Gamestop/EB Games to stop selling "used" games

[leaffan]

You pre-order and by the time you get home from work it's waiting on your doorstep release day? What do you mean waiting for? Either way you are waiting at gamestop, you pre-order and your dumbass is sitting there all night to get midnight release day or some other dumbass idea.

Because relying on UPS to actually do something right is hilarious and rarely happends...

I don't ever wait in line at a gamestop, futureshop, walmart ect ect and I never do midnight releases because I have better shit to do like sleep then get a game.

When I want a game I wake up and goto the store in the morning and pick it up. If I'm busy during the day I just pick it up when I get a chance.

I don't order a game online, and sit around and wait (anywhere from 9am to 6pm! thank UPS!) or goto work and hope and pray that if they leave the game on my doorstep no one will come by and steal it or if they need me to sign for it I have to drive to the nearest UPS store and wait in a long ass line (because everyone picks up their shit after 6pm, trust me I've had to go through this many times) just so I can pick up the game.

My biggest gripe with online retail right now is the fuckin shipping and the bullshit I deal with when it comes to it. I probably take in 4 to 5 online orders a week and I'd probably guess something goes wrong at least 2 to 3 times a month.

I want a game when I want it not when some dude in a brown get up decides its my turn to get something delivered.

[SethMode]

Because relying on UPS to actually do something right is hilarious and rarely happends...

I don't ever wait in line at a gamestop, futureshop, walmart ect ect and I never do midnight releases because I have better shit to do like sleep then get a game.

When I want a game I wake up and goto the store in the morning and pick it up. If I'm busy during the day I just pick it up when I get a chance.

I don't order a game online, and sit around and wait (anywhere from 9am to 6pm! thank UPS!) or goto work and hope and pray that if they leave the game on my doorstep no one will come by and steal it or if they need me to sign for it I have to drive to the nearest UPS store and wait in a long ass line (because everyone picks up their shit after 6pm, trust me I've had to go through this many times) just so I can pick up the game.

My biggest gripe with online retail right now is the fuckin shipping and the bullshit I deal with when it comes to it. I probably take in 4 to 5 online orders a week and I'd probably guess something goes wrong at least 2 to 3 times a month.

I want a game when I want it not when some dude in a brown get up decides its my turn to get something delivered.

Well I don't know if it's how UPS is in Canada but I only order games from Amazon and it has ALWAYS come the day of no later than 2. Not only that but many times when I do 2 day shipping it comes overnight. It really makes Amazon my only stop for games.

[leaffan]

Well I don't know if it's how UPS is in Canada but I only order games from Amazon and it has ALWAYS come the day of no later than 2. Not only that but many times when I do 2 day shipping it comes overnight. It really makes Amazon my only stop for games.

I find my business orders will be in usually anywhere from 10 to 2.

Personal orders are literally 9 to 6. It's so odd.

Also all the UPS shipments to here come from a city that is half an hour away so the drivers have to drive at least that half hour every day just to start delivering here. It's really wierd.

Most amazon orders (well when I order from amazon.ca) will come out of toronto which is only 3 hours from here so most overnight stuff is easily obtainable if I place the order before 5pm. If I order amazon.com that shit takes like a week.

[MrBill]

This just seems like it opens GameStop up to a lot of customer complaints and returns when customers mistakenly buy a used copy and find out the code to play their game online has already been redeemed (EA Sports, etc).

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Again....why gamestop.
This isn't 1989 where fuckin super Mario bros 3 is nowhere to be found.
I have never ever ever ever had a problem finding any game after launch. Amazon will deliver it next day or every fuckin retailer within 100 miles will have it in stock that day.
Why give money to a shit palace like gamestop?

[BigBucs]

There are so many viable options for purchasing games I dont know why anyone still patronizes this shit company. If you want to sell a game put the shit on ebay and dont even start with that "I dont feel like dealing with that..." bullshit. If you can waste time posting on a forum everyday then you can take 10 minutes to set up a buy it now auction on ebay.

i don't buy it, they make all their profits on used games..

