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Anyways, I saw this earlier and he makes some very good points.. from what I understood. He mumbles..
A lot.
True he does mumble, but I can hear him fine.
Your preaching to the choir at this point. BTW Gamestop isnt going anywhere, they have a model that prints money for them. I dig that he's trying to "spread the word", but any one that watches this on the net most likely already knows it. I know if I was the man behind Gamestop, I wouldnt change shit and continue to roll in large piles of money.
& yes GameStop sucks.
They sell opened games as new,
They give virtually nothing for trade ins,
Most employees are self-righteous dweebs w/ attitude problems (which we all know is over-compensation for their low self-esteem),
They monopolize pre-orders & annoy the hell out of you to pre-order everything coming out in the next year every time you so much as wander by.
Yes, a lot of the chain's policies are bullshit, especially with used games, but I'm sick of people extending that hatred to the people who actually work there. (^ TooMuchCoffeeMan, I'm looking at you.) Stores are more than their corporate namesake, and their way of doing business is often more influenced by the people who are actually working there than some evil, money-grubbing CEO half a continent away.
If the manager and the people who are employed there are actually nice and want to be at that store, then your experience for the most part will be far better than some small-town-mom-and-pop store that hired the bratty teen who hates his life and everyone in it.
And finally, if you hate GameStop so much DON'T FUCKING PATRONIZE THEM AND SHUT UP.
I totally agree, it sucks when people are successful at making money...
BTW, they dont pay minimum wage, and if they do someone needs to learn how to ask for a better pay rate.
Furthermore, I keep every game I sell (partly because I am a pack rat; partly because of trade-in values).
So ... yeah.
Whaa?
I dislike most Hip Hops and I think Flim Flams are for the birds.
The people who work at my store aren't too bad either, a few are, but most are OK. Plus if you deal with half the customers they gotta deal with, you'd treat everyone pretty badly. I know exactly what this guy is talking about when it comes to some of those customers, he's not making that stuff up. There are people do like to hang out at EB/Gamestops and talk to the employees about their gaming achievements.
"I don''t understand why the video game industry hates pre-owned games so much, yet they always give EB/Gamestop the best pre-order bonuses."
If you offer pre-order goodies to Best Buy or Circuit City, you are also competing with the rest of the store for the attention of the consumer.
Sure, a more 'informed' gamer will go to where the best deal is at, but GS is exclusively tailored to the video game market. Therefore, it makes the most sense to work with an outlet that is guaranteed to have a much more comprehensive push for such trinkets.
some like mine are actually good and they actually care about the customer, hell they even told a couple of customer who come in with a butt load of games to just craigslist there stuff and theyed make more money
still...I don't buy new games from there. Rarely used games if I can find them cheaper elsewhere or online. I go into gamestop to browse about and hopefully find a game I wanted to buy and do so elsewhere.
I'm not saying there aren't any GameStops that exist that have a decent human being working there. But you ask around & you'll find out that it takes a certain type of person to enjoy working there. & that type of person is exactly what i described.
Also, no I'm not going to just "SHUT UP"; i'm free to express my distastes for their policies, behavior & attitudes. You think companies who are corrupt or just plain shitty to their customers deserve apathy? apparently so.
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