>walk into gamestop >''hey are you looking for

>>389900935
The employees will literally be fired if they don't sell enough games/ get enough preorders.

I went into a Gamestop for the first time in years a few days ago because I had 10 minutes to kill.

Video games were like maybe 1/5th of the store was video games and the rest of it was selling garbage like Minecraft toys, shirts, nerd desk collectables, phones and other things.

I was kinda tempted to buy the Dragonball teapot.

>>389901029
And that's exactly why they should shut their fucking mouths. The more they talk, the more I want to walk out of the store and just buy it on Amazon instead.

>>389900935
>not ordering a game on the website and just going into the store to pick it up.

>>389901029
Ok but I got so fed up with pressure tactics from vendors I just buy stuff online anyway. Much more comfy.

Maybe those stores will get the Blockbuster treatment.

Meh. Retail is just a shit show. If you are friendly people will complain you are pushy. If you lay back people will complain you aren't helping. Every day I got lectured because of some faglord complaining to my boss.

>>389901161
Yeah, the sheer amount of those dumb giant headed chibi figurines and shit that clutter GameStop now is really something to behold. It's like half the store is Hot Topic now.

>>389901181
>not just getting it delivered in the mail

why

>>389900935
>leaving your computer chair to acquire video games
do people really do this?

>>389901273
If I want advice I just ask. I wish more people had common sense.

>>389901315
I wouldn't be surprised if it was called Nerdstop soon. Games are so low on their merchandise list.

>>389901315
Well. Half the store is Hot Topic now.

Because they bought ThinkGeek from Hot Topic.

>>389901440
It's no surprise. Every game that comes out now can be purchased and played with a few button presses. Even if you want physical copies, you can get them online with a few clicks, usually cheaper than you can get them at brick and mortar stores.

There's literally no plus for the consumer to walk into a physical store and purchase a video game anymore. The best deal and best convenience is the internet. I will be thoroughly impressed if Gamestop still exists five years from now, unless like you said, they completely rebrand themselves with a completely different business model. But even then most nerds still buy all their shit online.

>>389900935
>Walk into GameStop
>Get sucker punched out of nowhere
>Dazed for a few moments
>Next thing I know I'm bent over being strapped down to the counter
>All the GameStop employees take turns raping me in the butt while trying to sell me on pre-ordering the latest AAA games coming out
>All the other customers are ignoring all of this minding their own business
>When they're finally finished I pre-order Destiny 2 Deluxe Edition and limp out
>Currently playing Destiny 2 right now

Fucking GameStop...

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>>389901956
>clicked the thumbnail before reading the text

>>389900935
Do people really go outside to buy geimus? It's a pretty ridiculous concept desu fampai.

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>>389901956

Your disgusting

>>389902376
>Shares his story
>Call him disgusting

And you sir are very rude.

>go to GameStop
>employee asks if I need help
>say no
>nothing else happens
>looks around and leaves or get what I want and leave

Why so hard?

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>>389900935
>walk up to cash register with game
>find everything ok?
>yep
>would you be interested in a gamestop ca-
>nah I'm good man
>wait no I'm just asking if you wan-
>no it's ok I'm good
>NO LISTEN, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, IF YOU WANTED, A GAMESTOP CARD, BECAUSE YOU COULD SAVE SOME MONEY
>.........no, I'm good.

>Go to Gamestop to get a Switch Pro Controller
>"Hey do you want to preorder Mario Odyssey?"
>"No thanks, I could get it from...somewhere else"

To not be rude I had to stop myself to saying Amazon, even though he probably knew what I meant. Poor guy, retail is a mess.

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>>389900935
>actually leaves the house.

i went there to buy a 3DS, thinking it would be the best place to browse and would have a greater selection of games. it was a truly painful experience.

>Virgin level 9000 guy at the counter constantly calling me bro and dude because he thinks im a chad
>tries to sell me the stupid $15 membership
>offers to give me a used copy of Pokemon AS without a case
>decline because im not poor and he goes on a rant about how it isnt a big deal to buy a used game
>"Ok man, I'd like to just pay thanks"
>Tells me he's giving me a card on the membership program so I can look it over

to top it all off, the selection of games was literally worse than Walmart. Walmart even has more used games. There was no reason to go to that store, and I never will again.

>>389901029
There needs to be a law where businesses can't force employees to do this shit.

This sounds autistic but, are you supposed to bring the display game cases to them, or can you just tell them the name of the game at the counter?

>>389903323

>A law
>For a place you voluntarily work at

Lol

>>389903405
>being this cucked by capital

>>389901162
Just stick to Amazon pleb. New games are 20% off there

>>389902376
You're

>>389902705
Should've just said no thanks and left it at that. He's obligated to ask but doesn't really care what you say if it isn't a yes because welcome to retail.

>>389903349

You bring the case. They keep the disks behind the counter

>>389903349
Either works. If you know what you, just go to the counter and ask. If you're just browsing and something catches your eye, bring the case.

