I think I was scammed by Gamestop

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^Any reputable store would give a discount off a display box. Guess Gamestop isn't that store...but we already knew that.

nordlead said:

mesoteto said:
its proably teh same as the local store, take teh game out incase someone steals teh case, then the store just shipped it from there

does gamestop work that way? I never buy online there, but I thought they shipped from a central warehouse.

I asked if you opened it only cause if the disc isn't scratched and the paper work looks like it is in good shape, then who cares.

 

 

 Anyone and everyone should care! If someone pays the new price for an item, that's what they should get, not a used item which would have been cheaper. Also, what kind of customer service is that? It lacks professionalism. Think about it like this too, if it is in fact a used game, they bought it from a consumer for peanuts like they always do. Now that wouldn't be so bad if they paid a gamer $10 or $15 and turn around and sell it with a used price of $25 or $30 which would be fair and understandable. If they instead turn around and sold it and $50 or $60, how could you not see the problem in that?

So not only is the person who bought the game thinking it would be new getting screwed, they also took advantage in some sort, the person who sold it in the first place. And we haven't even gotten to the developers and publishers of the game. If it's a used game being sold as "new", they're not seeing any profit from the game sale where they would've if the customer had gotten to buy an actual new copy of the game.

 

And Fishy Joe, the first problem is where you said "I expect this from a local store". If that's what you think of Gamestop, shouldn't you think twice of buying from there? I feel bad for you and hope you get your problem resolved.

 

I've had bad feelings about Gamestop and because of that, I rarely buy from there, only games that are on big sales. If I'm going to pay full price for a game, I'd rather go to a real store that I feel I can trust and isn't going to try and rip me off is some scheme. Now though, after this story and others like it which I hear far too often and it also makes me think back to an occurance where I may have been ripped off in a similar manner, I think I'm going to stop shopping there altogether.