Gamestop has screwed me over many times before but there aren't very many places to trade in games in my small town so I just make do
So I just got screwed over by Gamestop
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I treat gamestop like walmart. I go in there when I need to feel better about myself.el_emmens said:
Because honestly as much as I hate to bash employees at a store. Is there anywhere that has people less informed about their particular merchandise than gamestop?
ok everyone whining about gamestop "ripping them off" should honestly go take business 101
let me explain how you are NOT being ripped off and actually have no clue how business works
when they buy the game, it's not guaranteed to be resold. there's been a few current and ex gamestop employees on here who have said they have tons of used games in their back room, most which won't be sold but were traded in to the store and now they're stuck with them.
so why in the hell would ANY business person give you full price for the game? they wouldn't because they would be out of business pretty darn quick. store credit gives you more money because you are going to buy something from the store and giving them more money because chances are you will buy more than one game. getting straight cash means they've lost a sale and can't make all that money back like they would in store credit, so they give you money back
so in reality you haven't been ripped off, it's just you don't understand anything about business or the art of making money. anyone with any knowledge of how business works would tell you this. so quit your whining and stop saying you were ripped off cause you weren't
let me explain how you are NOT being ripped off and actually have no clue how business works
when they buy the game, it's not guaranteed to be resold. there's been a few current and ex gamestop employees on here who have said they have tons of used games in their back room, most which won't be sold but were traded in to the store and now they're stuck with them.
so why in the hell would ANY business person give you full price for the game? they wouldn't because they would be out of business pretty darn quick. store credit gives you more money because you are going to buy something from the store and giving them more money because chances are you will buy more than one game. getting straight cash means they've lost a sale and can't make all that money back like they would in store credit, so they give you money back
so in reality you haven't been ripped off, it's just you don't understand anything about business or the art of making money. anyone with any knowledge of how business works would tell you this. so quit your whining and stop saying you were ripped off cause you weren't
something similar happened to me the only time I traded in games at Gamestop. I was trading in all the unwanted games I had acquired in my life and they kept trying to make me accept store credit instead of cash, and the gave me 15% less for accepting cash instead of credit. The store I went to is across the strip mall from Best Buy so I will never enter Gamestop again.
well you make a fair argument, I didn't expext to get an excessively large amount of money, just enough to be satisfied, I understand the concept of price depreciation, but take in to conderation that they took out about 20% percent from the already tiny amount of money I was supposed to get back felt like kind of a dick move, it's something that tends to put a bad taste in my mouthcleverlymadeup said:
Welcome to Gamestop... emphasis on STOPping people from ever going back. Every time I go there, a jerk is on duty.
I initially liked their "buy 2 games get 1 free" deal they would occasionally have. With the magazine subscription and discount, it wasn't too bad of a deal. The problem was when you go to trade games back in you get virtually nothing for them. I think I traded in Brute Force and got $1. I should've just kept the damn game - but in retrospect, I never play it anymore - but it was just insulting.
Nowdays I just use gamefly - but it is hard to find the older games through them. I still think Gamestop is good if you want to buy used games.
Nowdays I just use gamefly - but it is hard to find the older games through them. I still think Gamestop is good if you want to buy used games.
That's all I go there for. I keep all my old games on principle. I think the only games I've ever traded in were very outdated sports games that I got a couple bucks for.SmugFrog said:
Their buy two get one deal is pretty sweet. There are always a couple older games in the bargain bin worth picking up.
Hey, I actually have a rather good story about a gamestop. I decided I no longer needed my PS1, and thus brought in the box I had all my PS1 stuff in. While the lady was going through checking off the stuff it started to take a while, and I started to casually browse. I forgot I had an unopened (Factory sealed) Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, and Tactics (Yes, I am a fanboy I guess). She could have easily just slipped em through for the one to five dollar range, as I wasn't paying attention to her, but instead she told me that I could get a ton more off eBay for them. My reaction was "No way, I'm not selling those!". So I suppose it was one good interaction.
dont buy alot of games. dont got the money for it. the financial crisis has taken its toll 
tho we´ll make it.
i dont see the big problem with Gamestop. i dont trade old games there. going to the nearest 1 soon to buy COD 4 and god of war 1. then when its done, COO, then 2. i dont got a ps3, and probably wont get 1, so i cant get GOW3.
tho we´ll make it. i dont see the big problem with Gamestop. i dont trade old games there. going to the nearest 1 soon to buy COD 4 and god of war 1. then when its done, COO, then 2. i dont got a ps3, and probably wont get 1, so i cant get GOW3.
Gamestop is a glorified gaming pawn shop.
You can literally buy a brand new game from there for $65, go back the very same day to trade it in and they'll offer you $35.
Don't ever trade games at Gamestop. You'd probably get more money off of Ebay or something.
You can literally buy a brand new game from there for $65, go back the very same day to trade it in and they'll offer you $35.
Don't ever trade games at Gamestop. You'd probably get more money off of Ebay or something.
I'm guessing that RE5 game will be dead.
Gamestop- We make games stop (It's in the name, stupid).
Gamestop- We make games stop (It's in the name, stupid).
the fact is if you say "i want cash" that means they won't see any money from you by buying another game and therefore not putting money into their system, so they are losing the money. that 20% is more or less so they are covered if they need to write off the game.el_emmens said:
the whole less money for cash than trade in happens at ANY game store that, it's just that gamestop is a big target for anyone, i know for a fact that the local mom and pop game stores offer less if you want cash rather than a trade in
yeah cause the game is USED and not NEW, there is a difference between the two and that's why you get less moneypieeater911 said:
it's a pretty easy concept to figure out why they'd offer you less money for a used game, even if you did buy it that day, it's no longer a used game and is therefore used and that means it's worth less money
They give you a fair price if you sell it for store credit rather than straight up cash.
Trust me, I went to sell Assassin's Creed a couple weeks after it was launched, I would have gotten $5 in cash, but I got like $30 on store credit when I sold it that way.
Its stupid, I know, but thats gamestop for you
Trust me, I went to sell Assassin's Creed a couple weeks after it was launched, I would have gotten $5 in cash, but I got like $30 on store credit when I sold it that way.
Its stupid, I know, but thats gamestop for you