Don't buy systems from gamestop

ok heres my story.... i bought a new 40g ps3 about 2 weeks ago from gamestop..about three days ago. i opened the HDD and found that it was completely Diffrent from this manual.... hmmm.. i said to the wierd HDD.. there were no two screws by the blue one... there were four on the sides of it... and then... i looked at the lable and it said Hitatchi.. i didnt worry about it that much...but today i tried to take the screws out.. and i tried for about an hour to take out one of the screws... and it wouldent come out and i thought it was stripped... i tried the other one gently but it also did not come out... so i called sony customer support today.. and said this "the four screws on my Hitatchi HDD will not come out".... she was confused...because she said there should not be four screws and she said only seagate makes HDD's for the ps3... i told her i bought it new from gamestop... she told me that they sold me a used system instead of a new ps3 with the wrong hardrive and the screws were most likely already stripped...im going to go return it tomorrow and try to get my money back so i could buy it from bestbuy... i hate gamestop so much....:cry:

also there were 4 scratches on the back side of the HDD....

Guess they forgot to put a refurbished label on it or something, although I doubt it. Regardless, that's cheap move by Gamestop.

I hope you get a full refund.

I bought a new PS3 from Best Buy at launch and it had a Hitachi HDD. The screw issue has been a problem with many PS3's. You need to make sure you are using a precision screw driver, if not they wont come out. This was probably 10 years ago, but I worked at an EB games when I was in HS and we never sold a used system as new, never. The fact is that you just bought a PS3 with and Hitachi HDD, one of several brands they use.

Damn, I read about this from you a couple of days ago. Gamestop is kind of notorious for doing stuff like this, I remember way back that kid who got a phonebook instead of a PS3.CTUDude

ya i remember that too...

I bought a new PS3 from Best Buy at launch and it had a Hitachi HDD. The screw issue has been a problem with many PS3's. You need to make sure you are using a precision screw driver, if not they wont come out. This was probably 10 years ago, but I worked at an EB games when I was in HS and we never sold a used system as new, never. The fact is that you just bought a PS3 with and Hitachi HDD, one of several brands they use.

mgfarmer

[QUOTE="mgfarmer"]

I bought a new PS3 from Best Buy at launch and it had a Hitachi HDD. The screw issue has been a problem with many PS3's. You need to make sure you are using a precision screw driver, if not they wont come out. This was probably 10 years ago, but I worked at an EB games when I was in HS and we never sold a used system as new, never. The fact is that you just bought a PS3 with and Hitachi HDD, one of several brands they use.

trapper94

10 years ago?.... and i hardly believe u need the best screw driver to unscrew something... u only need something that exactly fits into the screw wich i had... the damn screws broke my screw driver too....

[QUOTE="mgfarmer"]

I bought a new PS3 from Best Buy at launch and it had a Hitachi HDD. The screw issue has been a problem with many PS3's. You need to make sure you are using a precision screw driver, if not they wont come out. This was probably 10 years ago, but I worked at an EB games when I was in HS and we never sold a used system as new, never. The fact is that you just bought a PS3 with and Hitachi HDD, one of several brands they use.

trapper94

he means when he worked at ebgames 10 years ago, they never sold a used console and said it was new. which meant consoles like n64 PS1 etc.

Yah, I bought a "new" 40GB PS3 which turned out to be a used one. I went to the save data utility and found a Motorstorm file in there. LuckyLy

omg... i hope they give me "cash" back so i can buy it from bestbuy...

Yah, I bought a "new" 40GB PS3 which turned out to be a used one. I went to the save data utility and found a Motorstorm file in there. LuckyLy

WOW...why would they do that?

[QUOTE="LuckyLy"]Yah, I bought a "new" 40GB PS3 which turned out to be a used one. I went to the save data utility and found a Motorstorm file in there. nelson415

WOW...why would they do that?

can't you like sue them or something?...

[QUOTE="LuckyLy"]Yah, I bought a "new" 40GB PS3 which turned out to be a used one. I went to the save data utility and found a Motorstorm file in there. nelson415

WOW...why would they do that?

Someone probably returned it and it was re-sold

Sounds fishy to me.

Besides, just get it from Walmart or somewhere else

Besides, this will teach you a lesson, kid

Don't buy game systems used.

I buy games used, but before I do, I ask to see the disc to see if their's any scratches on it.

Took 25 years but I finally learned how to buy used

Besides, this will teach you a lesson, kid

Don't buy game systems used.

I buy games used, but before I do, I ask to see the disc to see if their's any scratches on it.

Took 25 years but I finally learned how to buy used

choffy

Yea, 25 years of being stupid, maybe if you would've read the post, you would see he bought it new.

[QUOTE="choffy"]

Besides, this will teach you a lesson, kid

Don't buy game systems used.

I buy games used, but before I do, I ask to see the disc to see if their's any scratches on it.

Took 25 years but I finally learned how to buy used

jeremiah06

Yea, 25 years of being stupid, maybe if you would've read the post, you would see he bought it new.

I could've sworn he said used. No matter. I'll admit I was wrong and walk away. But you don't have to be a dick to say I'm wrong

Besides, this will teach you a lesson, kid

Don't buy game systems used.

I buy games used, but before I do, I ask to see the disc to see if their's any scratches on it.

Took 25 years but I finally learned how to buy used

choffy