GameStop games already opened?

if there was no seal it was obviously used and when the employe checked it he probly wasnt careful... and yes go 2 the midnight lauch fully sealed what else did u expext the game 2 b in 2 pieces when its brand new

If you bought it new it was probably the last copy on the display shelf. I've been ripped off like this before, a more appropriate title would be "used by a Gamestop employee"

That's because you probably bought the last copy. When the only copy left is the one on display then that's the one you'll get.

if there was no seal it was obviously used and when the employe checked it he probly wasnt careful... and yes go 2 the midnight lauch fully sealed what else did u expext the game 2 b in 2 pieces when its brand new

itsarchi

If you bought it new it was probably the last copy on the display shelf. I've been ripped off like this before, a more appropriate title would be "used by a Gamestop employee"

CD-i_ownz

They separate the disc/booklet (PC games have the serials on them) to prevent theft. I'd assume midnight launch events have games sealed and unopened as sales will be independent to a single specific game for that launch day.illmatic87

Yeah I have seen this before and I don't buy those copies. In my mind if it is opened then it is used and I should receive a discounted price which they refuse to give. They can't prove to me it hasn't been used.

New is sealed. For sure, at least one instance happened where a Gamestop employee sold me an opened, scratched disc as new. I called him on it and he still tried to talk me into keeping it. "It's opened..." Then I just asked for my money back.

They do this to prevent theft. gmaster456

Can you prove this?

Why does it even matter? Its the same game isn't it?gmaster456

If I want an opened, used copy..I'll just buy it--

...wait for it!

They do this to prevent theft. Why does it even matter? Its the same game isn't it?gmaster456

Same game? Yeah, but in the past, I've bought what looked like new copies, only to find out that it has been tampered with before, as in scratches or fingerprints on the disc, therefore being used, so I have been ripped off in that aspect, which is why I make sure that things like the wrapper being opened a little are checked on first.

The only time when I've bought a used game that was actually brand-new was Legacy Of Kain: Blood Omen for the Playstation One four-six years ago.

It depends on if the copy you buy is among the last ones they have. If it is, then it'll feel used, even though the disc itself is still in prime condition. You won't get a sealed copy unless the game recently came out.Yagr_Zero

It's been a year or so since I've bought any games, but this just seems like a sham.

And if you don't want one that's opened, you don't have to buy it. You are standing right there as they grab the case off the shelf, pull the disc and booklet out of a drawer, and reunite all the components. Otherwise, they just grab one out of the case/off the counter behind them. It's not like they're hiding it. Unless you call ahead, I suppose, and they pull it aside for you. It wouldn't bother me, personally, to get one of the "display copies" as long as any codes or other such things were still valid as they would be with any "new" copy.

And if you don't want one that's opened, you don't have to buy it. You are standing right there as they grab the case off the shelf, pull the disc and booklet out of a drawer, and reunite all the components. Otherwise, they just grab one out of the case/off the counter behind them. It's not like they're hiding it. Unless you call ahead, I suppose, and they pull it aside for you. It wouldn't bother me, personally, to get one of the "display copies" as long as any codes or other such things were still valid as they would be with any "new" copy.

djsundowner

I never buy the ones that have been opened. I just say, "No thanks." The employees tend to look at me like I'm stupid, but that's fine - let them think what they want. A week for so ago, when I got Etrian Odyssey III, I thought, wow, this game is cool, I should look into the first two. The first one is almost non-existant, and the second one is almost as bad. I tried several local retailers...I even looked on ebay, but I'm not paying their bloated prices. Finally I looked on Gamestop's website, and saw that they had a new copy of Etrian Odyssey II in a town about 45 minutes from where I live. Here's the good part, and the reason why I quoted your post: I called ahead and asked if the copy they had was new and sealed. I was assured by the employee who answered the phone that the copy they had was sealed. I asked them to set it aside for me. I drove to their establishment. When I told the guy at the counter I was there to pick up Etrian Odyssey II he pulled the DS cartridge out of a paper sleeve and went to pull the case off the shelf. "Wait," I said. "I called ahead and was told this was a new, sealed copy." "The game is new," the employee told me, like he was explaining something to a five-year-old, "And I can seal it."

Needless to say, I walked out.

Yup yup yup...Gamestop has that lovely practice of gutting games.

I went to buy Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II last Tuesday on release day. They supposedly only had two copies left-- a sealed copy and a gutted copy. But I had a sneaking suspicion, and perhaps still do, that they had more copies than that and that they were trying to conserve.

But the most galling experience I had with Gamestop is when I bought a new game from them one time and they gave me a gutted copy. The sales associate then put the game in a plastic pouch, sealed it, and told me that if I broke the seal, I wouldn't be able to return it. Is that disgusting, or what? Here it is, already opened, with the factory seal broken, so it's technically used, and he's telling me I can't return it after it's already been resealed?