>Go into a Gamestop today
>Store is literally empty except for one guy doing shit behind the counter
>2 seconds in
>"Can I help you find something today?"
>No dude I just want to look around
>"Let me know if I can help"
>2 seconds later
>"Want to learn about our upcoming games?"
>I'm just looking. All I want to do is just look at games.
>"We have collectibles and clothes you might want to check out"
>leave
I can't wait for this fucking place to die.
>go into game store in off season and find asshole employee
mind boggling
>go into gamestop
>mandatory penis inspection in effect
>the door is already sealed
I can’t wait for this fucking place to die
>Go
Stopped reading right there.
Shit thread
You sound even less pleasant. We await your impending death.
>pick up my catherine pre order
>employees visibly disgusted with me
>Go into store
>Employee tries to be courteous, see if you need help, and make token effort to upsell that they're required to do and likely only did because he was trying to keep busy
>user: N-no fuck off reeeeeee
>not calling their managers/corporate and saying the employee(s) were rude to you
you sound like a cunt
>Not only being a degenerate, but also an indignant one
No.
I went to gamestop 2 weeks ago. Guy was extremely friendly and so was the new nerd girl with big tits. I guess it just depends on the person.
You’re a bitch. Stay bitter baby
>Gamestop shills
fucking yikes
>off season
lol
>go in gamestop to pick up a console and some games
>it's empty and the employees stop talking as soon as I walk in
>they just stare while I walk around, no sounds except for the ads on two separate tvs playing
>almost everything is funko pops and other nerd toys, the actual games are plastered on the walls and everything else is hidden behind the register
>guy keeps asking me if I need help
>say no twice so I can browse in peace
>eventually the fat female cashier beside him smirks and asks if I'm lost
>ignore her and get my items
>guy keeps trying to convince me to get warranties on everything
>walk out while he's in the middle of ringing it up
It's really no wonder they're going out of business
chainstoreage.com
It won't be long thankfully.
>go to gamestop
>have no shekels
>decide to shoplift a copy of duck tales
>i really wanted to play duck tales
>make a run for it
>employee tries to stop me
>i spear him through the door
>joey yells omg
>reach my car
>no disc inside
>wtf
>swat team arrives
>they sledgehammer my window
>throw a flashbang inside
>pull me out, and cuff me
>mfw those motherfuckers tricked me
IM NEVER GOING TO GAMESTOP EVER AGAIN
>implying gamestop has money to pay shills
>>walk out while he's in the middle of ringing it up
power move
uhh care to explain when's the season to buy games? during summer when everyone goes out instead of sitting at home and games become half priced or what?
>750 million losses
>Implying they can hire shills
>Go to Gamestop
>Wade through 35 aisles of FunkoPop
>No games
last time i went to gamestop i tried to trade in some shitty game. the lil faggot manager was too high up his ass and didn't want to accept my game because he said that when he scanned my ID it wasn't going through even though my ID was perfectly fine. I told him to fuck off and I hope this place closes down I will take my business to Best Buy . A month later it was closed down and I got more money from Best Buy.
I can't wait until all Gamestops are closed down. I've never had a positive experience with the employees there. They all give off some weird smug aura and it pisses me off, never had any problems with other electronic retail workers like BB, Frys, RS etc. Just fucking Gamestop.
AAA titles season is always during Fall / Winter. Almost no games get released during summer.
user, atleast you're not a wage cuck for a shity company like Gamestop :)
>They all give off some weird smug aura and it pisses me off
I have experienced this every single fucking time. What gives? Don't they have to sell warranties/tack on rewards shit or they get fired? Why be a smug cunt?
>employee follows work instructions
>REEEEE
I pity the employees in the empty stores, I guess they know they won't have a job soon.
my last experience
>look up ps4 party games online
>gamestop is listing them for 5€ new, 10€ used
>rush in empty store after work, pick up 4 new, sealed games for 20€
>take a look at used games, they are more expensive than new ones from amazon
>they don't even bother to sell me anything else
>Calling out OP for being a fag is shilling now
Isn't catherine a game for trannies, pretty dumb that snyome eho works at gamestop would dislike that game.
