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[Jawmuncher]

I might sound crazy, but I don't want to pick on GameStop employees. Especially not after those godawful GameFly commercials showing a woman physically abusing one and several d-bags trashing the store. GameStop employees near where I live are just like people at any other retail store: people who needed a job, and will do their best to tell you about a product, but shouldn't be expected to know everything about a job that pays so little.

For this reason I don't give them much flak either.
If I don't like it, I can always just do my business elsewhere.

Though the one time something like this applied to me was when I went to preorder AC3 for the Steel Book. The cashier when I went to preorder wasn't even awhere that the steelbooks were for preorders. She thought they were display cases, but considering I was the first person in the store to come and preorder as soon as they were putting them out I know I caught them off guard, since 5 minutes later they called me back to come get one.

The only other thing I can think of that was kind of funny was when I went to buy Ninja Gaiden Sigma. I had taken a nice box (Black Label) to the cashier and the rep was about to give me one from the back counter instead (a greatest hits) had to ask her to please give me a regular case and game. Completely threw her off guard, i guess a lot of collectors don't go to my gamestop.

 

[sikkinixx]

I really wish EB would stop hiring early 20-something's who are "geeky gaming" hipsters. They're condescending, "oh... I don't play Rockstar games anymore since they just sell to stupid angst-ridden males" makes me wretch.

And managers are far bigger douchebags in my experience. One gave me shit for e-mailing someone at corporate criticizing him for fucking me around with a pre-order. Some cashier took the wrong name down for a pre-order so the manager wouldn't give me the game despite the fact that I had the receipt with my phone number on it (and a phone SHOWING my phone number) and the matching EDGE card used on it. The only difference? Dude taking the pre-order used an M instead of an N in my first name, and a B instead of a V in my last.

"Well I need to wait 72 hours to see if the name on a receipt shows up"

I DID SHOW UP ASSHOLE YOU LEFT ME A FUCKIN MESSAGE ON MY PHONE TO PICK IT UP

 

[Agent Unknown]

As an adult, who constantly researches games, I hate being treated like an idiot.

Nailed it. This is EXACTLY why what the guy in the OP said annoyed me so much.

I forgot to pre-order Metroid: Other M (yeah, shoot me now) because I just moved back for college so I called up the closest Gamestop to see if I could secure the pre-order bonus even though it was days before the release.

The worker told me that he would give me the pre-order bonus right there and then if I could make it there in 10 minutes and do the transaction with him.

I went to dinner.

This post reminds me of when I preordered Other M weeks beforehand so I could get the art folio. Release day comes, I go in, and there's just one girl working there who looks like she's in a bad mood and is literally ignoring me and every other customer in the store. I tell her I'm here to pick up my Other M preorder. She pulls out the game, and I pay for it and she stares at me without saying anything, expecting me to leave. I very politely remind her of the preorder bonus to which she replies by rolling her eyes and saying in a sarcastic voice "Oh yeah, I almost forgot." She then walks to the back of the store, brings back the art folio pack and with a flick of her wrist, tosses it onto the counter in front of me. I was floored. I then said "Sorry you're having a bad day," then grabbed the game and art pack and left. I complained to management later, she was fired weeks later.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Just as a sales person in general thing, I was in a Best Buy once looking through the PC games and a guy asks me if he can help me find something. I said I was looking for Mass Effect 2, and he said hang on and walked over to the 360 section. So I stayed where I was, picked out PC Mass Effect 2 a few seconds later, yelled FOUND IT and left.

 

[televator]

"it's new, but it's just that it's open"

That's the exact line I got as I shook my head, put my wallet back in my pocket, and made for the door.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

I really wish EB would stop hiring early 20-something's who are "geeky gaming" hipsters. They're condescending, "oh... I don't play Rockstar games anymore since they just sell to stupid angst-ridden males" makes me wretch.

I would much rather have one of those "gaming hipsters" working at my GS as opposed to someone who didn't know shit about games. Those are usually the kind of employees that I will chat with about games which makes it a much better shopping experience imo.

 

[loborzelda]

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.

LMAO! That's the funniest story I've ever read on this site.

 

[Terrell]

It makes me wonder why any of you even BOTHER with Gamestop at all.
I'm supporting digital distribution next gen, so I can not support either realm of their business. Might be more expensive, but at the same time, I don't usually care about pre-order knick-knacks (it's usually just an artbook anyways) and I don't want to support something I find distasteful.

