So do all Gamestop employees lie?

I go into Gamestop to cancel 2 pre-orders that are Dead Island and Battlefield 3.. I am going to skip the first conversation I had with another employee because it was basically the same conversation with the cashier..

So I go up to the cashier and say I want to cancel my pre-orderers. He asked why? I said I found a deal on Newegg for Battlefield 3 for $48.. He said, I saw that too, but I don't know if I trust the site. He then goes on to say it costs them $50 to get Battlefield 3 into the stores so Newegg has to be losing money on the deal. In my mind I was like BS they wouldn't make any profit. Which it has to be a total lie. He then says you will miss out on the pre-order bonuses. I say ya, the physical warfare pack. He then says you will also miss out on 4 maps, and 10 weapons. I then said, all the new pre-orderers get the Limited Edition. He then says I don't think I believe that. I finally get my $10 back and walk out.. Do they really think people who go into Gamestop are that ignorant about video games?

I am really sick of Gamestop's salesmen. I think I will try to avoid Gamestop for now on. Its not fun browsing for video games when employees are trying to talk with you and get you to pre-order stuff. I also don't like that fact that they lie or try to take advantage of you blantly to get sales.

Really? I have the most engaging conversations at my Gamestop. Not even my local mom and pop video game store is like that.

Sometimes you get good, sometimes you get bad. But with something like that, I wouldn't be expecting to get a warm welcome when cancelling a pre-order.

I wouldn't say they all lie, but sometimes they don't know when to take a hint and just leave me alone!

I never get anything like that at my GS. Sorry to hear that, though.

Wow, that sucks you had to deal with people like that. The guys who work at my local Gamestop are no trouble at all.

I never get anything like that at my GS. Sorry to hear that, though.

Drakebunny

Wow that sucks man.My gamestop is always trying to get me to preorder games by telling me about all the extra stuff ill get with the preorders.

I think half the time, it might be a lie. The other half is just pure ignorance.

My local Gamestop employees are pretty straight up honest. I have even had them from time to time tell me not to trade a certain game in because I am getting ripped off. I appreciate my local Gamestop, but I do absolutely hate Gamestop has a whole company.

I walked in to gamestop once and saw a comercial for mafia 2 on their tv and asked if they have it for PC (yeah its been a while since ive been in there lol) and he said "Do you have an xbox or ps3?" i said "yeah but i want it for pc" ( i didnt know they stopped selling a lot of pc games) and he goes "well id get it for xbox because they dont make that game for PC" I was like "uh yeah they do i saw it on newegg..." and he goes "I cant stand newegg, most untrustful site ever you should really pay attention considering its not for PC" I walked out laughing lol

Really? I have the most engaging conversations at my Gamestop. Not even my local mom and pop video game store is like that.

Nozizaki

Funny thing is, I just got an application to go work at the local gamestop.

On topic: I think it just depend on where you live

"So do all Gamestop employees lie?"Warablo13

well idk i have never had a problem like that.

I totally get where you're coming from! Gamestop employees are basically taught to soliscit deals from the customers whether it's asking you to sign up for their platinum rewards or asking you to reserve games (many of which you don't even care about) I tend to try and give off a "don't come the **** near me while i'm shopping" vibe so I can shop in peace. I'm an extremely thrifty shopper and gamer so I know about the prices online compared to at gamestop so most of the time I will just buy online, but most gamestop employees will tell you not to do that and how sketchy and uncertain it is (just to keep your money flowing to the gamestop company) i bet most of those employees buy online (unless they're getting really good employee discounts)

Gamestop lied to me about getting a MW3 poster! They were like yeah we have some more in 2 days. I come back 2 days later and they said they already gave me one -_-'iTolerance

They told me that too but ive been cporying games since i got my xbox modded so i said no.

I work at gamestop, I can solve this thread right now. Our sales are tracked. pre orders/pro subscriptions, you name it. When you cancel pre-orders, we get negative numbers. Managers play the numbers game so hard that they make the employees push customers out of cancelling things. It sucks. Just know that when you go into gamestop. The employees arent like that on purpose, we have to be.

...The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when they try to talk me out of a purchase. shaunchgo

They are a company and they have to make money at any cost. Yes they do make money off pre-orders done in the store. I know this cause i always do mine online and dont have to pay the $5. Then i was informed that i should do it in the store and when i asked why the clerk said each store gets a kick back for them. Also has anyone else looked for this deal of $48 cause i did and didn't see it.

There's no reason to shop at Gamestop unless you like paying full MSRP for pretty much everything they sell. Not to mention the used crap they want way too much for. Shop around, there are almost always game deals to be found elsewhere.

