Anyone "Power-up" at GameStop?

[IcKy99]

http://consumerist.com/2010/10/the-new- ... ivacy.html

meh... all the information you have to input for the card isnt anything people should be concerned about gamestop knowing.

[Hobie-wan]

http://consumerist.com/2010/10/the-new- ... ivacy.html

meh... all the information you have to input for the card isnt anything people should be concerned about gamestop knowing.

I didn't go checking their math, but look at the bit about dollars spent versus points and what they're worth.

[Nullface]

Reward cards are a scam to get you to buy more stuff than you normally would in the hopes that you'll get something worthwhile in return.

[sevin0seven]

i went to Gamestop after work and pick up a couple of used GCN games and they offered me this card...TWICE! (are you sure, are u sure)! leave me alone! ....

[Nullface]

i went to Gamestop after work and pick up a couple of used GCN games and they offered me this card...TWICE! (are you sure, are u sure)! leave me alone! ....

Same thing happens at Best Buy when you buy a computer. "Are you sure you don't want a 10 year warranty for $300 on your $250 netbook?"

[sevin0seven]

i went to Gamestop after work and pick up a couple of used GCN games and they offered me this card...TWICE! (are you sure, are u sure)! leave me alone! ....

Same thing happens at Best Buy when you buy a computer. "Are you sure you don't want a 10 year warranty for $300 on your $250 netbook?"

yep.

[CRTGAMER]

http://consumerist.com/2010/10/the-new- ... ivacy.html

Firstly, the program rolled out nationally just last week, so every Gamestop employee in the country is under orders to sign up everyone under the sun for the program. The company expects that with the rewards program being available in a free option that they can get 90% of customers signed up for these cards.
If you go into any Gamestop between now and Christmas (and probably beyond) you can expect to be badgered mercilessly about the card and given the stink eye if you don't want one, even a free one.

Secondly, the program is not a very good deal anyway. You get points on every purchase (10 points per new dollar, 20 per used dollar) than can be redeemed on the poweruprewards,com website. That sounds cool, until you realize the breakdown is roughly 1000 points = 1 dollar on most items.

A 3 month Xbox live membership that costs $20 will cost you 20 000 points to get through the rewards program. Do the math on that and you'll realize you have to buy either $2000 worth of new stuff or $1000 of used stuff just to get a "free" 3 month card. Point being, very few consumers spend enough money at Gamestop to get much out of the card.

Lastly, when you go to activate on-line, you can't do anything until you answer a slew of questions, including your age range, number of people in your household, gaming preferences and a whole section about how often you preorder games, buy used and trade in. You have to cough up a lot of info just to get the 250 bonus points for "activation."

The easiest way to avoid being signed up for the program (aside from saying no course) is to NOT give your e-mail address to any Gamestop employee who asks for it. An email address is required to sign up for the program. If you don't give them one, they can't sign you up. If they try to do it anyway (which some managers encourage), make a complaint to a manager or district manager.

God, and I though Gamestop finally cooled off on the older greetings.

Before the new card, Employee on the phone while I'm standing in line:
"We take trades of ..., We can preorder the game ..., We are having a 20 percent ..."

Expecting next sentence to be: "Polly wants a cracker."

No offense to employees, its corporate making them rattle off that annoying speech.
The points don't mean much, I'll continue to use it like the Edge card, for the used discounts.