Seriously, screw Game Informer, and Gamestop.
I really wanted the August issue of Game Informer, the one with Prison Architect on the cover. It looked legitimately good, so I was just gonna walk into Gamestop and pick up a copy. So I went in on like the 7th of August or something, looking for an issue. They were all out, but the employee said "hey, sign up for the card, it's the price of two issues, you get a year, and you can get this month's free." I said, hey that's a pretty good deal, said sure, and signed up. So I went to a few other gamestops in the area, looking for an issue.
Every single Gamestop in my area was completely out. I ended up checking three personally, and calling another two. Every. Single. One. Not a single issue remained anywhere, and nobody knew when or even if they would get them in. My friend works for Gamestop, and was both unable to give me any info or help me in the slightest.
So I ended up going to Game Informer directly. I emailed them on their website, claiming a lost magazine. I calmly and clearly explained my situation, and just asked if they could either A) send me a copy to my house, or B) send a copy to a local gamestop. I even told them I was willing to pay for it if I had to, I just wanted the issue.
After waiting a few days, they responded. They told me that "unfortunately", they did not have a single issue in backorder, and I was essentially SOL. They would be unable to offer me a replacement magazine, or anything. They then told me that my subscription TECHNICALLY begins in October, as they have a two month processing period before I will receive an issue.
Not a single issue anywhere? All dried up? Even willing to pay for an issue, I couldn't get an issue. And since they don't sell Game Informer anywhere else, I was of course unable to find a copy. It took me several times of returning to Gamestop to find out from an employee that the reason they received so few issues was due to the Game Informer attempting to push the digital version.
My annoyance at this was recently revived by me being unable to receive a copy of this month's issue either, contrary to what the employee had told me in August. Everywhere I went they were out, and I doubt Game Informer will come through for me on this.Anybody else dealing with this crap? Anybody else got any venting to do on Game Informer's policies? Speak out now! Get it all out, let me hear your voice! I'm not here to just bash Game Informer, but seriously, what a terrible policy. I feel I've been nothing but reasonable, and all I wanted was to support them by buying their product.
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