I don't really have a problem with Gamestop. I buy used games sometimes. I NEVER sell them. Even if a game sucks. The only time I can remember doing this is with Killzone 3 (Good game but didn't appeal to me at all--got Red Dead Redemption instead. Almost an even exchange!) and Velvet Assassin. Aside from that, I can't remember the last time I traded a game in. In a way, I wish I'd kept them both.
-I just bought Witcher 2 and the guy tried really hard to sell me a strategy guide. "It's a really big game and you're gonna need a guide!", he said. It's not like I don't have the internet.
-His friend tried really hard to get me to pay $3 for a protection plan. I told him I own like 1000 games and none of them ever broke.
That's about it. Nothing I can't really handle. Just say no. They're salesmen so it's their job to try and sell you stuff. The issues I do have are pretty ancient. Once I heard the guy tell a lady to buy a PS2 cooling system to keep the console from catching on fire. What the hell? Another time, a guy tried to sell me a used copy (I know it was used because two kids were playing it on the demo and he got it out of the Gamecube right in front of me!) of Freedom Fighters as if it were a new game. Lastly, I bought a used copy of Condemned: Criminal Origins with the case because I like for my games to look new. When I got to the car to examine my booty (shut up, perv), I saw that he'd switched cases on me. I took it back and got the case.
Really, I've been able to get new and used games from Gamestop for less than they were selling at Wal-Mart (and vice versa, to be honest). I've been able to exchange a shitty game for a better game if it was used. I got a used copy of Batman AA for the 360, beat it and traded it for a new Dance Central 2 without any questions asked (it was within the two week limit so every penny I spent went towards the new game). I even like Game Informer magazine. Sometimes I bitch and complain but that's just me acting like a gamer. We bitch and complain about everything. Doesn't mean we don't love 'em.
