Augh, I bought my "new" copy of Metal Slug Anthology and it had red spots and scratches all over the disc.

I really don't care anymore, I'm set on just buying on-line. Gamestop is a shit house of hell for video games. However, once in a while a rare used game will pop in from out of nowhere, so i admit to slipping in there once in a while.

I don't care, because I don't shop at gamestop =)

Wow, a major retail chain is doing something unethical, O RLY?

Honestly, there is so much venom from this site for Gamestop. Sure, I wish Funcoland would've stayed separate, I wish EB Games would've stayed separate, I wish we'd have a half decent gaming store that would actually have new games available for purchase, but, at the end of the day, it's another place to possibly go. I go there occasionally. I go to Wal-Mart occasionally. I buy online occasionally. All of have their strengths. All have their weaknesses. All have their ethical concerns.

As a complete sidenote, if you think Ebay's prices are better, trust me.. they'd be a lot different if there was no Gamestop. If the only place to buy used games was Ebay, the entire market would be different.

@Nick: Funny you should mention that. My monthly musing is going to be about those who hate on Gamestop/Game Crazy

when i worked at athletes foot we kept all the accessories in the shitter, i was pissin next to all the socks

The first store I worked at stored 360 and PS3 systems in the bathroom; the second store I worked at stored marketing materials in the bathroom. It's pretty common; the space in the back room is pretty limited. Didn't realize it was a big deal.

Yeah it only costs 5 bucks to for EB card in Canada where I got it.

Also I work in a grocery store and we keep fresh produce in the bathrooms, right beside the toilets, usually not even kept in a box just scattered all over the floor, covered in piss, blood, shit, and semen.

Yup, this is absolutely true. I used to work at Gamestop and the bathroom is where we kept all of the excess re-furbed Xboxes and Gamecubes.

"The card is 15 dollars I believe....you save 10 percent on used products. You spend 150 dollars in the entire year and you saved 15, spend any more and you are saving money. L2Math."

Cost of Card: $15
10% of 200: $20

Savings of $20 - $15 cost = $5 recouped.

L2Read.

Recoup-. to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
2. to regain or recover.
3. to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.

You would save 5 dollars from a 20 dollar purchase, not recoup 5 dollars from the cost of the card. L2define

For fucks sake, my point was never that Gamestop sucks. I do think that they suck but the entire crux of what I've been saying is directed solely at the Edge card and generally towards buying used games from pretty much any retail outlet.

Buying used games from stores is generally a poor way to save any significant amount of money but it's a simple way to combine saving a few dollars and convenient purchasing. The deal is all in convenience though. If you actually want to save money though you pretty much need to go online (which scares Luddites and paranoid people which seems to make up a strangely large amount of the internet)

@ Killas2

That's actually an incredibly ignorant statement. Considering that it's an auction system the prices are already set by the exact amount people are willing to pay. If used video games were hard to find (which would never happen even if Gamestop did stop doing trades) the prices would still only go as far as people were willing to pay. People already try and sell used copies of Halo 3 for $80 and they don't sell.

@ EternalDeathSlayer

I want to say that that's an argument from final consequence but it might just be a totally illogical statement. Why would it be that a business exclusively devoted to selling video games would be entirely obliterated by a side effort of an electronics department store. Yes, Best Buy is legitimate competition but there it really just doesn't seem sensible that they would become exclusive or even significantly dominant in providing video games.

@ Patriot

My math was fine and your point was wrong. Now you're just being baby and grasping at the fact that I misspoke. Grow up.

I'll think twice before sniffing the box of the next new system I buy from them.

...Don't judge me.

The Zero Originality Youtuber WhistleblowerZero already broke this story as part of his 10 part Gamestop expose didn't he?

New GameStop special: Free pink eye with purchase of any console!!!

Gee thanks Nick for reminding me that the bathroom in my store is bigger than my stock room (and you've seen it!)

As some people said, it does happen, but it's not at every store. The stuff stored in my bathroom is as far away from the toilet as possible.... just in case. You can't always trust those holiday hires to bathe, let alone hit the bowl every time.

@ AML

Just because I'm such a nice guy, I'll even quote myself for you.

"Rounding up, after spending $200 you've saved 3%. After you make back your first $15 you need to spend $50 to get another $5. In your first year of Edge card ownership you need to spend $900 to get a new 360 or PS3 game on saving alone. If you shop there exclusively and very frequently, you may as well get one since you're already pissing your money away but there is really absolutely no reason to own an Edge card."

I'm not sure if I'm more bothered by the stupidity or the ignorance of your statement.

We kept things in the restroom all the time. It wasn't like we would drop trou and spray shit all over your purchase before you bought it. But that is a funny idea.

When i worked at gamestop, we stored all systems in the bathroom. It's a door that can be locked, and most gamestop (mall locations) don't have storage areas almost at all. With most modern systems they boxes are very large. I think it's pretty stupid to be talking about this now, considering these stores have been doing it since they opened. Systems in a bathroom are hardly a device to carry disease or whatever people are assuming lives in bathrooms.

@Blind

You are failing. The magazine itself is what you've forgotten, and what I even split into a different line. Whether you like the magazine or think it's a snot rag, the idea is that you got a gaming publication + 12 months of 10 percent off games. Your math is flat out wrong.

But I've missed an essential point, what does an Edge Card have to do with some stores not following health code? Nothing, and it's pretty clear you're one of those GameStop bashers.

thats pretty strange i would not like to see a guy working there go in to the washroom and bring out a xbox instead of the storage area.
weird smell on the box get a free controller!

Here's some news for you; bathrooms are usually extremely clean, because they're one of the few places that actually gets scrubbed in a workplace. This is far, far more of a social faux pas than a hygiene issue.

There's a reason disinfectant ads constantly say that there's more bacteria on your chopping board than your toilet seat, and that's because if there's germs on your toilet seat, YOU'RE USING IT WRONG.

What you really have to fear is anywhere that people's hands are constantly. Computer keyboards, second hand controllers, cash registers, that sort of thing, because hands pick up everything, and not everyone washes their hands properly when leaving a bathroom... especially if someone's stacked a bunch of 360s around the sink!

I worked at 4 differnt small retail stores like a Gamestop, this is common practice, and if it comes as a shock...well, honestly, it shouldn't...

You're under the mistaken impression that there aren't mountains of used games outside of Gamestop. Like I said, if the supply of used games became somehow incredibly limited (limited production runs along with digital distribution being the primary method for a games release being pretty much the only reasonable scenario) then the price on eBay would most definitely increase. But, and this a pretty big but, it would still be below sticker price and it would still be competitive to what Gamestop has been doing with used games so far.

Haterade must've been on sale this week.