GameStop Sells Played Games As New, (should be shut down)

Can't you tell if a game is brand new or not? It's not like they can repackage it with the plastic and everything, and if it works and there's a still a manual then I don't really care.

SOedipus

I work at gamestop and we are allowed to take a loan of new games, but we make sure that they are the last of the new games sold and we explain to the customer buying it that it has already been played. Most customers are ok with it.

And TC, you can go **** yourself. You don't realise how many of us would lose our jobs because we sell 1 out of 100 games as new. Think about how many people who would run into debt during a rescession.

Plus if we did get closed down half of you would be winging of how you can't get games at discount prices.

robobie

They have too many good deals for me to ever stop shopping at Gamestop....HarlockJC

[QUOTE="SOedipus"]

Can't you tell if a game is brand new or not? It's not like they can repackage it with the plastic and everything, and if it works and there's a still a manual then I don't really care.

HuusAsking

That was uncalled for. Now I have reason to be paranoid. :(

We need to do that so we can have display models of the games. It stops us being bothered by pesky little kids like yourself TC while we are trying to work

robobie

Print out laminates.

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We need to do that so we can have display models of the games. It stops us being bothered by pesky little kids like yourself TC while we are trying to work

hakanakumono

Print out laminates.

WalMart/Best Buy >>>>>>>>>>>> GameStop. :)

I stopped buying games from there. There is this guy in my local mall who has a stand set up and all games are new and are at least $10 cheaper than the prices in every other store. I found MGS4 there for $40 CDN!

nintendoman562

They have done that with me. I asked to buy a game (Grim Grimoire for PS2), they said they only had the new one, and I agreed to get the game. Lo and Behold, they pulled the case of the game from the shelf with had a "NEW" sticker on it, took the game out of a sleeve and sold it to me for the price of a new game. I complained but it got no where, so I just bought the game. They have done this with Odin Sphere too, every other time I said "I might as well buy the game still in a wrapper for full price".

What in the hell does this have to do with SW?

Silverbond

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[QUOTE="robobie"]

We need to do that so we can have display models of the games. It stops us being bothered by pesky little kids like yourself TC while we are trying to work

HuusAsking

Print out laminates.

Then gamestop buys one copy of the game, and sells it used later. That is how it's done.

Agreed, I've never really shopped at Gamestop or EB or GameCrazy anyways. I hate the sales push, and how the employees act like they know EVERYTHING about gaming.

Cicatraz_ESP

I am a victim. I bought GBA game 7 years ago. I asked for F-Zero and they had one copy left. The cartridge was out of the box. They guy went to the back of the store to grab the game. He comes back and I see him put the cartridge inside the box.

I stoped him there and said, "Wait a minute I asked for it new."

He replied, "Sir, this is new".

"What? the game is out of the box, how do I know no one played the game in the back room? You should at least try to sell it to me as an used game"

"Sir, I guarantee this game has not been used."

I gave up arguing with the guy, I just wanted to play the game already, so I bought the game as new. When I got back home, I started to play the game and guess what!! There was a save file in the game. I was infuriated!!! I was not only mad at Gamestop but I was also mad at myself. That's what I get for trusting people. Ugh!!! Never again!!!

[QUOTE="SOedipus"]

Can't you tell if a game is brand new or not? It's not like they can repackage it with the plastic and everything, and if it works and there's a still a manual then I don't really care.

HuusAsking

Wow, so many problems that no one else seems to be having.

I have no problems with my Gamestop. I buy and trade games with them sometimes and it saves me alot of money with my edge card. The only thing i dont like about it is the fact the Dervs dont see as much money as they should due to the buy and trade. But thats the way it is unless they some how outlaw buying and selling used games. The things you listed TC i have never seen or had any of those problems with Gamestop.djsifer01

I am a victim. I bought GBA game 7 years ago. I asked for F-Zero and they had one copy left. The cartridge was out of the box. They guy went to the back of the store to grab the game. He comes back and I see him put the cartridge inside the box.

I stoped him there and said, "Wait a minute I asked for it new."

He replied, "Sir, this is new".

"What? the game is out of the box, how do I know no one played the game in the back room? You should at least try to sell it to me as an used game"

"Sir, I guarantee this game has not been used."

I gave up arguing with the guy, I just wanted to play the game already, so I bought the game as new. When I got back home, I started to play the game and guess what!! There was a save file in the game. I was infuriated!!! I was not only mad at Gamestop but I was also mad at myself. That's what I get for trusting people. Ugh!!! Never again!!!

