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   11-06-2009, 1:16 AM
Re: Cool Fact About GameStop Employees
As previous people have wrote on this thread, it is just a job. I am very good friends with the employees and employer at my local gamestop store. They actually never take anyone that does not have any game knowlege. I guess some Gamestop stores actually try to make the customer service good. I personally believe that the majority, if not all, of game stores should only hire people with an up to date video game knowledge. This would probably give Gamestop better customer service representation and better feedback. Not to mention a less horrible representation. Now what to do with those absurd trade in prices....
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   11-06-2009, 2:12 AM
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 Morning808 wrote:
Its just a job.....I don't care if they know about games or not, but its cool to talk to one that does play games, I am friends with one of the works and he helps me buy good games
You need help 2 buy a game?? That's kinda sad. You should know before you go 2 gamestop ebgames game world or whatever you go 2 that you know what game your gunan get. If you need help or don't know about a game you have www.xbox.com or the web that has over 100000 sites on games .
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Keep a bible on it and a box next to it you can use to ship the console in, when the bible fails.
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   11-06-2009, 1:48 PM
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At the gamestop that I work at, only one person isn't an active gamer but I only say that because she only plays WoW.  She has to share her PS3 with her husband and 2 kids though, so she still does know some things about video games.. just when ANYONE has ANY type of question regarding 360, she calls me away from what I'm doing to help.  I think my gamestop is pretty well- rounded in our video game knowledge.  Also, 3 of us are collectors so if you have a question about snes or whatever, we'll help you with that too ;D

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   11-06-2009, 2:19 PM
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My best friend used to work at GS for about 2 years (she sadly quit because of sexist male employees), but she probably has been playing video games as long as I have. She knows everything you need to know about different games and was always very helpful to other customers when it came to helping them pick out games.

Not all GameStop employees are bad. It's just a retail job anyway, not much to it.

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   11-06-2009, 4:31 PM
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I posted a few pages back on this... I used to work there for years... My staff was amazing and all hardcore gamers.... Unfortunately the higher ups have no idea about gaming.. (My regional director asked me about Halo 3 on PS3 during the launch)... That trickles down to the store level and makes the experience crappy, even if the sales associates are hardcore.
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   11-06-2009, 8:04 PM
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I have this oppinion because 1 i am a gamestop employee, and 2 every gamestop ive ever been in people have been most helpful.

A lot of people fail to realize that we have thousands of different games for sale at most of our stores, and no that is not an exaggeration. So i think people often over react when they say wow these people dont know anyting about gaming they couldnt tell me what (name a game) is about. For the most part people try to be the best employee they can be and truely help the customer.

At our store i am pretty sure that if you named a any game you could think of someone on our staff would be pretty knowledgeable about it. But at the time they may be busy or off work something like that.

Customers also need to realize that at times working in retail can be very stressful especially around the holiday season. We really are doing the best we can to help but i have seen numerous time a customer wanting us to do something that is against store policy. Ex. There is a rule for all used games saying within 7 days you may bring it back if you arent satisfied. Many customers somehow think this applies to new games and it doesnt. They will come back in the store (with a new game) and be very angry that they are not allowed to exchange the game saying we told them they could if its within 7 days.
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   11-07-2009, 12:54 AM
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 Cobalt 07 wrote:
I used to work there.
    The crappy customer service experience is not directly because of the employees at your local store. It is practically company policy. If the employee does not hound every customer and convince them to buy 2 or more pieces of merchandise to every customer, and a solid number of pre-orders and pre-owned sales ------------------------- THEY LOSE THEIR JOB! No joke. It's why I left the company. I wanted to help fellow gamers find the games they really wanted. After Gamestop swallowed EB Games, they hammered on all the employees to treat all the customers like walking cash vending automatons with no will.


That's why I left too.  I sould tell customers were just irritated by being hounded.  Even though what you talked about- UPTs (Units Per Transaction)- are used at most retailers similar to GS.  They do directly influence profit.  However the reserves and subs are bogus.  I was Senior Game Advisor and what pissed me off was that the District Manager kept getting on my case about not getting the company "quota" for reserves and GI subs.  I pointed out to her in the employee handbook that there is nothing about those since they're arbitrary and they are not a fair representation of performance or sales- which are what count!  So she tried to fire me.  Luckily I'm friends with the store's SM and ASM (still am) and they told her that I already put my 2 weeks in a couple days before, LOL!  I still buy from that store b/c of my friends there but I no longer reserve (unless it's something totally awesome like the God of War 3 Ultimate Edition) or get the GI sub from there (I just get the 2-yr sub from the magazine itself and save 5 bucks over getting it year to year in GS.  I never buy used games anyway).
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   11-07-2009, 2:47 AM
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I'm still applying to Game Stop :]
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   11-07-2009, 2:49 AM
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 Adahlia wrote:
I'm still applying to Game Stop :]

