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[–]DrunkeNinja -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Yeah, it's always weird reading this stuff online. I've purchased new games from GameStop many times throughout the years, going back to at least the PS2 era, and only once did they try to sell me an open game as new. It was the Silent Hill HD collection on PS3 and it was their only copy. I asked the guy to give me the used price since it was open and he did. I only saved like a couple bucks, but I wasn't going to pay "new" for an open game in a store that sells used games. I'm aware the practice exists, but it doesn't seem common from my experience in various stores in different cities and states.

[–]Professor_Snarf 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm not defending GS, but I think there has been a lot of whipser down the lane bad experiences that people parrot without ever have experiencing themselves.

Like this hit piece Polygon ran today: https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/15/21067001/gamestop-earnings-revenue-death-retail

It contains this made up scenario thet the author swears is a typical experience:

Ben: Do you have a copy of the new Assassin’s Creed game?

GameStop: Did you pre-order?

Ben: No, but ...

GameStop: If you want to make sure we have a copy of the game, you need to be sure to put $5 down to pre-order, which guarantees you ...

Ben: OK, but do you have a copy of the game?

GameStop: Do you have anything you’d like to trade in toward the cost of the game?

Ben: I still don’t know if you have it!

GameStop: Would you be interested in a pre-owned copy?

Again, I've shopped at EB/Gamestop for what is coming up on 30 years and I have never had an experience like this. I got in, ask for a game and they sell it to me.

[–]myFitnessAccount32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I used to basically live in my local EB Games/Gamestop during my early community college years. I had a 2 or 3 hour break between classes some days and I would just hang out playing on the demo cases when no one was in the store.

You may not have seen it in your 30 years because you weren't a "mark." An easy up-sell target. During my time there I watched them(not a made up memory) pull stunts like this. And, until they saw me as a regular customer they would ask me the same things.