 

[apesh1t]

I went into a GameStop once and asked for Max Payne 3, the dude there was all "this is a Subway....." I lost my temper and yelled "This place sells video games not sandwiches!"

Turns out it was a Subway. Stupid GameStop.

 

[Pharros]

On Facebook, a week or so after Microsoft announced the 360 Slim, a friend had made a status about picking up a new Xbox. I told him it would be best to wait for the Slim as it is coming out relatively soon. Shortly after a female from his Facebook commented and argued with me that it wouldn't be coming out for at least another 7 months because it wasn't in the EB Games computers yet and that it would be impossible to release in such a short time frame from announcement. It felt great to walk into EB Games the next week with my buddy and make the preorder while she was working.

 

[Incendiary]

I don't know what Gamestops you guys go to, but honestly every time I've been to a Gamestop the people who have helped me have been nice, friendly, and pretty knowledgeable about what's going on. I haven't gotten any stupid comments or anything like that. In fact some have been very helpful and I liked chatting with them.

Am I going to the wrong Gamestops? Should I find other stores so I can be outraged?

 

[Persona86]

Not gamestop but a retail store selling games and electronics. Went to the girl behind the cashier/register to ask for Zelda game and she had no idea what I was talking about lol. she was like "Zelda?"
No big deal, it's just annoying when I could do her job better, yet I was unemployed.

Another time I checked the CEX website to see what was in stock at a CEX store. It showed that Demon's souls special edition was in stock.

I go there and I look at the shelves, it's not there, I notice there's a whole bunch of games behind where the staff is working at the cashier/register.
I wait in the long line, and then ask this big muscly guy who looks like he doesn't want to be there if he had it in stock. He says "no" if it's not on the shelves it's not there.
I tell him there's a whole bunch of special edition games etc behind you, it's probably there somewhere. But he just repeats himself rudely, without making ANY effort.

What did I do? I waited in line again and went to another guy, staight away he knew what I was talking about, he went to get it and made small talk about how hard the game is etc.

That's another job I could have, yet some dumbass steroids guy gets the job.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Dumb statements, inaccurate stuff, flat out lies, attempts to rip you off, poor treatment, anything.

Mine happened today. One of our Gamestops here just put out their Wii U promo materials and I decided to make some small talk about while I was pre-ordering NSMB 2. Boy was that a mistake:

Me: "So I see you have the Wii U promo stuff out already."

GS guy says to me with a straight face and a dead serious tone:

"Yeah, I'm still not convinced it's coming out this fall though. I'm thinking more like somewhere between December to March."

Me: "No, actually Nintendo has said a million times it's being released this fall."

GS guy: "I don't think so."

Me: "So you guys are putting out promo stuff for a system that may not release until March 2013?"

GS guy (nods uncomfortably): "Weirder things have happened."

Me: "OK. Do I need to sign for this pre-order slip?"

GS guy: "Nope."

Me (trying not to laugh): "See ya."

And why are you pre-ordering games at Gamestop?

 

[FutureZombie]

Back in November of 2004...


Me: Will there be a midnight release party for World of Warcraft like there was for Halo 2?

Gamestop Rep: No. World of Warcraft is not Halo.

 

[ReaperXL7]

I actually just had a fun experience with a gamestop employee yesterday. I recently decided that i was going to drop consoles in favor of building a great gaming rig. So i went to gamestop to pull the pre orders i had on playstation all stars, borderlands 2, Ass creed 3 , and a few others i had. When i told the GS guy that i wanted to pull my pre-orders he got a very visable look of anger on his face, and he had asked me why i wanted to pull them. So i told him the reason, and he procedes to tell me that im making a bad move and that i should hold out for the ps4 or nextbox as he's been told they they will be much more powerful than any current pc is.

I really did not know what to say, so instead i just pulled up the gaf pc screenshots thread and asked him which console would let me play games like that at 60fps/1080p with few if any issues. He says the wii u will be out soon, and i told him i did not care and wanted my money, i got it then left.

It was surreal fighting with a gs employee, but his bullshit just makes transition easier since i wont have much need to shop at gamestop anymore. If i want a phyiscal copy of a game for my pc gamestop probably wont have it anyway, so those purchases will probably go to amazon, or best buy.

