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[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by pmurray20

not that i dont like all gamestops, just not the one where im around. ive had to bad experiences with them, First was Call of Duty i bought i and hey it had no disc in it haha and it was sealed, they wouldnt do ****. and 2 i bought ncaa 11 at midnight, and took it home and the damn game didnt work. Neither time did i get a replacement game i was really pissed. So im preordering it from them getting the codes, then going to take the preorder off and get it from walmart with my discount there.

I don't think you will get the codes unless you actually buy (and pre-order, of course) the game from Gamestop. I could be wrong though.

[Mr5000]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

and i keep seeing people say "i'm not a fan of Gamestop" or displaying dislike with Gamestop and i dont understand why? Is there a personal experience you had? Is it because they don't sell the game early? Is it because they are a big chain? I've bought many games and sold games to Gamestop and i've never once had an issue with them. Its not like they are selling games for more money than other stores. They are pretty accessible with many locations and if there isn't one around there is the option to order online. Maybe you dealt with a jerk employee but that speaks more to that employee (maybe he/she was having a bad day, is not a nice person) than the company itself. I'm just curious as to the hatred towards Gamestop. And that isn't directed at any one person, i'm just curious.

Jersey, I'm not a fan of paying 60 dollars for a product that Gamestop has already opened. It just doesn't sit right with me. But the manager is usually cool about it when I ask her for a sealed copy.

I know it seems like a small gripe, but I just don't like that. Other than that I don't have a problem with it.

And am I the only person who wishes they'd go back to the way they use to do preorders? Where they'd call you the day before the game was set to release and tell you to come and pick it up.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr5000

Jersey, I'm not a fan of paying 60 dollars for a product that Gamestop has already opened. It just doesn't sit right with me. But the manager is usually cool about it when I ask her for a sealed copy. I know it seems like a small gripe, but I just don't like that. Other than that I don't have a problem with it. And am I the only person who wishes they'd go back to the way they use to do preorders? Where they'd call you the day before the game was set to release and tell you to come and pick it up.

Yep, this is my only gripe with them. I've been told since I was a kid, once the plastic comes off, the game is used. That's also the way that 90% of stores across America work. Once that plastic comes off, the game is used and can't be returned. So why am I getting a NEW game with the plastic ripped off. Gamestop has already confessed to letting employees tryout games. So what's the difference between Joe Blow, the gamestop employee, ripping off the plastic and playing the game for a few hours and John Blow, the gamestop customer, going home, ripping off the plastic, playing for a few hours, then deciding to trade the game in? There's nothing different, but Gamestop will sell one as new and one as used. I actually went to buy my son a PS3 game one time and the "NEW" game had fingerprints on it. When I asked the sales clerk about it, he casually sprayed some kind of solution on the disc and wiped it off, then handed it back to me. So I casually asked for my money back and went down to Walmart and bought an actual NEW copy of the game that was sealed in plastic. I try my best to not give Gamestop my business for this very reason. Promotions like this tick me off because I'd like to have those jerseys, but I refuse to go through Gamestop to get them.

[TajDeni]

Maybe some folks dont like gamestop because of their buy-back/resell ratio. It just feels cheap when you go to trade a good game in and they offer yo usay $14, then 30mins later they're re-selling it from $49.99. I know plenty of times ive walked in there only to just walk back out with the game, and just give it away to another person in the family.

also video game are they only product that i can think of where you can be completely unsatisfied with the product yet you cant as a consumer that the product back. 4ex if the game has a major bug that alot ppl deem unacceptable. Instead ppl have to sit around and wait for a patch to happen to a game that they deem unplayable. 1st, there is never a guarantee that the issue will even get patched at all (but they usually try to some degree) and if i does get patched it could be 2mos down the line.

Thats why i buy alot my games used and just pay the online fee. Dont like that fee but atleast its somewhat understandable; tho someone had to have already purchased the game new inorder for another person to buy it used. so in theory you could say that EA already got their money because they have no way to determine if a person will keep a game or not.