You should :D as much as I don't like working there, there are some amazing things about it.  Meeting other hardcore gamers and just talking forever is awesome.. and I'm a collector and get really amazing deals on old games Gamestop doesn't carry.  People don't know what things are worth Wink [;)]

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   11-07-2009, 2:55 AM
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Why dont you like working there? Just wondering
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   11-07-2009, 3:01 AM
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 Tigerwoods447 wrote:
Why dont you like working there? Just wondering

Having to shove reserves and the edge card down peoples' throats mostly lol.  Also, people think that they're far superior to you because you're working retail and think they have to talk down to you (really with any retail job that'll happen).  Also, people don't understand that things belong in certain places and if you throw everything wherever you feel like it, and then complain that you can't find something, and then yell at me, I feel like chopping your head off.  Also I constantly get hit on/asked for my gamertag.  Plus I barely get any hours (I consider myself lucky if I get 10 hours a week).. etc etc etc XDD

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   11-07-2009, 3:05 AM
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 DORITOCAKES wrote:
 Tigerwoods447 wrote:
Why dont you like working there? Just wondering

Having to shove reserves and the edge card down peoples' throats mostly lol.  Also, people think that they're far superior to you because you're working retail and think they have to talk down to you (really with any retail job that'll happen).  Also, people don't understand that things belong in certain places and if you throw everything wherever you feel like it, and then complain that you can't find something, and then yell at me, I feel like chopping your head off.  Also I constantly get hit on/asked for my gamertag.  Plus I barely get any hours (I consider myself lucky if I get 10 hours a week).. etc etc etc XDD
Hmm. I'm really quiet... I hope I take care of what I need to when I work there (or anywhere else) .. I want Game Stop to be my first job though. I do notice that each time I go in the Game Stop right by my house, there seems to be a different person each time. I get recognized easily though since I go in there VERY often.. One of the employees asked ME if I wanted an application :D I definitely was already getting hit on... so I can't imagine what you went though.. i'd just brushed it off.
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   11-07-2009, 3:10 AM
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 Adahlia wrote:
 DORITOCAKES wrote:
 Tigerwoods447 wrote:
Why dont you like working there? Just wondering

Having to shove reserves and the edge card down peoples' throats mostly lol.  Also, people think that they're far superior to you because you're working retail and think they have to talk down to you (really with any retail job that'll happen).  Also, people don't understand that things belong in certain places and if you throw everything wherever you feel like it, and then complain that you can't find something, and then yell at me, I feel like chopping your head off.  Also I constantly get hit on/asked for my gamertag.  Plus I barely get any hours (I consider myself lucky if I get 10 hours a week).. etc etc etc XDD
Hmm. I'm really quiet... I hope I take care of what I need to when I work there (or anywhere else) .. I want Game Stop to be my first job though. I do notice that each time I go in the Game Stop right by my house, there seems to be a different person each time. I get recognized easily though since I go in there VERY often.. One of the employees asked ME if I wanted an application :D I definitely was already getting hit on... so I can't imagine what you went though.. i'd just brushed it off.

LOL it really is a fun job.  Everyone in the store already knew me before I get hired and they're all really nice.  Yea guys wink at me all the time and it gets really creepy o.o this one guy actually asked my coworker for my number and OF COURSE she gave it to him.  He called me and asked if I wanted to go over his house and play world at war... it was really really creepy

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   11-07-2009, 6:43 AM
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Well at EB Games in Canada the closest one to me is in a very busy mall and its a small store. That store is almost ALWAYS busy except maybe if you go on a weekday morning but during the evenings or weekends its hard to move around.

As for my experience well the one near me the employees are rude. But the one thats about a 15 to 20min drive I like the employees. I don't really recall getting asked about an Edge Card or Pre-orders.

When I went to the U.S. though back in September there was a very shady employee. A guy was asking to buy Uncharted or GTAIV and the employee was telling me him GTAIV had good online. Then he brings over a copy of Fallout 3 (this was a month before the GoTY Edition was coming out) and he was telling him how wonderful the game was etc. It was used and didn't even come in the standard PS3 case it was in a black case like Blockbuster sometimes has for their PS3 games. The price then was $54.99USD. Well he ended up selling the guy a used copy of Fallout 3 and now you can get it for $39.99USD new.

