what was the worst gamestop experience you ever had.

i went to gamestop yesterday to trade in my xbox 360 games towards getting a 3ds. the manager questioned whether they were actually my games and i said yes. after that he started scanning them and told me he wont take the games. i asked him why and he said there was no reason to answer because hes still getting paid. after that i showed him the recipt to the games that i bought and he said it didnt matter and go to a different store.

so i went to a different gamestop and the same manager from the original store called that gamestop and told him not to take my games.

third gamestop finally took the games apologized for the other gamestops behavior and said it was bs. now its obvious they thought i stole the games since i flip rather frequently due to cag like the la noire deal or just getting bored of games but i was very mad. Also i have never stolen anything before and even had the recipt.

what was your worst experience

I stopped shopping at GameStop entirely years ago. I didn't like getting nagged about their PowerUp Rewards membership they kept pushing on nearly everyone at the register. It probably wasn't the employee's fault, the manager probably made them do that, but it was still highly annoying. Besides, trading in your games to them is a rip-off. You can get much more on eBay, Amazon Trade Ins and other various sites.

A few of the employees are good, mostly because they know me. But the other one treats me like I'm some dumb idiot. I went to buy "Lost Odyssey" and he looked at me like I was an idiot and said "You know this is an RPG right?" Like since I'm not"nerd" lookingI only play COD or something.

I went to another gamestop and they gave me a PAL version of MGS2. FAIL.

And when I go to a third gamestop place the guy always gives me these looks like I don't belong there, like I belong in some sport shop. So what, I keep myself in good shape. Geez, people! I know where I'm going! Do these people have nothing better to do than stare at people who walk into the store?

I haven't ever really had a bad experience at Gamestop, but I don't really shop there often. Most of the guys at the 4 stores around where I live are pretty cool.

The only time I got agitated was when my girlfriend was buying Nier for me and the people at the counter were all saying its a horrible game and she was like "I don't want to get you this game because you won't like it."

By the way, we ended up getting it anyway and I loved it, and its her favorite game now.

I love my local GameStop. I've done 90% of my games shopping there, and I will continue to do so until I leave the city.

The guys there are nice, don't get all up in your face about console biases or whatever, and they always support your choice in games. They don't let kids buy M games (seen it happen, he owned that little squealer), don't push preorders in your face, they just casually ask you if there was anything else you wanted to buy or preorder (and usually, there is).

I've signed up for PowerUpRewards (already subscribed to Game Informer, so that came standard :D) and it's served me well.

I know I'm in the minority, but until I witness a horror story myself, I will never hold a grudge against Gamestop.

At least, not against my local Gamestop.

I usually try too have chat with gamestop employees and what really makes me sad is that about 75% of them dont even play video games?!!?!?

This one MANAGER actually told me once "I dont play video games, i just work here"

I usually try too have chat with gamestop employees and what really makes me sad is that about 75% of them dont even play video games?!!?!?

This one MANAGER actually told me once "I dont play video games, i just work here"

avail447

I haven't had a bad experience with gamestop and have not had a good one either, but I don't shop there anymore. They always try to sell opened games as new and they'll tell you it's their last copy if you ask for sealed one. Also, they almost force you to get their power up card or to preorder an upcoming game, but I guess they're required to do it if they want to keep their job.

I haven't had any bad experiences, exactly. Just some rather annoying/humorous ones. There was a customer talking to an employee, asking him if there was anything like Heavy Rain he could recommend. The Gamestop guy said Quantum Theory... I figured the employee was thinking "Quantic Dream" the developers of Heavy Rain, but then again why would you recommend a development studio as a game?

they accused me of stealing the games i brought in to trade-in. even though i keep the reciepts of games i buy in the cases.

i only ever go there if both best buy and futureshop don't have what i'm looking for.

I've never set foot inside a Gamestop, mostly just EB Games in the mall(s) near me. Generally quick and sufficient service, and I think the last time I went there I picked out Condemned 1 and 2 from the used game rack, asked for a discount on 1 because they had no case, and the clerk was more than helpful.

But these days I don't go game hunting. I go on first day where everything is set out on display near the register in Futureshop or Bestbuy, grab it and pay for it.

Got into an argument with one of the employees at gamestop because i was buying a pc game, and he was like oh your one of those pc nerds huh?

