Guys now that Gamestop is being publicly ridiculed for being shit, will it finally go out of business?

Guys now that Gamestop is being publicly ridiculed for being shit, will it finally go out of business?
>go into gamestop
>ask the guy for a copy of RE7
>"Did you pre-order it?"
>Nope
>*clickity clackity on his keyboard*
>"sorry brah I only have pre-ordered copies"
>instantly picks up the phone and tries to call a gamestop that's 10 minutes away to send me there to fuck up that guys numbers
>didn't even ask me if I wanted to drive over there.
>nah nah no thanks bro I'll go to target or something

then I found this article. what the fuck man. I knew employees had a quota for pre-orders and selling protection plans. But they aren't even allowed to sell new copies of games? I never know that.

yahoo.com/news/gamestop-employees-expose-shady-business-071434920.html

bump

One of the best jobs I had as a kid. Shit sells itself.

>linking a yahoo article that links a k*t*k* article

>People giving this much of a shit about a company and not just buying your shit and getting out

I will never understand why you spergs get so fucking personally offended by dipshit retail employees trying to upsell you on shit like every other fucking retail employee on the planet.

You say "no thanks" and leave. It's not that fucking difficult.

That's not the point. The point is they wouldn't sell people a new copy of a game that they have in stock because it hurts their numbers for pre-owned shit, and downright lie to you and say they're out of stock.

This is news? They've been doing that shit for years. Or are you all too young to forget them slapping "Used" stickers on everything so they can upscale the price?

This was known for a long time, they are just rehashing it again.

I really didn't know they would just refuse to sell new games, I figured they would like to make money and stuff, like most businesses.

>new game, buy for $50 sell for $60
>used game, buy for $10 sell for $30
It's not rocket science.

This shit pisses me off, I could buy a game for $60 and beat it and return it thE SAME day and GameStop will only give me $20 and turn around and sell it for $58

In a world were you can buy stuff cheaper in a webshop and get free delivery next day WITHOUT FUCKING BULLSHIT I don't understand how retail like Gamestop continues to exist.

Maybe they're a money laundering front for a drug cartel?

It baffles me people never knew this. For like 15 years I've had this happen to me. They would always say they don't have copies of games because I didn't preorder. Which is Bullshit. If a best buy gets 50+ of every game besides Japanese stuff then a gamestop does for sure. I stopped going there altogether about 4 years ago

They probably subsist entirely on sports games. Doesn't gamestop have a game developer now? They're probably banking on that

It's like you've already forgotten the mysterious "newly discovered" stock of "used" Xenoblade copies Gamestop was selling for like $100.

Yeah a game store that DOESN'T STOCK GAMES is a bad store.

I've never had a problem finding even niche VNs or JRPGs at my favourite place. Wannabe otaku like myself spend more money than the average normalfag who buys 2 or 3 games a year.

Then you go out and spend your money somewhere else.
When they dont want your money, then they can go fuck themself

People still go to stores to buy games?

Why?

Gamestop employee here. That circle of life shit is so fucking stupid. They were watching those numbers during the holiday season. Luckily my store doesn't get into that shady stuff of refusing to sell new games that we have in stock, but we do get angry emails and such from the district manager about low numbers.

I will say, more than likely, your gamestop was telling the truth though OP. RE7 was completely sold out in our store as well besides 2-3 copies that were stuck on preorder.

Gamestop now sells other shit like Pop figures and nerd merch.

>why do people buy $stuff in stores that sell $stuff
gee i wonder

Not everyone is a millennial like you.

>games are flopping left and right
>companies still haven't brought back the used game pass thing that was extremely prevelant in the late 7th gen for some reason
why?

It's called "Service" son.

It's the only thing Gamestop has over online.

If someone gives me shitty service, I'm going to whip out my phone and order it off of amazon right in front of them. I'm not going to get out of line either, I'm going to make everyone behind me watch.

Convenience. Unless products ordered from Amazon can be instantly delivered for free gamestop is going to be okay. You also have to factor in the business they get in malls and shopping centers. There's been a couple times I can think of where I went to the mall looking for one thing and ended up picking up a game from them.

>store specializes in selling products for children
>children don't have credit cards to order online

Really makes ya think.

>went to GameStop a while back to pick up a pre-order
>only other person there besides the employee and I was some guy looking at the Wii U games
>every time he'd pick up a game case he'd drop it and mutter
>literally kept happening the entire time I was in there

Children don't buy things. Parents buy thing.

It's a glorified pawn shop. Only dipshits sell their games to FUCKING GAMESTOP, or even sell their games at all for that matter

>Go to Gamestop
>"Do you guys have *New game*"
>Guy working says, "Sorry, we're all out."
>"That's okay, thanks anyway."
>As I'm leaving, Hamplanet boss woman yells out "Did you pre-order it?" as a little taunt
>Nope.
>Go to Target (would've gone there first but Gamestop is only a few blocks from my house)
>Pick up game.
>"By the way, you get a free movie with this game."
>Neat. Buy some snacks, too---because they have that shit.


I actually knew hamplanet woman from when I went and sold a bunch of games. I tried to make small talk the whole time (it took a while) and she just wouldn't have it. The only words she would say to me were scripted retail phrases.