It is when it comes to gamestop faggot shill
>go into gamestop
>"welcome to gamestop, sir! how may I help yo-"
>IT'S MA'AM
never shopping there again
>post yfw gamestop will die in your lifetime
Not an excuse for being an annoying cunt. I work in retail and ask customers once if they need smth and only a second time when I notice that they stopped at a certain product for a while.
No need to ask 3-4 times in a row if he wants to know this or that or if they need help. I hate that shit too when I go shopping.
lel
If sales associates are eager to talk to you like that chances are they're paid in commission. That's just the way the man makes a living so don't hate.
>he scanned my ID
They never ask for this. What kind of ghetto ass neighborhood do you live in? I thought my city was shit. (it is)
>in a row
I guarantee that OP was probably in there for 10 minutes and the employee was likely trying to spark some small talk.
For trade ins they do. Even in my small ass town they need to check your ID and get a fingerprint when you sell them a game.
>go into Gamestop
>Hi, welcome to Gamestop
>browse for a bit
>go up to counter
>Yessir, how can I help you?
>Do you have [insert game]?
>Yes, would you like to buy it?
>Yup
>Would you like the warranty with the game?
>No thank you
>Ok that'll be "x amount of money"
>leave
I'm convinced all these bad experiences are made up or are blown out of proportion
Honestly this was the first time they've ever asked for my ID when trading in a game. I was very confused and at first I told him just give me my trade in credit you don't need me ID for that. I remember him being a little faggot that wouldn't budge on that so I said whatever here it is lets just get this done. Scanned it and said he couldn't do the trade in because of that. Yea told him to fuck off and left, glad the prick lost his job since the store closed down.
Sir, I'm going to need you to calm down.
>Literally the only time I ever enjoy leaving my house and going anywhere is to look around video game stores
>They're all closing down
I never buy anything but when they've all finally gone I just won't have any more reason to go outside. Feels bad man.
>Go into Gamestop
>Wall covered in Five Nights at Freddy's fancharacter plushies like Neon Toy Foxy and Nightmare Fredbear
>Wall covered in Funko Pop and Funko Pop Accessories
>Wall covered in Fortnite collectibles
>Center of the store is filled with dollar store toys, phone accessories, etc.
>Small shelf dedicated to some video games
Game Stop has decayed in quality more than any store I've ever known, and it wasn't even a good store to begin with.
>For trade ins they do. Even in my small ass town they need to check your ID and get a fingerprint when you sell them a game.
Been to like 4 gamestops and they have never asked for id for trade ins just my signature after I'm done. What state are you in?
>fingerprint
WHYYY!?
Why would they ever need a fingerprint?
Fucking America, and you say Britain is bad, at least we don't have to supply biometric data to trade in a fucking PS2 game.
Britain is bad, you literally have to go buy a porn pass to access the internet
Sure there are ways around it, but that's way worse than an entirely optional thing that a private business chooses to do.
AZ
Because of shit like people trying to game the system I imagine.
People used to brag here about doing crazy trade in deals, getting a bunch of games, and trading them in at another gamestop or something for much higher credit or some bullshit.
>Walk to gamestop
>"Hey man, what can I help you with?"
>"Nothing. I'm just looking around."
>"Alright, let me know if there's anything I can help you with?"
>"Alright."
>Browse
>Find game I want
>Go up and prepare to buy game I want
>"Any upcoming games you might wanna preorder."
>"Nah, not right now."
>"Okay. Your total is [x.xx]. Enjoy. Have a good day."
>"You too."
>Hands me bag with the game I wanted
>Leave
>Play the game when I get home
It's nice not being an autist.
I've been to plenty of gamestops and not once have they asked for this or even have fingerprint checkers. Sounds entirely made up or he lives in a black neighborhood.
>AZ
based AZ bro me too they asked for my ID.
>AZ
That explains it.
There are maybe 10 blacks in my entire town.
