going for a mid afternoon troll...

so in the middle of the day i went to my local gamestop and told the clerk i wanted to pick up a copy of defiance for my brother. the clerk asked if i wanted it new or used.
i said used if he had it.
he then said they didn't have it used... but told me to pick it up used because the game recieved poor reviews and there was a good chance i wouldn't like it.
i let him know it was for my brother.
he said..."well then, i'm sure your brother isn't going to like it... like i'm positive he wont like it."
"na, we both played my copy at my house the other night... he really seems to enjoy it. reviews dont matter." i said.
then he went on to basically say, yeah right... the game is a mess and only console players will fall for the games geekish marketing schemes. sci fi nerds and such.
WTF.
i asked him why noone has returned the game if it sucked so bad and he concluded that the game wasn't worth bringing in because of its resale value.
i bought my second copy this week.
as i walked out he said, "you'll be back"
gamestop really needs to hire new people around here.
what a crap experience.

basicly hes hasnt played the game himself so is watching ign come on ign are terrible the game has its issues but they get fixed pretty quickly

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Originally Posted by mattlewis

so in the middle of the day i went to my local gamestop and told the clerk i wanted to pick up a copy of defiance for my brother. the clerk asked if i wanted it new or used.
i said used if he had it.
he then said they didn't have it used... but told me to pick it up used because the game recieved poor reviews and there was a good chance i wouldn't like it.
i let him know it was for my brother.
he said..."well then, i'm sure your brother isn't going to like it... like i'm positive he wont like it."
"na, we both played my copy at my house the other night... he really seems to enjoy it. reviews dont matter." i said.
then he went on to basically say, yeah right... the game is a mess and only console players will fall for the games geekish marketing schemes. sci fi nerds and such.
WTF.
i asked him why noone has returned the game if it sucked so bad and he concluded that the game wasn't worth bringing in because of its resale value.
i bought my second copy this week.
as i walked out he said, "you'll be back"
gamestop really needs to hire new people around here.
what a crap experience.

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well idk if this happened or made up but as for someone who probably pays the GS in my towns light bill. The clerk is either new or a moron they wont sell serial code games used. (atleast in my town)They are fairly useless once the code is used.

Crap like that is why I don't go to GameStop any more. Their staff, no matter what store I've been to, is always obnoxious.

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Originally Posted by Ikagawa

Crap like that is why I don't go to GameStop any more. Their staff, no matter what store I've been to, is always obnoxious.

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I cant say that the guys at the store i use are all top shelf. Hell i game with the manager in tor cod and when i played wow there to.

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Originally Posted by Wraieth

well idk if this happened or made up but as for someone who probably pays the GS in my towns light bill. The clerk is either new or a moron they wont sell serial code games used. (atleast in my town)They are fairly useless once the code is used.

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It would depend on the company that publishes the game. EA games come with codes now, but you can purchase a new code online if you buy a used copy.

I don't know how Trion handles it.

Does it really matter to them if a game is good or bad? That is just bad business.

You should let the manager know that their employee is trying to lose them money, lol. What kinda employee discourages purchases.

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Originally Posted by Ikagawa

Crap like that is why I don't go to GameStop any more. Their staff, no matter what store I've been to, is always obnoxious.

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The one I go to has decent staff, I don't frequent much but I have made a half dozen stops in there in the past couple years.

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Originally Posted by kirbs562

Does it really matter to them if a game is good or bad? That is just bad business.

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A friend of mine was an Assistant Manager at an EB Games (before the merger with GameStop) and their employee handbook specifically said that they were not allowed to give opinions on the games they sell because they didn't want to deal with irate customers that come back screaming about how bad a purchase was.