Then when I went to check out he was asking me "Do you want an Edge Card? Do you know what an Edge Card is? Do you want to pre-order anything."

That guy was truly doing his job and was the biggest jerk of a Gamestop employee I ever saw. I feel bad for the guy who bought Fallout 3 for $54.99USD.
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   11-07-2009, 7:38 AM
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I worked at that retched place for 4 years. There is no other company I hate worse then Gamestop. EB was pretty cool, but GS destroyed the sanctity of EB in one swoop.

It's like this. EB outperformed GS almost 2:1 before the buyout. EB Execs realized that in 10 years, the brick and mortar game stores would be nonexistant and got out when a good offer was presented. But as said before, EB was the king of retail game stores. The company did that by having better policies, employees, prices, and in-store competition. GS erased all of that with their new policies. Instead of realizing the great success EB was having, they got overzealous and implamented terrible ways to *** over the workers and customers.

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EB district managers were replaced by GS district managers in districts they had never dealt with. i.e. we had a guy from Boston telling us how to run stores in the Mid-west.

Each store was reworked to a GS setting, which was far more confusing and unorganized. I remember in a two week period we transfered the 360 and PS3 game shelves 4 times. Thats over 1000 titles alphabetized 4 times in a week.

GS decided instead of hiring the basic 6 employees... 1 manager (40 hrs), 1 assistant (40 hrs), 2 "key holders"(20 hrs a piece = 40) and 2 part timers(12 hrs piece =24) giving a total of  146 hours, plus a few extra = 150. GS decided they want LESS hours with MORE employees. that meant that key holders were reduced to around 12 hours a week and part timers betwen 3-6 hours per week. I stayed a part timer by choice all 4 years. In my 3 years at EB i made roughly 60 bux a week. at 1 year with GS I brought in 16 bux a week.

Reducing hours was the tactic GS used on every EB employee who made over minimum wage. The DM would review your salary, assign your hours, and wait it out until you left. We were their competition for so long, the couldn't bare having us as a gear in the cog.

GS decided that each store must have a hot chick working. NO, i am not joking either. It went something like "GS realizes that female gamers may be intimidated by an all male GS staff. We encourage managers to hire adequate female staff that can appeal to both male and female customers" REWORDED-- "Hire hot chicks so customers by more Edge cards and Pre-Orders." It wasn't a diversity issue either. Trust me, I think I saw 1 girl apply at our store the entire 4 years. And she was the sister of a co-worker. If they would have applied, they would have been hired because *** sells and the DM And SM know it.

GS allowed workers to "rent" games. Sounds cool right????? It is if you are the employee. Not so cool when the customer buys the game as a "NEW" item price.

-------NEWS FLASH-------

EVERY GAMESTOP HAS A SHRINK WRAPPING MACHINE TO WRAP USED GAMES AND SELL THEM AS NEW!!!!

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Those "New" games you buy have about an 80 percent chance of being actually unopened.

GS has no cameras or theft detectors at about 75% of the stores.

Your consoles you buy are kept in the bathroom. Do you trust the aim of the dude selling you a console behind the counter?

If a worker does not ask for you to buy something other than the product you are purchasing, they will get written up.

GS would rather throw away clearance items then donate to charity. I had to literally break about 300 PS1 games.

If you trade something in, and feel ripped off the next day, the magic word is "Post-Void" Tell the employee to post-void the transaction and you will get your game back. In fact, If you ever want to redo a transaction, take no BS from the manager about policies or "can't do it". Say Post void it, he will look at you creeply and return your item/money.

Do not buy a used console from GS if you value the cleanliness of your home. Cockroaches and other pests love warm areas to nestle. I have seen things.... terrible things.

If you apply to a GS and think you are qualified because you know about video games, you are not qualified. The manager is not hiring you because he hates talking about video games. Find out what he is into, I gurantee it is not video games. relate to him there and you will be hired. If all you know if games, then you will not get hired. There is nothing worse then talking about video games while working 40 hours a week in a damn video game store. Think about it.

GS is not a babysitting service. They will kick a 7 year old out.

If you decide you really want to make the GS team, and finally get hired, here is the 5 simple rules.

1- The store managers are doing the same work you are, but 40+ hours a week. They do not have special powers or privileges.

