TEH TRUTH about gamestop!!

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#1 legend26
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those mother *BLEEEEEP* :evil:

http://kotaku.com/5046477/disgruntled-ex+gamestop-employee-takes-it-to-youtube

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#2 MAILER_DAEMON
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I don't have to click on that to have an idea of what it's about. My brother worked at a Play & Trade that is run by a few ex-GameStop managers who got disgrunted with the changes that came after the merger.
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#4 Uncle-Jesse
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I tried to listen to that whole video but the guy spoke so damn fast it was nearly impossible to keep up. Slow down!!
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#5 taj7575
Member since 2008 • 12084 Posts

He is a smart man. I hate GS.

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#6 the_foreign_guy
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Good thing I didn't apply there as a job.
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#7 Blu_Falcon37
Member since 2006 • 4041 Posts
And that's why I no longer go to Gamestop.
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#8 Juggernaut140
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It would have been better had he actually slowed down his voice but that was still pretty informative.
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#9 SolidSnake35
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I never buy preowned stuff. The smell of newness is worth the extra money. >.>
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#10 lolwaffles
Member since 2008 • 556 Posts
well, even though it really sux, used games there are always in good state and friggin mega cheap.. plus, every weird person that only plays them for 1 playthrough trades them in there! so a week after theyre released sometimes theyre for sale, used =/ but service sux
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#11 Anti-Venom
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**** that place. I had more then enough problems there. I'll never go back
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#12 DeathHeart95
Member since 2008 • 2541 Posts

I still go to GameStop, but I refuse to buy used games unless they are only available used.

I'll go to Target too though.

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#13 dan-rofl-copter
Member since 2008 • 2702 Posts

wow sorry i dont live in the states how big is gamestop and thats quite shocking

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#14 LastRebelKing
Member since 2008 • 662 Posts
Meh I will shop with them but theyre not the only store I buy games from.
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#15 StrawberryHill
Member since 2008 • 5321 Posts
I haven't purchased a game from Gamestop in over a year. Their selection of pc games is typically horrible and their prices aren't close to being the best.
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#16 spawnassasin
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i do my game shopping on goozex sometimes ill go to gamestop and buy new but i never trade my games to them
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#17 iam2green
Member since 2007 • 13991 Posts
i watched that it is stupid how the run it with the prices.
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#18 Makemap
Member since 2007 • 3755 Posts
That is what the store name means, Games Stop!
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#19 LJS9502_basic
Member since 2003 • 180144 Posts

Meh...I go there. I haven't had any problems.

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#20 Jakendo
Member since 2007 • 3841 Posts
I shop there....
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#21 DJ-Lafleur
Member since 2007 • 35604 Posts
Meh, the gamestop near me is fine...
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#22 The_Game21x
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Take it from someone who works there. This guy speaks the absolute truth.

I work at GameStop because the American economy is pure **** right now and I was lucky (lol, poor choice of words) enough to land a job so I'm not leaving it any time soon. Having worked there for about a year and a half now, I have grown a new hatred for the company and practically everything it's associated with. It treats its employees like **** and its used game and trade in policies are only an inch away from highway robbery (which is why I never trade in games there).

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#23 Zeromus1337
Member since 2008 • 15955 Posts
Too much like Yahtzee.He should slow down.
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#24 Dethshoot
Member since 2005 • 4004 Posts

I sense that

IT: People don't watch the video.

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#25 Racer_XLR
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I've never used Gamestop... I buy my games off of Best Buy.
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#26 higgydiggy
Member since 2006 • 984 Posts
so he had a bad job and whines about it like a 3 year old...what a punk
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#27 Makemap
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I've never used Gamestop... I buy my games off of Best Buy.Racer_XLR

Walmart is the best to get your games, you can trade back in for free, and they always fully update the games, depend on how long that game was there.

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#28 The_Game21x
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so he had a bad job and whines about it like a 3 year old...what a punkhiggydiggy

It's not so much whining as it is a warning to everyone who does business with them either as a customer or behind the counter as an employee.

