"Do you have a slim PS3? Because fat PS3's can't play Uncharted 3."
Read: "please pity me enough to buy hardware from me"
"Do you have a slim PS3? Because fat PS3's can't play Uncharted 3."
i was told that i was a manbaby, then a man child, and then a fucking retard.
I was getting the 3ds at launch.
Aww, thought it looked like him thoughnot Frank though![]()
Last time I was in the US everything was good for a couple of months so I thought people exaggerated with the GameStop stories since I had bought like 8 games there and a DSi and all went smoothly (maybe because they noticed I was a foreigner?) until I arrived one day looking for a DS game, there was this chubby out-of-herself looking girl behind the counter so I went and asked her "Hey, do you have any copies of Rhythm Heaven for the DS left?
Note: My English is pretty good I think, both spoken and written.
The girl replies "Excuse me? Rhythm something?" and I repeat "A copy of Rhythm Heaven, you know for the DS", she replies "Rhythm what?" and I say "Heaven, it's a rhythm game for the DS, I'm looking for it", after she understands and I'm sure she was mocking me she says "Ahh yeah that game, do you want it new or used?" and I reply "New, do you have any copies left?", she answers "Sure we do, just grab the case displayed there in the DS section while I look for the cartridge", after that I was like "Wait, you're giving me an opened game?" "Yeah but it's new, it hasn't been played and it's a fairly old game to be honest", realizing all those stories about GameStop were indeed true I say "Actually, don't worry I don't need the game anymore" and I went to a Walmart that was pretty close and grabbed myself a new sealed copy, never returned to GS after that.
Dumbest thing I've heard was the day Skyrim came out (I don't remember why I was there) one of the employees attempting to talk a customer into buying a protection plan for the game because "I was playing it last night and I ran into a lot of freezing problems".
"Just to let you know you shouldn't cancel preorders because they really hurt the person who took it"
That's my problem how exactly? I couldn't believe this guy was "suggesting" what a paying customer should or should not do. I was allllmost offended.
Me: "Can I change my reservation from Assassins Creed 3 to Max Payne 3"
GS: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard"
Me: "Oh?"
jesus christ
You know what the best part is? Max Payne came out three days later and AC3 wouldn't come out for another few months! And I had the money too!
Smh. Fucking weenies bruh.
2. A lady was trying to buy her grandson a used Nintendo 64 and game for Christmas (I think around around 2009). Her family didn't have a lot of money so she couldn't afford anything recent. She was 70-some cents short on the total bill. The clerk was an ass and wouldn't let her have it (yeah yeah just doing his job) so I picked out a couple of extra games I thought her grandson would like and paid for it all. I got some chicks number out of it ha ha.
I recently had one of my better GS experiences.
Was buying used copies of Resident Evil 4 and Kirby's Epic Yarn for the Wii. Talking with the clerk I mentioned how I noticed they had a used copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy on the shelf, and that I bought it the previous week from a different GS and it didn't come with a case. He told me to just go ahead and take the empty case that was on the shelf. I wasn't expecting him to give me the case, just telling him I wish I had checked both stores before buying a very pricey used game.
So I get home, open the case and it had everything in it. The manual, the art book thing and the registration slip that apparently hadn't been used yet. That tin case is excellent.
This is true for them in a lot of cases. They tend to order just enough copies to satisfy their preorders and maybe they'll have a few extra or if someone cancels they'll have some more. But they really do tend to under-order so they can push that bullshit.
Not that that stops you from getting it at another place on day 1 of course.
Wait, you got a complete copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy just like that? Talk about being lucky I'm still regretting myself for not picking up a new copy when they were first released.
I used to be an Electronics Boutique manager in the days of the Genesis and SNES. I have a story about the dumb questions customers came in with. Just to turn the tables on you guys. I had a 20 year old man come in screaming at me that his Genesis is broken. He said that when he shook it, he could hear the "Bits" moving around. If you recall there was a large "15 Bit" emblem on the top of the machine. He claimed the Genesis was down to only 4 or 6 bits. He even claimed that some of the "bits" have flown out of the system through the cartridge port. I, of course, tried to explain where the "16 Bits" terminology came from, but he wouldn't listen. He then told me we can keep his 4 bit machine and shove it up our asses. Then he threw it and ran out.
It's a two way street people.
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Most Gamestop employees in my local store have been pretty good. The only annoying thing they do is push their Edge card on me whenever I buy stuff from them.
I love Horrible Customer stories.
i was told that i was a manbaby, then a man child, and then a fucking retard.
I was getting the 3ds at launch.
Me: "Can I change my reservation from Assassins Creed 3 to Max Payne 3?"
GS: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard"
Me: "Oh?"
Modern Gaming Retail Rule #4: Unless it's a huge AAA blockbuster, you WILL have to preorder it to have it at that store with any kind of reliablilty, especially if you live in a rural area.