Ever since the US Dollar has been dropping in value, I've been meaning to cross the border and pick up some games in the states. (And save some money in the process!)
So I head for Gamestop and they actually had all the PSP games I was looking for; Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles and Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness. My local EB games didn't have Dracula X or Disgaea in stock last week, so I was pretty happy to find them!
I also grabbed Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (PSP) since it got good reviews and was so cheap.
The guy working there was kind enough to give me the Dracula X preorder bonus even though I didn't preorder the game! Apparently nobody even placed any pre-orders for the game at that location, so he was happy to give it away. I don't suspect the assholes at any of my local EB Games would have been so easy going and generous!
EBGames and Gamestop tend to have a (mostly deserved) bad reputation for poor customer service. The two EBGames near me are employed by incompetent half-wits with some serious attitude. Somehow I figured it would be even worse in the states, but I was totally wrong!
The lone sales clerk working at the Burlington Square (Taylor Michigan) Gamestop location was not only VERY friendly, but well informed courteous and totally competent at his job!
After a bit of shopping I went for lunch at an Old Country Buffet. The food wasn't the best, but it was far from terrible. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Last time I was in the states I ate at Big Boy and the food was nasty! There was a chunk of bone (or tooth?!) in my hamburger! I swore I would never eat in the states again, but I couldn't resist the lure of the Old Country Buffet. I'm pretty sure I'd go back - but not for a while (sooooo full).
My roommate went to buy Dewey's Adventure and the clerk gave her both of the preorder plushes that they got in. I suspect it was the DDs at work again.
why don't you just go around and make change with people, be like, hey I need this in US currency would you trade me? and people would give you dollar for dollar and you just tell them "it's now the same, don't you read the news?" You'd be making all kinds of pennies!
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If you're coming from Canada now is the time to do it, our dollar is at a record low right now, worth 93 cents Canadian.
Yup! Also managed to pass customs without actually declaring anything I bought...score one for the good guys!
Haha, i totally hit up Old Country Buffet every time I shop in the states (that or Jack in the Box).
But as a rule, I never shop at EB/Gamestop.
SLiFE, what places do you hit up for games when your in the states?
My roommate went to buy Dewey's Adventure and the clerk gave her both of the preorder plushes that they got in. I suspect it was the DDs at work again.
why don't you just go around and make change with people, be like, hey I need this in US currency would you trade me? and people would give you dollar for dollar and you just tell them "it's now the same, don't you read the news?" You'd be making all kinds of pennies!
lol Canada
You can laugh at Canada, but it's not our currency thats the joke right now :-D
If only Canada jokes were capable of saving the US economy!