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Organization_XIII
  
| | #1 posted June 26, 2009 at 3:38pm (EST) |
I'm doing this thing where I buy a $20 game from gamestop, return it after a week, and use the store credit to get another game, and this weeks pick was Bioshock. I have to say, this game is fair. I only played some, but I'm just not seeing the critical acclaim. I mean, the atmosphere is great and all, but it seems way over-hyped. This all might be just because I'm not a huge FPS fan, but perfect 10 all around don't seem all that fitting.
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oulzac
  
| | #2 posted June 26, 2009 at 3:41pm (EST) |
I have yet to actually play this game yet, I probably should pick it up myself.
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When I don't get my bath, I take it out on the slaves. |
KingofGames
  
| | #3 posted June 26, 2009 at 3:48pm (EST) |
What exactly were you expecting that you haven't experienced? |
Organization_XIII
| | #4 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:00pm (EST) |
KingofGames wrote:
> What exactly were you expecting that you haven't experienced?
I don't know. I just kept hearing that it was a fantastic FPS, and thought that it might change my mindset about the genre.
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gauu
| | #5 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:02pm (EST) |
org just becareful not to do it on the same return receipt gamestop has been banning people who are quote on quote using them as a rental store.
just make sure when you do the return you just get it put on a card. then buy the next game. |
reneeatworld
| | #6 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:08pm (EST) |
Organization_XIII wrote:
> I'm doing this thing where I buy a $20 game from gamestop, return
> it after a week, and use the store credit to get another game, and
> this weeks pick was Bioshock. I have to say, this game is fair. I
> only played some, but I'm just not seeing the critical acclaim. I
> mean, the atmosphere is great and all, but it seems way over-hyped.
> This all might be just because I'm not a huge FPS fan, but perfect
> 10 all around don't seem all that fitting.
>
>
I agree, I heard everybody and their mother say how great the game was and when I played it I was like, eh. Wasn't as good as all the hype put it. But the more I played the game the more I liked it. But I wish I woulda waited for the price drop before i played it because it wasn't worth the $60 to me. |
Organization_XIII
| | #7 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:10pm (EST) |
gauu wrote:
> org just becareful not to do it on the same return receipt gamestop
> has been banning people who are quote on quote using them as a rental
> store.
> just make sure when you do the return you just get it put on a card.
> then buy the next game.
I have like 10 gamestops near me, and I'm only using the ones I don't typically use to do this.
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reneeatworld
| | #8 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:26pm (EST) |
Organization_XIII wrote:
> gauu wrote:
>> org just becareful not to do it on the same return receipt gamestop
>> has been banning people who are quote on quote using them as a
> rental
>> store.
>> just make sure when you do the return you just get it put on a
> card.
>> then buy the next game.
>
> I have like 10 gamestops near me, and I'm only using the ones I don't
> typically use to do this.
>
>
I've done this too.
I watch movies and play games and strategically rewrap the disc into the box. Then I return them to Best Buy when I'm finished. Whenever they ask I just say it's defective. They're usually supposed to offer an item exchange but the one I go to always refunds the money instead because they have less work to do lol.
I've also bought game controllers rom Wal-Mart and opened the plastic very carefully. Then I take out the new one, slip in the old one and return it to the store for a refund. I also did the same thing to the memory card adaptor. I used it and returned it.
I've also purchased pants from Wal-Mart, wore them and washed them and stapled the tags back on. And they took them back and gave me a refund lol. |
KingofGames
| | #9 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:30pm (EST) |
lol, here we go! |
oulzac
| | #10 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:30pm (EST) |
your scandalous and I hope you get a beat down one day for it.
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When I don't get my bath, I take it out on the slaves. |
Renaissance2K
| | #11 posted June 26, 2009 at 4:48pm (EST) |
From what I've observed, people who don't pay for their games aren't easily impressed by them. |
CenturionElite
 
| | #12 posted June 26, 2009 at 5:20pm (EST) |
Don;t know what your problem is. Bioshock is one of the best games I have ever played.
Now Playing: GH: Smash Hits, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ghostbusters
--"People and nations are forged in the fire of adversity"--
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lmich391
BTRs
(abandoned)
| | #13 posted June 26, 2009 at 5:56pm (EST) |
CenturionElite wrote:
> Don;t know what your problem is. Bioshock is one of the best games
> I have ever played.
>
I agree with you. My wife played though the whole game. That is a first. |
karaiya44
 
