No Im not talking about display cases, unless the entire Gamestop stock is filled with open display cases. Theres actually a lawsuit against Gamestop over this. I’ve heard they apparently let employees open and “rent” new games and then still try to sell all those opened and played games as brand new.
More ever, even for sake of argument in your store you just had a display case you wanted to sell me, its still open. I can go down the street to be Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart etc and get a truely unopened game for the same price. Gamestop is the only store who feels the need to open their new games, Display cases or otherwise.
Best Buy also has several security cameras, and those Magnetized Anti-Theft Devices. Unless it’s in a mall, all GameStop has is Employee Honesty, and 1 Camera, if any. (And a gate and safe but that’s on lock-up). You walk into Best Buy and pick up a game in those funny plastic cases. Hell, when the Star Wars Lightsabers came out, it was Christmas, someone walked into my GameStop, grabbed three, and walked right out.
I have been a GameStop employee for quite some time, I heard Employees were SUPPOSEDLY allowed to, and if any, only on USED games; and that if said game was damaged in any way, said employee would have to buy it - No Defecting it out.
Sometimes you can’t stop a Dishonest employee. Hell, I almost sued GameStop myself before working there. A Crooked manager accused -me- of stealing $800 and a copy of Bioshock when he did it himself. He also was stealing systems and selling them on eBay. Thankfully he was caught and promptly fired, and a lawsuit was filed against him.
I love the company, I really do, and I ■■■■■■■ hate it when people like this give it such a terrible name.
All I can say is, LordRikerQ, if you’re so worried about it then just go elsewhere. Nobody is forcing you to shop at Gamestop. And unless you work there like Some_Guy does, you really can’t have an educated opinion on the matter.
I do go someplace else, mostly Target or I just order from Amazon. I dont blame every gamestop, I know its a chain and I’ve heard there are some gamestops out there with good employees that actually know about games and dont treat people badly or sell them used games as new. Definatly not blaming every gamestop in the chain but unfortunately from my personal experience with the local gamestops in my area, they definatly fall within the Stereotype of clueless employees and bad practices, again not blaming every gamestop, im sure Some Dude runs a good ship over at his store, unfortunately not all of us are lucky enough to have a good Gamestop in our area.
Yeah, that is unfortunate. I do feel bad for anyone that’s mistreated in a GameStop by employees who think they’re better then you, (I worked with one, I felt like the freakin’ Hank Hill of the Store). Whatever I’d say he’d make something up to get a sale. He’s also one of those people that don’t tell anyone they can cancel reserves, etc. Hated every minute of it. Most of the GameStop Horror Stories come from these employees too, and it’s killing the company slowly, like Cancer.
I hope you find a good GameStop, or a good employee who knows what they’re doing next time. Guess I just got heated about the topic, lol.
lol its okay, you work for the place and I didnt make it clear I do acknowledge there are good Gamestops out there. To be fair, I use to go to gamestop all the time when i was in my teens (im 28 now) because there was one with a good employee that knew his stuff, sadly he left and took the last good Gamestop experience with him. Now im stuck with all 3 Gamestops in my area giving me a headache every time i go in there, and always with the “you better preorder or you wont be able to buy the game” lies. Oh well, maybe one day a Gamestop will be good again here but these days i avoid the local ones like the plauge.
Kudos to you fellow Ghosthead for running a good store though.