I like my Gamestop. I was buying a **** game, and really quickly the cashier went online and said "Are you sure you want to buy this? It got like a 2/10"

i was on holiday in June for E3 in california and with my tour group we went to a few of the local retail stores (my group was made up of people from my work in australia, JB hifi). the first store i bought Dead Space 2 for PC in was Fry's. reeeeeeeeaaaally weird style and vibe there with all the greek style statues and lions and stuff. found DS2 on the shelf for $30US, back home it was $80AU (exchange rate was AU worth .5 cents more then US so great rate). down the road we went to a Best Buy, and the same game (plus some other stuff i noticed) was A LOT more expensive. $60US at best Buy, i was glad i grabbed it at Frys without checking around.

They are a company and they have to make money at any cost. Yes they do make money off pre-orders done in the store. I know this cause i always do mine online and dont have to pay the $5. Then i was informed that i should do it in the store and when i asked why the clerk said each store gets a kick back for them. Also has anyone else looked for this deal of $48 cause i did and didn't see it.

zellwood69

i was on holiday in June for E3 in california and with my tour group we went to a few of the local retail stores (my group was made up of people from my work in australia, JB hifi). the first store i bought Dead Space 2 for PC in was Fry's. reeeeeeeeaaaally weird style and vibe there with all the greek style statues and lions and stuff. found DS2 on the shelf for $30US, back home it was $80AU (exchange rate was AU worth .5 cents more then US so great rate). down the road we went to a Best Buy, and the same game (plus some other stuff i noticed) was A LOT more expensive. $60US at best Buy, i was glad i grabbed it at Frys without checking around.

kungfool69

Do they really think people who go into Gamestop are that ignorant about video games?Warablo13

Why would anyone pre-order? All it does is give them some of your money ahead of time for what many times is no real benefit. Honestly, when there's a pre-order bonus you get it anyway half the time if you just buy the game the week it launches, because it's either:

1. In all the boxes in their the first shipment of the game (do you really think the publishers are going to the expense of two production runs?) or
2. A coupon to hand outthat they have so many of they just give it to you anyway.

And it doesn't protect you from not getting a copy. Way back in the early 90s when they started the pre-order craze and games weren't quite as common it may have, but since I graduated college in '94 I have not once been denied a copy of a game on launch day for lack of pre-order.

Why would anyone pre-order? All it does is give them some of your money ahead of time for what many times is no real benefit. jekyll

[QUOTE="jekyll"]Why would anyone pre-order? All it does is give them some of your money ahead of time for what many times is no real benefit. El_Zo1212o

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="jekyll"]Why would anyone pre-order? All it does is give them some of your money ahead of time for what many times is no real benefit. jekyll

Yep it's their store policy to lie cheat and steal. A long long time ago I had bought a game for the sega saturn, it was the baseball game of the day. I didn't like it so i tried to return it I think they took game returns back then, if not I sold it back to the store. But the guy behind the counter got all excited and said cool I can't wait to re-sell this as new. That was the last time I bought a game from them. I had purchased a few things prior to this and felt I was getting used games and that confirmed it. A few of my games that I bought new had fingerprints and circular scratches on them. My guess, it was employees trying them out at first but it was probably a return or a sell back that they re-packaged as new and robbed me.

Oh well if we don't shop there they won't make any money, spread the word.

[QUOTE="jekyll"]

That makes no sense at all. You can just leave the $10 every week in your own bank account and make a little interest on it yourself instead of letting GameStop do so for no reason.

El_Zo1212o

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="jekyll"]

That makes no sense at all. You can just leave the $10 every week in your own bank account and make a little interest on it yourself instead of letting GameStop do so for no reason.

jekyll

The PWP is going to be released a free DLC in future (verified by DICE) and the 4 maps (Back to Karkand) are in every LE. So yeah, he's pretty much incorrect. I bought GTAIV from Newegg for $24.99 when most brick & mortar stores were still selling it for $49.99. Newegg does have great deals and I wouldn't be worried about purchasing anything from them honestly.SnakeEyesX80

[QUOTE="SnakeEyesX80"]The PWP is going to be released a free DLC in future (verified by DICE) and the 4 maps (Back to Karkand) are in every LE. So yeah, he's pretty much incorrect. I bought GTAIV from Newegg for $24.99 when most brick & mortar stores were still selling it for $49.99. Newegg does have great deals and I wouldn't be worried about purchasing anything from them honestly.El_Zo1212o

[QUOTE="Drakebunny"]

I never get anything like that at my GS. Sorry to hear that, though.

Mo-licious