 

[Persona86]

I really did not know what to say, so instead i just pulled up the gaf pc screenshots thread and asked him which console would let me play games like that at 60fps/1080p with few if any issues. He says the wii u will be out soon, and i told him i did not care and wanted my money, i got it then left.

Some guy I worked with was convinced that Xbox 360 had better graphics than PC, I tried explaining to him several times that a powerful PC can play games better, but he was convinced otherwise.....

 

[CambriaRising]

Some guy I worked with was convinced that Xbox 360 had better graphics than PC, I tried explaining to him several times that a powerful PC can play games better, but he was convinced otherwise.....

Gamestop doesn't sell Pcs, thats why.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Back in November of 2004...


Me: Will there be a midnight release party for World of Warcraft like there was for Halo 2?

Gamestop Rep: No. World of Warcraft is not Halo.

That's more hilarious than anything.
Since he wasn't lying.

 

[Iron_Scimitar]

"Dude, i cant allow you to buy that game." (Alpha Protocol)

Bought the game, ended up enjoying it a lot.

...asshole.

 

[Lkr]

i love the "you should have preordered!" bullshit. i think it was mlb 10 the show, which is a big national release although not on the level of madden, and i was picking it up the same day i was getting bfbc2 which i had preordered coincidentally. so i ask for the bfbc2 and then i said i also want mlb 10, and he says he can't find a preorder for me in the system and asks if i have my receipt, it won't be a problem. i told him oh i didn't preorder it, and he asked me why i thought i would be able to pick up a game on the same day it came out without a preorder. i told him because you have it in stock, and i would like to buy it. he then continues, I ask him to just give me bfbc2(already paid for), so i can go over to wal mart and pick up mlb before it gets late. he said wal mart wouldn't have it for me either if i didn't pre order, told him i'd like a refund on bfbc2 since i will just get that at wal mart too since it will be in stock there, and then he finally says hold on let me grab a copy of mlb.

i don't understand the pre-order deal. if i didn't pre-order it, and you have it in stock, just shut up and give me the fucking game. if you don't have it, just say you don't, and i'll go to walmart/target/best buy and they WILL have it in stock, because i have NEVER seen a game actually be completely wiped out. a console? sure. a software release? i doubt this has happened in the past 10 or so years.

 

[Jawmuncher]

i love the "you should have preordered!" bullshit. i think it was mlb 10 the show, which is a big national release although not on the level of madden, and i was picking it up the same day i was getting bfbc2 which i had preordered coincidentally. so i ask for the bfbc2 and then i said i also want mlb 10, and he says he can't find a preorder for me in the system and asks if i have my receipt, it won't be a problem. i told him oh i didn't preorder it, and he asked me why i thought i would be able to pick up a game on the same day it came out without a preorder. i told him because you have it in stock, and i would like to buy it. he then continues, I ask him to just give me bfbc2(already paid for), so i can go over to wal mart and pick up mlb before it gets late. he said wal mart wouldn't have it for me either if i didn't pre order, told him i'd like a refund on bfbc2 since i will just get that at wal mart too since it will be in stock there, and then he finally says hold on let me grab a copy of mlb.

i don't understand the pre-order deal. if i didn't pre-order it, and you have it in stock, just shut up and give me the fucking game. if you don't have it, just say you don't, and i'll go to walmart/target/best buy and they WILL have it in stock, because i have NEVER seen a game actually be completely wiped out. a console? sure. a software release? i doubt this has happened in the past 10 or so years.

Dead Island had the closest thing to it, for awhile the game was understock since no one expected it to garner the success it did. Game was completely sold out all around me and amazon and ebay were selling the game marked up to 65+

 

[Lkr]

Dead Island had the closest thing to it, for awhile the game was understock since no one expected it to garner the success it did. Game was completely sold out all around me and amazon and ebay were selling the game marked up to 65+

i guess i can believe it for games that were surprise hits like Phoenix Wright. i should revise it to say "major or annual release". for example, i don't see anyone selling out of madden or cod 2012 the day it comes out

 