>Would you like to pre-order a game?
>Would you like to renew your GAMESTOP PRO FAGGOT card?
>Would you like to order some magazines?
>Would you like to buy any used games?

They never fucking stop.

I just order all my shit off amazon now.

Fuck people.

Gamestop is going to go out of business anyway, this won't have any effect on that.

See: Blockbuster.

Pink collar subhuman spotted

I'll preorder games that I know I'm going to buying anyway from GameStop because it's on my way home from work. I don't have prime because I don't buy enough shit to justify and rarely buy games new anyway.

>building in a building

why

I've stopped selling anything to gamestop and just sold it myself on craigslist or some shit.
I get more money, and the buyer can get it cheaper than gamestop anyway.

>Walk into FUCKING GAMESTOP to buy some new games
>Employee tries to sell me an opened game with NEW sticker on it
>Leave and spend my money at Best Buy/Target instead

I went into eb games for the first time in a while and all the games were at the back of the store. You would think its a fucking Figure and tshirt store now.

>Went in after a long time of never going there
>It was before the faggy school got out that kids walk from just to shit up the shopping center (literally less than a mile this school is from gamestop)
>Decided to get a controller because I'm that kind of faggot
>The employee is a woman, not surprising given all the guys were worked to hell and back that month
>At they ring me up and ask for the rewards card nonsense
>I give em the info
>The employee says "oh shit"
>I ask if there's an issue
>They say they've never seen anyone with so many rewards points
>Apparently I have over 100k rewards points
>Explain that we just never used the rewards because all rewards were shit
>They fully agree
>Say that the only ones that seemed even remotely interesting were the portal panties and boxers but only as an ironic thing
>They start spilling their spaghetti over this for some reason
>Price came out to 32 bucks or something
>Paid it and just stayed a moment more to ask why they spilled their spaghetti
>She genuinely couldn't tell me face to face and asked me to come back for an explanation
>Told her that me coming in is very unlikely due to what they have vs what I want
>She asked if I was free after 5 that day.; told her no because I really wasn't free
>She asked if I wanted a pair of those portal panties free of charge
>What
>Ask her what she meant because why would I want panties unless it's a gift
>"Because I think you're cute and wanna date you and thought this was a good idea to break the ice."
>mfw
>I just calmly tell her "I appreciate it, but I've been single for years and just don't see that changing, and I don't want to agree only to let you down."
>She asked if I would come back
>I told her yes but not anytime in the next year because video game lineups were awful that year
>She gave me her number and hoped I'd text her
>I never did and the last time I went to that gamestop after that was 3 years later
Im a shitty person
I just wanted a controller

>went to gamestop
>ask for tales of berseria on day 1
>"sorry we don't have it"
>how come?
>we only ordered 2 copies

How they want to sell anything?

don't worry user, you did the right thing.

They better not, I have a reserve there

What the actual fuck is this story? I genuinely don't understand. She got wet because you had so many reward points?

user you just found a gamestop willing to protect the idea of a preorder.

That's actually rare. You could have just asked for the dm's phone number to clear up the policy for you.

She thought i was a qt and spilled her spaghetti after talking about portal themed underwear

looking back, im going to say its safe to assume that she was wearing just that

>I'm not going to get out of line either, I'm going to make everyone behind me watch.

Nigger, I don't care if you hate Gamestop or whatever but if you do this in line I'll beat your ass.
I'm 5'3" and a green belt. I'll run circles around you faggot.

I will take this "Story that never happened" for 100k reward points.

>I'm 5'3"

I just buy it digitally.

Or, if I REALLY want the physical copy, I'll just go to Walmart right at midnight and buy it there immediately.

>long time never going there
>100k reward points

at least make your fanfiction consistent.

what do if blonde QT from GameStop writes hearts and smiley faces on my receipts every time I go and she found my personal Facebook page based on my first name alone and friended me

ive gone back a lot towards the end of last year and i tried redeeming them
i genuinely couldnt login because the password and email are so old and couldnt get access to either

as far as im concerned those points will stay untouched except for using it to renew the rewards card (which is actually the only constructive use for them)

call bullshit all you want, but this is why i rarely go there

my brother cant stop buying shit from them. the account is for both of us as we initially thought it would be a good idea. i dont like the idea, he doesnt care, he just wants his discounts

in fact that account is in my mother's name, that's how old it is. that account has at least 10-12 years of time attached to it

>People still go to stores to buy stuff?
Yes, because why not?
Do you expect me to dig through a garbage dump instead?

This reminds me I need to sort my misc file

Oh gee user, maybe people, while they are going shopping for groceries visit other stores since they are in proximity.

Like this weird concept where if you pay for something you get it right away, with no extra bullshit cost to make sure it gets to you either.

>with no extra bullshit cost to make sure it gets to you either

I can understand for other stores but gamestop gouges you more than Amazon

>when the condom breaks.

>no evidence

Zzz

except that reward points expire

since when
this has never happened to me so im interested to knoa

double faek gnus. Sad.

That is businesses dude, if you are that butthurt put your own store and sell it at the price you want, you will have to wait for someone to be interested and I bet you don't wanna lose the time.

okay but in this case they got $0

Again what incentive does Gamestop has to over stock a game when they get little return for each sale when selling a used game they bought from a customer for $20/30 can return twice as much profit than selling a new copy?