Then i just replied, i play pc games so i guess so... Then he continued on by saying, man you guys are wierd i dont know how you can stand the crappy pc graphics and said have fun with your WoW(when i was buying the orange box anyway) because you have no social life.

So i just said, you probably have a dell because you cant afford a decent anything with this job and thats why you think pc has crappy graphics, and im sure with your attitude your going to be working alot of dead end jobs.

Then he came out from behind the counter and was like what did you say? I said, have fun with your dead end job low life, and then i walked out the door.

Got into an argument with one of the employees at gamestop because i was buying a pc game, and he was like oh your one of those pc nerds huh?Then i just replied, i play pc games so i guess so... Then he continued on by saying, man you guys are wierd i dont know how you can stand the crappy pc graphics and said have fun with your WoW(when i was buying the orange box anyway) because you have no social life.edinsftw

Last time I went to Gamestop I got the empty case for a game off the shelf and took it up to the cashier. He said, rather embarassed, that they didn't have the disk for it, but he could sell me a used copy "for a couple bucks less". Which would have been about $15 more than Amazon wanted for a new copy.

I've gotten all my games from Amazon ever since.

Once when I brought a copy of FF for the PSP, they forgot to put the game in the case. So I had to go back to the store and explained, good thing most of them know who I am so they believed me.

But in gernral I don't like GameStop becasue they think they know so much about games, it sicken me. When I brough Resistance 1, 2 and the PSP version yesterday the gye siad "oh you like shooter, want to pre-order Dark Soul?". Like how is Dark Souls a shooter? Does this gye even play games? Plus I don't like shooters that much, I only like the Resistance games. :?

I do not deal with GameStop for trading/buying/selling games. EBay is my best friend for all those activities...

never had a bad experience. All 3 locations are manned (womened) by gamers and they are all videogame nerds (by my account). The latest stop involved the woman, who, when asked about Brink, said "all the returns are from COD kiddies, so its pretty good because of that". lol

They are all super friendly. you can easily get into conversations about gaming with them. They don't try to push anything on you either.

I've never had a bad experience, I guess I'm lucky. The staff at the one near me are always friendly and knowledgeable. It might be because I'm older, who knows?

It happened right after they bought out Impulse. They cancelled my pre-order of The Witcher 2, and they never did put the game back up for sale.

What a bad sales decision on their part - Stardock wouldn't have done that.

This is why I haven't really used B&M stores in a long time. Just buy online from sites like Amazon(I never had a problem with them). GameStop/ EB Games/ Babbages/ FuncoLand. etc. is/was always more than Amazon anyway.

I've never had a negative experience with Gamestop. The worst experience I had was forgetting to give them my Powerup rewards card when I bought a game, I missed out on an oppurtunity to get some points.

But I love Gamestop, I've never had to deal with some of the BS I hear. The majority of the employees I deal with are friendly. The last time I was there, the guy at the counter convinced me to buy Shadow of the Colossus even though I had no intention of buying a game that day. Damn he was convincing, he does his job well. XD. But the game was well worth the money.

It sounds like all these stories are made up because I've never dealt with or witnessed other customers having problems with employees or managers.

I've never had a negative experience with Gamestop. The worst experience I had was forgetting to give them my Powerup rewards card when I bought a game, I missed out on an oppurtunity to get some points.

But I love Gamestop, I've never had to deal with some of the BS I hear. The majority of the employees I deal with are friendly. The last time I was there, the guy at the counter convinced me to buy Shadow of the Colossus even though I had no intention of buying a game that day. Damn he was convincing, he does his job well. XD. But the game was well worth the money.

It sounds like all these stories are made up because I've never dealt with or witnessed other customers having problems with employees or managers.

GeoffZak

I never really had any bad experiences with GameStop. The only problem I had with them was an issue regarding a pre-order bonus (Persona 4 artbook), but it was quickly settled. That said, I only shop with them when they offer a pre-order bonus (and I pick up my game sealed). I normally don't like shopping for games there because the price stickers on the case annoys me, and taking them off can sometimes be a pain.

I love my local GameStop. I've done 90% of my games shopping there, and I will continue to do so until I leave the city.

The guys there are nice, don't get all up in your face about console biases or whatever, and they always support your choice in games. They don't let kids buy M games (seen it happen, he owned that little squealer), don't push preorders in your face, they just casually ask you if there was anything else you wanted to buy or preorder (and usually, there is).