| | #14 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:11pm (EST) |
It's good to see a double star trader with so much integrity.
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gauu
| | #15 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:15pm (EST) |
whoa there dont drag me into your bullcrap renee. i dont rewrap games or anything like that. that crap is just illegal and down right dirty.
theres nothing wrong with testing a used game out before i buy it new from gamestop thats all i do. ive never bought a new game and
then rewrapped it saying it was defective and if thats what you are doing i hope you get caught someday. |
reneeatworld
| | #16 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:22pm (EST) |
gauu wrote:
> whoa there dont drag me into your bullcrap renee. i dont rewrap games
> or anything like that. that crap is just illegal and down right dirty.
>
> theres nothing wrong with testing a used game out before i buy it
> new from gamestop thats all i do. ive never bought a new game and
> then rewrapped it saying it was defective and if thats what you are
> doing i hope you get caught someday.
I ain't dragging you into anything, maricon. I was just saying that's what i do. And I have also done what you do. Besides, I once worked at Best Buy and they don't give a crap about their employees and wal-Mart makes so much money it doesn't hurt them at all. Best Buy and Wal-Mart don't lose any money when stuff gets returned they just send it back to the vendor for the purchase credit.
Yeah it's dirty but honestly, nobody really gets screwed by doing this. Trust me, just because I play videogames doesn't mean I am uneducated. I know a lot of business relations. |
karaiya44
| | #17 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:25pm (EST) |
Holy crap Ed, he almost threw you under the bus on that one. Rene, considering the fact that this a trading site based on trust and you're a somewhat new member to the community, posting your past illegal activity is probably not in your best interests.
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Auzrial
BTRs
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| | #18 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:39pm (EST) |
lol i know he just made my never trade with this user list. |
KingofGames
| | #19 posted June 26, 2009 at 6:44pm (EST) |
A mendigo calling someone a maricon. How cute! In any case, it's wrong from a moral stand-point. Obviously Wal-Mart is large enough to ignore such transactions. The fact that returning products doesn't hurt Wal-Mart significantly doesn't make the action any more justifiable. In the end, it's the consumer that loses out. In your case, someone ends up buying a used pair of pants, or a defective controller. All in all, not cool. As others have mentioned, the action suggests certain things about you that are not positive on a trading website. |
MajorGimp
 
| | #20 posted June 26, 2009 at 7:44pm (EST) |
KoG leave the guy alone. He admited his bonerage for video-game chicks. That's hardcore! 
I'm currently looking for Sonic The Hedgehog comics. If you have any, send me a message.
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kirauzumaki
| | #21 posted June 26, 2009 at 10:06pm (EST) |
I thought bioshock was great, played it twice once on 360 and once on ps3.
@renee are you one of those pricks that reseals games and then sells them on ebay as factory sealed, cause judging from what you said i wouldnt hold that act beneath you |
BioHazardMan
| | #22 posted June 26, 2009 at 10:11pm (EST) |
I bet he hates puppies to!
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gauu
| | #23 posted June 26, 2009 at 10:31pm (EST) |
karaiya44 wrote:
> Holy crap Ed, he almost threw you under the bus on that one. Rene,
> considering the fact that this a trading site based on trust and you're
> a somewhat new member to the community, posting your past illegal
> activity is probably not in your best interests.
yah tell me about it man. ill fully admit i do buy and resell but dont many people on this site. i mean cmon if i didnt on my income it would be hard to buy all the rpgs i do buy for my collection.
ill never resort to something illegal like that. hes def being added to my list of banned traders on this site. |
Moriya
| | #24 posted June 26, 2009 at 10:49pm (EST) |
> Yeah it's dirty but honestly, nobody really gets screwed by doing
> this.
How about the people that buy the "new" controller that you replaced? |
CenturionElite
| | #25 posted June 26, 2009 at 10:59pm (EST) |
reneeatworld wrote:
> gauu wrote:
>> whoa there dont drag me into your bullcrap
> renee. i dont rewrap games
>> or anything like that. that crap is just
> illegal and down right dirty.
>>
>> theres nothing wrong with testing a used
> game out before i buy it
>> new from gamestop thats all i do. ive
> never bought a new game and
>> then rewrapped it saying it was defective
> and if thats what you are
>> doing i hope you get caught someday.
>
>
> I ain't dragging you into anything, maricon.
> I was just saying that's what i do. And
> I have also done what you do. Besides, I
> once worked at Best Buy and they don't give
> a crap about their employees and wal-Mart
> makes so much money it doesn't hurt them
> at all. Best Buy and Wal-Mart don't lose
> any money when stuff gets returned they just
> send it back to the vendor for the purchase
> credit.
>
> Yeah it's dirty but honestly, nobody really
> gets screwed by doing this. Trust me, just
> because I play videogames doesn't mean I
> am uneducated. I know a lot of business
> relations.
Nice bypass of the language filter by cursing in spanish
Now Playing: GH: Smash Hits, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ghostbusters
--"People and nations are forged in the fire of adversity"--
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Noid
| | #26 posted June 27, 2009 at 6:02am (EST) |
Organization_XIII wrote:
> I'm doing this thing where I buy a $20.00 game from GameStop,
> return it after a week, and use the store credit to get another game [...]
That's just despicable. You callously and maliciously subvert GameStop's offer of personal honesty and trust. That policy was created to protect customers from unwittingly purchasing a used "lemon" of a video game, not to manipulate store inventory into your own personal rental stock. Keep this up and just watch how quickly the plug gets pulled on these little niceties. I guess it's true that a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch. 
The worst part is you're completely and totally impenitent. You don't care what you do and you don't care who knows. Do me a favor; remind me to never trade with you! 
reneeatworld wrote:
> I've done this too.
Ditto, then.  |
Forgotten_Freshness
 