Natives, on the other hand...
That's not true though, stop believing shit media
>Going to gamestop
Why? With Amazon Prime you get new games delivered to your door for 20% off.
Usually go if I'm already out. I don't leave with the intention of going to Gamestop, I just end up there when I see it and think I have some time to kill after my errands have been run. I don't like waiting for deliveries, either.
Because he's autistic
>I don't like waiting for deliveries, either.
I was talking about new releases.
>Go to Gamestop
>The employees have built a fort out of the excess funko pops and are hiding in it
>Attempt to walk around it to get to the five or ten games they might have lying around the back
>Pick up a used game in a plastic baggie
>Return to the fort
>Ask if I can purchase the game
>The employees begin pelting me with Funko Pops
>Flee from the store
I hate Gamestop.
>Why? With Amazon Prime you get new games delivered to your door for 20% off.
That hasn't been a thing for like 6 months user.
LIFE IS LIKE A NNNAAAGGGAAARR
II HHAAATTE THENNMM
I don't buy new releases often. The only one I did recently was Ace Combat 7 Which I got at Gamestop
oh shit for real? damn that goes to show how many news games I've bought
>Go into Gamestop
>Looking around for a while
>"Hello, do you need any help"
>Actually yes for once, do you have any SD cards that I could use in my switch?
>"No, I'm afraid we don't stock them here"
>Oh o..okay
>"Do you need help with anything else?"
>N..no thanks.
I left the store as quick as I could even though I did need something else that I couldn't find.
I stood outside and built up the courage to go back in about 10 minutes later and approached the same employee
>H..hi again turns out I did want something. Do you have any copies of Xenoblade Chronicles X?
>"Sorry sir we don't stock WiiU games anymore"
>Oh I'm sorry, I... keep asking you questions you can't answer positively heheh. I bet I've been a inconvenience to you. I'm sorry.
>employee just stares at me
I hate my autism.
I kinda want to work at Gamestop so my work is going towards a sinking ship, plus I can redpill normals on the hardware
Are you Kaos?
why can't just leave me alone? why do they have to awkwardly talk to me?
if I want something, I'll talk to you, but jesus christ, leave me alone. what do you think your target audience is
>Kaos?
Who's that?
>go into jrc (basically a czech version of gamestop)
>wagecuck security guy that clearly barely even makes enough money for his rent
>talking to the clerk asking if he should keep his ps3 or upgrade to current gen
god i hate game stores
Because of their training. OP here btw I'm not mad at the guy. I'm mad at the company for making him act that way at work instead of just leaving people the fuck alone when they want it.
>Go to gamestop
>Employee says hi, I wave back
>Look around for a bit
>Find a game, bring it to the counter
>"Would you like the warranty?"
>"Nah I'm good"
>"Ok"
>Pay and leave
I don't really care if Gamestop dies but I've never had any unpleasant experience
I wish I had a 5'0" autistic girl to hug
>mom drops me off two days walk from GameStop
>enter store dehydrated and sweating to death 4 days later
>”hi welcome to gamestop”
>through cracked lips I wheeze out asking for water as I collapse and my prostate begins dilating early
>”would you like to pre order”
>my body begins convulsing as my vision fades I can feel the GameStop employee removing my trousers
>”are you a rewards member?”
>I can feel my lifeless like body being dragged to the counter in a strange pysdo out of body experience
>”for just 15 a month you could get great discounts and offers from your gaming experts at GameStop”
>I can feel a slight tug on my penis as the employee runs my testicles over the scanner
>”would you like to add a warranty for just a few dollars more?”
>my eyes flicker as he swipes all the cards in my wallet and deposits my cash into the register
>”thanks for shopping at GameStop fucker”
>I feel my body tumble down the garbage shoot as i land on the carcasses of previous GameStop customers
Fucking GameStop
>pick up bioshock 2 on release date
>some fat slob infront of me tells me that you only play big daddy and shouldn't play it
>too much of an anxious faggot to disagree so do as i'm told and put it back
Still haven't fucking played that game yet
>like vidya
>thinks selling vidya would be cool, bc you can talk about vidya all day
>be ordered to shill nonstop and be a pain in the ass
truly depressing
Gamestop's management apparently forces employees to harass customers or else they get fired. That shit is why Gamestop deserves to die.
t. literal autist
Does your mom still buy all your clothes too?
