Is GameStop Retro a SCAM?

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  @Calculatedevil · 1 year ago

  I used to be a manager at game stop back in the early 2000's. We had to turn away every old console and games for trade in... I kept thinking, "this is really dumb for the future." Sure enough here we are 20+ years later... They could have cornered the market if they would have let us trade in. Very horrible business model.

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  @ChrisB5_ · 1 year ago

  Stalling you until you were out of the warranty period and indirectly calling you a liar?  Yea, they're a scam.  I don't know how Gamestop continues to operate when they are this established of a company, and still don't care about their customers.  How their reputation hasn't been ruined is beyond me.  This is not even a new issue, it's an ongoing trend from them.

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• LO

  @LordHonkInc · 1 year ago

  "That's cheaper than DKOldies" is literally the lowest possible bar to clear. That's the equivalent of the taller-than-Mickey-Rooney award

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  @steveliciousrex · 1 year ago

  Many years ago I had a roommate who stole about $350 worth of my games and DVDs and after finding my personally marked games at a store across town I got them to print me up a receipt for the police and he got about $27.50 for everything. That should tell you a lot about who is selling these things to gamestop.

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  @shade20x64 · 1 year ago

  I feel like the Gamestop manager didn't believe you, and was like "go ahead and reship, but give him the worst version of each item we have in inventory."

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  @Bloomkyaaa · 1 year ago

  I feel really bad for the poor Splatoon player who didn't get their Side Order amiibos of Pearl and Marina. 🤣🤣🤣

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• TY

  @tylerbrunton7696 · 1 year ago

  "Wasn't it twelve minutes twelve minutes ago?" Timer silently counts up to 14.

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  @TheFatOldDude · 1 year ago

  114$ for that Wii U really hit hard when you know the guy that traded that in got 40 bucks of in store credit a gamestop put zero effort into cleaning or formatting the console. They gave the dude a 40 dollar gift card, took that console, dropped it in the box and sold it to you for 114 haha. My local pawn shop called Coin Mart does more as far as testing and cleaning and is cheaper

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  @williamalexwilliams · 1 year ago

  Gamestop is so mismanaged. They had retro stores everywhere. Yet they decided to stop selling and reselling older games and consoles. Now, they have no inventory for these "retro" stores, and stuff is even rarer to come by. Mom and pop stores have better selection and inventory. So sad to see.

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  @PrimCastle · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU42C_z4vVM&amp;t=1050">17:30</a> The GameStop employees misheard “PlayStation Vita” with “Pearl and Marina” 💀

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• NO

  @nomicnevermic · 1 year ago

  &gt;A store listed as &quot;GameStop Retro&quot; that actually isn&apos;t a &quot;Retro&quot; store anymore<br>&gt;A store not listed as &quot;GameStop Retro&quot; that actually is and has no console stock<br>&gt;A DSiXL that&apos;s completely uncleaned<br>&gt;An overpriced Wii U where the left stick doesn&apos;t work<br>&gt;A game that doesn&apos;t work<br>&gt;An overpriced Xbox without a functioning disc drive<br>&gt;A PS3+PSVita that didn&apos;t ship<br>&gt;Completely unacceptable customer service where the support people brush off your problem till your return policy window expires<br>&gt;A terrible condition, highly overpriced PSVita that&apos;s terribly packaged<br>&gt;The wrong PS3 model with a 3rd party controller, a gross old cable and the wrong display cable <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU42C_z4vVM&amp;t=1450">24:10</a> I think it&apos;s very, very wrong to hold GameStop at a lower standard than other retailers, especially if they&apos;re making dedicated &quot;retro&quot; physical stores and charge more than premium for their turn-ins. This is basically a scam at this point.

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  @TheCelticShield · 1 year ago

  Gotta watch with GameStop and retro stuff. As a former manager I can say that we used to get fake retro stuff in our inventory from the warehouse all the time. Especially when it comes to Gameboy games. I will never ship at a GameStop ever again. They treat their staff like trash and everything from the top down is mismanaged and disorganized

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