Last night I went with a friend to EB cause he's been dying to play Castlevania DoS, but doesn't own a DS yet, so I'm kinda poisoning his mind to buy one cause I wanna try the 2 player mode. I tell him that at EB they're selling the DS used for $99 and that makes up his mind about buying it plus he takes a few games he no longer plays for trade in credit.
We go to the store, and he asks if they have any used DS's for sale, they say yes and bring out what the guy says is the last one they've got. The EB person opens up the small cardboard box, checks for the stylus, AC charger then closes it again and tells us it'll be $99, then asks my friend if he's interested in buying a carrying case or any game in particular. My friend then asks if he can please see the actual DS, and the EB guy says sure.
When he flipped it open the damn thing was scratched to hell on both screens, not so much on the top one but the touchscreen was blurry and scratched, like someone took a coin to it and tried to play the million dollar sweepstakes with it. I tell my friend to forget it since that's the main screen used to play the game and instead he opts for a new one which was $30 more. So they bring out a brand new, sealed DS and he gives the EB guy the games for trade in, about 5 in all. Then he starts eyeing 2 of the games, looking at the discs against the light, blowing on them and says, "I'm sorry, but we cannot take these 2". Turns out 2 of the games had light surface scratches, but they booted up and played just fine.
I asked the guy to test them out on the PS2 and GC's they have behind the counter but declines and says that it's a policy not to accept scratched items for trade in. We understood that alright, but where was that policy when they took in that other used DS he tried to sell us that was sandpapered to hell? In the end my friend just got Castlevania then went to Gamestop, who took in the games without any problem and bought his DS.
Too bad EB now has those wooden magazine shelves that surround the cashier desk, cause those are a bitch to flip over.
We go to the store, and he asks if they have any used DS's for sale, they say yes and bring out what the guy says is the last one they've got. The EB person opens up the small cardboard box, checks for the stylus, AC charger then closes it again and tells us it'll be $99, then asks my friend if he's interested in buying a carrying case or any game in particular. My friend then asks if he can please see the actual DS, and the EB guy says sure.
When he flipped it open the damn thing was scratched to hell on both screens, not so much on the top one but the touchscreen was blurry and scratched, like someone took a coin to it and tried to play the million dollar sweepstakes with it. I tell my friend to forget it since that's the main screen used to play the game and instead he opts for a new one which was $30 more. So they bring out a brand new, sealed DS and he gives the EB guy the games for trade in, about 5 in all. Then he starts eyeing 2 of the games, looking at the discs against the light, blowing on them and says, "I'm sorry, but we cannot take these 2". Turns out 2 of the games had light surface scratches, but they booted up and played just fine.
I asked the guy to test them out on the PS2 and GC's they have behind the counter but declines and says that it's a policy not to accept scratched items for trade in. We understood that alright, but where was that policy when they took in that other used DS he tried to sell us that was sandpapered to hell? In the end my friend just got Castlevania then went to Gamestop, who took in the games without any problem and bought his DS.
Too bad EB now has those wooden magazine shelves that surround the cashier desk, cause those are a bitch to flip over.
