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I have a buddy who used to work at GameStop and he used to play a lot of games early. They'd let their employees take a copy home, bring it back and they'd wrap it back up. I can't say they all do this, but I know for a fact at least one by me does.

'Tis true. I do rent new games, and then put it back into the new bin.

As a general rule of thumb at my store we go by the policy of if an employee borrows a new game it had better come back spotless to the store. Otherwise they are going to have to buy it. Many of the issues being brought up have more to do with the actions of select employees and not the company as a whole. It isn't like the executives at Gamestop corporate are mandating that this kind of thing go on to intentionally screw over customers.

While I can understand where many of you are coming from with the gutting issue I think you're taking it a bit far. Just because the game has been removed from the case for anti-theft purposes does not make it somehow not new anymore. If the company put out full cases the number of them walking off under their own power would be tremendous. However this does lead to the wrong game, or no gaming, being placed in the box from time to time. It's just confusion in the course of business and not a conscious action made by the employee. At least I hope it wouldn't be. This is why it's best to check the box as soon as possible to ensure you got the right thing.

I have to agree though on the stickering issue. I hate that we have to put stickers on the actual covers of games and try to avoid it by putting the sticker in with its back still attached. I'm a video game perfectionist and those things drive me insane.

Oddly, that's never happened to me before, I guess I'm lucky!

choffy21 said:

"CenturionCajun said:

 I hate that we have to put stickers on the actual covers of games and try to avoid it by putting the sticker in with its back still attached. I'm a video game perfectionist and those things drive me insane."

Hmm... I'm confused on why your store have to. The easiest thing to do is to just slide the sticker with the waxy-paper and all straight into the game case.

That's corporate policy anyways

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Yeah, that is what I do. I guess I worded it poorly. At both the stores in town though they just put the stickers directly on the cover of the game. They claim it takes too long to tear off the sticker and slide it in. Drives me nuts when I buy one and have to perform surgery to get it off.

He should have given you a 10% shop worn discount for that. He was wrong.

I've had issues with GameStop in the past when it came to opened "New" games.  It's complete bullshit, whether you care if the plastic was taken off or not.  They should not be allowed to sell games as new after being opened, let alone rent the games out to employees and then have the balls to sell them as new.  I hope they get into some serious legal shit soon that prevents them from doing this down the line.

As long as the case still has the plastic wrap around it and those ridiculously hard to remove stickers, I'm happy.

luce said:

"they always give me that "sorry this is the last copy" bullshit and hand me an opened box with a disk that has atleast one scratch on it. how can they charge that as a new game?"

They did that to me with the Stronghold Warchest when I bought it a while back.  The box was in horrid shape.  The jewel case the games came in was sealed though.  I keep the boxes so that really disappointed me.  If anywhere else would have had it at the time I would have told them nevermind.  My copy of GTA Chinatown Wars was sealed when I bought it a few weeks back.  It would be tough to pull off taking a game out here because they almost all come with French instructions on the outside of the case backed in the shrink wrap.