This has been Human Interaction 101 with /v/

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>>389903323
>being this much of a Marxist

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>>389902641

I shat on the guy trying to do that to me who was basically NEET-san. I think that was the very last time I set foot in a GameShart.

>>389903501

Nigga nobody held a gun to your head and forced you to work there

>>389901162
if you cant deal with social interaction you're better off using Amazon desu

>>389903868
Not him, but do you genuinely think someone would want to willingly work there in the first place?

>>389903323
>>389903501
>I don't like it so it should be illegal
grow some balls and tell the guy working you don't feel like talking just looking around they'll fuck off

>>389902784

Not everybody is a fat faggot NEET like you

>>389903323
If you fumbled your own life so hard you have to work somewhere where you must peddle stupid shit that only insanely ignorant retards would buy, you deserve every bit of ire that comes your way.

>>389901327
shipping fee is a bitch anon + Lowest shipping fee option delivers to you in 2 weeks

>>389903681
I'm assuming this is for used game? Shouldn't new games be sealed?
>>389903686
Even if it's a new game?

>>389903761
he aint a neet if he works on gamestop
Dumbass

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>>389901029
Hearing that, I feel bad for them. They literally have to be annoying assholes to keep their jobs.

A Gamestop cashier once talked me out of buying some sort of online tactical shooter when I was younger because you literally can't play it anymore due to servers shutting down yet Gamestop was selling it for $2

>>389901029
not only that, gamestop definitely has mystery shoppers
they get written up if the mystery shopper isn't helped within like 2 minutes of being in the store

>>389904878
Gamestop just seems to be the worst retail job ever. I think working the back of a mall fastfood place would be less humiliating.

>>389902410
post some battletoad prank calls

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>>389905095
I don't know, my mall has a Luciano's. That shit is quality.

>>389905095
Didn't they used to have a quota for selling used games as well?

>>389905361
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvEThh1RMlQ
best one

>>389905095
I have a few friends of friends who used to work at one of the nearest ones to me, and yeah, it's pretty miserable from my understanding. Most people in there look pretty soulless because they probably went into it with "dude I love video games, what could be better than working here?!" and then the reaity check comes into play. It doesn't help that any sort of manager or higher up in any given store is a massive faggot.

>>389900935
>walk into gamestop
>''hey are you looking for something in particular?''
>not really, just looking around.
>''Have you played this game?''
>guy vomits the whole story and explains the gameplay
>actually get interested in buying the game
>end up looking into it and buying it right there
>go home and end up liking the game a lot
Fuck it, I didn't give a shit about Fire Emblem Fates, but he convinced me to buy Conquest and I ended up loving it.

Are all these gamestops truly that bad? I know it's a meme, but really?

>>389903349
unless it's the last copy of the game you can just tell them straight up. if it's last copy they have to use the case for display and have the CD locked in a drawer

>>389900935

>be at GS recently with a bud
>6/10 girl with a nosering at the counter
>she greets us in a friendly way and leaves us alone after
>bud and I start talking about how shit soul calibur has become
>she suddenly pipes in asking if I played 3
>fuck yeah nigger, I used to waste hours in the character maker in the campaign to make historically accurate fighters and shit
>"me too anon! I fiddled around making characters from anime that I watched!"
>we hit it off and she is genuinely into games
>it's a bit late and we had to hit the road again to get to the camping ground
>we leave and she looks a bit sad

damn, it must suck living in a small city in the middle of nowhere.

>>389900935

If they get too pushy/friendly, tell them you'll come to them if you need any help, and that you'd like to shop in peace. Don't be such a faggot. Speak up for yourself.

>>389900935
>be socially awkward autist
>employee keeps fucking talking to me about vidya

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>walk into gamestop
>chill guy behind the counter greets me
>walk to preowned PS3 games, start browsing
>other fat chode behind he counter walks up to me and asks if I need help finding anything
>nothanks.jpg
>lardass says "alright" and fucks off behind the counter
>find a cheapass copy of FFXIII for 3 dollars with the manual and original case/sleeve and a copy of Sleeping Dogs for 8 dollars
>sweet,jpg
>wait for 13 year old kid and mother to finish up buying a copy of GTA V because he's not 17 yet
>whatever
>guy who greeted me when I walked in rings me up
>asks if I know about the Pro membership
>politely refuse the offer
>starts a small chat about FF and asks if I've played XV yet
>haven't
>says it's pretty fun, recommends it
>dudebro ringing me up asks for a rewards card
>give him my phone number for it
>that'll be $11.34
>insert my chip card
>hands me receipt
>says "have a good one!" as I walk out
>walk to my car to drive home and play vidya
>fucking Gamestop

>>389906279
>its another virgin thinks the girl at gamestop is interested in him story

She was sad that you didn't preorder anything or buy anything not because you left LMAO.

>>389905754
If he convinced you Conquest had a good story he's either a genius or an idiot.

>>389906727
na it's not love interest, it's hobby interest

>>389903575
I'd rather give my money to some retail store than Jeff Bezos.

