Is Gamestop Evil? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[wip3outguy7]

The end of that video was awesome. Everything should end with evil laughter.

Wrd, I've watched this like 3 times today. The beginning is pretty weak but the Gamestop manager impersonation was gold.

Hah! That was sickening. Something in those last few moments made me back away from my monitor.

...and then later I'm going to take a bath in all your money...

[Replica]

I can confirm the PS2 cases story. It is now Gamestop policy to throw away complete cases of PS2 games that are under $5 in value. Once the case is tossed, the CD is to be placed in one of those paper yellow CD envelopes and stored with the rest of the loose PS2 games, usually by the register. I confirmed this with a conversation with a manager at a local Gamestop. I'm quite pissed about it.

I went to about 7 different Gamestop locations this weekend and only found 1-2 games worth buying. I had intended to buy around 10 games, had they HAD the cases. I saved a copy of Outrun 2006 because I saw the case literally in the trash can behind the register with about 30 other trashed cases and asked about it. I grabbed the case and went through the loose stack of paper sleeves of PS2 games and found it.

If you'd like to see what's on the death list, look through Gamestop's website for games around the $5 mark or lower and expect them to be loose and trashed, per company policy. I really wanted to relive Max Payne 1 and 2, Oni, Onimusha 3, Syphon Filter, Freedom Fighters, Ace Combat, Red Faction, Neo Contra, Megaman X7, Robotech, and so on. But they've made that impossible now.

Get out there! Collect PS2 games before they're all destroyed.

[wip3outguy7]

*shakes head* that's a travesty, man. And I'm watching too much shit on eBay to go CIB saving. Fuck.

[Specineff]

1. Go to Gamestop, and select any "new" game that is not shrink-wrapped. (Bonus if it has one of their stickers)

2. Take it to the counter.

3. Pull out a bill. Depending on the game, a 20 or 50-dollar bill will do.

4.Wipe your ass with the bill, and make sure the cashier can see you doing so before you hand him the money.

5. Repeat till they get the point.

[the7k]

It's a corporate thing, not an associate's choice.

Thus, being a dick to an associate, or even a manager, isn't going to change shit unless you happened to be on the set of an Undercover Boss episode.

[Flake]

Yeah. Gamestop employees get treated like shit enough as is. They are just trying to work. If opened copies of new games bother you just go across the street to Walmart.

[flojocabron]

be calm dude! gamestop is a corportation they have their own stupid rules and policies!

some workers cant help it and theres not much we can do anyways.

[MrPopo]

Am I the only one who has never found the "u mad" thing funny?

[Xonticus]

be calm dude! gamestop is a corportation they have their own stupid rules and policies!

some workers cant help it and theres not much we can do anyways.

4chan jokes aside, I'd be mad if I couldn't return an UNOPENED new game.

[Specineff]

Hyperbole and Satire say hello, gentlemen. No need to assume I don't know those facts.