Everyone should stop buying things at GameStop, especially pre-orders and used games. The truth is GameStop is owned by Banes and Nobles and they are out to "Stop Games" that's why they buy every other video game store and take everything good out of them. to make matters worse, they are making an average of 125% income on used games and if people don't come to get their pre-orders for a month after the game comes out, the money placed on it goes to the company. Sure, they make $0.00 on new games but if you buy new games you should know that most of them have been opened and either played in-store or actually brought home by employees who are allowed to “sign out” games which is basically renting new games and then re-selling them as new. Sometimes they get re-shrink wrapped and other times they just get the “floor-copy” treatment where the game is left behind the counter and the case on the shelves. There is a lot more I could warn you and/or tell you about but I'll leave you with GameStop is a very shady business, I only know all of this because I was once the manager of a GameStop.

Here is a short list of AWESOME game stores bought by Barnes and Nobles:
Funcoland
Software Ect.
Babagges
EBgames


here are some follow ups.

FERRARIDUDE990 wrote:
EB Games isnt that good either. They always try and make me buy stuff whenever I go in


ME: "GameStop has owned EB since almost 2 years ago.
Also, the corporate offices write-up stores that don't get a good percentage of “pre-orders” and/or used game sales"




FERRARIDUDE990 wrote:
Yes I am aware of that. Us Luminoth Temple members were following that up while it happened. What's your point?



ME: "My point is; now that Barnes and Nobles owns them, they HAVE to follow the same rules and regulations as GameStop, GameStop offers them so EB has to because they are the same company now. That’s why they offer that stuff so hard; the corporate offices are extra strict with EB because it's the latest acquisition so they have to try harder to sell the required amounts. All businesses have their "profit" areas and that is Barnes and Nobles' you can't fault either of them for it, they are just offering. If it bothers you, say “No” it’s not hard. I do agree that the employees shouldn’t be required to ask 4 times, that is ridicules. That is up there with keeping the shelves in perfect alphabetical order all day, insane."



FERRARIDUDE990 wrote:
Plus, EBGs wouldnt let me buy Red vs. Blue because it had no rating



ME: "If you are under 18, it's a law to not sell unrated and rated R products to you. I’m glad you got mad at them for not breaking the law."



NINTENDOGUY7500 wrote:
gamestop is actually like an offshoot eb games, just there bot exclusive to malls. its the same store basically so if u want to hate gamestop hate eb too.



me: "Neither EB nor GameStop has EVER been exclusive to malls. I don't know where you get your information and why you haven't read the previous posts where I explained that EB is GS now.

EB wasn't bad until GS bought it. GS is really a Barnes and Nobles company. GameStop existed first, stop spouting ignorant comments please, it doesn't help the conversation."