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>>389906467
>Go to gamestop
>hyperactive girl I've checked out with a few times is cashiering
>hey wassup.jpg
>browse, find devil may cry hd collection for 360
>go to buy
>she starts talking to me about the new Dmc
and how much she likes it, asks me if I liked it
>say something along the lines of "It doesn't hold a candle to old dmc"
>she keeps trying to convince me the new one is good and I keep shooting her down
>she kinda looks put out and says she just prefered some of the stuff they do to the older ones
>Never see her at that gamestop ever again

I regret not just playing along, nobody likes an elitist

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>>389900935
HAVE YOU PREORDERED THIS
HAVE YOU PREORDERED THAT
DO YOU HAVE A POWER UP RERARDS CARD???
SIR ARE YOU GOING TO PREORDER THAT OR DO I HAVE TO CALL SECURITY
I WILL SELL YOU A SYSTEM BUT FIRST YOU WILL LOOK THROUGH ALL THE ACCESSORIES WE HAVE FOR IT EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF BUYING ANYTHING ELSE
THIS IS LITERALLY THE ONLY STORE THAT SELLS GAMES BTW YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE
STOP REDPILLING THE OTHER CUSTOMERS! OK OK THAT'LL BE $63.25 JUST LEAVE

I just buy my games from a regional store called The Exchange, employees are cool and they've never tried to push a sale on me.

>>389907456
I have strong opinions on vidya but I always just joke around and "play" the part of the snobby elite. People always laugh and play along with me and it's all in good fun. Try it. You can express your opinions in a fun way to other players and make new friends in the process

>>389907505
because if they don't spew that garbage their DM fires them immediately. Happened to me. A regular who came in every week to buy something, and always had preorders down asked me to not bother with the schpiel cause it annoyed him and I got that. So I didn't.
DM was there one day, he noted I didn't "properly greet certain customers" then I got fired a week later even though I had some of the best numbers in the store. They literally don't care about the consumer. They care about having their advertising pay out.

>walk into Gamestop with intent to buy Witcher 3
>friend comes with me
>checking out when my friend asks me what exactly the Witcher is
>explain it's based on old polish fantasy novels and short stories
>clerk interrupts me to say that I'm wrong, the games are wholly original
>tell him to go look it up
>he just gives me a patronizing look and finishes the transaction
Fucking Gamestop.

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>>389900935
>trade in a bunch of console shit I'll never touch again
>get enough for a few Steam gift cards
>dude at the register notices it will leave me with like .75 in store credit
>bumps that up to $5.75 on a card instead
He was a good dude. I still don't know if I'll ever spend it, and if I do it'll be when I go in for a PS4 or something making it a drop of water in the ocean, but it was still pretty nice of him.

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>>389901029
>>389900935
Not only that, but working at gamestop must be such a fucking snore. You'd be lucky to get someone in there that actually knows what the fuck good games are, so you're stuck explaining games to normies to get them interested.

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>buy ps4 pro from gs
>regret it but luckily it wasnt opened
>attempt to return it today
>"we cant take it back we don't have $478 to give you"
>"why not just put it on my card?"
>"we can't do that."
>mfw

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>Go to GameStop a few weeks ago
>See this shit
>Games are on the left of the pic but was too stupid to do a panoramic shot
It's probably worse by now.

Niggers

>>389908497
It is getting pretty bad, yeah. Gotta cash in on that nerd culture while it's hot, I guess.

>>389908727
nah it's more of a desperation move than anything. Previously they were content to let hot topic handle nerd culture and they handled video (and card) games. Now they have to branch out because no one buys physical anymore.

>>389908481
He lied to you to dodge a return on his record.

>>389904515
No it's for all games, Gamestop does this thing where they open every game, even new, and put the disc in a drawer behind the counter so niggers dont steal them.

>>389908790
Yeah you're probably right. Isn't their stock just plummeting at this point because they wanted nothing but unchecked growth for years, and didn't care about sustainability?

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>be me
>shift manager at gamestop
>expected hours are 14-18 a week
>work nearly 40 on top of school because my boss has to help the store down the road re-structure
>it's becoming a "50/50" store where half of the wall space is dedicated to collectible shit i.e. fucko pops and pokemon dolls
>mfw

>>389908481
Either you paid with a debit card, which we can't charge back to, or he did what >>389908873 said because they weren't making sales plan and were going to have hours cut

>>389900935
I've never really just looked around in a game store
I usually am looking up online a bunch of shit about a game and know exactly what I'm to buy when I go in

>>389908497
Yeah they have a lot of faggot shit and figurines now but I would unironically buy that S.T.A.R.S. shirt

>going amiibo hunting
>the GameStop hasn't got any
>search the store, dig through piles of fidget spinners and roblox action figures
>ask guy at counter if they have any amiibo
>"uh, we have a whole bunch of skylanders over there."
>I tell him I'm looking for amiibo
>"I think we've got some online."
>asks me if I want to buy a five nights at Freddie's action figure
Fucking gamestop

>>389901956
How do you get rid of pinworms? Asking for a friend

>>389903761
>I shat on the dude just trying to do his job and not get fired for it
assuming that's true, nice going, asshole

Years from now, after Gamestop has finally gone under, there will be tons of Gamestop nostalgia threads on /v/ from newfags praising how great Gamestop was and how much of a tragedy it is that they don't exist anymore just like they do with Blockbuster.

