I,too, am curious.

Ba'al wrote:

pineapple wrote: Ba'al, you can find a copy of Star Fox on eBay for like 5 bucks. I'd rather buy it from someone who would need money than off of Ebay though. Quote: Me too. I bought a bunch of Wii games off Douche, and they were all in excellent condition. Only problem is, his copy of Manhunt 2 had been bought at Gamestop and had a giant USED sticker stuck on the spine. Not on the plastic either, on the actual piece of paper the box art and stuff was printed on. This is the exact reason I hate shopping for used games off of GameShit, my used copy of F-Zero GX has like five unmovable stickers on it. It really makes me wish I had kept my clean and new copy that I had before selling it.

we have to put the stickers right on the paper. if we don't, people take the paper out and put it in the case for a cheaper game to try to get a discount.

we have to put three stickers on every used game, one over the barcode so that it rings up as used instead of new, one on the front with the price, and the one on the paper to stop people from being sheisty that I mentioned.

we could probably do without the sticker over the barcode, but then it would take longer to ring people up, then people complain that they don't want to stand on line for an additional four seconds. we could also do with only one sticker on the paper and not one on the case, but then people would trade games in with fucked up cases, then buy other games with nice cases by switching the paper.

contrary to popular belief, we don't just do things at gamestop to be a bunch of assholes. we have to do what we do BECAUSE of assholes. you can't please everyone though.

if you compare the newer gamestop stickers to the older EB stickers, you'll notice that the gamestop stickers are made in such a way to be easier to peel off usually. We did this because we understand that people want nice looking copies of games, but at the same time, we have to do things a certain way for business. hell, remember when EB would put stickers on the instruction booklet too?

if you're really upset about the stickers all over the case, just ask one of the guys behind the counter for a fresh case. we keep some blank cases around for when assholes trade games in without cases, and usually we're more than happy to give you one if you ask. same thing with people bitching about the condition of the used games that they buy. ask to see the disc, and if it's really bad, the guy behind the counter will usually take a moment to search out a better one so that you leave the store happy and willing to shop there again.

when we take games back, we eye the underside of the disc for it's condition. if it looks decent we take it back, if it looks fucked up, we take it back defective and send it to a factory for refinishing. I notice people trade in fucked up games, then come back another day and buy games and complain about their condition, despite the fact that used games come with a money back guarantee for the first seven days and an even exchange for a month after that. once again, if assholes took better care of the games that they were trading in, other customers wouldn't suffer as much.

we could test out every single game before accepting it for trade, but then lines would be out the door and impatient people would complain. we could just flat out refuse games that aren't in perfect condition, but then people would complain that we won't accept their trades. we could take every game back, then send it to the factory for testing and touching up, but then it would take forever and people would complain that we never have copies of games that they want. you can't please everyone.