming forum were combined into one. The forum would go from 101 pages long, to 8 topics.

Just typed "GameStop" into the search engine here. Let's see what threads we got (skipping this thread)...

thoroughly pissed with gamestop (most recent post 5/8/09)
GameStop Selling Games Played By Employees As New (most recent post 5/2/09)
Zero Originality: The Gamestop Whistle Blower (most recent post 3/24/09 - became a GS sux thread
Gamestop rant (most recent post 3/4/09)
Internal GameStop video on selling to women (most recent post 3/3/09)

And I just kind of gave up after that.