If you are reading this, future /v/, Gamestop was shit

>>389909148
Probably. After I got fired I stopped paying attention. Haven't been in a gamestop since 2011 or 2012, whenever they had that "PS+ for a year for $20" promo during black friday. Bought 15 years and haven't looked back.

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>>389909990
>bought 15 years of PS+
what the fuck why

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>go to Gamestop to buy Final Fantasy X remaster
>cute girl at the counter
>bring game to pay
>"Oh, I love that game! Have you ever played it before?"
>we chit-chat a bit about Final Fantasy and the conversation leads into her talking to me about how she's enjoying playing XV right now
>"Oh, I don't have it yet. I might need to borrow it from you when you're done, haha"
>"Sure! I'll give you my number and we can text each other if you want"
>Score

I think you can imagine the rest. Gamestops are great.

>>389909094
I bought several games sealed what do you mean?

>>389909678
wash your hands after itching your ass, don't bring them up to your nose. the feces is what's causing pinworms but then again wiping properly also prevents this

>>389909912
Blockbuster was shit too. I liked Funcoland and Babbages though.

>>389910148
Because I resold them all (except 5) for $40 a piece afterwards when the sale ended, and they announced PS+ would be required for PS4. Used the 5 and next year will be the first year I paid full price for PS+ since it started.

>>389909678
You take some pills for a few weeks and it will kill them. Provided that you don't dig into your butthole all the time.

>>389901417
If they own consoles, so do people do this? Yes. Do gamers? No.

>>389908627
fuk
nigrs

>>389909912
>used to rent a game, a movie, and buy candy almost every friday night in middle school to junior high
>did this whether it was just me hanging out or when I was with a buddy
>so many great games
>so many good late night movies
>so many non-gay sleepover memories, fuck you, /v/, stay prisongay
I miss small mom and pop movie rental places.

>>389910180
nice
is she hot tho

>>389910461
And you might want to disinfect your stuff too. They want you to scatch so you can spread their eggs onto whatever you touch.

>>389910652
She works at gamestop, do you really need to ask?

>>389906279
Nice blog, faggot.

>>389900935
I picked up Dark Souls III last night and the guy ringing me up actually got annoyed that I didn't want to pay extra/sign up for the rewards card thing or whatever the fuck it is. I kinda felt bad for shutting him down, but jesus fuck I just bought a game from your store, leave me alone.

>>389911038
???
this whole thread is blogging

>cod ghosts was 3 bucks, decide to buy it as a joke
>"would you like the gameplay guarantee? it's only three more dollars!"
>it's just a steam code, so it doesn't actually apply

>>389910180
You got too beta to text her and never heard from her again?

>>389910180
>things that never happen

do u have proof?

>>389911061
Every store does this.

It's infuriating.

>>389911061
because when you buy new copies of games, it does nothing for the person. They literally get reprimanded for not pushing harder to get you a used copy instead. new copies are losses, financially.

>>389911061
One of the main reasons why I stopped going to gamestop. Either:

>Dude tries to push the rewards card stuff a bit too much and won't back down when I say no.
>Try to sell me a used game as new without consulting me or saying "Its new, just not shrinkwraped".
>Dude acts like I just murdered his family if I do not get the rewards card.
>Get details wrong on my preorder or completely fuck up how they put my preorder in and lose it (I had that happen twice).
>Try to play the "we don't have X in stock because you didn't preorder" game despite literally having a billion copies right behind them and no one picking them up.

When GCU with Best Buy became a thing, I pretty much had no reasons to go there anymore. It kind of amazes me how bad Gamestop's customer service has gotten, even the rundown nearly abandoned K-Mart in town doesn't give me as much bullshit the rare times I go there and get something.

Kinda want to get a summer job at Gamerstop to make some money and be the only employee there that actually plays video games
should i /v/?

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>>389910180

>>389913210
If reading this thread you somehow have the desire to work at Gamestop you must be retarded.

>>389913261
kek poor guy.
It still amazes me that chicks can be this cold.
I learned that the hard way when i was still a young'in.

>>389913356
>he actually believes stories on 4chan
ishygddt
>>389913210
I wouldnt but if you want to, its your funeral

>>389913782
Not every post is an artistic work of fiction. Someone saying how they have to work overtime or say the pre order/protection offer to every customer is objectively true.

>go to gamestop
>they tell me to preorder a steam game through them
>figure why not
>they add tax when steam doesn't

The fuck. I didn't even end up liking nier

>walk into GameStop
>buy new game, not pre-ordered.
>know that if I don't get something used, pre-order something, or join their rewards program, this dude is fucked
>"Hey, uh would you like to-"
>"No way, buddy."
>Give a smirk to the guy that hopefully says
>"That's right, bitch, take my $60 and shove it."
>tfw Trenchcoat gets caught in the door on the way out.