01_5k001

At gamestop we can't keep all the games in their cases because we simply don't have enough room for all of the cases. So instead we put them in plastic cases were they are not damaged.

And that game was probably staff loaned to someone. But since then gamestop policy has changed. We are not allowed to borrow new ds games because it leaves a saved file on the game and not the system.

You should have reported that particular gamestop branch to head office.

Once they sold me RE4 "New", but they only gave it to me in a paper sleeve because that was the last copy :? I had to look for the box on the display shelf if i wanted it, eventually i gave up and just left. X360PS3AMD05

We have to leave the games in those sleeves because we can't keep every individual case in some backroom because there are too many games out and we don't have enough space.

And since it was the last copy, that probably means that the case was used as a display model for out on the shelfs. It doesn't mean that somebody played it.

Gamestop are cheap people. They are taking advantage of the crisis we are having to sell us lies. They deserve bankruptcy.:evil:

Xtra vision is best for used gamesirish4eva

Even though I work at gamestop, I have to agree. They do give better store credit and they sell games for cheaper. If I ever have someone who is unhappy with the credit or cash they are being offered, I tell them to try extra vision because they will most likely get a better price for it there

I learned my lesson and now purchase all my new games from Amazon.

I used to trade in games there every once in a while but then I thought to myself....."WTF!!!!!! I am trading in a game for 5 bucks, I might as well keep the damn thing."

Needless to say my Library is getting kindia big, at least for me.

gamestation in the UK do it as well, that's why if i buy a game brand new i will only accept it if it has an unbroken MS sticker on it, i bought gears 2 brand new, got it home and found scratches and fingerprints all over the discdelta3074

The only thing i dont understand is "i actually work at gamestop and i know there a big rip off but i enjoy working there because its fun" Like i dont understand why some people trade their stuff back in its stupid and i wish i could give them more money..except for those dirty people they steal brand new games and get cash for them. BUT for all the people complaining like omg i had to buy a brand new open copy of a game, quit complaining why didnt you just say can i have a sealed one if you have one of just go somewhere else dur?!JetB1ackNewYear

Wow, that's pretty terrible. Still I don't think they should be shut down, just punished or fined. I also think they should refund everyone who bought their "used" games.

Why are people so surprised, this has been going on for years. When I was back in college I worked at a local GS so I could do free "renting" and get a discount.

Oh and just b/c it's open doesn't mean it's played. They have to gut the products b/c people steal, so if you get a gutted copy don't assume it's played... and if you wanna blame someone in that case blame the people that steal stuff.

Wow, that's pretty terrible. Still I don't think they should be shut down, just punished or fined. I also think they should refund everyone who bought their "used" games.

fabz_95

That would be impossible.

Yeah, I bought Call of Duty 2 there, and the disk was unreadable to my 360, yet had no scratches or fingerprints whatsoever. So I gave it back for a different one, and that worked, proving it wasn't my console.

[QUOTE="JetB1ackNewYear"]The only thing i dont understand is "i actually work at gamestop and i know there a big rip off but i enjoy working there because its fun" Like i dont understand why some people trade their stuff back in its stupid and i wish i could give them more money..except for those dirty people they steal brand new games and get cash for them. BUT for all the people complaining like omg i had to buy a brand new open copy of a game, quit complaining why didnt you just say can i have a sealed one if you have one of just go somewhere else dur?!HuusAsking

the only reason i go to gamestop is to find old games that i can't find anywhere else

[QUOTE="kidonre"]My freind was to stupid to realize gthat the used game he bought... could be bought at target across the street brand new for just $5 more The used game he bought from GS had: no instruction, no case, lots of scratches, and cum stains on the back.cainetao11

I just dont like how they sell NEW games OPENED. They take the disc and everything out and just leave the box for display. Sure it might not have been played and just in storage but that's not the point. I bought Counter Strike Source from them a year back but they took the cd/cd key out to prevent people from ripping the box open and taking the key. BUT all it takes is a jerk of an employee to write down the key and activate it on steam leaving that copy of the game I bought useless.

Thankfully this wasn't my case but you get the idea :P

If something is labeled "NEW" dont freakin OPEN the game and put the disc/manual/key in storage. Leave is sealed and improve security.

Why are people so surprised, this has been going on for years. When I was back in college I worked at a local GS so I could do free "renting" and get a discount.

Oh and just b/c it's open doesn't mean it's played. They have to gut the products b/c people steal, so if you get a gutted copy don't assume it's played... and if you wanna blame someone in that case blame the people that steal stuff.

-RPGamer-

I knew that they did that. My friend who worked there said never to buy a game that wasn't sealed.