Single *worst* purchase experience ever!!!

Surprise... it was from a Game-stop.

I managed to find a NEW copy of NHL 2K7. I am VERY particular about my purchases from stores other than Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. But, this game was sealed with plastic, seams and all. Not shrink-wrapped with a melted crease like vegetables at a supermarket. Also, it had the sticker along the edge of the box beneath the plastic wrap, like a new title should, so I felt pretty good.

Now normally I give all new purchases a little shake to ensure the disc is seated on the spindle, you can hear it rattle slightly when it does this, I do this because I have bought games before that when I got home I found were not secured to the case and have been sliding all around in the case getting scratched up.

Imagine my surprise when I opened the case and found NO DISC AT ALL!!!

The case didn't feel light, I couldn't even tell. I went through hell and high water getting my money back with that one.

Be careful out there. Give your new purchases a little shake when buying them and listen for the disc rattle.

"Poor is the man who pleasure depends on the permission of another"

I'm shocked that something like that happened to you. Because the Gamestops by me don't even keep the game cartridges/discs out on the shelves. They have display cases all over and to purchase games, you have to ask for them at the desk, where they'll open up a drawer or something and pull out copies of the game(s) you're asking for. So the cases all around the store are just for display, the actual games are behind the counter, in the plastic wrap.

But I did have an experience like yours at my local TRU years ago. My brother and I went there (I don't know why we went to TRU but we did) to get Cool Boarders 2001 for the PS2. We got into the car, started driving home, were 15min from the store, and that's when we opened the case and noticed we didn't have a game disc. So we drove all the way back and luckily the same person that rang us up was there and we had our reciept and they gave us a game disc, no problem.

Stuff like that just happens sometimes. It's usually a factory mistake. I wouldn't blame Gamestop this time around.

And come to think of it, why do people hate Gamestop so much. I can understand why working at any gaming store would stink, but really, the only thing they do that irks me is when they ask if I want to preorder anything. Look, if I want to preorder something, I'll let you know. I'll come into the store with the intention of preordering something. I never preorder on the spot.

if you want to know more about what gamestop does, I have a thread that has posts in it with bad experiences from gamestop. I don't think I'll be buying from there anymore...hydralisk86

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