>>389901273
man i worked in pizza delivery and it was chill as fuck. My boss never trusted the customers.

>>389903323
>businesses shouldn't be allowed to tell employees to do their jobs

are you retarded?

>>389914889
more
>like businesses should prioritize their staff over their products.

imo shitty staff and annoying procedures is just gonna drive the business down the ground.

>walk into Gamestop
>"Hey do you have"
>cashier hands me a code for the mythical Pokemon they're currently distributing
>thank her and walk out

Literally the only reason you should go to FUCKING GAMESTOP

>>389914767
I work in pizza delivery.
People complain over the dumbest shit and always expect free food and get pissy when they have to pay a delivery fee.

>>389908497

You can't pirate a t-shirt.

>>389910652
She was very fuckable, I can tell you that.

>>389911169
You wish.

>>389911359
You think I keep pics of every girl I smash, anon? No, I don't.

>>389900935
>in gamestop
>a mom walks in asking if there are any naruto games
>the autistic clerk starts talking about all the different naruto games
>apparently one of them you are supposed to make different hand signs with input
>he talks to her as though he's assuming she understands the context
>as he's talking he starts making ninja hand signs

>>389908134
>You'd be lucky to get someone in there that actually knows what the fuck good games are
There is not a single good game at gamestop.

>>389901161
>see gamestop with a sign that says they're having a sale
>walk in
>can't find any games on sale
>"oh, it's just the toys that are on sale, sorry"
Ridiculous

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>that creepy customer obsessed with the female employee(s)
that's not you, is it?

>>389908497
Looks like a section in walmart. kek

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>gamestop employee tries to talk to me
>turn 360 degrees and immediately leave

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>>389900935
>mfw i recently applied to gamestop

>>389904092
They applied for it didn't they?

>>389916303
>go into eb games
>there's a fucking wall with multiple shelves full of funko figures
>most of them are obscure characters from fucking movies.
>barely any vidya related ones

what the fuck.

Why?

>>389900935
>walk into EB Games
>pre-order the new Senran
>"we're gonna call you on the 12th"
>"I saw on Twitter that the game is coming out on the 26th"
>"you must be wrong."

The date changed after that on their website but still, FUCKING EB GAMES.

>>389900935
>walk into gamestop
>its empty
>remember that all gamestops closed in my country

its a strange feeling

>>389909094
>>389910264
actually they just stock an empty box and pull out a sealed one from the back. Lol

it's a job, and if they don't pester you with questions they'll be fired. you think they want to actually talk to your 400lbs weeb ass?

>>389909990
why fired?

>>389913261
people are fucking retarded. I always google every number i get, especially if it's from a female. why didn't he at least text her right after he got the number?

if gamestop closes where will i get my secondhand video games and cords?

i dont go there for new games, you know

>>389920883
amazon?

>>389920883
Local shops that pop up for 2 years before they go bankrupt.

>>389920308
No reason. It's an at-will workplace. meaning at-will you can quit, and at-will they can fire. No 2weeks, no reasoning needed. The actual reason was they pumped it full of hot girls since the store was performing exceptionally well (We actually cleaned our store.)
Now it's closed, but oh well.

>>389920096
>it's a job, and if they don't pester you with questions they'll be fired. you think they want to actually talk to your 400lbs weeb ass?
Corporate needs to be held responsible for this, not the employees. The government needs to make it illegal for stores to pester customers, unless they ask.

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Is gamestop exclusive dlc still a thing?

>Australian
>Had Yakuza Kiwami preordered
>Game is $69.95
>Look on eBay
>Game is $44 sealed and new
>So many games are like $20-30 cheaper on eBay at launch

This is why I barely shop there anymore. We have actual refund laws here, so I only go there to "rent" games.

>Game like Uncharted isn't worth like $79 for just story mode
>Buy the game there
>Finish it
>Get a complete refund

I'll do this with Assassin's Creed Origins.

>>389921329
yes. destiny 2 had an exclusive ghost shell that tracks kill counts for your faction thing.

>>389921231
This right here. I worked for them for 5 years, worst jo I've ever had. I actually swore them off for good, not because I hated it there but because nowadays I can't go in without being pestered constantly and the store is filled with non-game stuff to the point of not being able to walk around. It should literally be called ThinkGeek The Store at this point.

I hate admiting it but I pre ordered Mario Odessy because the cashier was a total qt. It didn't help that she had one of those neck chokers and had a fucking 10/10 ass which are my 2 weaknesses. I feel ashamed, I'm 25 this shit shouldn't work on me anymore.

>>389903405
Those exist though, like a lot of them.

>>389900935
>Buy a game from gamestop every month or so
>Get my receipt
>Fill out the survey
>Put in nothing but 0s and 1s for rating my experience
>Every time I go there its a completely new staff

>>389908481
I returned a COD Infinite Warfare Bundle, and left gaimu stop with a stack of 20s

>>389922912
ever won the raffle? I have a feeling there's no actual reward.