[onken]

i love the "you should have preordered!" bullshit. i think it was mlb 10 the show, which is a big national release although not on the level of madden, and i was picking it up the same day i was getting bfbc2 which i had preordered coincidentally. so i ask for the bfbc2 and then i said i also want mlb 10, and he says he can't find a preorder for me in the system and asks if i have my receipt, it won't be a problem. i told him oh i didn't preorder it, and he asked me why i thought i would be able to pick up a game on the same day it came out without a preorder. i told him because you have it in stock, and i would like to buy it. he then continues, I ask him to just give me bfbc2(already paid for), so i can go over to wal mart and pick up mlb before it gets late. he said wal mart wouldn't have it for me either if i didn't pre order, told him i'd like a refund on bfbc2 since i will just get that at wal mart too since it will be in stock there, and then he finally says hold on let me grab a copy of mlb.

i don't understand the pre-order deal. if i didn't pre-order it, and you have it in stock, just shut up and give me the fucking game. if you don't have it, just say you don't, and i'll go to walmart/target/best buy and they WILL have it in stock, because i have NEVER seen a game actually be completely wiped out. a console? sure. a software release? i doubt this has happened in the past 10 or so years.

Maybe you can explain this to a non-American, if Walmart/best buy etc. have so many copies why did you preorder BC2 at Gamestop? Why do you go at all?

 

[MARNEY]

just the whole ps3 launch thing...

 

[Teknoman]

They have to push them. They get bitched out by district managers if their pre-orders/Powerup sales suck.

Heh add Ipod/pad/phone sales to that now.

 

[foxdvd]

"welcome to gamestop"

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I went in there to sell my spare iPod touch in order to get some money to buy MW3 (ontop of picking up my copy of UMVC3 that I reserved).

First off, I have a close friend that works at the GS closest to me. I was hoping to see her there, so that I can get my mack on, but instead I see this fat greasy asshole with the hairiest neck was standing behind the counter. He had the nerve to tell me that they "ran out of copies". Fucker we all know UMVC3 ain't no hotcakes, they damn well had spare copies. I tell him that I had a copy reserved, to which he responds with a grunt. A grunt? Really bro? Really? Don't you know who I am? Bitches off the chain like Harriet Tubmayne. He then asks his co-worker to get a copy from under the counter. In the mean while, I can smell the bitchy-ness on him. I decide to myself, "this asshole isn't worth it. I might as well finish my business and get on my way as soon as possible. Hell, I probably already fucked his bitch." In all my disgust, I manage to say "I also have this iPod that I'm looking to sell. I heard you guys are buying those, right?" His co-worker say "yeah, we most definitely are."
"Alright, cool. Here's my 8 GB 1st-Gen."
He checked his chart, and told me it would be worth $70, like I fucking knew.


Here's where the shit hits the fan.

Remember that fat, oily birgin from earlier. He butts in and says "LET ME TAKE A GANDER AT THE IPOD."
He snatches it from his co-workers hand and begins to thoroughly inspect my iPod, as if it was an unconscious hooker who mysteriously appeared on his bed. After a long intense examintion, the most creepish grin sprouts on his face. It looks as if he was being pleasured sexually by a promiscuous whore of his caliber.

"...no."

Me and his co-worker hesitant look at each other, in an attempt to clarify that he both heard the same thing.

"What did you say bruh? Repeat that 1 more time, I didn't hear you properly. You said "no" what"

"..,,NO.., good."

I motion towards him, as if I were going to force him to speak in a tone similar to my likings.

"NO WHAT??"


"BUENO!...

...YOUR PRODUCT IS NO GOOD HERE!! SEE HERE, LOOK AT THIS!!"


He's pointing to the back of my iPod Touch. At first glance I wasn't comprehending his motives, I couldn't see what he was trying to point out to me. I shifted my weight to one foot, as I grew tired of standing in this filthy man-childs environment. It was then that I realized, as the light was reflecting off of the chrome back of my iPod Touch. There was a minor dent in the back of it. When I say minor, I'm talking "sex with a kindergartener" minor. So minor that I, the owner of the iPod, was unaware of it's existence.

I am in awe.

"Are you serious?"

I quickly look towards his co-worker for confirmation. He unwillingly nods his head in agreement with his overweight basement dwelling counterpart. I can't believe what has just transpired.

I quickly grab my copy of UMVC3 and head towards the door. The flabby clerk, in the midst of a euphoric bliss, cockily screams towards me, "SIR, YOU FORGOT YOUR CHANGE."

