WTF Gamestop

[leaffan]

As I said on the podcast, Gamestop is in the wrong. They pulled those codes out because they want to get into the game streaming business, which is why they purchased Spawn Labs.

However, they don't even have a game streaming service yet! If you don't have a product to offer, you can't say that OnLive is a "competing service". YOU HAVE NO SERVICE.

It's a bitch move by a bitch corporation. All I can suggest to everyone is to not give them your business. I haven't shopped at a Gamestop in 6 years.

Stop thinking people listen to that shit.

[BrntO4Life]

Stop thinking people listen to that shit.

:noidea:

I honestly don't know either way.

[leaffan]

:noidea:

I honestly don't know either way.

Ehh you know I get it you guys want to hype up something that has surprisingly lasted more then 3 days on vsn but seriously you guys keep saying "we talked about this in the podcast" or "I said this during the podcast". No one listens to it from here. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there's more people like me that just got put off by it early on and just have no reason to listen to it because of who is on there.

Now back to the topic.

[BrntO4Life]

Ehh you know I get it you guys want to hype up something that has surprisingly lasted more then 3 days on vsn but seriously you guys keep saying "we talked about this in the podcast" or "I said this during the podcast". No one listens to it from here. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there's more people like me that just got put off by it early on and just have no reason to listen to it because of who is on there.

Now back to the topic.

Fair enough. I apologize for ruffling your feathers.

[cf24]

I listen to the podcast .

But yeah, gamestop blows.

That being said, I get my games from there because people give me gift cards to that place all the time. I'd rather do Best Buy or Amazon, but I won't complain with free games.

[hackett]

Kmart

[dope]

because of who is on there.

who would that be

[Twigg4075]

This is ass. Lol @ square catering to Gamestop.

It just goes to show you how these big retailers, specifically Gamestop, have these companies in their back pockets. Why else wouldn't they under cut them and offer digital versions for much cheaper than the physical versions?

It reminds me of politics and the whole lobbying system.

[Twigg4075]

Since they opened this game before the customer got the game, they said in one of their emails to their employees to honor any returns with a receipt.

I still have no idea how they get away with selling opened "new" games. I've told the story before of how my wife bought me a game from GS that was the last "new" copy and it was opened. I decided I didn't want it and took it back for an exchange. I spent about twenty minutes arguing with the clerk because he said I couldn't return it. I told him their return policy clearly states that a "new" game can be returned within 14 days witha receipt and there is no mention of whether it has to be sealed. And how they sell it as "new" so it should fall under that policy. I started yelling at the guy that they should never sell opened games as "new" in teh first place and they wouldn't have this issue. He eventually relented and took the exchange but told me "This is the only time I'm doing this. " LOL.

who would that be

I believe he is referring to me, and probably Knubb who has been on the last several episodes. Knubb is a self proclaimed PlayStation fanboy and isn't afraid to show his stripes on the podcast, which I understand why that can turn some people off. For some reason many people also lump me in that category which couldn't be further from the truth. It's to the point where I emphasize every time I buy a 360 version of a game, like most recently Deus Ex. I just despise a lot of MS's marketing and business practices and voice my opinions on the matter. Sony and Nintendo do stupid shit too but when I talk negatively about them no one seems to notice.

But I digress.

As far as this whole policy, it's complete bullshit. Gamestop has the right to run their business how they see fit but opening a game and removing content inside is just plain grimey. At least they relented and agreed to take back returns.

This is just one of many slimey policies that Gamestop practices on a regular basis. Another one that I have mentioned before is how they tell their employees to NOT remind people if they have and pre-order money down because they hope that some customers will forget and they get to keep their money. Unless you ask they are instructed never to remind you. I actually witnessed an employee getting scolded because she mentioned to a mother, who had her son with her, that "You still have a $5 pre-order on X game and that game got canceled so you can apply that to this purchase." The mother had no idea and had completely forgotten she had plunked down any pre-order money. As soon as she left the manager ripped into the clerk.

[Diivox]

Fair enough. I apologize for ruffling your feathers.

you shouldnt. post how you want. dont let leaffan bully you around just because you do a podcast. refer to the podcast as much as you want and he can get the fuck over himself