| #27 posted June 27, 2009 at 9:59am (EST)
edited June 27, 2009 at 10:01am (EST) |
I hate FPS games and I think Bioshock is the best game I've ever played.
I was actually kind of pissed that I waited so long to play it. I played it last month for the first time.
EDIT: Rene is on my crap list.
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Organization_XIII
| | #28 posted June 27, 2009 at 11:58am (EST) |
Noid wrote:
> Organization_XIII wrote:
>> I'm doing this thing where I buy a $20.00 game from GameStop,
>> return it after a week, and use the store credit to get another
> game [...]
>
> That's just despicable. You callously and maliciously subvert GameStop's
> offer of personal honesty and trust. That policy was created to protect
> customers from unwittingly purchasing a used "lemon" of a video game,
> not to manipulate store inventory into your own personal rental stock.
> Keep this up and just watch how quickly the plug gets pulled on these
> little niceties. I guess it's true that a few bad apples spoil the
> whole bunch.
>
> The worst part is you're completely and totally impenitent. You don't
> care what you do and you don't care who knows. Do me a favor; remind
> me to never trade with you!
>
> reneeatworld wrote:
>> I've done this too.
>
> Ditto, then.
Yeah, I completely feel for the comany that gives you $8 on a game you already spent $60 on, and turns around and sells it for $55, a $47 profit. You are a fudging tool. I'm not depriving them of any of their merchandise, and if I get a game I truely like, I will probably end up keeping it. People always say how gamestop is a crap company, and I semi-agree.
Getting past this cum guzzling ice cream man - I've played more of Bioshock, and it's growing on me. Still nothing I'd play more than 1 or 2 times, or pay more than $17.99 on, but it's actually a pretty good game. I go into all hyped games with a healthy ammount of cynicism, and not being completely blowm away by this wasn't at all unexpected. Maybe when I get even farthur, I'll enjoy it even more.
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CMClaude
| | #29 posted June 27, 2009 at 3:00pm (EST) |
If it's one of the best games you've ever played then you haven't played many games. |
KingofGames
| | #30 posted June 27, 2009 at 3:07pm (EST) |
Since when do you dictate his opinion? What a douche. |
AceJoker14
| | #31 posted June 27, 2009 at 4:26pm (EST) |
Trust me. Wal-Mart knows what your doing. I use to work there and you wouldn't believe what people have the balls to repackage and get money back for. But Wal Mart allows it. All in the purpose of the All Mighty Dollar.
IMO FPS are way over hype. They seem to all do the same thing. Shoot guy. Move on. Rinse and Repeat. However, I really did like CoD4. Mostly because it got the adrenaline going. But then I felt CoD World At War was a letdown. I thought about trying Bioshock but everybody said Halo was great and I thought it was alright, not great. |
Forgotten_Freshness
| | #32 posted June 27, 2009 at 4:28pm (EST) |
Halo is garbage. One of the worst games I've ever played. Bioshock is amazing in all it's glory.
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Outinthedark
| | #33 posted June 27, 2009 at 5:47pm (EST) |
I use GS as a rental source every once in a while only for the cheap easy gamerscore games not for an RPG or something I couldn't finish in a week time. A week to return a used game is fine and dandy as long as you don't abuse the system. It's their return policy and it is up to the Manager's discretion to accept the return or not.
That being said every week a new "rental" is a little ridiculous but not deplorable since it is their return policy. Returning games as new/defective is illegal and I guarantee you they have a file on you.
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gauu
| | #34 posted June 27, 2009 at 7:19pm (EST) |
ill admit gamestop is dirty but the thing is this why would you spend 60$ on a new game if your just going to return it or trade it in a week or two later.
if thats all you plan on doing why not set up with gamefly and just rent and play the games your only going to be losing your 5 or so dollars then.
the only time i get a used game from gamestop and return it is for two reasons.
A)i didnt have the money to buy the rpg on release and found it used to try out. afterwards trying it out ill decide if i buy it right then or if ill wait til its cheaper so i can afford it.
B)ill sometimes just grab an rpg used just to test it out as i have it but just didnt have time to open it yet.
i buy every rpg that comes out as i collect so i have prolly a good 100+games that are still sealed as i just havent had time to play them. its on gamestops policy that
you have 7 days to in essence try out a game as long as your not abusing the system. testing games out before i buy them i feel is not wrong at all.
especially when i spend a good 300-400 a month on games. |
Sid_Ceaser
(frozen)
| | #35 posted June 28, 2009 at 11:18pm (EST) |
reneeatworld wrote:
> Organization_XIII wrote:
>> gauu wrote:
> |>> org just becareful not to do it on the same return receipt gamestop
> |>> has been banning people who are quote on quote using them as a
>> rental
> |>> store.
> |>> just make sure when you do the return you just get it put on a
>> card.
> |>> then buy the next game.
>>
>> I have like 10 gamestops near me, and I'm only using the ones I
> don't
>> typically use to do this.
>>
>>
>
> I've done this too.
>
> I watch movies and play games and strategically rewrap the disc into
> the box. Then I return them to Best Buy when I'm finished. Whenever
> they ask I just say it's defective. They're usually supposed to offer
> an item exchange but the one I go to always refunds the money instead
> because they have less work to do lol.
>
> I've also bought game controllers rom Wal-Mart and opened the plastic
> very carefully. Then I take out the new one, slip in the old one
> and return it to the store for a refund. I also did the same thing
> to the memory card adaptor. I used it and returned it.
>
> I've also purchased pants from Wal-Mart, wore them and washed them
> and stapled the tags back on. And they took them back and gave me
> a refund lol.
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.
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metsfan718
 