>>389922912
>thinking you had anything to do with it

Lots of Gamestop stores have a high as fuck employee turnover rate because it's a miserable job.

>>389903323
I agree to an extent. Current job I have has fired three cashiers for not meeting a "credit card" quota that they have to constantly push on the customers. The staff get told by customers they don't like being pushed so much, but the staff doesn't give a fuck. Gotta get that interest.

>>389903405
>being literally this retarded.

What, if you work voluntarily at a place where your job is to get fucked to death, even if you did willingly accept it, you think that wouldn't be illegal?

>>389901273
>meh

I can smell the cheeto and semen encrusted cargo shorts from here.

>>389903323
>There needs to be a law where businesses can't force their employees to perform their job.
>There needs to be a law that tells businesses they can't fire an employee for lack of performance

What did he mean by this?

>>389911061
They want people to buy used because they're considered a pawn shop, at least in my state/county/whatever. So they get all that profit. Either buy new or don't buy at all, unless they have a deal that's literally too good to pass up.

>>389923124
Forcing shitty stuff like people signing up for credit cards shouldn't be part of someone's job unless they work for a credit card company.

>>389903323
If they were like.. hey you earb a comission of 0.1% of everything you sell.. employees would be happy af and work harder.

>>389917479
I must have been one of the lucky few that loved my job there. I always enjoyed it. But that was back before they were pushing the toys and shit like that.

>>389923124
>There needs to be a law where businesses can't force their employees to perform their job.
No.However, their job should not include pestering customers or things that make employees uncomfortable.
>There needs to be a law that tells businesses they can't fire an employee for lack of performance
Kind of, yes. For example, sales targets should be completely anonymous and illegal to be used to fire someone. If someone is struggling, its up to the company to help out that worker.

>>389923496
They are a credit card company in the extent that they literally have a credit card they are trying to sell.

What kind of retarded dumbass semantic loops did you hop through to try and make that your justification?

>>389923531
But that would lose them a tiny proportion of profits, and why bother motivating your employees when you can just fire them since they're all interchangeable and super replaceable drones anyhow?

>>389923646
Because when someone applies to gamestop, they are signing up to sell games, not push credit cards. Plus, they can't control how many people will sign up, even if they do the pitch perfectly to each and every customer. The rates at which people sign up for the cards don't have anything to do with whether or not a gamestop employee is doing his job.

Can someone even list a single retail store that doesn't try to shove shitty credit cards, or "rewards club" cards on you in this day and age?

I go to Gamestop, they try to push preorders and warrenties on me.

I go to Target, they try to push their Red Card on me.

I go to the book store, and they try to push their card on me.

I go to the gas station, they try to push their fuel rewards card on me.

I'm more tired of getting fucking pestered by every store trying to push 82 credit cards on me than any one store in particular, since they all do this shit now.

>>389923802
These peoples jobs are being salesmen.
It's almost as if that's exactly the job they are signing up for and being asked to perform.

If they can't sell, then the company can't afford to have them staffed.
How complicated is this?

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>>389900935

>go into Aus Gamestop (EB Games)
>looking around, clerk asks if am looking for anything in particular, pass him up
>pick up a few games
>two clerks and i start talking about some games
>he brings up a game about golf were you control robots and can make corgi fusions
>sounds pretty out there don't believe him
>he brings it up on his phone and shows me it
>fuckyeah.jpg
>finish up buying the games i wanted
>they give me a price reduction on the games that will go on sale a few days later, saving $30
Honestly, never have a problem here in Ausland with Aus Gamestop

>>389923925
And if someone is helping customers and running the registers and pitching their cards or whatever corporate said to, and the customers just aren't signing up for the card because they went to gamestop to buy games, not sign up for a credit card, why is that the employees fault? I agree someone who isn't doing their job should be fired, but if the employee makes the credit card pitch and gets turned down, they are still doing their job. They can't force people to sign up for cards.

>>389922390
That's exactly the age it starts to work the most man

>>389924064
I used to work next door to one, they're generally okay with customers. If you work there and don't conform to their cliques (or in some cases be a girl), you're fucked though. A lot of sexual harassment/rape.

>>389923872
Nope. People buy credit cards. People love the idea of buying now and not paying now. Because they're stupid. And stores want to capitalize on stupidity.

>>389901162
I did. I work at a Gamestop and tried that. Know what happened? Customer complained that she felt like she was being ignored on our survey.

I try to be there to help customers without being a pushy salesman.

CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN EITHER WAY, JUST LIKE YOU ASSHOLES.

I did really want to work there when I was in Highschool. Made some pretty cool friends since I went there about once a week. Moved back into town a couple years ago and the old crew has moved on. I've ran into some of them since then, they miss those times too, but they couldn't stand that shit anymore. Went from pushing preorders to pushing credit cards and shit. No reason to go back since it's entirely new people and filled with Funko shit. Also, I don't see the point in paying 60 bucks for new games when I've got Amazon and Best Buy charging me $48.

