Douche McCallister wrote:

FNJ wrote: Hacker wrote: The only thing they did that pissed me off was not telling the prices of a certain game and how much a used game will cost over the phone. They aren't supposed to do that because a lot of times people will be in a wal mart or something, calling from their cellphone, trying to see what games to steal for maximum profit. This is also one reason on why you get less back in cash as compared to store credit, and why you need to be over 18 and have photo id to get cash. I'm not trying to start anything but I don't see how "people...in a wal mart" is a reason or any reason. The reason is simple. GameStop doesn't want to quote a price and then have an r-tard come in and start talking about "One of your employees told me the game was $9.99 but the price tag says $29.99. I demand to pay $9.99!" By not soliciting prices over the phone they avoid that confrontation from ever occuring. Prices can also fluctuate which also makes it less appealing to do. Also, GameStop offers a lower cash value on trades because the customer trading in the game is not typically going to be spending that money in the store, so in essence the company makes more buy giving more (credit). I'm not saying people don't steal games and sell them for money but thats not a reason why they give less in cash.

Stealing is not the only reason we give cash, but it definitely is one of the reasons.

and yeah, you'd be surprised how many people trade in stolen games. That IS the reason we don't tell people trade in values over the phone, and that IS the reason that we require photo ID when people want cash back.

Any moron could say that someone told them a different price. we still have to give them the price that the computer scans it for, regardless of what it's tag says. that's why we're so big on making sure people can't peel the labels off and put them on other games.

Douche McCallister wrote:

FNJ wrote: Stealing is not the only reason we give cash, but it definitely is one of the reasons. and yeah, you'd be surprised how many people trade in stolen games. That IS the reason we don't tell people trade in values over the phone, and that IS the reason that we require photo ID when people want cash back. Ok so as long as the person who steals the games is getting credit they have nothing to worry about? Dude I could have this argument about corporate bullshit all day. Theft is a secondary reason for both of those. Maybe theft is big in your area but in the grand scheme of things thats not the purpose.

once again, theft isn't the ONLY reason, but it IS one of the reasons.

and yeah, it's a deterrent. people who are trying to make a quick buck for beer or whatever are less inclined to do so, because they get less cash. They'd have to steal more, and that's dangerous.

We can't exactly say to a customer "we think you stole this. we aren't taking your trades." that's bad customers service, and it's accusing them. what we can do is minimize the damages. we take far less of a hit by letting people buy used games off of us, compared to giving them money right out of the register. It's also easier to track store credit, should the police decide "you know what? dude mcperson guy stole a lot of stuff from target. we ahve reason to believe he's done business in here."

aherpesoutbreak wrote:

a distant 2nd (but still successful) in handheld.

they're second out of two. that's still last.

I guess you better get used to buying new games then.