Yeah, trade-ins are complete BS. I sell mine to my friends for more than Gamestop would ever give me.

That's probably because you live in NY, P7.  Best Buy probably only gets 200-400 copies of something at a time, and they could sell that in a day easily, especially if its launch day.  Best Buy in the big cities sometimes run out of stock, but the rural Best Buy near me is a very dependable store.  If only it was closer than 45 mins, I would probably live there, or at least fill out an application every week or so.

Im tired of going into Gamestop and everyone that works there acting like Im this casual gamer that knows nothing about gaming at all. Its so condescending and maybe they dont mean to come off that way or maybe most people that do come in their stores in this day and age of Wii gaming are stupid to most things gaming but it just drives me up the wall.

I walk into today wearing my Mercenaries 2 beanie and Halo 3 t-shirt, so right away they should know Im a hardcore gamer and that Im probably "in-the-know" about whats hot and whats coming out. Im just there to buy Microsoft points, and yes it killed me to actually pay for them, and instead of just ringing me up they have to harass me about reserving a game. I know they are probably supposed to do this, in fact I know they are as I know people that work there, but goddammit if I want to fucking reserve something I fucking will.

Then when you say no they start listing off all the "hot" titles coming out and the guy even had the nerve to try and get me to reserve Modern Warfare 2 which doesnt even come out until November or something. I was like dude that doesnt even come out until November and hes like yeah thats true. And they dont even ask me what consoles I have or what games I like they just tell me what I should be reserving, which most times they may be correct but a lot of times I have my interests.

Then they go on and on about how if you reserve this game you get this and that. Yes a fucking know. Most times I can recite the release dates for most games better than they can. I just like asking them when something random comes out and then watch them frantically look it up on the computer while I tell them the exact date to within a week and they are like yeah...your right.

So today they are pushing the new Batman game on me and before they let me check out they are like "well we have the demo for it on the PS3 over there, you should check it out and see if you want to reserve it". So Im like cool, I actually would like to do that but I made sure to go ahead with my transaction before hand because I already know Im going to play Batman but its not a "must have" for me. Then the guys comes and stands over me and tries to tell me how to play the game and Im like dude seriously, Im pretty sure I can figure it out, they just showed me the controls and Im not a fucking retard.

Anyways, I know most of the guys that work in Gamestops are generally pretty cool but they just need to understand how annoying they can come off to hardcore gamers sometimes.

Ha, wow. I've never had a Gamestop visit like that. I really would have been rude to the douche bag. They do the same routine with me though. Do you have anything to trade in? Does it look like I fucking do! Do you have anything to reserve? Do you have an Edge card? I already handed it to you. Do you want a warranty? NO!

Last time I was there I asked if their warranty covered me snapping it in half in a fit of rage and without even a smirk they said No. Do they hire robots to run these stores?

Just cut them off before they say anything. When I go to Futureshop/Bestbuy and I see some vulture swooping in for his commission I quickly turn to him before he even opens his mouth and say "I'm fine thanks." That's the polite way of saying fuck off.

Roket wrote on 04/27/09 at 00:25:22:


Pokemon Double Penetration?  Shouldn't this go in that other thread?

Yeah, sales associates are more starving now in this economy because their boss is probably breathing down their necks pushing them to push the customers into spending more cabbage.  Just know that it's not usually the employees, but the store manager of each store that decides how aggressive to be.

The Best Buy around me doesn't push me around for example to buy the biggest things.  When I was looking for an iPod for someone for xmas a sales guy even told me the middle range one was a better deal, and it seemed correct...so I went with that one.

The GameStop people around me generally treat me like a gamer, but there's a second GameStop in the mall here, that's actually connected inside the mall (used to be EBGames before the merge).  And that GameStop's employees are so egotistical, like their gaming job makes them the greatest gamers walking, yet know little gaming info when asked.  I guess that might be from seeing and interacting with teenagers and toddlers at the mall all day long.

The Dizaster Child wrote on 04/27/09 at 06:17:22:

You shoulda sold him the dime for 20 cents. 100% profit.