>>389923531
But they don't need to motivate them. The state of the job market does the motivation for them. Meaning, there are tons and tons of uneducated retards wishing right at this moment to take that shitty retail job from that Gamestop employee right this moment, even for less pay.
Therefore, Gamestop is not motivated to treat their workforce with care, they can just replace them easier than you think if they don't perform as they expect.
They would only need to think about shit like this if they had trouble replacing them.

>>389924169
If everyone just bought everything they wanted to without ever having to be enticed by a salesman, salesmen wouldn't exist in general.

The whole point that they are hired is to entice people to buy shit they normally thought they wouldn't. Whether its to preorder some dumbshit game or sign up for a credit card.
Fuck dude, might as well just remove all suggestive advertising, we don't want to try and force people to pay money for things they aren't interested in, and we certainly shouldn't expect certain ads to be more successful than others at enticing people to purchase product.

>>389901161
Gamestop and Thinkgeek have the same owners. the video game stores are on down turn while peddling geeky themed merch is on the rise. expect to see more of the same.

>>389924525
Your problem is not knowing the customer
The store i go to i have no problem with because they know how to behave/act in front of each customer. They start a simple small talk and let the customer start conversations more , and they actually like video games unlike some other video game sellers. So they actually enjoy being able to talk to customers who share their interests but know not to spill spaghetti when talking to say a mum who obviously is only there to buy a game for their child

>>389924525
It's almost as if each person is different to how they want to be handled.
Like they have different personalities or something.

>>389924658
I suppose I fucked up by not stating I'm not the guy that wants it to be illegal to make your employees push stuff, that's fine in my book and your entire post is correct. I just don't think people should be fired based on their pre-order rates or credit card sign-up rates or whatever, as long as they are actually doing their sales pitch properly. Like, if they aren't doing the pitch at all or it's obvious they aren't trying, that's one thing, fire them. But someone is doing their pitch and just isn't getting the sales, that's out of their control and they shouldn't be fired for that. I guess I just don't like the idea of being in one of these jobs and losing that job over something I have no control over.

>"No, thank you."

Wow so fucking hard with all these capitalist pressure tactics ruining my window shopping experience

I bet you'd whine if a female employee didn't greet you on the way in too

>>389924975
Except if you actually left your house sometimes my dear NEET friend, you would know that "No, thank you" is NEVER enough to shut these up. If it was, nobody would be complaining here don't you think?

>>389923674
>>389924645
I see.. what a hell of a thing to do for a living if you are older than 18

>>389924975

People wouldn't have an issue if it was as simple as that. Its more like:

>"Alright, with this be all for you today?"
>"Yes."
>"Now we are running a trade-in special today, where...."
>"Not interested. I just want this one game."
>"Ok. Any Preorders coming up you're interested in? Generic FPS no.8913302 is coming out, next month, and you get a preorder bonus gun for putting money down on it!"
>"Not interested, thanks."
>"Ok. Want to buy any PSN cards for the game you're buying today, for cool DLC packs?"
>"No...just the game is fine."
>"Any extended warranties?"
>"...No. Just the game."
>"Ok. Well, we are running a special on."
>"No...please. Just THIS game will be fine."
>"Ok. Are you a member of our rewards club, or our credit card? Want to sign up for those today?"
>"No. I just want THIS game. THANKS."
>"Ok......so, can I sign you up for a subscription for Game Informer for a year?"
>Fucking Gamestop

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>>389913261
chicks at gamestop know 95% of their customers are dudes never around chicks. i sorta had this happen to me. theres a chick that works at a gamestop near me thats super cute and we talk about fighting games every time im in and she convinced me to pre order tekken 7. i threw 5 bucks down because my dick decided to do the decision making for a second but i didnt go full autist and think she liked me.
also related to the picture i recently got a chicks number and she said she was down to go out sometime and she just never responded to my text. its a bad feel lol i feel for the guy.

>>389925473

There's this qt Azn grill who works at one of the Gamestops I go to, but her Jew tactics are pretty weak as far as trying to lul people into buying games based on sex appeal. The way she's talks about some of the games I've personally played makes it sound like she's really only played them to be able to tell dudes she's played their favorite games, while not actually knowing much of anything about the games themselves.

>have bad anxiety
>go to gamestop
>girl keeps following me around store
>keeps pointing out games and asking me questions about my life
>shoo shoo sneaky jew
>eventually cave in and get uncharted 2 for $20
>girl and guy team up to make me get a gamestop rewards card on the way out
>go home and never finish the game

I hate going outside period.

>go to gamestop
>cashiers are being loud and memespouting
>pick out my games and go to the register
>cashier turns quiet and avoids eye contact
>doesn't ask if i'm interested in any offers
>pay for my games and leave
Well that wasn't so bad.

>>389907969
I mean, he's not wrong. But he's not right, either. The Witcher game series continues off from where the books left off, I think, so the stories are original. It's just that the world, characters, and so on aren't.