Also i think alot of ppl are talking about the principles of it because its just like if we let this slide, then where will it end. It is said that a person should treat small problems as big problems and big problems as small problems. So you fix the dam at the 1st signs of a crack when its still managable, not when the water is already flowing out; i wont insult anyones intelligence by breaking it down further than that

another thing is I personally dont understand the group of folks that are arguing for EA/GS. If ppl dont like said tactics let them voice there opinion and maybe things will get changed. Mostly likely not thru posting on a board. But if for example everyone who didnt like said practices didnt purchase the game for say a 2wks (thats about how long it takes for the rosters to come out) then these types of practices could possibly come to an end. At the end of the day ppl have to speak with their wallets in order to change these types of practices, but it wont happen because we as a society always have to have things asap. Seems, ADD just morphs as you transition from childhood to adulthood.

For me, i have never purchased a game from a M&P store (dont know of 1) so that part of it is not the issue for me, my only concern is if the game had a major glitch or bug that i deemed made the game broke and i had to sit 4 say 2mos waiting for it to get fixed.

a minor gripe would be that if you were put in a circumstance where gamestop was not a reasonable option 4 yourself and you had to purchse thru another vendor and now you had to pay for a perk that other got 4 free. I could see how that could annoy some ppl.

but all in all i think the folks who are ok will EA doing this should just fall-back and the ppl who dont approve should do more than just mere online-site complaining, if you really unhappy, only money talks...

[Mr5000]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

Yep, this is my only gripe with them. I've been told since I was a kid, once the plastic comes off, the game is used. That's also the way that 90% of stores across America work. Once that plastic comes off, the game is used and can't be returned. So why am I getting a NEW game with the plastic ripped off. Gamestop has already confessed to letting employees tryout games. So what's the difference between Joe Blow, the gamestop employee, ripping off the plastic and playing the game for a few hours and John Blow, the gamestop customer, going home, ripping off the plastic, playing for a few hours, then deciding to trade the game in? There's nothing different, but Gamestop will sell one as new and one as used. I actually went to buy my son a PS3 game one time and the "NEW" game had fingerprints on it. When I asked the sales clerk about it, he casually sprayed some kind of solution on the disc and wiped it off, then handed it back to me. So I casually asked for my money back and went down to Walmart and bought an actual NEW copy of the game that was sealed in plastic. I try my best to not give Gamestop my business for this very reason. Promotions like this tick me off because I'd like to have those jerseys, but I refuse to go to Gamestop to get them.

Exactly. Like I said the manager was cool about it the couple of times I asked for a sealed copy. But still, what I'd like to know is why are they opening them?

[LionsFanNJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

I don't think you will get the codes unless you actually buy (and pre-order, of course) the game from Gamestop. I could be wrong though.

Yeah more than likely it will be a card they attach on the top of the pre orders when its picked up. from GS's website

Quote:

Online Customers: A code and download instructions will be provided to the customer when the game releases. Store/In-Store Pickup Customers: A pre-order card containing a code and instructions on how to download the course will be available at time of game release.

So you will have to buy it from GS for the unis, and more than likely if you didn't EA is going to charge for them otherwise.

[pmurray20]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

I don't think you will get the codes unless you actually buy (and pre-order, of course) the game from Gamestop. I could be wrong though.

haha i did it for gears of war 3 and i got the beta codes lol

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr5000

Jersey, I'm not a fan of paying 60 dollars for a product that Gamestop has already opened. It just doesn't sit right with me. But the manager is usually cool about it when I ask her for a sealed copy. I know it seems like a small gripe, but I just don't like that. Other than that I don't have a problem with it. And am I the only person who wishes they'd go back to the way they use to do preorders? Where they'd call you the day before the game was set to release and tell you to come and pick it up.

ive never really noticed that the game isn't sealed. I mean, i'm sure i noticed when i bought the game and went to open it but when i first read this response i thought to myself, "don't they sell the games sealed up?" Especially after the other guy talked about buying a sealed game with no disc inside.

But now that i think about it anytime i've bought something with a preorder it wasn't sealed and they opened the case to make sure the code card was in there which in one way is, like you say, wrong that they are selling you an unsealed game but on the other hand does make sure you dont have the problem the other person had when he bought a sealed game with no disc inside.

I have no problem with them letting their workers play the games or something like that (just as long as it isn't one they are going to then sell to the customer) because when i worked at a restuarant i got to try the food (again not the food they were then going to give to customers), and other jobs you can test out the products. The same person who talked about buying a sealed game with no disc inside went on to say he was playing Mortal Kombat before it was released so it isn't like Wal Mart or Best Buy or these other places don't do the same things.

I do know ive bought games from Gamestop that were sealed but i do also remember sometimes the person selling me the game opening the case to make sure the game and preorder code was in there.