They still will, only now you are paying full price for used shit and wont realize its used unless contents are missing when you open it or your online code isnt working.

thats why...people want midnight releases or release day buys. They dont wanna wait a few days later.

As long as you purchase your game say, by that Sunday before the Tuesday release you will get the game on release day, with no shipping cost (maybe .01 cents) and they usually tack on some kind of 10 buck promotional credit for your next purchase on amazon. Waiting on a Tuesday isnt a big deal since most people are working/schooling during the day.

[Maynard]

i didnt know amazon would have it there on release day. always assumed it would ship on release day. i guess i will have to start giving them a look.

even still, i have a GS 2 mins from my house.

i dont understand the boycott mentality. personally i dont care what GS does. i like that i can trade in used games. i like that i only have to drive 2 mins to get a game. i like that i can get a game at midnight

what i dont like is dumb consumers who cant tell the difference between a new and used game. if people cant educate themselves before making a purchase then its their own dam fault if the take home a used game

They still will, only now you are paying full price for used shit and wont realize its used unless contents are missing when you open it or your online code isnt working.

where exactly does it say this? what i read says they are combining new and used on the same shelves and eliminating the different colored stickers. It doesnt say used will be the same cost

what i really find to be hilarious is any one of you guys acting like you give a shit about Generic_Customer_01

[jms493]

They still will, only now you are paying full price for used shit

read fool...incorrect

[Ravin]

I'm not even sure if here in Canada we get the $20 credits for games like you guys do. I hear everyone all the time "I bought this game, used my $20 from this other game, and got another one to use later." If that was the case, I would use Amazon more often.

[BigBucs]

where exactly does it say this? what i read says they are combining new and used on the same shelves and eliminating the different colored stickers. It doesnt say used will be the same cost

read fool...incorrect

HUGE problems with this will of course be with the online code games. Generic_Customer_01 will grab the top copy of NHL 12, go home, and not be able to play online. There are also MANY games where the new copy is as cheap as $19.99 but the used copies stacked on top of it are $34.99.

[Guest]

I find my business orders will be in usually anywhere from 10 to 2.

Personal orders are literally 9 to 6. It's so odd.

Also all the UPS shipments to here come from a city that is half an hour away so the drivers have to drive at least that half hour every day just to start delivering here. It's really wierd.

Most amazon orders (well when I order from amazon.ca) will come out of toronto which is only 3 hours from here so most overnight stuff is easily obtainable if I place the order before 5pm. If I order amazon.com that shit takes like a week.

Same for my job.....UPS and FedEx are always there between 9:30 and 2:00. I've only seen them come later if its something big, but that is a rarity. I guess business customers are the ones they deal with first, and they fit personal orders in wherever. My guess is that the 9:00 ones are when they couldn't get you yesterday at 6:00.

[BigBucs]

Cooperate accounts > Joe Blow's Blow up doll.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Everyone should care about Joe six pack. What gs is doing is intentionally misleading and a horrible retail policy. You being smart or patient enough doesn't mean anything. Its the moms dads girlfriends and younger kids who may not have some high gaming awareness getting taken advantage of you should be appalled by.
Why give business to a place intent on misleading??

[leaffan]

Same for my job.....UPS and FedEx are always there between 9:30 and 2:00. I've only seen them come later if its something big, but that is a rarity. I guess business customers are the ones they deal with first, and they fit personal orders in wherever. My guess is that the 9:00 ones are when they couldn't get you yesterday at 6:00.

When I'm paying close to 70-80 bucks sometimes for my normal orders and I want them asap I sure hope UPS chooses me over some guy sitting at home waiting for his $60 free shipping video game lol.

[Bear Pand]

Everyone should care about Joe six pack. What gs is doing is intentionally misleading and a horrible retail policy. You being smart or patient enough doesn't mean anything. Its the moms dads girlfriends and younger kids who may not have some high gaming awareness getting taken advantage of you should be appalled by.
Why give business to a place intent on misleading??

Can't save everyone.

It's on the consumer to protect themselves at some point. Exploiting customers is pretty much standard operating procedure for most big businesses. Me not giving them business isn't going to make them stop.