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GameStop is one of those companies that's never short of enemies, bad press, or disgruntled employees that steal security camera tapes. Check out this video of some ruthless dickwads getting more value from a visit than your Edge card will yield in a lifetime. The trick is to go shopping there after the employees are gone, you see.
I was originally going to title this post "Here's how to rob a GameStop," but you gotta kinda feel bad for them, even if they only gave you 25 bucks for the copy of The Last Remnant that you regrettably paid $60 for yesterday. It's a tough economy. They do what they can, even if it means little Timmy will have to settle for that Doritos game this Christmas.
Anyway, back to the festive holiday pillaging! At the request of the informant, we've withheld the time and location of this impromptu party, but we can reveal that it was pretty recent and various PS3s and Wiis appear to be the target of their operation. It looks like they knew exactly what they were doing, too. Inside job or career crooks?
You knew it was coming: At least somebody walked out with a steal this holiday season from a GameStop. Zing! No wait, a better one: Is the holiday PS3 lineup really worth going to jail for? Haha, I'm here all night, folks -- show me your genitals.
[Thanks, Satan]
Contest:
6:25 PM on 12.17.2008
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also, how the hell did you get those tapes Niero?
Anyway, I hope these thieves are caught.
Fucking serves them right for selling games without the plastic seal.
At the location I work at, all we have is a gate that goes down, but then again its also in a mall as well.
Seeing as the story ends "[Thanks, Satan!]" it's clear that Niero had to sell his soul to obtain this footage. Clearly a worthwhile sacrifice for this gripping exclusive.
Oh, how, um, dare they. Those wretched miscreants and...
...Fuck it, I've got nothin'. Go Pillagers!
Mmmm... yes, its pillage after all.
PILLAGE!!!
would it be possible for gamestop to give sony the serial numbers of any of the stolen systems, then have sony monitor the PSN for those stolen systems. If they show up, they can question the mofos? If it was sold, they're in trouble for recieving stolen property, and more than likely the thieves kept a few for themselves.
Just a thought...
Hell the even more crappy ones like lost odyssey and blue dragon are worth even less. gamestop is being nice giving you $25 for it.
In this case, though, I feel bad for the next family that comes in looking for a Wii that won't get one.
Nevermind the fact I've been gaming most of my life..
I've noticed a lot of gamestop employees have this holier than thou" attitude. I'm not sure if it's whats they tell them in orientation or what, but I honestly don't shop there because of this.
I guess my 30 years of playing any video game I can get my hands on makes me less of a person than someone who hasn't even been alive long enough to say they played with an SNES when it was released or even a Dreamcast. (Don't even ask them if they've been to an arcade)
I just get my games from Amazon.. yeah I have to wait a couple more days but its better than me going
to the local gamestop to be treated like I'm a subhuman.
Fucking pretentious assholes.
I think these people knew someone there or is/was an employee there. It's blatantly obvious.