I've signed up for PowerUpRewards (already subscribed to Game Informer, so that came standard :D) and it's served me well.

I know I'm in the minority, but until I witness a horror story myself, I will never hold a grudge against Gamestop.

At least, not against my local Gamestop.

KillerWabbit23

The worst experience I had was when I purchased a game with no box. Other than that, I did not have too much problems dealing with them.

The worst experience I had was when I purchased a game with no box. Other than that, I did not have too much problems dealing with them.

HaLoMaStErJT

With Gamestop I had my worst experience not so long ago.Maybe 3 months.

So, I went to gamestop to buy Call of Duty: MW2. It was cheap at the time. So I bought un-used. I got home and when I opend the box, what do I find? A scratched game. I went back to Gamestop next thing tomorrow. I said that this game was scrached when I opend the box. He said he don't belive me. I even showed him the recepiet. He said he is not taking that game back. Then I got mad. I said to him that he can take this game and give me the same game but UNUSED. He didn't took it back.Then I said that he can take this game and sell it to some other No-Brain custemer. He didn't took the game then. I said "Bye bye" and throw the game in the trash bin in Gamestop when I was leaving. I went around the corner and waited what will he do with the game.

HE TOOK THE GAME OUT OF THE TRASH, TOOK THE DISC AND PUTED BEHIND THE DESK. Then I walked past by the door, smiling while he was looking at me.

My worst experience was probably the Xbox 360 slim launch. I don't shop at Gamestop hardly ever, but I decided to try. It was the first batch the week after E3, and I was in browsing games looking for a few to purchase. The UPS man brought in the new consoles, the employer got them all out of the boxes and set them behind the counter. I was one of 2 people in the store. I asked him if I could purchase one, and he prompty told me "No, sorry, I'm saving these for my friends to flip on Ebay" with a dumb laugh.

I left and haven't gone back since. I did file a complaint, but who knows if anything came of it.

i used to frequent one particular EB and i would buy plenty of M games and there was really only one guy who ever there working. he carded me early on and eventually stopped because he knew i was over 18. i forgot my license one time and he suddenly carded me insisting i "could be part of a sting."

they are usually good though. there are lots of times where i buy a game and they throw in the pre-order junk even though i never pre-order anything. ill take my free junk, thank you.

I've only been in Gamestop once, and it was neither good nor bad, but some of these stories are incredible. A manager called the cops because you walked into the store on his smoke break? An employee calling a PC gamer a nerd and insulting the platform? An employee blatantly displaying chauvinism in front of women? I've never experienced or witnessed anything this bad at ANY retail store in my life.

The fact that I keep hearing such negative things about them, not just from message boards, but in real life, tells me they're do something very wrong.

I'd say the worst experience at Gamestop is buying a gutted game. What's really galling is when they get a gutted game for you, which has already been opened, and they re-seal it with a sticker. They tell you that the game is unreturnable if the seal is broken. That's simply disgusting-- it's already open, with its original factory seal broken, and then they reseal it and treat it like it's never been opened.

I have never shopped at GameStop. I just go in there to remind myself that buying online is a hell of a lot cheaper.

I'd say the worst experience at Gamestop is buying a gutted game. What's really galling is when they get a gutted game for you, which has already been opened, and they re-seal it with a sticker. They tell you that the game is unreturnable if the seal is broken. That's simply disgusting-- it's already open, with its original factory seal broken, and then they reseal it and treat it like it's never been opened.

MathMattS

This. I'd like to add that I've had a number of friends work at gamestop, and I can tell you that these gutted games are used by the staff.

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I'd say the worst experience at Gamestop is buying a gutted game. What's really galling is when they get a gutted game for you, which has already been opened, and they re-seal it with a sticker. They tell you that the game is unreturnable if the seal is broken. That's simply disgusting-- it's already open, with its original factory seal broken, and then they reseal it and treat it like it's never been opened.

Heirren

This. I'd like to add that I've had a number of friends work at gamestop, and I can tell you that these gutted games are used by the staff.

I've heard about that before, that, at least previously, employees could "sign out" a new game for a weekend and then bring it back and sell it as new. Ugh.

worst must have been when i traded in My Psone With 13 games and only managed 20 bucks....

since then i keep all my games and systems, no matter if i play them or not