2. The assistant manager can be your best friend, or worst enemy. If you like him, befriend him quickly. He is your ticket to a "promotion". If he hates you, watch his every move and note his mistakes to the manager. That is your ticket to a "promotion". The assistant manager always knows how much better of a manger he would be if only he had his own store.

3. 50 year old ladies are easily manipulated. 50 year old guys are not easily manipulated. Leave the 50+ guy crowd alone.

4. Do not *** kids over on trade-ins. Even if the manager is right behind you. A pissed off mom is worse then a pissed off manager.

5. If you get hired, that is it. There is not much to look forward to then. You are no controlled by an evil corporation whose main demo is children and old ladies. They are the 21st century tobacco company.
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   11-07-2009, 3:19 PM
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Wow talk about loaded language.

The gamestop i work out does not have a shrink wraping machine.

Yes new games have a chance of being opened and sometimes they are. BUT they are opened placed in sleeves and then filed. This is neccesary because there is not room to keep all of the boxes in alphebetical order someone they can easily be reached. There was litterally 32 Madden 09 used games when i counted last week. Immagine how much room cases would take.

They are opened, WHITE labels are applied to the new games that lists the price. New games go in WHITE sleeves. If they relabel them gamestop gets more money of the games while otherwise it would be the company who produces the game.
 
We have 4 cameras in the store im at.

We keep 3-4 of each console out in our stores. The rest are in the stock room. THE BATHROOM IS A SEPERATE ROOM AND CONSOLES/GAMES ARE NOT KEPT IN THERE.

Never seen a cochroach in our store or back room.


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   11-08-2009, 12:39 AM
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First let me state that, "I have never worked at GameStop, or have any family or friends that work there.".

The gamestop i work out does not have a shrink wraping machine....Yes new games have a chance of being opened and sometimes they are...This is neccesary because there is not room to keep all of the boxes in alphebetical order someone they can easily be reached.


Almost every store I have visited has one. Once they are opened they are no longer "new". If the factory "cellophane" has been replaced by "shrink wrap", I would imagine the majority of people would consider the game "used". How can taking a new game out of it's packaging, putting into a sleeve, then keeping the game and case in SEPARATE places conserve space? If that were the case, ALL the major retailers would be doing it.

I will say GameStop stands by their warranty on used consoles. My friend last month bought a used PS2 for roughly $69 against my advice. The first one was D.O.A., the second one he exchanged it for lasted ALMOST a day, the third one lasted a week, and the fourth one he is on now is about a month old; and they never gave him a problem for the exchanges! Lol. Of course, I believe my time, gas, etc. is valuable; I would have just paid the extra $30 for a new console and avoided the headache.
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   11-08-2009, 12:45 AM
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It is new unless the game has been played.

When you go to the shoe store and you try on a pair and decide you dont want that pair because they dont fit or something like that they are still considered new.

It saves space because the case is on the self. You present the case to the person at the register. They get the game and put it in your case. Games cant be in the case or people will steel them. Games cant all be held in teh back because that would take too long to go find in the back room and find it
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   11-08-2009, 2:24 AM
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 Ikit Klaw wrote:
 Morning808 wrote:
Its just a job.....I don't care if they know about games or not, but its cool to talk to one that does play games, I am friends with one of the works and he helps me buy good games


but they should know something about games, as you stated you have a friend that helps you buy good games. People go in looking for advice and can and do get bad advice because the person has no idea what they are talking about.

That's not necessarily true. If you went into McDonalds and asked if #2 was good they wouldn't know if they didn't eat that garbage. You don't have to drive a Mercedes to work at a Mercedes dealership. I worked at an Electrical supply place for 9 years without exp. before I became a union electrician in Philly. I learned on the job and became very good at it just like Gamestop employees.

The 3 Gamestops by my house do not have avid gamers, but it doesn't bother me.



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   11-08-2009, 4:39 AM
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 Tigerwoods447 wrote:
Wow talk about loaded language.

The gamestop i work out does not have a shrink wraping machine.

Yes new games have a chance of being opened and sometimes they are. BUT they are opened placed in sleeves and then filed. This is neccesary because there is not room to keep all of the boxes in alphebetical order someone they can easily be reached. There was litterally 32 Madden 09 used games when i counted last week. Immagine how much room cases would take.

They are opened, WHITE labels are applied to the new games that lists the price. New games go in WHITE sleeves. If they relabel them gamestop gets more money of the games while otherwise it would be the company who produces the game.
 
We have 4 cameras in the store im at.

