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Gamestop, I work there v4
 by Spykron on 01.01.2008      8 comments




Heyo. For anyone who don't know, I provide random tips every now and then about Gamestop for you. Hurray!

-We "penny'd out" a bunch of strategy guides a week or too ago. I should have told you sooner but i forgot. This basically means we marked down a bunch of guides to a Penny. I'm pretty sure its a chain wide ordeal and included guides were Heavenly Sword, RE4 Wii edition, Hellgate London, crash of the titans, a Naruto game, and a few others I forget. Bad Reporting, oops.

The point is check your local store and ask if they have anything for a penny. The Heavenly Sword guide has some nice art in the back. I expect some of the holiday themed stuff to go out like that soon too. We have these nifty little gift card tins that look like miniature systems, and I'd bet they're next to go.

-PS2's are worth 40 bucks now (45 for the slim) which isnt too bad considering they used to be 30, then 20. Gamecubes are 15 but they only sell for 30 now which rules, and Xbox gets shafted at being worth 20 (resold for 60)

-If you ever need a quick fix of Xbox live gold but are poor then go to Gamestop and check around in the used games that are open. A lot of them have 48 hour passes in them. I even found one that had a free month. Score.

Ok see ya around the internets
~Spykron

There are 8 comments about this post:
IceMax's Destructoid Blog
how does it make sense to mark down a strategy guide to a penny? you have to be really desperate to mark something down to a penny
ShadokatRegn's Destructoid Blog
The gamestop by my house got shitty. They shifted all the cool staff to another store, and the bitch manager won't let us do any of the shit you mentioned previously...

Such as getting free swag, especially for reserving a game. I reserved smash bros brawl, and mentioned it, and she was like "well I dont know who told you that, but they were breaking the rules."
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
The sad part is that while Spykron is cool like that, most if not all Gamestops are how ShadokatRegn described them. I don't know how many times I've reserved something and the swag that your supposed to get..you don't. But you'll see the shit eating grin from an employee there who doesn't even own the system with an Assasin Creed Pen here, a Nintendo something there, a Ps3 whatever as well. That shit is lame.

I can imagine the employees scouring the goodies like vultures and shafting consumers left and right.
casualweaponry's Destructoid Blog
@Y0j1mb0
Yup, I didn't get any of my UT3 swag.

That means some asshat kept my Unreal Anthology collection. I was promised that shit, and I didn't get it.

The very best part was when I went to pick up UT3 from gamestop. They told me that they had it, but it wasn't unpacked, and that I should come back the next day to pick it up. I paid to reserve that game in full, and they made me come back the next day to pick it up, and I didn't get the swag.

Guess who doesn't shop at gamestop any more?
ShadokatRegn's Destructoid Blog
@ Casualweaponry

Its really sad, but actually gamestops around here are better than any of the other options.

The mom n' pop shops are overpriced, gamecrazy can suck my non-existent cock, and EB is snobby, and the one gameforce left in the entire state is ridiculously sexist, and treats people like they're stupid.

I know, Spykron, make your store mobile, and come visit all of us so we don't get the asshat stores exclusively!
Spykron's Destructoid Blog
well swag for pre orders is usually "while supplies last" but i wouldnt be surprised if people employees just hijack you stuff and dont tell you.
Shin Oni's Destructoid Blog
hmm...if YOU guys pennyed out guides, i'm sure Best buy has already...or will soon.

I'd love to have that HS guide just for the artwork. Any guide for a penny is pure win anyway...
Turtule Soup's Destructoid Blog
@shadokat Gamecrazy is great or mine is anyway.

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I'm 22 and I like video games!!! I'm a cheap-ass about it so I rarely have the newest stuff.

I own NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, GBA, GBA Micro, GBA SP, DS lite, PSP slim, PS2, and a 360 Elite.

Also a PC of course, and the best game ever is Starcraft.

I work at Gamestop in Westfield, MA as assistant manager. Most Gamestops arn't cool. Mine is.

Other than games, I like photography, graphic design and hiking/camping. My hobbies are expensive :-(

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