>>389908790
>no one buys physical anymore.
More like they only have a bunch of popular physical games, and no niche shit anymore. I'd pay a shit load if they had a consistent stream of old games that weren't in shit quality, or were more niche. Unfortunately, you have to pay an arm and a leg where I live, at least for something that you can buy online. Usually for cheaper.

>>389925112
Your beta is showing. I literally say no thank you every time.

And complaining on a Korean image swap site is still complaining, which is fucking retarded. It's like complaining that there's a line at the supermarket. You should know what to expect by now

>>389921414
Smart man you are Anon,me and my brother once did a trade on a heap of shit we didnt want anymore and used that trade credit on everything for 6 months.

>there are basically no gamestop stores in austria
>the few we have are so tiny i'm better off going to a multimedia store like Saturn

>>389903759
is he ok

Sounds like he might've just been trying to be nice

>having a bad day
>go to gamestop to see if I can find a cheap game for vita that'll cheer me up
>looking at used Wii games and I'm pretty amazed about the prices for most of the well-known games
>$45 for SSB: Brawl, for example
>two teens come in and the guy behind the counter strikes up a conversation with them
>one teen talks some shit about hating Breath of the Wild just because of the weapon durability
>Sure, that's a valid opinion
>teen then goes on to tell the gamestop employee about how Twilight Princess is the best Zelda game
>This is not a valid opinion
>teens buy some wii u shovelware and leave
>gs employee is like, "did you hear that shit? what kind of idiot thinks that Twilight Princess is a good game, let alone the best game in the series?"
>we talk some shit for a minute, then he gets a phone call
>I find the fifth Harry Potter game for the Wii for $5 and go to check out
>gs employee is like, "Oh, I used to play this a bunch with my little brother. It's pretty fun."
We talk about Harry Potter for a minute and then he gets another phone call.
>doesn't try to sell me dumb shit
>Fucking Gamestop

>>389902641
Jesus man, why did you get so angry at him?

>>389923925
They are not really salesmen though. That would a car salesman or a telemarketer. These guys are just clerks whose employer also wants them to sell a shitty card no one wants to buy.

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>>389901029
>>389904878
Barnes and Noble employee here

Doing this kind of stuff isn't actually that bad. As long as you're not an anti-social autismo (which begs the question why you'd work in a job that focuses on working with people if that's the case for you) and actually care to do better, it just becomes another task you maintain throughout the day. Our store has a high rating for shit like Memberships, emails, credit cards, whatever just because we actually give a shit about how we do our job.

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>>389900935

Alright lets see here..

>Go into gamestop
>Looking for a copy of the Evil Within to play since 2 is coming out in october
>No new copy, they don't make new ones anymore
>Only used copy is actually in pretty good condition
>Neat
>Go home thinking when to start the game later
>50 Gig game
>How much room left on system
>23 gigs

FUCKING GAMESTOP

Am i doing this right?

>>389900935
I know it's been stated several times already, but the employee doesn't have a choice. Same thing with pushing pre-orders and the membership shit.

No employee, besides maybe the managers, really give a shit or want to bug you about it. But if they don't and the manage finds out, or some secret shopper BS is going down, you're fucked. I worked there years back and would get bitched at for not pushing pre-ordering new games, membership, etc. for the mom buying their kid a $5 old PS2 game. It's obvious they don't want it, they just want the game quickly and to move on. But nope, if you just do that, corporate gets all pissy.

It's shit, but honestly not the employees faults. Think about it, they probably want to deal with you about as much as you want to deal with them.

I haven't bought a game in a store for 9 years. I didn't even know Gamestop still exists.

>>389927756
Mmm, my mom used to be a secret shopper and took me along with her a lot because no one thinks about a mom with her kid being a secret shopper. I hated being involved in potentially getting people fired once I realized what was going on.

>>389927943
Are you tall, blonde, and bespectacled?

>>389920883
Mom and pop stores are pretty much gone, but there are some decent chains. I'm in the Midwest so I know Disc Replay and GameXChange but there are others.

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>>389908497

i wont lie, that RE shirt is pretty neat. i would totally buy it if i saw it.

>>389927943
I think the idea of secret shoppers is fine. Make sure employees are doing a good job, being courteous, things like that. The problem comes with every corporation needing to push more trash on customers. Every store needs a credit card or membership, pre-orders, warranties, whatever else. If the customer's showing interest in it, or is obviously making a purchase that leads you to believe they might benefit, then it's perfect to mention. Forcing people to listen to an annoying speech about it when they clearly don't want you to waste their time is the problem. But like I said before, it's pretty much do it or get fired. Disappointing because it really seems like it does more harm than good, but is still the normal practice.

>live in NZ
>have laws that actually protect employees from getting fired without good reason
>staff are friendly and helpful but not pushy
>handle returns quickly and efficiently because we have strong consumer protection laws
>lots of cheap used games that go on sale frequently
FUCKING EB GAMES