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#29 higgydiggy
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[QUOTE="higgydiggy"]so he had a bad job and whines about it like a 3 year old...what a punkThe_Game21x

It's not so much whining as it is a warning to everyone who does business with them either as a customer or behind the counter as an employee.

well every business has secrets. and yeah you dont get as much when you trade in a game and the price they sell it at but where else are you going to do that. all i can think of is blockbuster and they dont even advertise it.
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#30 Dethshoot
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[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]

[QUOTE="higgydiggy"]so he had a bad job and whines about it like a 3 year old...what a punkhiggydiggy

It's not so much whining as it is a warning to everyone who does business with them either as a customer or behind the counter as an employee.

well every business has secrets. and yeah you dont get as much when you trade in a game and the price they sell it at but where else are you going to do that. all i can think of is blockbuster and they dont even advertise it.

My statement of

ITT: People don't watch the video

is now proven correct.

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#32 The_Game21x
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[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]

[QUOTE="higgydiggy"]so he had a bad job and whines about it like a 3 year old...what a punkhiggydiggy

It's not so much whining as it is a warning to everyone who does business with them either as a customer or behind the counter as an employee.

well every business has secrets. and yeah you dont get as much when you trade in a game and the price they sell it at but where else are you going to do that. all i can think of is blockbuster and they dont even advertise it.

Well, you could sell your game online for far more than GameStop is going to give you. For instance, GameStop will give you $18 (store credit) for a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. As demonstrated in the first episode of this series, you can start up a small "business" on Amazon.com or hell, even Ebay and sell it for, lets just say $33. Already, you've nearly doubled what you would've gotten from GameStop (in cash, none of that store credit BS) with very little extra effort. Sure, you may have to wait a bit longer, but if you price your game competitively, people will buy it.

Yes, every business has its share of skeletons in the closet, but GameStop takes it to another level.

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#33 RyuHayabusaX
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Yeah way too fast but he knows all about it he acts like it's common sense.
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#34 R0cky_Racc00n
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wow sorry i dont live in the states how big is gamestop and thats quite shocking

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They're pretty much a monopoly on videogame only stores. If a small independent videogame store opens up in your small town, you can bet GameStop will take it over in a blink.
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#35 alexmurray
Member since 2005 • 2665 Posts
Oh i thought people where talking about gamespot, I was very confused
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#36 viewtiful26
Member since 2005 • 2842 Posts
Yeah...I suppose the reason I go to Gamestop is that they are the closest places to buy games around here. Still I found the videos interesting, but he does talk too fast and shows some text for brief seconds.
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#37 gdogghenrikson
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who gives a darn
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#38 Wet_Sand
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That video was awesome, Gamestop must be stopped. :evil:
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#39 Gokuja
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wow, i can understand yahtzee but this guy doesn't speak english half the time

And I realized a couple years ago that i was making a mistake by trading my stuff to gamestop. Started going over to CD tradepost where i usually got $5-10 more. the Wii system me and my ex traded in got alot more than it would have at gamestop, i think like $30+ or so.

Gamestop sucks, period. If some of you guys want to waste your money, keep defending the store. And let them get take advantage and give you crappy deals

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#40 DrCoCoPiMp
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OH YEAH, like if corporations were all little angels.
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#41 choffy
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Honestly, who didn't see this though?
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#42 CJL182
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I never buy used games nor trade my games in, so I only knew about the rip off prices that GS gives you for trading your games in. I had no idea about the whole customer testing used games thing though.
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#43 laughingman42
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Everyone should link this vid in their sig.
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#44 Akm4everz
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Wow that was pretty intense
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#45 DarkAlucard666
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I just go there to buy and leave like any other game store.

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#46 ZOnikJJ
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hehe, I love listening to this.
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#47 soulless4now
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Good thing I never bought stuff there. >_>
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#48 deactivated-5bf8c1fbe8a0f
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I used to shop at GS alot, but mostly quit after getting double charged for Gran Turismo 4. The main problem is that they are the only store around where I live that ever has anything. Furthermore, the people working behind the desk there constantly talk trash about customers as soon as they leave, and they do this in front of the other customers. It's almost like meeting forum trolls in person every time you go in there.

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#49 TheOddQuantum
Member since 2008 • 2472 Posts
I know very well how gamestop works. However I must say it was a good Zeropunctuation style vid.
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#50 Fuzzy_Bear123
Member since 2007 • 638 Posts
Wow, I knew they were bad but they seem to have taken it to a new level.