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My Game Stop Story
TDIRunner:
So as I mentioned last week, Game Stop will stop carrying PSP games starting September 1st. I’ve noticed that most of their PSP prices are actually pretty cheap which makes sense since they will basically only be carrying these games until they are gone. So despite the fact that I hadn’t been in a Game Stop in many years, I’ve been stopping by just about any one I can find to see what they have.
Earlier this week I found a copy of Metal Gear Ac!d for $4. Not bad. I bought it and when I got home, I discovered that they gave me Metal Gear Ac!d 2, which I already have. The next day I called and told them what happened. They said that it must have been labeled wrong because they didn’t have a copy of the first game. They said they would check a few other stores and told me to call them back in 20 minutes. While I was waiting, I was near another store, so I stopped in to see if maybe they had the game. I told them what happened and the guy working there told me that stores cannot transfer games and if the other store didn’t have it, then I was out of luck. I asked him if I could just return the game to his store since I was already there and I had the game with my receipt. He said no, because it would screw up their inventory. Then he asked me why I didn’t just download it digitally. I told him I don’t buy digital games and he looked at me like I was an idiot. He said that I was going to have a hard time getting games in the future…..??? , whatever that means.
So anyway, I left the store unhappy. I was planning on writing a short story here saying how I would never go to Game Stop again. But before I had a chance to do that, I went ahead and called the first store back. They guy said he found the game and was having it sent over to his store. He will swap me out on Wednesday. He went on and on about how sorry he was and how embarrassed he was that they mixed up the games.
So the point of this long story is that while many of us will probably agree that Game Stop isn’t our favorite gaming store, it’s worth mentioning that there are some good workers out there and if you give them a chance, they will treat you right. While I will probably never go back to the second store, I will continue to shop at the first store just because of the way the worker went out of his way to make me a happy customer.
Sorry, that was longer than I planned.
Beastman1975:
the 2nd guy is wrong and should be reported game stop can and will transfer games and you can return a purchase to any store reguardless of reason
id also call the 1st guys boss and commend him for fixing the problem
Ozzy_98:
I went into a game stop, and the person behind the counter tried to talk to me. I hate that. Most of the time it's like this:
Counter dude: "Oh yes, this is a great game"
Voice in my head: "I may get around to playing 5 mins of it in a year or four. Right now, it's shelf decoration"
Voice outside of my head: "Yea I heard"
Counter dude: "Oh and this one is also a great game too"
Voice in my head: "I figured that by the $3.99 price tag. Stop saying games are good if you don't even know what a turbo duo is"
Voice outside of my head: "yep"
Counter dude: "I play this one online alot"
Voice in my head: "What? You just rambled on about every first person shooter, but you didn't say shit when you put Ys for PSP in the bag?!"
Voice outside my head: "Mmm hmm"
Counter dude: "Oh now this game, it's the best ever. My clan and I..."
Voice in my head: "Here's $5, please shut up"
Voice outside my head: "yea, FPS sure are fun. And so original."
Counter dude: "Ever play this one? You in any clans?"
Voice in my head: "I will fucking stab you."
Voice outside my head: "I will fucking stab you."
Gutling:
Lol I will stab you
My local Gamestop recieves nothing but praise from me, the people there are awesome. Give me free old cases, help me whenever I need info. They even let me swap generic cases for originals if they have them. It just all depends on the people behind the counter. If they are true hobbyists they will go out of the way for you. If its just a 9-5 job, your sol lol.
Superchop:
Gamestops are hit or miss...I go to 1 where I actually like the employees. Of course they'll be doing their jobs and ask about preorders and such, but a simple no thank you is all that is needed for them to drop it. I don't know them by name nor do they really know mine, but they recognize me when I go in. Other gamestops in my area though...have a whole different atmosphere when I go in...one that I feel the employees are just there for a paycheck and nothing else.
While I do believe most of the "horror" stories of gamestops from other people on the internet, I also believe that a lot of them are either made up or exaggerated since a lot of video game sites/forums have a "it's cool to hate gamestop" stigma.