>Does your mom still buy all your clothes too?
not my fault she has great fashion sense
>off season
what?
How tight is your mom's pussy
This one always gets me
I bet you thought you were typing the funniest most screencap worthy post, your head.
That’s just typical GameStop. It’s dumb, but it’s literally their job. Most retailers train their employees to be annoying fucks.
Not him, but I had like $200 in gift cards.
They also have some nice exclusives.
overall pretty tight but i'm sure if you asked her she'd try her best to fit every inch
He was lonely user. He just wanted someone to talk to.
>GameStop iding people
What the fuck is with that, they're not even required to by law. When I was a kid a few times when I was 15/16 I'd go to GameStop and the faggot cashier would try to ID me then I'd just tell him I'll go get my game at Blockbuster. The guys at Blockbuster were fucking legit.
dunno if they have to by law but my local game store would but me and a cashier were pretty tight and he'd bring the game out back and sell it me there instead
That being said, there is one exceptionally shitty moment I had at GameStop
>Preordered AssCreed3 for PS3
>Fully paid it off
>Like two days before release, I cancel the preorder because I realized the game probably isn’t going to be worth the money
>Employee looks slightly shocked
>I must’ve fucked up their quota or something
>”Want to preorder Halo 4?”
>”No thanks”
>”Want to preorder Black Ops 2?”
>”No thanks”
>Proceeds to list off like five more upcoming games that I could preorder
>Hasn’t even handed me my money back before he started listing off more games
>Part of me was annoyed that he wouldn’t stop, the other part wanted to see how far he would keep going
>He ran out of suggestions and finally let me free
Went into gamestop yesterday to pickup a copy of Sekiro, traded in my ps3 copy of dark souls and used a $15 off coupon. Sales associate didn't try to shill me anything, granted I've talked to them every time I visit that store
It’s hit or miss sometimes.
Unless they changed the law, but I know ESRB at least used to have no legal control over retail stores. I think they made very strong recommendations to ID people but couldn't actually enforce it.
I did once try to trade in games and got turned away but I found out that was actually enforced by law, something to do with pawn laws or some shit and minors aren't allowed to pawn their shit.
I know that feel
>tell them exactly what i want
>oh its over there
>ok i'll take this
>ok sir here you you go
>thanks
they're not mind readers dude
stone cold sober giggling like a proper retard reading this for some reason, thanks
i live over the pond where we use PEGI so i'm going to assume it's different because of how fucked it is over here
Imagine you walk into McDonalds and this happens
>"Welcome to McDonald's, how can I help you?"
>"I'm just checking out the menu"
>"ok, no problem"
>two seconds pass
>"want to learn about our upcoming burgers?"
>"No. All I want is to look at your menu."
>"We also have toys and statues of our burgers if you'd like to check those out"
How would you feel if you went to McDonald's and the cashier started hounding you like this?
>Food analogy
Was it really worth trading in Dark Souls? You must have got a dollar for that or something.
You're a rude cunt. Kill yourself faggot.
2 is the best one desu
>"want to learn about our upcoming burgers?"
i wouldn't mind if they asked me this it could be a tasty burger
Fucking gamestop
My local gamestore was pretty great one of the employees was a good friend of my older sister so he'd let me choose the music in the store
always went with youtube.com
they never give me time to look at the menu
its why i like the self ordering machines, i can just take as long as i want
he was just trying to get you out of there because the other female employee was sucking his dick behind the counter.
I miss gamestop threads.
Not really, I only got $2 for it. I have the remaster for my PS4 so I figured I'd get rid of it
>Traded in Tekken 2 for some money and Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 once.
>It turns out it was shit and Tekken 2 was actually pretty decent.
