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vivster said:

Less socializing means more gaming. I guess people who waste time to walk to and talk to people aren't real gamers :P

BTW I get my games delivered early in the morning or even the day before. Would be nonsensical for me to walk out of the house and wait for stores to open.

Oh shit.... >_>



                
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vivster said:

BTW I get my games delivered early in the morning or even the day before. Would be nonsensical for me to walk out of the house and wait for stores to open.

What kinda service is that? Amazon send out the game before you even ordered it?



 

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NiKKoM said:
vivster said:

BTW I get my games delivered early in the morning or even the day before. Would be nonsensical for me to walk out of the house and wait for stores to open.

What kinda service is that? Amazon send out the game before you even ordered it?

Sometimes Amazon has been known to ship out a game to ensure it reaches you by the release date, only for it to show up the day before release.

I buy from Amazon too and have yet to run into that though and I have Prime, so everything is 2-day shipping.



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Its called EB games in Canada and I think in some other countries like Australia.
Their games are really expensive. I barely ever shop there cause I don't like their prices.



    

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two reason for me.

1. I know they are ripping me off insanely when i sell back a game. Only time I sell to them instead of elsewhere or just giving game away for free is when clearing out old catalog of useless games and lazy, so guess better than garbage. But still, just the though.

2. The judgingness of its employees. Seriously if your not in the correct section of whatever fanboy flag the employee has going on he looks at your like your an idiot and tries to sway you to buy said system or asks why you like said system, ect. Hell I hate when ANY employee asks me if I need help. If I need help I will find you. But the judginess of gamestops employees amps up the annoyingness of employees asking if you need help to 11.



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Euphoria14 said:

Sometimes Amazon has been known to ship out a game to ensure it reaches you by the release date, only for it to show up the day before release.

I buy from Amazon too and have yet to run into that though and I have Prime, so everything is 2-day shipping.

Sometimes I forget the US is a big ass country.. here in the Netherlands you can pretty much order untill 20:00 and it still is next day delivery..



 

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irstupid said:
two reason for me.

1. I know they are ripping me off insanely when i sell back a game. Only time I sell to them instead of elsewhere or just giving game away for free is when clearing out old catalog of useless games and lazy, so guess better than garbage. But still, just the though.

2. The judgingness of its employees. Seriously if your not in the correct section of whatever fanboy flag the employee has going on he looks at your like your an idiot and tries to sway you to buy said system or asks why you like said system, ect. Hell I hate when ANY employee asks me if I need help. If I need help I will find you. But the judginess of gamestops employees amps up the annoyingness of employees asking if you need help to 11.

Not everyone who works at Gamestop flies under a console banner. There are people there just trying to work a job and make money.

 

I very rare, if ever run into these terrible workers I hear so much about. It also a store employees job to ask if a customer needs help. It's meant as a courtsey, nothing more. Simply say "no thanks" and they'll leave you be.



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NiKKoM said:
Euphoria14 said:

Sometimes Amazon has been known to ship out a game to ensure it reaches you by the release date, only for it to show up the day before release.

I buy from Amazon too and have yet to run into that though and I have Prime, so everything is 2-day shipping.

Sometimes I forget the US is a big ass country.. here in the Netherlands you can pretty much order untill 20:00 and it still is next day delivery..

Yeah, most pickups end by 5pm here. If you order afterwards it is likely to be shipped out the next day.



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I don't hate gamestop. I hate the notion of 100% digital being forced onto gamers and not being priced in line with retail, and I am glad the big 3 did not do that this gen.



Euphoria14 said:
irstupid said:
two reason for me.

1. I know they are ripping me off insanely when i sell back a game. Only time I sell to them instead of elsewhere or just giving game away for free is when clearing out old catalog of useless games and lazy, so guess better than garbage. But still, just the though.

2. The judgingness of its employees. Seriously if your not in the correct section of whatever fanboy flag the employee has going on he looks at your like your an idiot and tries to sway you to buy said system or asks why you like said system, ect. Hell I hate when ANY employee asks me if I need help. If I need help I will find you. But the judginess of gamestops employees amps up the annoyingness of employees asking if you need help to 11.

Not everyone who works at Gamestop flies under a console banner. There are people there just trying to work a job and make money.

 

I very rare, if ever run into these terrible workers I hear so much about. It also a store employees job to ask if a customer needs help. It's meant as a courtsey, nothing more. Simply say "no thanks" and they'll leave you be.

Yea and i hate that they have to ask if you need help.  I think all guys hate that.  It's the difference between guys and girls shopping.  99% of the time when guys go shopping they know what they want before they leave the house.  They don't just go to browse.  

Strangely enough the only times i'm ever in gamestop (besides selling junk games to clear space) is to just browse.  I'm need to waste time for whatever reason and thus just browse to see if some random game or deal catchs my eye.  But again this is another insance of where an employee could not help me.  I have no idea what i'm looking for so how could he/she?

The console banner flying may not be always true, but the fact htat gamestop stores are so tiny even if they have already been told "no thanks" they are still only like 10 feet away and pretty much watching you.  It bugs the hell out of me.