I say, "Nah, it's for you. Use it to buy some self-decency, and a shirt that fits." His co-worker laughs accidentally, and the neckbearded man looks down in shame.



I then proceeded to drive home and play some Marvel.


It wasn't until now that I realized that Gamestop never asked me if I wanted to pre-order anything else. FUCKING GAMESTOP.

Your writing style is amazing will read again.

 

[PAULINK]

I went into a GameStop once and asked for Max Payne 3, the dude there was all "this is a Subway....." I lost my temper and yelled "This place sells video games not sandwiches!"

Turns out it was a Subway. Stupid GameStop.

This made me giggle uncontrollably.

Anyways, regarding the topic at hand I don't think I've ever had a horrible experience with a gamestop employee. The other day, I was looking into pre-ordering a 3DSXL, asking about if there was going to be a trade in deal. Later on he goes and says that New super mario bros. 2 will be packed in for free (which I knew he was wrong) but I just politely went a long with it. I didn't hold it against him though.

Otherwise, I honestly don't understand the hate going on here. Is it that hard to politely say no thanks to their offers and go on with the transaction?

 

[Jawmuncher]

i guess i can believe it for games that were surprise hits like Phoenix Wright. i should revise it to say "major or annual release". for example, i don't see anyone selling out of madden or cod 2012 the day it comes out

Of course, that always bother me when they try to push the preorder angle there like it'll sell out.

Sorry no way in hell that's gonna happen.

 

[Anth0ny]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...

I went into a GameStop just to "see" what they'd say. And the guy told me, "March 12th." I just looked at him and said, "where ever you get your sources from, they're wrong."

He said, "we get our information directly from Nintendo. It's March 12th."

I said, " *shakes head* you guys are GAMESTOP...you guys have like ZERO credibility."

He said, "whatever, dude...believe what you want."

I said, "tell me why I have a reservation ticket from another GameStop for February 10th?"

He said, "it was delayed...even Wal-Mart knows this!"

I said, "I just reserved it for February 10th from a GameStop from Rancho Cucamonga! (next city over to mine)" ( I didn't actually reserve it, my friend did)

He said, "they haven't been updated on the release date, yet"

I said, "I used to work for Toys R Us several years back" (in 1999 through 2002) "And they have the release date for February 10th. They even have actual printed reservation flyers and are hung next to the Wii games. Toys R Us has EXCLUSIVES they give out with Nintendo games. They are like the Cadillac of toy stores. They are reliable, always have been."

He said, "...okay..."

I said, "so don't feed people your bull**** lies and stop spreading these stupid rumors. You only lose credibility on your company's behalf and only add that much more hatred towards your stores. You rip people off, you buy their games for like pennies of what they're actually worth. You practically rob people, and sell games for WAY too much than they're actually worth."

He said, "we're actually the most trusted videogame retailer"

I said, "on by ignorant middle school kids who don't know any better... and you know what? I'm close friends with my old boss from Toys R Us. I worked in RZone (the videogame department), so I pretty much have more experience over you about how things work with retailers, truck loads, shipment dates, contract releases, etc."

He said, "And? I already told you we got our release date directly from Nintendo themselves, and we are a trusted company with reliable sources...how much more reliable can you get from Nintendo themselves?"

I said, "...just stop pulling **** outta your *** and be honest to the rest of these kids who are asking for Brawl. Because I pretty much already saw Toys R Us's shipment dates and their catalog of what's to be shipped to our store for the next 30 days. We're getting 105 copies of Brawl on the 5th of February, shipped from San Francisco...wherever San Francisco get them from, I have no idea."

He said, "........"

I said, "....yeah... These are some of the huge quirks of being an RZone worker for 2.5 years, building a close friendship with your manager, and working as a young 16 year old high school videogamer. And at 24, I still get these quirks of seeing my old store's shipment data sheets."

He said, ".... *looking and feeling pretty stupid* ....."

I said, "not only that, you noob. I'm going to be taking a copy home on the 5th of February because I CAN...because I'm not a douche...because I knew that I'd need this kind of quirk in the future so I made sure to build a strong bond between myself and my boss. They like me. I was the best worker they had, the most knowledgeable. It earned the trust with the company, and insight on their data, and early copies of whatever I want. So pretty much, I outted you and I'll make sure no one buys their copy of Brawl from you, you filthy rat. Have fun working for a company that rips off people. Have fun with your dead-end job, Mr. 29-year-old-balding-dude-who-likes-to-****-with-people's-emotions."

