Game Store experiences

[jabber2033]

So when you go into a store to buy a game, console, or to pick up a pre-order, what is your experience like?

 

I haven't had one that really stands out, but some of these stories are just downright ridiculous.

[Nathanael D. Striker]

Is it just me, or am I the only person who has had good experiences with this? Also, those stories took some faith in humanity away.

[Cosmo.]

I don't have stories nearly as bad as these, since my local gamestop is quite nice. But there is this one guy, who works there at certain times, who isn't really good (idk how to exactly explain it, he isn't as good, as nice, as helpful as the other ones). But that's okay, since there's another guy, ( get served by him most of the times) who is very nice and very helpful

[Sethera]

Yeah all my experiences at GameStop stores have been great. The people manning the stores have almost always been fellow video game nerds and acted pretty similarly to most people on this site in that they were friendly and obviously passionate about gaming.

 

HOWEVER, my experiences at stores like Target or Best Buy have been...less than stellar. I'm not going to get into that because then this post would be probably as long as one of those stories, but yeah.

[Cosmo.]

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, GIVE US STORIES, GOSSIP, GIVE US EVERYTHING.

 

 

 

wow, okay there Cosmo, you have to chill

[Partangle the Candle Jangler]

Always hear these terrible stories about GameStop yet have never had any bad experiences with them at all.

[~British Soul~]

I've had nothing but good experiences whenever I go in GAME, and sometimes they decorate the store or dress up to celebrate a big game release and I do like that.

[Shalltear Bloodfallen]

I still feel bad about our local GAME closing down (entire swedish division went bankrupt) if only because I had fantastic experiences with them every single time. Easily among the nicest and most helpfull employees I've met in quite a while, if only because of how easy it is/was to tell that they're passionate about gaming (and really knew what they were talking about) and ready and able help with any questions you had.

 

I remember just dropping by sometimes to check if a particular game was in stock, and ending up talking casually about other stuff because of how friendly and.... idunno, relatable(?) the staff were.

(though it should be noted that when that happened there were basicly no other customers there at the time :P)

 

Good prices and good service, I still cant quite understand why they went under, but boy do I wish they hadnt

[Fusion X. Denver]

The only bad experience I've had at GameStop was letting a clerk talk me into getting Assassin's Creed 3 when I didn't play any of the previous games.

And it turned out to be the shitty one.

Though that was more my bad than GameStop's, so I can't say I've had a negative experience along those lines.

[Shradow]

Can't say I've ever had a bad experience at Gamestop or any other video game store I've gone to in the past. Sometimes we chat a little about recent games or whatever it is I'm buying, maybe they recommend me something that I may or may not follow up on. At the very least, all the times I've gone I've at least gotten standard politeness from whoever's working at the register.

[Βyakuya]

I think we can put TCG/Board Game/Fantasy Game/RPG shops in this category as well right?

 

For games, I don't really have much bad experience since I only get games once in a long while, so I don't experience anything that negative. I am going to the Friday release to get myself a ZSS amiibo and the Splatoon ones, so I am going to have my first taste of that sort of experience.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

So far, my GameStop experiences haven't been too bad; though might also be attributed to the fact that I rarely buy games, save for pre-order stuff. 

Sometimes the staff there makes recommendations about certain games and stuff; usually Pokemon (because that's what I'm buying lately). 

 

That's essentially the only place I even buy games from; save from Book Off in the Japanese store (only for a Clash of Ninja game for Wii). 

(If only my USA consoles could play JP games...)

[a bad post]

Is it just me, or am I the only person who has had good experiences with this? Also, those stories took some faith in humanity away.

No, I don't really have any horror stories. I mean I've been in the store with really obnoxious customers, but the employees are always super nice. My favorite is this one really adorkable black guy who is literally like the greatest. 

[Resident Fascist]

>Kotaku

Yeah uhh no. Game stores in this country tend to be pretty annoying, you can't walk anywhere without walking into some brat running around or being asked if you need help by employees, but it could be worse.

[JessicaMuddy]

I haven't had any bad experiences, though I have had one particularly good one:

Once when I went into a GAME shop (before they all closed down in Australia) the dude at the counter gave me the Mario 25th Anniversary poster for free since they were going to chuck them all out anyway.

 

Nothing too amazing, but it was cool of the guy to give me the poster.

 

Those stories in the OP though... Wow.

[宇佐見 蓮子@C94]

I had no bad experiences with my local game store at all. The worst I can probably think of is when I unsuccesfully tried to haggle the price a game or mousepad or something down. (It's a reseller, game retailers sorta dont really exist down here)

[The Amazing Avian]

My worst experience was getting in an argument with an employee when I made a joke about pc master race. Guy was pretty passionate about his XBOne

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I usually buy online so...But the few times I've gone to the Gamestop nearby it went fine. Really good actually. The employees were really chill. Made a satanist joke with the guy last time I went and they ran with it.

[epicmemesbro]

Oh my experiences with games top are ok select for a few occasions, depending on the location. Once they tried to scam me with xenoblade chronicles and METROID prime claiming it was new, but it had faint scratches >______>. It depends on the employee tho, the ones who know their stuff are alot more helpful. Once I barley entered the store when I came across an altercation similar to this one:

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJkjjpFM97w

 

 

it was amusing but they temporarily closed it which was a shame because I was looking for Vanquish.

[Makο]

Never an overtly bad experience. A couple of weird or awkward ones. The only actually "bad" one would be where the Gamestop cashier selling me my goods was just kind of dismissive. And this wasn't even in my state.

 

Now, if we're talking about OTHER experiences, one time a Gamestop clerk sold me Borderlands 2 when I was 15 at the point when M games required an ID, because he clearly thought it impossible for a 15 y/o to have the facial hair I did. I told him, "I'm only 15 and a half, though" three times, the first giving a laugh, the second a chuckle, and the third having him give me a look that kinda said "Jokes done, bro, here's your game."

 

I dunno.