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Post by JC Motors on Sept 1, 2011 20:45:35 GMT -5
I seldom go into Gamestop anymore due to the fact that I am fed up with what they take in for trades, and prices on used games. I don't buy many new games, due to their high prices, so I buy used. Don't get me wrong Gamestop has a great selection of used PS2 games, but what ticks me off is that the games that I have interest in don't have the original case and manual. A friend recommended FirePro Wrestling Returns, and Gamestop had it, minus the original box and manual. So Being a completest, I didn't buy it. I don't understand why in the heck do they take something that doesn't have the original box and manual. 9 chances out of 10 the game w/o original box and manual has scratches on it. Then comes the used prices on certain PS2 Games. The one of the 2 in my town, has Jurassic Park Operation Genesis for the PS2 used for $29.99. That's pretty steep for something that came out in 2003. I have it for the PC, but $30 for a used game that is 8 years old is insane.
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Post by Tye Hyll on Sept 1, 2011 20:52:57 GMT -5
I think they should sell stuff like ebay and amazon do. Used like new, used as is, etc. and price accordingly. Jurassic Park is probably steep due to its rarity.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2011 22:07:43 GMT -5
Every PS2 game I've seen at my local Gamestop has been $10 max. Most of them are in the original box but no manual.
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Post by johnmcclane44 on Sept 1, 2011 22:23:23 GMT -5
Great price for Operation Genesis, hard game to find in a lot of places
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Post by Edge618 on Sept 3, 2011 6:08:02 GMT -5
That's just the nature of the used game business. I do understand you though, I wish that they priced differently for games that don't have everything. lets say there's a $20 retail price game.
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$20 new with everything (manuals, extra content, codes, etc.)
$17.99 used/like new with everything the new game came with, but a few dollars off for the fact that it IS used
$12.99 used game disc only. That might seem like a jump down in price, but games these days new come with $10 or more worth of DLC or codes new, and its a rip-off the used priced usually are only like a $3 difference.
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Post by Brockinton10 on Sept 5, 2011 12:11:13 GMT -5
Well you know new games are 60 dollars in every store. Even Target and Walmart.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2011 18:44:46 GMT -5
I have never had a problem with game stop, and I've bought a lot of games without original cases or Manuals
Just letting you know i work at a game stop and we don't take any with scratches we always check them 100%. We have all the systems below the counter and a screen to check the games on so if your game stop doesn't have that id complain
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 7, 2011 19:39:01 GMT -5
I have never had a problem with game stop, and I've bought a lot of games without original cases or Manuals Just letting you know i work at a game stop and we don't take any with scratches we always check them 100%. We have all the systems below the counter and a screen to check the games on so if your game stop doesn't have that id complain I always ask before I buy a used game if it's scratched. If It is I say no thanks. I did however buy SVR07 without the manual, but the case was original. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2011 20:10:36 GMT -5
I hate GameStop because every time I'm in there the employees want to give me their philosophy on video games.
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Post by Tye Hyll on Sept 7, 2011 21:29:54 GMT -5
I kind of like that part of gamestop, i dont like when they diss your game but it is better than the employee being completely clueless to the product.
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Post by Mole on Sept 7, 2011 21:38:46 GMT -5
I kind of like that part of gamestop, i dont like when they diss your game but it is better than the employee being completely clueless to the product. Here's a couple problems with that part of Gamestop: 1) Their opinions of games are often fueled by ignorance 2) Their opinion is of no value to me. If I'm walking into a store, I already have plans to buy something, otherwise I wouldn't waste the time or the gas money. Amazon and Best Buy are best for me since it's either just a website (AMZ) or I can just tell the BBY rep that I'm "Just looking." |
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Post by Tye Hyll on Sept 7, 2011 22:14:45 GMT -5
Well I agree with that as i said. I do like when they actually talk to you for a minute about stuff. I actually like friendly employees instead of robotic ones.
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Post by Too Sweet on Sept 8, 2011 9:44:02 GMT -5
That's just the nature of the used game business. I do understand you though, I wish that they priced differently for games that don't have everything. lets say there's a $20 retail price game. Should be $20 new with everything (manuals, extra content, codes, etc.) $17.99 used/like new with everything the new game came with, but a few dollars off for the fact that it IS used $12.99 used game disc only. That might seem like a jump down in price, but games these days new come with $10 or more worth of DLC or codes new, and its a rip-off the used priced usually are only like a $3 difference. I would love to see Video Game stores follow this method, I just don't get the logic of having some pre-owned current gen games cheaper than older generation games, sure there's the case of rarity and condition, but in Major chains this shouldn't really apply due to the average cost on what they pay for trade-ins it's simply making too much profit. Leave the Collector prices to actual Collectors, and set a price that doesn't alienate the General consumer base to keep them happy. ( Mind you I'm from Australia, but instead of Gamestop we have EB Games which is owned by Gamespot anyways, seeing a copy of MGS3 for the PS2 being more expensive than MGS4 just sh*ts me. ) |
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Sept 8, 2011 10:13:22 GMT -5
A used game is a used game, whether it has the original manual and/or case or not. I wouldn't get mad at GS for selling a game w/o the case or manual, that's just business. I'd get mad at the retards out there that are too stupid and irresponsible enough to take care of their own freakin games.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 8, 2011 12:48:21 GMT -5
I hate GameStop because every time I'm in there the employees want to give me their philosophy on video games. I hate that part about them too. Every time I go in there to buy a used game, I stand in a long line because the employee is having an unnecessary conversation with the customer about why Halo is better than Call of Duty. I don't play either of those games, so I don't bother to get into an argument with the cashier. It's not worth standing in line on your Lunch break to buy a $5 game when the give the Never Ending Story on which game is better when in the amount of time the conversation takes place, I could have purchased my game, and gone on with my life. |
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Post by The UndyTaker on Sept 11, 2011 21:28:29 GMT -5
I hate GameStop because every time I'm in there the employees want to give me their philosophy on video games. My favorite is when they tell me that the trailer shown on the tv above is going to be the next great game. I went in there some months ago and there was a trailer for Brink on the tv. The guy saw me looking at it, then he comes over and starts telling me(out of nowhere) about how that was Brink and it is going to be huge because of some new ducking behind objects move it had, and that I should pre-order it soon because they have so many pre-orders already that they don't know if they can fill them all. I tell him that I really wasn't interested in it and that I'll wait for some reviews, and he said, "By then it will probably be too late to get it." HAHAA I laughed. He said he wasn't kidding and that it was going to be huge. Nice try. I can't stand Gamestop. I do all of my trade-ins through Amazon now and only buy at Gamestop when it a B2G1 sale on used games. |
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