We keep 3-4 of each console out in our stores. The rest are in the stock room. THE BATHROOM IS A SEPERATE ROOM AND CONSOLES/GAMES ARE NOT KEPT IN THERE.

Never seen a cochroach in our store or back room.



Wellp.. not to call you on expierence here. But I am calling you on expierence here. I have been in probably 10 GS backrooms, and 9 of those had consoles in the bathroom. The only one I did not see consoles in bathroom was a store that was A- HUUUUUGE and B- just opened and had little stock. Wait until a new console comes out or the XMAS crowd rolls in trading consoles. There is no where for them to go on the floor. They have to go in the backroom. When thats full, they go to the bathroom. simple.

As for the cameras, you must live in a very susceptible store to thievery. I did say MOST stores. Some GS are in rough areas.

I dont believe your store does not have a shrink-wrapping machine. I think you don't know what one looks like.

As for the sleeves. Yes yellow/red is used and white is new. You take the game and file it and place 1 empty copy on the floor. Guess what? The seal has been broken, your greasy hands have been over it, and you shoved it into a crappy plastic container bin that is so full you can't find the game your seeking. That aint new.... that is usssseeed. Just because it never entered a system, does not make it less used. in fact i'd rather have my game in the console then those dumb bins.

Don't drink the kool-aid because they are paying you 7.65 and give you a lame 15% off your games. You work for a corporation, whose main job is make money for shareholders. If it saves money, they will do it.
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   11-08-2009, 5:32 AM
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So are you saying that when i buy clothes from a store the clothes arent really new either because they have been taken out of the packaging and put out onto the floor.

I guess all of the shoes i buy are also used because they have been tried on by others and taken out of their box
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   11-08-2009, 6:08 AM
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I have a lot of friends that will refuse to buy a "new" game from Gamestop if it had been previously opened. They still give the same spiel that it's "new" etc etc. I used to be irritated by it as well, but since then I just got over it (unless I know Best Buy has it in stock and can walk a couple stores down).

I just think it boils down to the satisfaction you receive from opening up a new sealed game, that or for instance the one time that my brother was buying a game for a gift for one of his daughters. Just imagine if you bought the game for a gift, and it had one of those price tag stickers that are a pain to remove from the cover, so not only had it been previously opened, you now have to peel off that sticker and scrape off the residue left behind. Not that an open game would ruin the gift, but it'd be like you were re-gifting one of your old games :p
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   11-08-2009, 7:07 AM
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 conman wrote:
GS decided that each store must have a hot chick working. NO, i am not joking either. It went something like "GS realizes that female gamers may be intimidated by an all male GS staff. We encourage managers to hire adequate female staff that can appeal to both male and female customers" REWORDED-- "Hire hot chicks so customers by more Edge cards and Pre-Orders." It wasn't a diversity issue either. Trust me, I think I saw 1 girl apply at our store the entire 4 years. And she was the sister of a co-worker. If they would have applied, they would have been hired because *** sells and the DM And SM know it.


LOL!  True!  The SM as the one I worked at was a "hot chick" and she got the most reserves and subs from batting her eyelashes, LOL!  However, she is a gamer, oddly, the youngest at the store too at 21.  Everyone else were geezers like me and roughly 25, LOL!  The ASM was 30.  I tell you, it felt odd at times but she was awesome to work with.  I hated (hate) the company so much but damn, I loved working with the SM and ASM.  We still hang out and play games.
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   11-08-2009, 10:53 AM
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 Tigerwoods447 wrote:
So are you saying that when i buy clothes from a store the clothes arent really new either because they have been taken out of the packaging and put out onto the floor.

I guess all of the shoes i buy are also used because they have been tried on by others and taken out of their box


I guess you bathe in the Kool-aid, not drink it.

You are comparing two completely different things here. A shirt comes bundled, in a cardboard box, with a thousand other shirts of the same type. A game, comes in a disc holder thingy, individually wrapped, in a cardboard box, with a thousand other games exactly like it.

Shoes come in separate boxes. 99% of the time there is no seal. You open the box, and take out the shoe. If you hate the shoe, you place it back in the box. There is nothing to break and no deception. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS A DISCOUNT FOR THE FLOOR MODEL OF A SHOE AT A SHOE STORE????!!!! Shouldn't there be a discount for the FLOOR MODEL of a game?

