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The End of $60 Games?
FlyinPenguin:
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark on May 05, 2012, 01:00:41 PM ---I've had that happen to me before. Quite honestly, what difference does it make (about the opened part)? If it's damaged or missing something, I wouldn't buy it. However, I have no qualms about paying full price for a game that honestly was never used before and it was used as a display case. Fretting over a piece of shrink wrap isn't worth it.
So maybe my Gamestop just has better customer service. :P
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My main issue was that the dude didn't even mention the fact it was a display case. When he told me they only had one copy left, he should have said the only copy left was a display model. Furthermore, when he was checking me out, he kept the game as far away from as possible as if he was hoping I wouldn't notice.
My other issue with buying a display case that has been opened is that they remove the disc from its case. How can I trust that they handled the disc with the utmost care? For all I know they were careless and it has smudges and even scratches. There are just too many variables once the shrink rap has been removed.
I think you may be right that your Gamestop has better customer service. Mine was truly terrible.
zherok:
I can't speak for all Gamestops, but the local two regularly have "last copies" used as display cases. The discs are usually kept in paper sleeves from what I've seen.
Also fun with display copies, now having a gamestop price sticker applied directly to the case, rather than the plastic wrap.
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: FlyinPenguin on May 06, 2012, 10:31:20 AM ---My main issue was that the dude didn't even mention the fact it was a display case. When he told me they only had one copy left, he should have said the only copy left was a display model. Furthermore, when he was checking me out, he kept the game as far away from as possible as if he was hoping I wouldn't notice.
My other issue with buying a display case that has been opened is that they remove the disc from its case. How can I trust that they handled the disc with the utmost care? For all I know they were careless and it has smudges and even scratches. There are just too many variables once the shrink rap has been removed.
I think you may be right that your Gamestop has better customer service. Mine was truly terrible.
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I understand where you are coming from... but him not mentioning it is basically customer service issue with the person. They always mention to me that it's the display copy. They say "I have one left and it's the display case."
As for the handling, politely ask to see the back of the disc. 9 out of 10 times they SHOULD show you the disc and reassure you that it's pristine. If it's the off chance that you get a douche bag clerk, tell him your slapping $60 on a game that should technically be labeled used because you don't know if that was purely the display model or just the first used copy that was traded in (thus retaining it's new look). Still refuses? Call Gamestop corporate. They are great at making things right for your frustration with a disgruntled employee plus they'll even throw you some goodies.
(click to show/hide)When I first preordered my Xbox 360 back in 2005, I was 12th in line of an 8 unit first shipment at GameCrazy. MS said that each stores should be getting weekly shipments of 360's after the launch. By the time December came around, I was starting to get suspicious that my 360 hasn't come in for me yet (I was 15 btw too). So I called GameCrazy Corporate and explained the situation. Literally the next day, the boss of my GameCrazy called me and said that my 360 was FINALLY here. When I got there, he had the worst attitude towards me cause he knew I told on him and got him in trouble with corporate. Apparently he was selling the Xbox 360's to the people who came into the store right when the console got in and was completely ignoring the people who preordered it. That bastard.
Anyways, paying $60 for a game means you gotta make sure it's gonna work. If it doesn't work, there are ways of going higher up the chain to help you out. :P
Rizirdo:
--- Quote from: zherok on May 05, 2012, 12:02:44 PM ---Ugh, I bought The World Ends With You from Gamestop, new.
Amazon is usually cheaper
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yeah your right about Amazon being cheaper put i woudn't buy eletronics or CDs. i bought a WD extenal HDD 500gb they sent it to me in a crushed box and the HDD was damaged no PC didnt pick it up TV school PC nada. and i bought Neverdead from them to it came with the disk snapped. i only trust them for knives and imports :laugh:
--- Quote from: FlyinPenguin on May 06, 2012, 10:31:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark on May 05, 2012, 01:00:41 PM ---I've had that happen to me before. Quite honestly, what difference does it make (about the opened part)? If it's damaged or missing something, I wouldn't buy it. However, I have no qualms about paying full price for a game that honestly was never used before and it was used as a display case. Fretting over a piece of shrink wrap isn't worth it.
So maybe my Gamestop just has better customer service. :P
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I think you may be right that your Gamestop has better customer service. Mine was truly terrible.
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maybe, just maybe. haha ive to my game stop for years now. never had a bad person very informational. exept last year there was a douch who called me a low life nerd. haha serius WTF moment. wrote a report to the gamestop manager they fire his ass and gave me a free game. Darkness 2 :laugh: :police:
Nikkoru:
Gamestop was nice enough to send me a second Final Fantasy X disk when the first one they sent me had warped in the winter cold -- free of charge or without going through the costly and insipid process of returning their broken merchandise. So, they're not all bad.
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