Poll: Gamestop Employees general: Like them or despise them?

[Irridium]

Really nice. Then again I also used to work at a retail store(we rented out games/movies), so we understood each other.

Great to talk to though. I remember one time I went in, and spent 30 minutes just talking with a dude there about stuff. It was awesome.

Hehe, I remember when I was young, my friend and I went to buy Halo 2(or a replacement copy for him). Sadly they couldn't sell it to us because we weren't 18. So one of the guys working there, who loved Halo, bought it himself, and gave it to us.

We were dumbfounded.

Damn that guy was awesome. Wonder how he fares these days...

 

[pixiejedi]

They've been helpful to me, pretty much regardless of location. Even got hit on once there. Its like service and an ego boost in one stop.

Of course the mall in my area had a disgruntled gamestop employee burn down a big chunk of the mall along with that store, which is both funny and understandable. More points for them.

 

[silver wolf009]

At my Gamestop I know a woman named Ms. Anita. A long time ago, back when I had a PSP, she forgot to ring up a copy of Metal Gear: Anthology on the reciet. I told her about it, and I payed for it in full. We've been good friends ever since. I like them.

 

[emeraldrafael]

They're workers doing their jobs. I have friends who are employees and they're awesome. and then Iv'e seen bad ones. Just like any job, it all depends on who wants to work there and how serious they are about their job.

 

[-Samurai-]

I've never met one I didn't like.

I've never really understood the hatred for GameStop employees.

 

[elcamino41383]

To quote myself, from a thread a few months ago, this is the worst I've dealt with at any Gamestop:

My only bad Gamestop experience really is that the closer one to me has a manager that doesn't get it. I mentioned to him several times during one purchase that I didn't want to pre-order anything, yet he kept insisting. What was even worse, the first thing he suggested was a first person shooter, I said "I'm sorry, I don't like FPS" then he lists more FPS games I should reserve. Had to say no a few more times before he got it.

My friend got a used game from there and decided he didn't like it and they have a 7 day return policy, no questions asked, on bought used games. So if it turns out you don't like it you can return it and get your money back, or get another game, etc. This same manager I dealt with (this actually happened BEFORE my experience) gave my friend shit for bringing it back. It was day 6 and my friend hadn't had a chance to get it back to the store but he was still within his rights of returning it for his full refund. The manager said something like "Well if you didn't like it you should have brought it back right away and not wait till your time was almost up." My friend replied "Well I'm sorry that life has kept me busy, but I'm still within the 7 days." The guy gave my friend a little more crap but took it anyway.

Now we complain about this manager to the other employees all the time because the other guys are awesome and know us pretty well.

Aside from that, the 3 main guys I deal with at local Gamestops, I love them. Pat, Mike and Karl are just awesome. Mike and Pat know me so well by name and know what games to recommend me and what games to completely steer clear of. When I found out that Mike knew me this well from just a few visits I was blown away. It took Pat a little longer, and Karl is certainly getting there. If ever in my area (which is unlikely) you HAVE to visit one of the 2 Gemstops near me, because for the most part the guys are just plain awesome. And over all, I really don't "hate" Gamestop like many here seem to. I actually quite like it.

 

[LetalisK]

The majority of the gamestop employees have been nice to me and sometimes have even hooked me up. There are a few with really silver tongues, but I can't really blame them for it.

 

[SageRuffin]

I've never had a problem with them, nor the store in general. Luck of the draw for me, I guess.

 

[Greatjusticeman]

They are nice and all, but...

"You want to preorder this? Or preorder this? Or Preorder this?"
"No, I'm good."
"Are you sure? If you preorder this, you can get this."

Happens to me everytime I go there. Really gets on my nerves.

 

[SageRuffin]

Well the first thing to remember about retail employees is that they're whipping boys. You go in there and they're grumpy? Fundamental Attribution Error leads you to believe it's because they're dicks but they're probably not. They're probably pissed off because some harpy was screaming at them because it turns out the game she bought for her kid was too violent, or some bull-necked idiot spilt coffee on his DS and wants a refund. You just catch the tail end of that.

Retail employees also have an undeserved public reputation for being stupid and if I worked minimum wage and got called an idiot I might start feeling a little 'fuck all things' too.

I used to work fast food. Anything involving retail is a thankless job where no one seems to notice that those people are busting their asses trying to make our lives easier.

You wanna know why someone two places after you got their order before you did? Well, they didn't order 3 fucking 16-piece boxes of chicken!

As a former employee, I feel for those guys; I make sure never to give them a hard time as they've probably had enough.

 

[Allspice]

My experiences (in the NYC area) have been so poor, I don't even shop there anymore: except at the Rockefeller Center where they seem okay.

Most of them seem really stupid...for retail clerks. I mean, I've never bought french fries at McDonalds and had the clerk hand me an empty carton. Something like that happened to meat gamestop (with a game case instead of a fries carton).
At the same store my wife's friend was actually laughed at when she asked if she could buy a wii fit. Sure, it was rare at the time but she's not a gamer and would have no way of knowing that.
It's the closest game store to my house (3 blocks away) but I never shop there anymore and I don't think anyone else does either. They Always have a banner for one sale or another out front leading me to believe they're overstocked.

In other words, they seem to be obnoxious douche-bags.

That same thing happened to my parents when they wanted to buy a Wii. It wasn't at a GameStop though, I forget where they said it was. Best Buy or Walmart maybe.

I don't really like going to the GameStop at the mall nearest to me. Almost every time I go there the employees never say a word to me. That doesn't bother me much though. What does is I've also had some of them just stare at me, to the point I get the feeling I'm not welcome there. The one that's farther away is much better, the people there are always friendly.

 

[SoranMBane]

Well, I've never had any truly negative experiences at a Gamestop. If anything, I've generally found them to be pretty helpful, like that time when one worker was "kind" enough to point out the fact that Fallout: New Vegas was $20 off that day, making it well within my $40 budget, and I probably wouldn't have noticed the deal otherwise. So, I suppose that's a "like." Although, to be honest, I hardly ever go to Gamestop because the local Best Buy is a hell of a lot more convenient to get to on a normal day (Gamestop is about 30-minutes away and located inside a busy shopping mall, while Best Buy is practically down the road and located next to the grocery store I shop at, meaning I get a chance to visit it every Sunday).

 

[Adam Galli]

I have no problem with them. They are people just doing their job trying to make some money.

 

[FoolKiller]

I have a friend who used to work at one and HE hated it there.

My problem is not really their employees, but the way they're forced to try to make sales. I was there recently trying to buy a used game and after trying to cash out they spent a couple of minutes trying to sell me other stuff at which point I walked out.

I don't mind them asking if they can help. I mind when they get pushy about selling their disc protection program or other such nonsense.

 

[Giantpanda602]

The ones near me are always very nice and helpful. I rarely ever even get asked to get a membership.

 

[MikailCaboose]

I've never really had any problems with Gamestop employees. They've all been pretty friendly when I've been there. Hell, I even talked with one about Tales of Symphonia and Metroid.

 

[Windcaler]

I hardly ever go to gamestop because I find the company's business practice shady but from my limited experience with employees I think theyre just human beings doing their job. No different then the rest of us. Usually they seem friendly and ready to strike up conversation at any time but sometimes they have bad days too, just like everyone else.