| | #36 posted June 29, 2009 at 9:38pm (EST) |
reneeatworld wrote:
>
> I've also purchased pants from Wal-Mart, wore them and washed them
> and stapled the tags back on. And they took them back and gave me
> a refund lol.
Wow I wouldn't want those pants... |
Finn
| | #37 posted June 30, 2009 at 3:12am (EST) |
Well I personally don't give a fudge how try and justify your actions it is wrong and you ARE screwing over a Gamestop/EB games! Look if you don't like there trade in values then its simple don't trade it in, sell it yourself or trade it here! They are not forcing you to trade in your games!
From what I see around here, if I get $8 for a game there not marking it up to near retail! If they are getting in a BUNCH of the same games in I would expect them to lower there trade in value has they are probably over stocked on it! These places are not here to cut little jimmy a break! They are in it to make money... the sooner you wrap your head around it the better off you will be!
Its just funny how some of you make it sound as this is your only option yet you belong to this site! If you really want to rent games then by all means goto a blockbuster or use the many rental services out there! Damn criminals. |
Organization_XIII
| | #38 posted June 30, 2009 at 8:46am (EST) |
Avro wrote:
> Well I personally don't give a fudge how try and justify your actions
> it is wrong and you ARE screwing over a Gamestop/EB games! Look if
> you don't like there trade in values then its simple don't trade it
> in, sell it yourself or trade it here! They are not forcing you to
> trade in your games!
>
> From what I see around here, if I get $8 for a game there not marking
> it up to near retail! If they are getting in a BUNCH of the same games
> in I would expect them to lower there trade in value has they are
> probably over stocked on it! These places are not here to cut little
> jimmy a break! They are in it to make money... the sooner you wrap
> your head around it the better off you will be!
>
> Its just funny how some of you make it sound as this is your only
> option yet you belong to this site! If you really want to rent games
> then by all means goto a blockbuster or use the many rental services
> out there! Damn criminals.
Funny you should mention that. You say Gamestop isn't your only option to sell games, and bring up the point that everyone posting/reading this is already a GameTZ member, but I see a rather glaring flaw, flaws even, with that. I'm gonna start by blowing your fudging mind - NOBODY HERE WILL BUY YOUR GAMES!!!.... I set up like 8 different threads trying to sell my relatively new game for a totally reasonable price, but no takers. I've seen like 12 treads where people were trying to sell their copy of Prototype, but maybe like 2 of them actually had a buyer. Sure, there is the option to post it on ebay or amazon, but we're back to the problem of taking a loss (i.e. listing fees and no guarantee to sell). You see Mr. Canada, you are a fudging idiot.
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Broccoli
| | #39 posted June 30, 2009 at 9:52am (EST) |
The "cheap douchery" levels in this thread are off the charts! |
karaiya44
| #40 posted June 30, 2009 at 11:02am (EST)
edited June 30, 2009 at 11:04am (EST) |
That's funny, becuase I see games being sold here all the time in the classifieds. You should market yourself better. 
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