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Euphoria14 said:

Never have issues when I go to Gamestop and I usually buy all of my stuff there.

Yeah I usually get the good ol' "Anything I can help you with?" but unless I know what I went in there for I just say "No thanks" and that is that. That and usually while I they are ringing up my items they ask if there are any future titles I might be interested in, which I also usually reply "Not at the moment".

Asking a customer if they need help is called common courtesy, yet on gaming forums people act like it's a crime against them. It's not really that big of a deal.

 

Oh yeah and those unwrapped cases on the shelves are not the ones you buy. They keep those in the drawers behind the counter. Why the heck would they put plastic wrapped items on the shelf? That's a good way to have things stolen.

Im fine with the common 'you need some help' or whatever but not when they force it on you. And there were clear display boxes and then games in normal cases both with new stickers on them. Maybe they should mark things better. And if its new it would have anti-theft measures.



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Euphoria14 said:
dukerx2 said:

I told him the game is averaging a 6.5 so I'd look into it before buying it, maybe to watch gameplay or read different reviews and he said 'oh ok thanks'. He acted like didn't do his research on it and I gave him better information than the Gamestop employees were giving him. I didn't say 6.5, don't buy it.  

Believe it or not people find stuff like that to be quite annoying.

When you go into the theatre do you normally tell people (while waiting in line) that they should look into a movie first before laying down money for their ticket? "Excuse me sir, but do you know Kingsman only has a 59 Meta?"

He was getting information from the staff, If he wasn't asking questions I wouldn't have said anything.



dukerx2 said:
Euphoria14 said:

Believe it or not people find stuff like that to be quite annoying.

When you go into the theatre do you normally tell people (while waiting in line) that they should look into a movie first before laying down money for their ticket? "Excuse me sir, but do you know Kingsman only has a 59 Meta?"

He was getting information from the staff, If he wasn't asking questions I wouldn't have said anything.

That changes things then. You made it seem like he was buying it and you just blurted out info about it's metascore and basically trying to talk him out of his purchase.

When people do stuff like that to me I usually respond by saying "If I wanted your opinion I would ask for it."

 

Although if he asked the clerk for info and you just inject yourself into the conversation because you didn't like the info he was  giving, you are basically undermining him, so no doubt he would be aggrivated.



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lolwut? Why did they ask you to leave when you inquired them about the simple question surrounding Evolve's poor performance? I don't get it.

I pretty much never buy games from shops anymore. I either order them online and just buy digitally, which is becoming more and more the case since this gen started.



 

I tried a new Gamestop a few weeks ago and the workers were surprisingly chill and friendly. Never pushed anything, always answered questions, made sure I was informed about my purchase. Complete opposite of what I'm used to.

I think they go against corporate policy in how to deal with customers, because I actually felt respected.



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Euphoria14 said:
dukerx2 said:
Euphoria14 said:

Believe it or not people find stuff like that to be quite annoying.

When you go into the theatre do you normally tell people (while waiting in line) that they should look into a movie first before laying down money for their ticket? "Excuse me sir, but do you know Kingsman only has a 59 Meta?"

He was getting information from the staff, If he wasn't asking questions I wouldn't have said anything.

That changes things then. You made it seem like he was buying it and you just blurted out info about it's metascore and basically trying to talk him out of his purchase.

When people do stuff like that to me I usually respond by saying "If I wanted your opinion I would ask for it."

 

Although if he asked the clerk for info and you just inject yourself into the conversation because you didn't like the info he was  giving, you are basically undermining him, so no doubt he would be aggrivated.


Oh, yeah I should have explained  that better. My bad. I agree 100% with you about the opinion sharing. And yeah I don't blame them for being  mad, Id flip my shit if someone did that to me. But I felt I should step in, should I have just minded my own business , probably. But If the roles were reversed I'd hope someone would do the same for me.



RCTjunkie said:
I tried a new Gamestop a few weeks ago and the workers were surprisingly chill and friendly. Never pushed anything, always answered questions, made sure I was informed about my purchase. Complete opposite of what I'm used to.

I think they go against corporate policy in how to deal with customers, because I actually felt respected.


When I picked up The Order the clerk handed me my receipt and said the following: "We heard from a few people that the code on the reciept isn't working, it might have to do with PsN updating on Tuesdays  and this game is a Friday release, which is not the norm. If you ever come in again feel free to let me know how it went for you. It would be great if I knew exactly how those are handled, that way I can let people know when they pick up the odd Friday releases.

He didn't have to do that, but he did and it shows he listens to what the customers tell him and that he actually gives a damn.

The people at my local GameStop are really good people.



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Last time I went to a Gamestop I wanted to preorder USF4 so I can get the preorder outfits. I walked around the shop to see what else they had, and never got 1 question about needing assistance. There was 4 people in the store. Me, my brother, the clerk, and this girl he was flirting incessantly with. After seeing the prices and nothing of interest, I went to the counter to preorder the game. He typed on the computer for a minute and told me it wasn't in their system. The game was due to launch in a week or so and the game wasn't in their system. So defeated, I left Gamestop and have not been back since. That Gamestop has since closed.



spurgeonryan said:
Yes, the selection is way worse than lets say.....amazon or Ebay, but it is still pretty much your best bet in most areas. So not really sure how it is horrible unless you are looking for DS, PSP, Vita or Wii U games.

Very little PS4 games and the PS3 games were garbage. And yes shockingly no Vita games. 



I've had bad experiences but it's been a long time. GameStop has been pretty good to me in the past several years.