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Edouble24 on 15 January 2008
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twesterm said:
Edouble24 said:
twesterm said:
I'm sorry, but Best Buy was actually in the right here.

Think of this as like buying alcohol at a grocery store: you can't do it if you're accompanied by a minor and you're not the legal guardian.

I'm sure the cashier shouldn't have been so loud and I'm sure the guy shouldn't have been so rude but it doesn't change the fact that Best Buy is following policy and good for the cashier for doing her job and putting her foot down. I would much rather see this story than see some story about how some 15 year old got a copy of an M rated game and then rose a stink about it.
Except it's NOT ILLEGAL FOR MINORS TO PLAY M RATED GAMES! Stop comparing this to buying alcohol. It's playing a video game. One is illegal, one isn't. That makes a BIG difference.

 


It's not illegal for someone under 17 to play an M rated game and it's actually not illegal for someone under 21 to drink, but it illegal for someone under 17 to buy an M rated game and someone under 21 to buy alcohol.

They are different things but it's still the same situation: if you're buying the item in question (M rated game, alcohol, whatever) and you have someone under the age whom you're not a guardian of, the seller has every right and should assume you're buying it for them.

I meant it's illegal to buy alcohol for a minor. You're not supposed to do that. A parent can't buy alcohol for their kids, they would get arressted.

It's NOT Illegal to buy an M rated game for a minor.  Minors are allowed to buy M-rated games as long as they have someone over 17 with them. This one did(and he wasn't even the one buying the game)

The rules are completely different.