I understand the hate, but I also understand why we need them. They are what I like to call the double edged sword of the gaming industry.

Its because of they are guys.. ain't I right?

if it was a nice girl you would have preordered all that shit and more

Maybe so. For the record I think the staff at GameStop are generally nice and knowledgable people. I've had some good conversations at times with employees. What I don't like is the GameStop play book, which I'm sure is handed down from above.

I guess I just prefer the mom and pop stores. The games are treated better, the staff demonstrate a passion for the medium, and the prices are more generous.

The Trade In value is horrible
The game you want is 60$ new
For a used copy it is 56$ (Which you can go on Ebay or Amazon and get it used for 40$ or less)
If you try to trade it in, you get like 15$ in store credit and 5 or 10$ cash
I know they have to make profit but seriously

The store itself isn't terrible, but the clerks are always pushy and obnoxious. I prefer stores like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Future Shop, or Amazon. They scan your items, you give them money, and you leave. No questions asked. No warranty, no insurance, no "you really want to pay $10 for shrink wrap?" I don't shop GameStop or EB Games unless they have some kind of exclusive pre-order bonus I want.

Seems like people have lots of complaints about their staff. I guess they really need to work on training their employees on good customer service. 

Could just be locations with a few overzealous workers trying to make a good impression with their bosses.

I didn't hear a peep about Farcry when I was there the last 2 days.

I never trade in used games and i barely ever buy used. Mostly i use gamestop because i generally feel more comfortable there than a more general retailer who might not be able or care enough to get a game day one.

Gamers act in trends. Once one person hates it, then 2 more will, 4, 8 and so on and so on. It's just the way forum users are in these industry.

For instance, take the word "butthurt" as an example. Somewhere deep into a lonely's man's basement he once got into an online arguement and called someone butthurt. Now that comment was seen online and spread like wildfire in the 2006 or earlier timeframe. Now we have it as a stand alone word in every online forum today along with various .gifs etc.

Gamers are trendy people you know. I can't tell you how many times I heard "It's over 9000!!" online in video game forums....

Well I get annoyed everytime I visit a Gamestop they pester to me for pre orders, buy a warranty, bring in my used games, etc. It just makes me want to yell, "No, no, no... I just want my game now lets wrap this up."

I was at Gamestop just the other day. I tried make a little small talk during the transaction but the cashier wasn't having it. He just tried to sell me something based on any word that came out of my mouth. He didn't even bother looking at me, this is service I've had from the Gamestop too often. That just makes me leave the store annoyed.

I actually prefer female cashiers at Gamestop. They generally act human.