>Never traded anything ever again
I now have about 300 games sitting around in my house now and every single time I've had to move house I've had to take them all with me.
I've moved house about 15 times in the last decade with bin bags full of video games.
Help.
>Dark Souls remaster
Yikes!
Some of it they're forced to say and some of it is just people sperging out. People who work at GameStop are literal subhuman trash just like everyone who plays videogames, you and me included. They have no social skills and you need to accept that.
The fingerprint scan thing is an area by area program. In my hometown there's a law that it must be done because there was a cabal of nigger thieves who would steal hundreds of thousands of dollars of shit from the big box stores and then try to sell it to gamestop/pawn shops/half price books/etc. Its literally the law that they have to fingerprint you if you're selling something.
I guess I fucked up?
>go into gamestop years ago to get phantom hourglass as a kid
>guy behind the counter is really cool and we talk about stuff
>he gives me a magazine for free
That magazine was rad it had puzzles for drawing character sprites.
My best gamestop experience by far.
Although I know they're generally garbage, its a little bit sad to know its going out of business. I'll miss video game focused stores.
Idk about the console version but if it was pc, you would have. I guess it depends on if you like it or not.
GameStop will be out of business in 3 years and you're all going to bitch about how much you loved it.
How can it possibly survive going forward? The only thing they sell with any margin is Funko Pops. Maybe they could change their name to FunkoLand?
That user could have enriched melanin skin.
>go into gamestop after christmas
>employee on phone bragging about being the best store in the region salewise
>store deserted
>go into game (uk equivalent) because they have american candy I like
>2 employees loudly discussing how stardew valley is the best game ever
>go to pay
>"Oh, hey. Can I interest you in some fortnite or apex money?"
>other one laughs
>"No, just this"
>Well, we're supposed to offer a warranty on everything but I doubt these will last long, will they?" And shakes the box of airheads
"You weigh like twice what I do, dude, you're not in any position to be making fat jokes"
>guy looks really upset, mumbles something and leaves. Other guy finishes ringing me up
>feel bad when eating candy later
Fucking gamestop
Lol I don’t think he was making a fat joke
>likes american sweets
>does not understand jokes
>goes straight to an insult in response
You should feel bad.
>Go to gamestop
>Phone is about to die
>Ask cashier if I could use the charge
>She allows me
>Spend the next few minutes playing the demo kiosks while waiting
>Even help a few people find some shit
>Walk out of there with semi-charged phone and a 20$ gift card
Store maybe shit, but at least there’s nice people that work there
>and a 20$ gift card
Did you steal it?
lol fat
>enter gamestop with a list of games I want to buy
>black guy asks if he can help
>show him the list
>he finds all of them and goes to the counter
>"Hey man these are some good games"
>finishes scanning the games
>pay
>"Have a nice day!"
>Leave the store
I FUCKING HATE GAMESTOP AND I HATE NIGGERS
GameStop became irrelevant to me when they stopped stocking PC games.
Take a guess where they are spending all that money they don't have.
>Hear horror stories about Gamestop
>Go to EB Games
>Employees are chill as fuck
>Don't harass me
>Worst they'll do is act if there's anything I want to pre-order and won't push if I say no
>Have a nice convo with employees when they're ringing up my item
>Shoppers are never weird, just average joes buying some vidya
They're owned by the same company but it seems like they're completely different stores
>guy tries to make some silly banter
>go full autism on him
>go into gamestop
>head to the center of the store
>drop pants and squat down
>yell it's poopy time
>"sir you can't-"
>"don't worry i'll preorder a game when I'm done"
>cashier lady shuts right up
>finish, then precede to drag my ass across the floor like a dog
>gamestop is covered in shit and my ass is clean
>smell is awful
>cashier lady is crying while attempting to hold back vomit
>"w-what would y-y-tou like to preorder t-today?"
>tell her I don't play video games a leave
When's the last time a game had Gamestop pre-order exclusive DLC? Hell, when's the last time Gamestop had a commercial air outside of their stores?