He just said, "whatever dude, whatever dude....whatever dude..." throughout the whole time I told him off.

I remained calm with a stern calm voice just telling this guy off the entire time. I think that irritated him the most, the fact that I wasn't the stereotypical obnoxious biggot customer demanding stuff.

 

[Slaker117]

I don't go to GameStop often, but when I have, I've been lucky enough to have genuinely friendly and not horribly incompetent clerks nearly every time. I wish I had a funny story I could share, but I don't.

 

[nhlducks35]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...

I went into a GameStop just to "see" what they'd say. And the guy told me, "March 12th." I just looked at him and said, "where ever you get your sources from, they're wrong."

He said, "we get our information directly from Nintendo. It's March 12th."

I said, " *shakes head* you guys are GAMESTOP...you guys have like ZERO credibility."

He said, "whatever, dude...believe what you want."

I said, "tell me why I have a reservation ticket from another GameStop for February 10th?"

He said, "it was delayed...even Wal-Mart knows this!"

I said, "I just reserved it for February 10th from a GameStop from Rancho Cucamonga! (next city over to mine)" ( I didn't actually reserve it, my friend did)

He said, "they haven't been updated on the release date, yet"

I said, "I used to work for Toys R Us several years back" (in 1999 through 2002) "And they have the release date for February 10th. They even have actual printed reservation flyers and are hung next to the Wii games. Toys R Us has EXCLUSIVES they give out with Nintendo games. They are like the Cadillac of toy stores. They are reliable, always have been."

He said, "...okay..."

I said, "so don't feed people your bull**** lies and stop spreading these stupid rumors. You only lose credibility on your company's behalf and only add that much more hatred towards your stores. You rip people off, you buy their games for like pennies of what they're actually worth. You practically rob people, and sell games for WAY too much than they're actually worth."

He said, "we're actually the most trusted videogame retailer"

I said, "on by ignorant middle school kids who don't know any better... and you know what? I'm close friends with my old boss from Toys R Us. I worked in RZone (the videogame department), so I pretty much have more experience over you about how things work with retailers, truck loads, shipment dates, contract releases, etc."

He said, "And? I already told you we got our release date directly from Nintendo themselves, and we are a trusted company with reliable sources...how much more reliable can you get from Nintendo themselves?"

I said, "...just stop pulling **** outta your *** and be honest to the rest of these kids who are asking for Brawl. Because I pretty much already saw Toys R Us's shipment dates and their catalog of what's to be shipped to our store for the next 30 days. We're getting 105 copies of Brawl on the 5th of February, shipped from San Francisco...wherever San Francisco get them from, I have no idea."

He said, "........"

I said, "....yeah... These are some of the huge quirks of being an RZone worker for 2.5 years, building a close friendship with your manager, and working as a young 16 year old high school videogamer. And at 24, I still get these quirks of seeing my old store's shipment data sheets."

He said, ".... *looking and feeling pretty stupid* ....."

I said, "not only that, you noob. I'm going to be taking a copy home on the 5th of February because I CAN...because I'm not a douche...because I knew that I'd need this kind of quirk in the future so I made sure to build a strong bond between myself and my boss. They like me. I was the best worker they had, the most knowledgeable. It earned the trust with the company, and insight on their data, and early copies of whatever I want. So pretty much, I outted you and I'll make sure no one buys their copy of Brawl from you, you filthy rat. Have fun working for a company that rips off people. Have fun with your dead-end job, Mr. 29-year-old-balding-dude-who-likes-to-****-with-people's-emotions."

He just said, "whatever dude, whatever dude....whatever dude..." throughout the whole time I told him off.

I remained calm with a stern calm voice just telling this guy off the entire time. I think that irritated him the most, the fact that I wasn't the stereotypical obnoxious biggot customer demanding stuff.

Aren't you a fucking asshole. Also, how is Gamestop ripping people off? They don't force you to trade in games.

