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JaggedSac on 28 July 2008
forevercloud3000 said:

Ok so I let a good friend talk me into checking out a game from gamestop.  The only problem is we cannot decide on a game that we both can enjoy. I own a PS3 and he a 360. I would have much rathered to get something for my console (seeing as I am the one with the hook up) but he insisted that I check out a game on 360 from Gamestop. I finally give in after hrs of hounding and allow him to get a game for 360 this ONE time. He goes and finds a game, luck would have it he would want me to borrow a new game. Now Gamestop allows employees to borrow new games but they must come back in PERFECT condition. So I check it out, all is well.

Me and the same friend come back the nxt day or so, returning the game to the store as he was not that enthused with it. I place it on the counter for my boss to check the game back in the store. While loligagging with my associates for a moment my boss calls me over. Apparently the new game that I had borrowed had come back with a few gashes. Not nearly enough to be in operable, yet enough that the game could no longer be classified as "New". This in turn meant that I had to PURCHASE this game FOR A SYSTEM THAT I DONT EVEN HAVE!

You see, I dont blame my friend, I am the one who let him talk me into it. I more so blame the suckbox...oops....I mean xbox 360. I was there the whole time with my friend while it was in his possesion. He did not miss treat it in any way. He stayed in his 360,flat on the ground, for the entire period till we returned it. And to top it off he had only played it I would say for a total of 6 hrs.

Just one more reason why I dont like MS's machine.....

 

Well, that could cause problems.



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DMeisterJ on 28 July 2008

You guys can ask to not have the "gutted" copy, and if you do get it, you can get 10 percent off the MSRP if it's been opened. I've saved five and six bucks off of many games by doing that. It also doesn't hurt to be friends with the people that work there. Yes they're all pimple-faced nerds, or male chauvanists who think that the 360 is the best and the Wii sucks, but you only have to be friends with them a few minutes out of the day. Give them your Gamertag, and play a few rounds of Halo with them, and everyone will be happy.

I must have a pretty nice Gamestop, they don't push the cards on me, or pre-orders. But that's because I always say no anyway, and they know if I want to pre-order a game, I'll tell them.



crumas2 on 28 July 2008
forevercloud3000 said:
WAR_MACHINE77 said:
Well I thank you for your story as now I have more info to pass along to people so they won't shop at gamestop. The very idea of the store passing open box items off as new is completely unacceptable.

 

Only time this is allowed is when their are no more used ones left. It is encouraged that we stay aware of what top games are like.  If you did not already know, none of the games in GStop are in their cases on the walls and for display. If we get, say 4 halo,  We leave 3 of them sealed and "gut" one to be displayed. That "one" is only to be sold if it is our last one. With previous gen systems u could put in a game without it being destroyed. PS3  is perfect in these situations seeing as bluRay does not blemish easily (seriously, try scratching one, u WILL be AMAZED).

If Gamestop allows an employee to take a brand new game home, play it, and then the store sells it as "new", that is illegal.  Taking games out of the box and storing them behind the counter for sale doesn't violate this principle as long as the customer is made aware of the process.  Taking the game home and playing it before the sale, however, is definitely wrong... the game is then "used".  Testing the disc once--at the store--before sale is okay... again, as long as the customer is informed concerning the process.  The key word here is "testing".

I guess the argument you're trying to make is that the PS3 makes it easier for someone to be tricked into buying a used game as new.  This is like saying that you borrowed your neighbor's tools without permission but it was okay because you returned them in "good as new" condition.  If you were buying a toilet seat from Lowes would you want them to follow the same policy? 

If I bought a "new" game from Gamestop, took it home, opened it up and found a booger on the disc, I wouldn't want to be the person working at the store when I got back there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



SaviorX on 28 July 2008

My 360 bricked last month.......



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NiKKoM on 28 July 2008
crumas2 said:

 If you were buying a toilet seat from Lowes would you want them to follow the same policy? 

That was the funniest thing I have read today!!



 

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Hawk on 28 July 2008

Why are you on such a quest to bring down the Xbox 360? I've had it since a few months after launch. I've had one disk scratched in that whole time, and that was because my friend's 1 year old knocked the system over from it's vertical position. And really, you're intent was to knock the 360 here? It's GameStop you've put in the bad light.



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Dgc1808 on 28 July 2008

..... I knew about this from a video on youtube [the disc scratching thing]..... I love my ps3.... that is all....



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Jereel Hunter on 28 July 2008

I have a 360, and so do several of my friends, and the only discs that have EVER gotten scratched for any of us are when we have moved the system during operation. And in these cases, we have only ourselves to blame. Computers are placed in a spot where they won't be knocked over, and yet I often see 360's places where someone can knock it over. Find a safe spot for it and everyone's happy.



TWRoO on 28 July 2008

You can't sell an opened game as new... they come in plastic wrapping, which if opened makes it second hand.



Words Of Wisdom on 28 July 2008

Interesting. There are people who actually go to Gamestop.