I went to GameStop today to pick up a copy of Persona 4 - because something is telling me that it's a game I want to have before PS2 games become harder to find. That and ICO, which I'll also get eventually.
Anyway, I'm there and see two customers at the counter . One guy, one chick. The guy is selling back about five or six used Xbox 360 games. Cashier looks through them all, tells him how much he'll receive, and the guy takes the money and leaves. The cashier then turns to the chick, who has about fifteen or more PS3 games. Following the same scheme, he systematically looks at each game cd.
This look a real long while... I mean, I was just there for the hidden P4 game behind the counter... Another thing to note was the uncomfortable silence that apparently shrouded the store during the game-checking procedure.
Mr. Cashier closes the last box, gives a sigh, looks at the woman square in the eyes, and says bluntly, "These games have never been played. I cannot take these."
The woman gave a tight-lipped look, shuffled the games back into her bag, and took off without another word.
Now presuming that she did steal all the games and tried to get some quick cash, what goes through a cashier's mind over such a moment? I need some input over the transaction as a whole. Have you ever seen someone try to sell stolen games before, then get turned down? Or have you ever been a cashier in such a position, and did you turn someone down for their games looking too 'new'? Even if this is a stretch, I do know of people who would buy a game, beat it in a day, and try to sell it back to the store to reclaim some of their cash. What separates that type of person and their 'too new' game to Thief Chick and her multiple 'too new' games?
Speaking of which, the copy of P4 I purchased, with the case and everything, has beautiful disks without scratches. It had been there for a while and when I asked the cashier about it, he said that it probably came from the warehouse instead of being sold back by someone at that store.
Anyway, I'm there and see two customers at the counter . One guy, one chick. The guy is selling back about five or six used Xbox 360 games. Cashier looks through them all, tells him how much he'll receive, and the guy takes the money and leaves. The cashier then turns to the chick, who has about fifteen or more PS3 games. Following the same scheme, he systematically looks at each game cd.
This look a real long while... I mean, I was just there for the hidden P4 game behind the counter... Another thing to note was the uncomfortable silence that apparently shrouded the store during the game-checking procedure.
Mr. Cashier closes the last box, gives a sigh, looks at the woman square in the eyes, and says bluntly, "These games have never been played. I cannot take these."
The woman gave a tight-lipped look, shuffled the games back into her bag, and took off without another word.
Now presuming that she did steal all the games and tried to get some quick cash, what goes through a cashier's mind over such a moment? I need some input over the transaction as a whole. Have you ever seen someone try to sell stolen games before, then get turned down? Or have you ever been a cashier in such a position, and did you turn someone down for their games looking too 'new'? Even if this is a stretch, I do know of people who would buy a game, beat it in a day, and try to sell it back to the store to reclaim some of their cash. What separates that type of person and their 'too new' game to Thief Chick and her multiple 'too new' games?
Speaking of which, the copy of P4 I purchased, with the case and everything, has beautiful disks without scratches. It had been there for a while and when I asked the cashier about it, he said that it probably came from the warehouse instead of being sold back by someone at that store.