 

[KarmaCow]

I said, "not only that, you noob. I'm going to be taking a copy home on the 5th of February because I CAN...because I'm not a douche...because I knew that I'd need this kind of quirk in the future so I made sure to build a strong bond between myself and my boss. They like me. I was the best worker they had, the most knowledgeable. It earned the trust with the company, and insight on their data, and early copies of whatever I want. So pretty much, I outted you and I'll make sure no one buys their copy of Brawl from you, you filthy rat. Have fun working for a company that rips off people. Have fun with your dead-end job, Mr. 29-year-old-balding-dude-who-likes-to-****-with-people's-emotions.".

Wow you're a real douche huh.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

-SNIP-

Wow, no offense but I am gonna side with the GS employee here. Jesus.

 

[CambriaRising]

I don't go to GameStop often, but when I have, I've been lucky enough to have genuinely friendly and not horribly incompetent clerks nearly every time. I wish I had a funny story I could share, but I don't.

Same here. I mean, most of the time the staff is ignorant of a lot of video game knowledge but I didn't know shit about lumber when I worked at lowes either. Its just a job. Gamestop probably doesn't want to hire smug nerdy assholes like us.

-Story-

Bullshit.

 

[Surface of Me]

No stupid conversations, though I did have a couple of issues.

1. Told a customer who was about to buy an Xbox 360 that one with HDMI would be coming out in a couple of weeks so the customer decided against it. The manager kicked me out for losing a sale.

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.

Reminds me of this:

"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.

Yeah, I've had that pulled on me. I went in to get MP3 and I still had my SSX pre order that I never picked up, and the dude went on a spiel towards me.

 

[PAULINK]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...

I hope for your sake this was a big joke. Because it's hard to tell.

 

[PatDH]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...
SNIP

Yeah, you really do sound like a bit of a dick.

In New Zealand I guess our equivalent is EB Games. Luckily I haven't had any problems with them. Most of the employees I have come across actually know their shit and you can actually hold a decent conversation with them.

 

[DonMigs85]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...

You were pretty mean and condescending to the guy. And the game did end up coming out March 9, so he was closer than you were.

 

[JackHerer]

My only bad experience with Gamestop is when Bioshock came out. It was a few days after release and I called in to see if they had any copies left. They said yes. I asked them if they could reserve one for me and, if so, said I would come by right away to pick it up and, again, they said yes.

So I drive the 30 or 40 minutes it takes to get there and of course they say there are none left and asked me who I talked to (I didn't get a name).

The employee had a horrible jerky attitude that really turned me off. Didn't apologize or anything and basically just made me feel uncomfortable. I never went back to that store again. The only reason I will ever go to Gamestop now is for a midnight release.

 

[AniHawk]

I said, "I just reserved it for February 10th from a GameStop from Rancho Cucamonga! (next city over to mine)" ( I didn't actually reserve it, my friend did)

i walked into this very store when i went to preorder the gamecube back in 2001, just after e3 and we'd gotten a look at all the games. i was excited. it was my first chance to preorder a console. i said, 'i'd like to preorder a gamecube please' and the clerk looked at me for a moment and said, 'why.'

i've never heard anyone ever try and turn down someone trying to give them money for a preorder. i didn't know what to say exactly, except something like, 'it has games i want to play?' and the clerk then took down a preorder for that, ssbm, and pikmin.

a month later, i went back just to confirm i was going to get one day one. the manager was a lot friendlier and pointed out i was number 15 and would definitely get one. cool.

fast-forward to launch. i called the night before to make sure i was still in the first shipment and the response was NAH MAN YOU GOTTA WAIT LIKE TWO WEEKS.

so off to wal-mart i went to wait in line until midnight. fortunately, i only put the minimum amount down for the preorders, so i had more than enough to get the games i wanted at launch. the next day we got a call from gamestop telling us the gamecube was all set to be picked up! so we went down, canceled the reservation, and bought luigi's mansion.

and that's when the chuds came at me.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

You shouldn't have to fight the cashiers to buy a game or get your money back from the store.

Some of the people here are worse than the bad employees. lol.

 

[Anth0ny]

hehehehehe

 

[GoofsterStud]

Reminds me of this:

Yeah, I've had that pulled on me. I went in to get MP3 and I still had my SSX pre order that I never picked up, and the dude went on a spiel towards me.

That makes me feel so warm inside. You guys are awesome. I try to donate to those Christmas wishlist on the tree cards, but I think what you guys did is way more impressive! That motivates me to do something similar in the future! <3

Though I would never give a kid a shooting game. I don't even let my kids play those.

