Game Store Clerks / Jerks

[hippykiller]

well first off, unless your very close up to something, it looks like pixilated shit. also if your used to a keyboard and mouse. your gonna have a hard time playing it for the SNES on that small controller. grant it, it is a fun game no matter how you play it, but i just feels like the levels were WAAAAAAAY longer and you died easier.

 

[sharpshooter188]

they have to do that. it sucks. i used to work at a gamestop when i was like 20. (currently 25) if you dont sell so many pre orders etc you get written up. Companies dont understand that people dont like being pressured into buying things they dont like. They just tell you to keep pushing. i understand the frustration though. As an employee i really wouldve liked to just reorganize things, not pester the people coming in.

by the way... please look for the item you want before you ask. If your in a rush then you probably shouldnt even be in the damn store.

 

[MercurySteam]

Ha, I already did a thread similar to this.

In Australia they're not too bad, but if they seem opinionated then they're probably a gamer (probably the thing stopping me from working at a games store). But if Gamestop/EB Games treats their employees badly then it's not your fault.

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Yep. Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they all stink. Including mine and yours.

The worst part about Gamestop to me is the mounds of shit they try to shovel down your throat.

"Would you like to pre-order that game? Do you have any games already pre-ordered? Would you like to get a Gamestop super duper savings card? You could save a whole 1.5%. I just need your name, phone number, street address, e-mail, and first born child."

"No I'm just browsing."

"Can I interest you in a new Gamestop barf bag?"

"No, I'm good."

"Do you have any games you would like to trade in? I noticed you picked up Halo: ODST last week. I'll give you 3 bucks for it."

"No I'm fine but I will take that barf bag now."

 

[Filtertip]

If there trying to force a game at you leave no need for them to do so.

I do the od days work at a games shop and if im asked about a game ill give my honest view but thats it. I think its poo ill say that but leave em to it there money there choice.

 

[megami_tensei]

they have to do that. it sucks. i used to work at a gamestop when i was like 20. (currently 25) if you dont sell so many pre orders etc you get written up. Companies dont understand that people dont like being pressured into buying things they dont like. They just tell you to keep pushing. i understand the frustration though. As an employee i really wouldve liked to just reorganize things, not pester the people coming in.

by the way... please look for the item you want before you ask. If your in a rush then you probably shouldnt even be in the damn store.

that was 5 years ago it dosnt work like that anymore they still want you to get them however it isnt required

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

You should consider yourself lucky that your game store clerk, no matter how mainstream and unoriginal his tastes are, even has an interest in video games. Most of mine seem to have no such thing.

 

[Gariom]

I was EB Games last 2 weeks ago to buy Scribblenauts. I, along with three or four other people, were standing in line for 20 minutes because some dumbass customer was having a conversation with some dumbass employee about ODST.

Don't get me wrong, I can see if there was only one person waiting to be served and another employee there, but have some work ethic for crying out loud!

 

[ZeroDotZero]

that dosen't usually happen at the Gamestation where I buy my stuff. You can chat with the guys there if there arent very many customers and they are a nice lot.

My local gamestation tends to be good, but sometimes they have a go at the games I cash in.

I remember once, someone said 'Ha, you must have been insane to buy this.'

And as he saw the next one, he said 'Just take the cash and get back to your asylum'.

Maybe I'm a spoilsport, but I didn't appreciate the joke =P

 

[B0BX]

Let me tell you a story, a story of a boy, becoming a man. The story is one of truth and personal reflection. April 29, 2008, the game Grand Theft Auto IV has just been released and a 15 year old me wants to buy the game. My mom says no and so I cannot buy it because I am 15 and cannot drive myself to the store. January 21, 2009, I pick up my drivers license from the DMV. The next day I drive to Gamestop and attempt to buy GTA IV. The clerk asks me for my ID and I show him my drivers license and he sees that I am only 16 and refuses to sell me the game. I am not mad at him, after all that is his job, but I wait. August 2009, I have turned 17 and so I make my way to Gamestop to claim my prize. I walk into the store, casually ask for a copy of GTA IV and the dickhole clerk doesn't even ask to see my ID, he just sells me the game. Asshole.

 

[Halfbreed13]

I have a good gamestop nearby, which I will be applying to (glee!) but mostly I like it because the people try to help without following you around constantly. ALso, if there is a problem (which there has been with preorders, etc.) the manager is very friendly and helpful.
However, the gamestop in the city over is shit. The people there are dumbasses who try and convince stupid children and parents that Pokeman Diamond and Pearl are ENTIRELY different games and general assholes. It's a mixed bag.

 

[Halfbreed13]

Its not his fault he has acne. Spell it right if you wish to be condescending.

I was wondering why on a gaming forum, of all places, people seem to act like ther appearance of the employee matters. Rather than, you know, thier behavior. As for his spelling, it is probably due to the fact that he is 14.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Yep. Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they all stink. Including mine and yours.

The worst part about Gamestop to me is the mounds of shit they try to shovel down your throat.

"Would you like to pre-order that game? Do you have any games already pre-ordered? Would you like to get a Gamestop super duper savings card? You could save a whole 1.5%. I just need your name, phone number, street address, e-mail, and first born child."

"No I'm just browsing."

"Can I interest you in a new Gamestop barf bag?"

"No, I'm good."

"Do you have any games you would like to trade in? I noticed you picked up Halo: ODST last week. I'll give you 3 bucks for it."

"No I'm fine but I will take that barf bag now."

Dang Gamestop is giving away barf bags now? I need a new one.

Someone tries to make me buy a game I tell them I already have it, or I hated it.

Although I was looking at Dissidia a couple of weeks ago and one of the clerks at the store started to rant at me about how utterly horrible he thought JRPG's are and that I should get Resistance. I told him I already played Resistance and didn't like it, so he started another rant on how it was so much better than other shooters and how I was probably a Halo fanboy and such. I told another clerk about how he was acting and she told me to just ignore him. She was pretty cool.

 

[era81]

Only night I ever spent in jail was when a funcoland dipshit was so intent on selling me a game guide,I bought it and beat him about the head until my brother in law was able to pull me off of him it was great.

 

[Ghonzor]

I've never actually had one of these experiences.
Surprisingly, the clerks at GameStop usually agree with whatever I'm buying, which is weird because I mainly stray from mainstream games.

 

[tkioz]

Console fan-boys need to fall off a cliff. Especially if they work at game stores. I was looking at 360 games today at lunch when one of the guys working at game traders walked up and point blank said "you should trade in your 360 for a PS3 it's much better". I just blinked.

I got a 360 because it had games I wanted, XBLA is pretty cool, and it was $300AU-ish cheaper then the PS3 when I got it, so I'm not a fan boy, it was a fairly well thought out choice to buy the 360, but come-on, why would someone working at a games store say something like that?

One of the first things I learnt in retail was -never- tell a customer to do something, prod, nudge, suggest, but never tell someone to do something, they will instantly get their back up, people hate being told what to do.

At least he took my "No thanks I'm happy with what I've got" and left me alone.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

I'm so antisocial, I use the internet.

 

[VastShadowz41]

My Gamestop is awesome, and I'm a regular there so I enjoy chatting with the clerks on games we have a common interest in, which happen to be quite a few.

Sorry to hear the OP's game store sucks.