You act like the 4"x4" White sleeve is a hermetically sealed bag. I know what goes on there man. If it is a popular game, it gets played on the interactive when no-one is watching. It might even be taken home to an employees house! Would a shirt store allow some dude to walk around all day in a T-shirt then place it back on the rack? Would a shoe store do the same?
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   11-08-2009, 12:07 PM
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This is what's considered a "small sample" in statistics and is a very horrible representation of anything let alone gamestop as a whole.

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   11-08-2009, 4:02 PM
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To answer your question yes Finish Line will let you wear the shoes around the house and take them back as long as they arent worn outside. It was a fun place to work but too much shady stuff going on with commision.

Projekt is right. People make threads to rip gamestop bout how many people have a good experience then come back to these boards and write about it and create a topic?

PLEASE STOP SAYING DRINK THE COOL-AID. This is refering to the Johnstown incident and it is being very incensitive and ignorant!
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   11-08-2009, 5:58 PM
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To answer your question yes Finish Line will let you wear the shoes around the house and take them back as long as they arent worn outside.


You keep bringing up shoes for some reason. Alright, I give you a shoe buying secret for getting a "new" pair. A new pair will have packing paper insider the shoe, will have a string though both shoes holding them together, and will not be laced up. It is easy to get a new pair of shoes. Lol.

Projekt is right. People make threads to rip gamestop bout how many people have a good experience then come back to these boards and write about it and create a topic?


I have been to a lot of GameStop stores. Unfortunately their company policies more often than not sour my experience.

Here is a few secrets for GameStop management.

1. When I ask for a new game, give me a new game. I want a game to look like it just left the factory floor, WITH the cellophane intact.

2. Asking me once if I would like to pre-order something or subscribe to your magazine is fine. Badgering me about said topics, make me want to drag you over the counter and throttle you!

3. Have a knowledgeable staff. If I ask for specs, if a game is backward compatible, etc.; I would expect them to know or have some way of finding out.

   
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   11-08-2009, 7:32 PM
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 j5rush wrote:
To answer your question yes Finish Line will let you wear the shoes around the house and take them back as long as they arent worn outside.


You keep bringing up shoes for some reason. Alright, I give you a shoe buying secret for getting a "new" pair. A new pair will have packing paper insider the shoe, will have a string though both shoes holding them together, and will not be laced up. It is easy to get a new pair of shoes. Lol.

Projekt is right. People make threads to rip gamestop bout how many people have a good experience then come back to these boards and write about it and create a topic?


I have been to a lot of GameStop stores. Unfortunately their company policies more often than not sour my experience.

Here is a few secrets for GameStop management.

1. When I ask for a new game, give me a new game. I want a game to look like it just left the factory floor, WITH the cellophane intact.

2. Asking me once if I would like to pre-order something or subscribe to your magazine is fine. Badgering me about said topics, make me want to drag you over the counter and throttle you!

3. Have a knowledgeable staff. If I ask for specs, if a game is backward compatible, etc.; I would expect them to know or have some way of finding out.

   

What j5rush said. I just order my games through online now. A long time ago it was fun to go to specialty video game stores but GS ruined all that. I have never had a positive experience in a GS store. Sometimes I think i'll go back to a GS just one more time so I could have a pyschotic episode when the employee asks me if I want to reserve a game or if I want an edge card.

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   11-08-2009, 9:44 PM
Re: Cool Fact About GameStop Employees
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To answer your question yes Finish Line will let you wear the shoes around the house and take them back as long as they arent worn outside. It was a fun place to work but too much shady stuff going on with commision.

Projekt is right. People make threads to rip gamestop bout how many people have a good experience then come back to these boards and write about it and create a topic?

PLEASE STOP SAYING DRINK THE COOL-AID. This is refering to the Johnstown incident and it is being very incensitive and ignorant!


Your funny. You are telling me that FL will re-sell pre-worn shoes!!! Man, no wonder you think GS has good policies, thats terrible.

Projekt is right. But I'm not arguing that fact. I'm arguing from a perspective that I worked their for 4 years and left because of GS policies. I couldn't care less who has a good time at GS and who doesn't. They are a 21st century national pawn shop. They take your fingerprints when trading in games here in Indiana. People should know the crap they pull.

And wow, I have never heard someone offended by a Johnstown reference. I know why I said it, I do have a Bachelor's Degree. The more you keep defending the company, the worse you sound. You are so stoked you work for GS that anything they may do to shaft the customer, you pull the wool over your eyes.

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   11-08-2009, 9:54 PM
Re: Cool Fact About GameStop Employees
All the guys at my Game Stop are gamers. I can go there and end up talking with them for hours because they all have different game tastes and opinions.
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