 

[Nakazato]

one day my lil cousin and I went in and they said he couldnt buy used with out getting the power up rewards card. Lil did he know that i work at gamestop for a few month and told my cousin to leave cause he had been lied to. I haven't stepped in a GS since. and that was close to 3 years ago.

 

[DonMigs85]

hehehehehe

It was all a lie, wasn't it?

 

[Anth0ny]

It was all a lie, wasn't it?

mayyyyyyyyyyybe

Spoiler

it's based on a real post from smashboards

 

[Ramirez]

Most of these stories are embarrassing for the poster, not GS, ugh.

 

[Mutagenic]

when brawl was rumored to be delayed...

I went into a GameStop just to "see" what they'd say. And the guy told me, "March 12th." I just looked at him and said, "where ever you get your sources from, they're wrong."

He said, "we get our information directly from Nintendo. It's March 12th."

I said, " *shakes head* you guys are GAMESTOP...you guys have like ZERO credibility."

He said, "whatever, dude...believe what you want."

I said, "tell me why I have a reservation ticket from another GameStop for February 10th?"

He said, "it was delayed...even Wal-Mart knows this!"

I said, "I just reserved it for February 10th from a GameStop from Rancho Cucamonga! (next city over to mine)" ( I didn't actually reserve it, my friend did)

He said, "they haven't been updated on the release date, yet"

I said, "I used to work for Toys R Us several years back" (in 1999 through 2002) "And they have the release date for February 10th. They even have actual printed reservation flyers and are hung next to the Wii games. Toys R Us has EXCLUSIVES they give out with Nintendo games. They are like the Cadillac of toy stores. They are reliable, always have been."

He said, "...okay..."

I said, "so don't feed people your bull**** lies and stop spreading these stupid rumors. You only lose credibility on your company's behalf and only add that much more hatred towards your stores. You rip people off, you buy their games for like pennies of what they're actually worth. You practically rob people, and sell games for WAY too much than they're actually worth."

He said, "we're actually the most trusted videogame retailer"

I said, "on by ignorant middle school kids who don't know any better... and you know what? I'm close friends with my old boss from Toys R Us. I worked in RZone (the videogame department), so I pretty much have more experience over you about how things work with retailers, truck loads, shipment dates, contract releases, etc."

He said, "And? I already told you we got our release date directly from Nintendo themselves, and we are a trusted company with reliable sources...how much more reliable can you get from Nintendo themselves?"

I said, "...just stop pulling **** outta your *** and be honest to the rest of these kids who are asking for Brawl. Because I pretty much already saw Toys R Us's shipment dates and their catalog of what's to be shipped to our store for the next 30 days. We're getting 105 copies of Brawl on the 5th of February, shipped from San Francisco...wherever San Francisco get them from, I have no idea."

He said, "........"

I said, "....yeah... These are some of the huge quirks of being an RZone worker for 2.5 years, building a close friendship with your manager, and working as a young 16 year old high school videogamer. And at 24, I still get these quirks of seeing my old store's shipment data sheets."

He said, ".... *looking and feeling pretty stupid* ....."

I said, "not only that, you noob. I'm going to be taking a copy home on the 5th of February because I CAN...because I'm not a douche...because I knew that I'd need this kind of quirk in the future so I made sure to build a strong bond between myself and my boss. They like me. I was the best worker they had, the most knowledgeable. It earned the trust with the company, and insight on their data, and early copies of whatever I want. So pretty much, I outted you and I'll make sure no one buys their copy of Brawl from you, you filthy rat. Have fun working for a company that rips off people. Have fun with your dead-end job, Mr. 29-year-old-balding-dude-who-likes-to-****-with-people's-emotions."

He just said, "whatever dude, whatever dude....whatever dude..." throughout the whole time I told him off.

I remained calm with a stern calm voice just telling this guy off the entire time. I think that irritated him the most, the fact that I wasn't the stereotypical obnoxious biggot customer demanding stuff.

I had to stop reading this halfway though. WOW.

 

[KarmaCow]

mayyyyyyyyyyybe

Spoiler

it's based on a real post from smashboards

That's...better I guess? A person would have to have some real problems to even fantasize about something like that.