AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2006 I buy used games almost exclusively, so yeah I think it's worth it. Of course, they can take their "used" games that are $44.99, 5 dollars off, and shove them up their tailpipes. If I don't want to pay new, there are pawnshops and websites I can go to instead. However, something that's $17.99, sure I'll take the discount. I remember when I bought like a dozen (some fairly rare) SNES games, and paid like 10 bucks because they had a buy 2 get 1 deal going on, and it still let me take the discount. Plus, it knocks off the sales tax, in effect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10 Pounds 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2006 I usually do my game shopping on eBay, and since I'm generally two or three years behind in gaming, I pay maybe 10 to 15 bucks a game. I rarely go to EB, maybe one time every three months or so. Their trade-ins are worthless, and I'm not talking about trading old games. In the last year and a half, I only bought three games at full-price and I have returned one of them. They offered me $37 for a game that costed me twice as much with taxes. I sold it on eBay for $60. And there's the old "I can assure you that this is a new game, even though the shrink wrap is missing and there's fingerprints on the disc" deal. There was one time I spent nearly five minutes arguing with the clerk about the fact that I wanted one of the wrapped games behind the counter instead of the used one on the shelves that they were passing as new. What's the deal with this ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2006 No idea. That only happens with me if it is the last copy of something, and typically I don't care in that case. The guys at my local EB are very cool. I get free stuff all the time from them, they're very helpful, and only try to sell you extra crap if you're interested. Like, they'll ask people that clearly haven't been there before, and if they don't bite, they'll shut up. If a magazine is so-and-so old, they can't actually sell it at either EB or Gamestop. This is an easy way to gauge if the store is run by pricks: try to buy it. At my local EB, and a few fairly close Gamestops, they gave it to me and gave a mag to a friend, since they're technically supposed to throw it out.One Gamestop jerk fed my friend some thing about "having to send it back" to the the publisher. What? The issue in question was the Nintendo Power with Resident Evil DS on the cover. My friend got it for free last week, and I just nabbed one at another Gamestop. From the good Gamestops/EBs, a friend and I nabbed several old mags, some game boxes for older games they had to throw out otherwise, and the pride of my friend's gaming swag--the Kingdom Hearts 2 display standee. He has it in his basement now next to his huge-ass TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 15, 2006 The last time I went to software etc the guy was pimping additional warranty to every console video game being sold. These made the line go alot slower. I think the additional warranty was like an extra 5 dollars. I told him I have been playing video games for almost 20 years now and I have never had a problem with games not working. He acted shocked and suprised that nobody wanted to get the extra warranty. It's not the employee's fault. That's their job. You're fortunate it wasn't like some managers who automatically add the warranty to every purchase... And just another reason working in a game store isn't what it's cracked up to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites