[General Discussion] Gamestop and gutted games

Originally Posted by FatChocoboF3

I hate shopping at Gamestop.

Don't shop there then. :] I always hear these whinging stories from Americanadian's about how GameStop/EB's shit. Yeah, EB's shit here too. They're like a garbage tip! You could probably throw a big bag of smelly apples in there and they'd advertise it on their in-store radio! Shelving space isn't even used for games, they just load them with publisher blowjob 'coming soon!' boxes, everything is dumped on tables in the middle of the store so nobody can move without knocking a mountain of Barbie's Cheese Sandwich Adventures over. That's why I go to one of the many other stores that stock video games instead. Surely Gamestop isn't the only retail chain in America to stock unpopular games. You could do the same! You even save money! Shock! =o

I don't know why EB don't just follow what basically every other store has been doing for the past fifteen years or so, and keep the games locked in security cases. Sure it results in slightly less shelf space, but it's not like they use them anyway. Maybe install a security system that'll detect if someone runs out of the store with a game. That way they wouldn't have to bother throwing the discs and manuals in their bottomless pits! It is the 90's, there is time for technology. The local Game and JB-Hi Fi stores do this, and they stock a shitload more games than EB. I like EB for their massive amount of pre-owned games though, it's where I pick up all my obscure GOTY stuff for like $10 a pop. And the Edge card dealy is pretty neat. 10% off + one year warranty on anything (pre-owned lolololol).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually the ones that have the ugly pre-school ratings as part of the actual box art are completely manufactured here, disc, manual, cover, so they'll usually arrive at stores shrink wrapped. But yeah, the distributors that do the more visually pleasing thing of simply getting in Euro copies and slapping an Aussie sticker over the cover, remove the shrink wrap, and they'll end up at stores all scratched up no matter what. Which means we can't win either way really.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Time to make some new stores then, I'll lend a hand! We can build them out of shrink wrap! "NOBODY ALLOWED INSIDE"

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by mortis

However, EB Games/GameStop has treated me well. When I visited them about two months back, I got a game in which they said if I didn't like it, I could bring it back and get a new game. I did just that and had no problems whatsoever. Just showed the receipt, showed my new game, and was on my way.

That's a standard thing here still, I know they stopped it eventually in America, but they still let you return anything for any reason at all within seven days. They even extend it to a full month over the Christmas break. Little Timmy gets Wario Party 387,002 for Christmas, blows huge snot chunks on the disc, the case gets hit by a meteorite of the toilet variety, parents return the confusing mess a fortnight later because little Timmy's bored with it and they get their $100 back. EB puts the game back on the shelf and pretends it's still brand new.

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