WANT...TO...KILL

[KiLlErCoRn]

The worst thing a store did to me wasnt really bad at all. I had bought the orange box for pc,and i looked in the box for a manual to read on the bus, and there wasn't one, so i went back to the shop (hadnt left town yet) and they said there wasn't one, thought that was fine, sometimes there on the disk. i get home to install it, and i see i have to put a game code in, but i couldnt find one, and i never thought of checking for one eralier. Turns out they forgot the little slip with the code on so i ust go back to the store the next day and get it, they even apologised. simple.

 

[MegaBastard]

When I first picked up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night back in like, 2005, it took me until I turned on my PS2 and had the disc tray open to realize that I got a used copy of Bubsy 3D.

 

[Quaidis]

The solution to this problem is that you should open the case to whichever used video game or movie you buy in the store. I never experience a problem of missing disks because of this. It also helps me see if there is anything wrong with the disk, such as a chip or mechanical mark. The only times I get home and have an issue with a disk almost always relates to dvd animations, the disk is always new, and the issue is either a mechanically messed up disk or the wrong disk inside; taking it back for an exchange is always a good solution. Never have I had a missing disk with new product items.

This is excluding used disks from rental stores, as they will eventually get the disk back either way.

 

[Baneat]

Let's face it, most to all commerical retailers are completely inept when it comes to video games.

So I go into JB-Hi Fi in Perth (The one that broke the Street Fighter IV street date), to pick up a copy of the Lost and Damned expansion pack for GTA IV. I see the box on the shelf, I grab it and I take it up to the front desk. The cashier scans the box and gives it to me. I think, 'hang on, is the game card in here?', so I give the box a rattle.

It rattles, so I think the game card is in there. So I get home and open the box up and what do I find? NO FREAKIN' CARD! Turns out the rattling was caused by the cardboard box liner which occupied the game box.

So, my question is, ahve you ever gotten home from a game shop to find the disk not actually in the box, and what sorts of measures of revenge did you extract on the people who sold it to you?

...asking for a refund or exchange, which they gave with their apologies?

Let's not get crazy here.
The only obvious solution is their untimely demise.

EDIT:

The first time I bought the original Saints' Row the disk wasn't in the case. But I got it at the major national chain retailer where I work part time, so they just gave me a full refund because they didn't have another copy. I wasn't mad at the store, but instead at the little wankers who cracked the case and stole the disc. Stupid punks.

And yes, I realize the irony of having violent thoughts against people who stole what amounts to a thievery and murder simulator.

But without playing the murder simulator, you wouldn't know how to commit the murders!
Jack Thompson told me so.
He lives in my closet.

There's a Jack Thompson in my closet!

 

[stevetastic]

how about when on Christmas day i open a copy of spider man 2 a game i wanted for a very long time and also i had only one present for Christmas because my brothers both got really expensive presents for Christmas and it was fucking empty.
worst Christmas ever.
and i never bought anything from GAME again

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I put a copy of Siren on the desk at GameStop and told them I wanted it, they charged me for it, I payed and left. I got halfway home and turned around because they forgot to put the game in the box.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

When I spent nearly 200 bucks on Steel Batallion (if you're interested, I wasn't a fan), I got home only to find that all my money had bought me as the controller. I returned to the store in question, expecting them to rectify their honest mistake and they tried to defend themselves by saying "That's all that comes with it silly!". I then pointed out that the box itself clearly stated that it ought to contain both the massive controller AND the game. Bowing to my stupendous powers of argument, they agreed that they would do it, just for me.

Of course, the joke was on me in the end. The controller was far cooler than the game.