Yikes. Good thing i rarely buy games at Gamestop that are not day-one preorders

EB games had a Black Friday sale for Lord of the Rings: War in the North and I just took their flyer to another store so I wouldn't have to give them my money.

It's not used though, taking the packaging off is cheeky and wrong I agree, but taking the packaging off does not mean the product is used.

It kinda is used because Gamestop not only takes the pakaging off but they remove the disk from the case. That makes it used, cause to be completely honest, how do you know the game hasn't entered a console? You wouldn't really be able to tell.

Some gamers like me care not only about the disk not having scratches but also the box looking new, they are a package deal. I take pride in taking care of what I own. With EB Games the boxes that they sell as new don't look new and looked used, and sometimes the disk don't look new either. So why would I want to pay the new price when I can buy it used and look exactly like the same product? I know it's weird but meh. The could just as easily put a white sticker on a open used box and call it new and you would never know.

Long story short, stores that sell games (atleast where I live) won't let you return the game once the plastic has been removed. They say once the plastic has been removed they consider it used because that the only way they can know if somebody actually used it (why would you open it and then not use it). So if stores use that moto for their constumers the same should apply to them.

Yes it is. As soon as the product is opened it is no longer new. It doesn't matter if the disc is non-scratched. This is why everytime they try to pull that bullshit I laugh at them and walk out of the store.

I would rather shop at Walmart or Amazon anyways. They don't pull this crap, and they're more often then not, cheaper then that rip off retail chain.

I get what you're saying, and I agree, when I but something new I want the packaging on and the seal in tact. I don't condon what Gamestop do, but I still don't class it as used (unless of course it has entered a console, and I'm aware some of the people that work their do that.) so you can't really tell. I am baffled as to how they get away with it though!

Good for them lmao, I've been abusing the used game system for years!

First of all unless you are specifically looking for a used copy of a game, don't even bother browsing any of the display shelves at GS. Instead just head straight to the register and tell them what game you want. If they don't have any new sealed copies of it behind the register and instead tell you to go over to the shelves and bring the box over so they can put the disc in it and charge you full price for a "new" game, then just tell them to go fuck themselves and leave. That's what I do.

YES!!!

Will you marry me Bro.... Brotastic?

Ya i agree with what your saying, it's not really used, but sadly it's not new either. It's something in the middle.