Probably not as entertaining as yours, TheKbob, but here's one of my better experiences at a game store.
Cheapest Game Ever
So, I happened to be in my local GameStop about a week before the release of Blue Dragon. I had come in for my monthly cleaning out of my game library, and set my rather large load of games on the counter, asking to trade them in. The guy behind the counter takes a quick glance at my pile, shrugs, and begins scanning.
While I'm waiting for him to finish, I take a look around at the walls of games behind him, wondering what I'll spend my store credit on. I notice a sign on the wall with the release dates of upcoming games posted on it. Much to my surprise, Blue Dragon is at the top of the list, and comes out in only a week.
Having been looking forward to the game's release, and wondering how I had missed any mention of a release date, I tell the employee that I want to pre-order it. He asks how I'll be paying, and I tell him to take it out of the credit I had just received. Making only a minor dent in the sum of money I had gotten out of my games, I spend the rest on a few used titles.
Happy, I leave the store with my new games under my arm and thoughts of the next week in my mind.
A week later, and with my games played almost to death, I return to the store. It was just after school, so the store was completely empty, and I had no problems getting the attention of the employee there.
As I walk up to the counter the guy, who I happened to know fairly well, asked if I was here to pick up Blue Dragon. After a quick confirmation and some brief rummaging through a box behind the counter, he was ringing up my purchase. Holding my game, he looks up at me and announces my total.
"$3.87"
Convinced I had heard him incorrectly, I ask him to repeat it. It's the same amount the second time. Knowing full well that I had only paid the initial five dollars for the pre-order, I point this out to him (What can I say? I'm an honest guy). Giving me a confused look, he checks his computer and tells me that all but the $3.87 had been paid off already.
After a minute or so of trying to figure out what had happened, the manager walks over. Turning to him, I explain the problem and how I wanted to help them find out what went wrong. I offer to run home and grab the receipt for the pre-order, but he tells me not to worry about it, and that I was lucky and got a new game for four dollars.
Feeling a bit bad, but still grateful that my wallet was just as heavy as when I arrived, I drive home, my brand new copy of Blue Dragon on the seat beside me.
I get home and, just after I finish booting up the game, I get a phone call. It's the manager of the store. He tells me that he's sorry for asking, but could I bring in the receipt for the pre-order. Now, I just want to play my game, but I did offer to do just what he's asking. I agree and drive back over.
It only takes the manager about five seconds to realize what had happened. As it turned out, when I had turned in all my games a week earlier, the employee had accidently put the full amount towards my pre-order... as well as giving me the full amount as store credit. The manager apologizes, and for all of my "trouble" gives me a coupon for 50% extra on any trade-ins.
The moral of the story: My local GameStop rocks.
