Mod_Man_Extreme wrote:You guys do know you can just ask one o the employees there to save you a case when they get it in, or hand them a lost of stuff you're looking for, right?
If you visit any local store often you get to know the employees and management staff, Get buddy buddy and you typically and earn the privilege to ask favors if you're actually friends with them.
I've always held many a game for a regular customer that had a list of stuff they've been looking for. The point is if you treat the customers that always come in right they keep coming back and that's important.
Also: Yeah it's a shame that they're throwing away the cases for PS2 games, but frankly I'm fucking sick and tired of hearing about it. The system is ON IT'S DEATH BED, get over it. We all play retro and understand what that entailed when we got into it. We're not going to have any major support, all of the stuff we want seems to be discontinued or on the way out and to a lot of people it's considered garbage.
The thing is, the stuff is on clearance, gone, outta here, sayonara, good bye. The big problem is there's so fucking much of it with more still coming in daily that we don't have anywhere to put it. Cases take up space, and LOTS of it. If we want to keep the damn lights on and pay the bills that means making money which entails selling current gen product. That means if you want a nice big 360/PS3/Wii/DS/PSP wall with lots to choose from, discount bins for all three and a good amount of accessories to choose from concessions have to be made.
Reality is harsh and I know that to some this can sound like a travesty, but fuck off and get over it. The world turns, time goes on, consoles die and the next gen comes into it's own. Gamestop is a store that has always pandered to the larger demographic. Up until 2006 that was us, the hardcore die hard gamers. But when the family and social gaming side crept up and it became mainstream they had to evolve or get destroyed much the same way Hollywood Video's Game Crazy and Blockbuster's Game Rush were.
If you want retro games there are stores EVERYWHERE dedicated to our hobby. Just look at the massive game store directory we've amassed. There are tons of people like us willing to band together and make the best of it. I know complaining about a situation or something you don't like feels good, but dump the childish sentiment and act mature when reality checks like this come your way. It's a sign that times change and life goes on whether you're ready for it or not, adapt your hobby and buying habits/store of choice accordingly and you'll survive well, ignore it and you'll die trying.
lisalover1 wrote:Here's something interesting I just learned. I was talking with a GS employee, and he said that Gamestop is in the process of closing down all of it's mall locations. Opinions?
lisalover1 wrote:Here's something interesting I just learned. I was talking with a GS employee, and he said that Gamestop is in the process of closing down all of it's mall locations. Opinions?
The one in my nearest mall closed a year ago.
This might be true. Gamestop bought out EB and has some locations oversaturated. There is a Gamestop in a local mall that closed down six months ago. The next one is less then a block away is in a dead tiny location with a few generic independent stores next to it. Probably cheaper the the mall rent.
Maybe Gamestop has such a preorder stranglehold, any location is fine?
But ten blocks south there are another two Gamestops right across the street from each other! One used to be EB, maybe the company has gotten too big to catch this mistake?
lisalover1 wrote:Here's something interesting I just learned. I was talking with a GS employee, and he said that Gamestop is in the process of closing down all of it's mall locations. Opinions?
There are 4 Gamestops in Ocala. Two pairs, and each pair is on the opposite side of town, but the stores are only about a block away from each other. I've always thought that was strange. There used to be two in the Gainsville mall, but they were wisely condensed a couple years ago. I've always felt they had a few to many locations.
lisalover1 wrote:Here's something interesting I just learned. I was talking with a GS employee, and he said that Gamestop is in the process of closing down all of it's mall locations. Opinions?
I wouldn't be too upset. Around here it's only the mall locations that throw out PS2 cases and put stickers directly on the game artwork.
"There are two ways to get enough. One way is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." G.K. Chesterton
lisalover1 wrote:Here's something interesting I just learned. I was talking with a GS employee, and he said that Gamestop is in the process of closing down all of it's mall locations. Opinions?
Makes sense in my town. We have one in the main-mall, and then one right across the street in an upscale strip-mall. And then even another just a few blocks away in a Safeway-centered strip-mall. All 3 of them on the same side of the city. And I live in a decent sized-city of 100,000 that's spread out. What kind of sense does that make for Gamestop? Why wouldn't they put on in each section of town instead?
noiseredux wrote:but if you said to them "can I have all the PS2 cases we throw out?" Would they let you have them?
That would be up to my manager or district manager to decide. The problem there is people's first instinct would naturally be to assume something like that would be to resell the cases en-masse. Corporations (like any business) don't want to give someone else a way to make money off them. Especially with their own "garbage" as they see it.
Gamestop, confirmed for assholes. My boycott holds strong.
I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but most retail stores do this. If there's a display set up for some product or older out of season things that 'won't sell', most chains will destroy and throw it away instead of selling it. When I worked at Kmart years and years ago, they did this. I know Target does from a relative working there. It seems some clothes stores (or brand names) will tear up clothes before dumping them instead of donating them to charities and the like.
Mod_Man_Extreme wrote:
That would be up to my manager or district manager to decide. The problem there is people's first instinct would naturally be to assume something like that would be to resell the cases en-masse. Corporations (like any business) don't want to give someone else a way to make money off them. Especially with their own "garbage" as they see it.
Gamestop, confirmed for assholes. My boycott holds strong.
I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but most retail stores do this. If there's a display set up for some product or older out of season things that 'won't sell', most chains will destroy and throw it away instead of selling it. When I worked at Kmart years and years ago, they did this. I know Target does from a relative working there. It seems some clothes stores (or brand names) will tear up clothes before dumping them instead of donating them to charities and the like.
I know it's done everywhere, but it's still a shitty practice that I can't understand the reasoning behind.
What does it matter if product is destroyed versus an employee taking it home or it going to charity?