>we
FUCKING GAMESTOP
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>yell it's poopy time
Why did this make me laugh?
Start going to mom and pop stores. Those will be around for ages
Did you really expect a bunch of NEETs to understand what it's like to work a retail job?
Exact scenario last time I went to gamestop too.
It's depressing.
Nice try Amazon shill
Ugh, groan zone, I deal with load times in my games so why should I have to deal with it when I'm buying hot new titles. With Amazon Prime's™ low low prices and fast shipping my favorite games can be at my door as soon as they release so you don't have to wait! What an epic win!
>be brit
>say "dude"
Fuck off, silly nonce
He was making a fat joke, he pointed at my stomach while saying it. I'm like 220lb but that guy looks like he can barely stand which is why I'm annoyed
Him and his friend clearly have a thing where they insult everyone as much as possible to see if they leave, and get away with it since one of them is the manager. I went in with a chinese girl once and they started talking about waifus in a shitty asian accent
And I like american sweets since they still use all the good flavours from my childhood that were banned in the UK. It's part of my spring comfy routine
No true brit would like american sweets so he's likely american
It's already dying. The collectibles and clothes are their pivot to try to avoid dying because they're getting killed on the dual fronts of online (preorders and thought-out game purchases) and brick and mortar like Target and Walmart (impulse buys, mom picking up games for the kids, etc.)
Gamestop has also always been big on quotas and scripts for the employees where if they don't sell enough of a given thing or say a specific thing to every customer, they get in trouble. Feel bad for the guy instead.
Only betas are polite
>tfw Walmart offers better used game deals than FUCKING GAMESTOP now
>go into gamestop
>buy a used psvita
>employe asks if i have all the things that are needed
>yes i got all the stuff
>but you know that the vita needs a sd card
>yes, i know that the vita needs a sd card
>do you need games for the vita
>no, i gonna install henkaku and pirate everything
>employe shuts up
i cant wait for this fucking place to die
>you literally have to go buy a porn pass to access the internet
you literally don't lmao
vee is full of actual autists so of course they have a bad time outside their musky caves.
He only bought it cuz the”girl” at the counter
>Go to Gamestop to purchase a Nintendo Switch
>Cashier asks me if I want any games with it
>Say "Nope, I'm gonna pirate them as soon as I get home".
>Another fucktard cashier pops up and says "Sir, you know we could report you for saying that"
>Give the fucktard a stare and say "We live in America, I have the right to download my games if I want to, If Nintendo actually put the effort into making a larger library of games with QUALITY as the GameCube, I wouldn't need to do this".
>Cashier says "But these companies are losing money"
>I begin to laugh, "Then they should stop being lazy and make better games, I'm suffering as a college student and worry about my money each day, these companies can survive from a few pirated games and if they can't...then they can just fuck off."
>Cashier stares at me
>I stare at him
>Cashier sighs and says "Look, I won't report you...I understand your situation but just don't go around saying that stuff, you'll get in trouble.."
>I grin and say "I'm a pirate, we love trouble, it just makes life more exciting."
>And then everyone in the store clapped as I walked off
>I walk to my car feeling proud of what I did.
>Go home to pirate Octopath Traveler
Americans have amazon fucking everywhere, all delivered home. Why would you still buy something at stores?
>goes to Gamestop to buy a shirt
>Cute girl is serving me
>If you buy some new game you get the shirt over half price
>Girl puts me down as preordering the game (I didn't purchase it) so I can get the shirt cheaper
>Go to gamestop
>All the games are more expensive there than buying digitally
>Leave
>Store in shopping center is selling old stock for cheap
>5 for €10 on 3DS games
>buy multiple copies of Mario Kart 7 and other nintendo games
>spend €40 on games and sell each copy of Mario Kart 7 to multiple Cex and Gamestop stores for €15 each
based and piratepilled
That's how we speak mate.
Also
>Go into game
>Look at the prices
>Guy keeps asking me if I need help with anything despite being told no
>Give up on finding anything not cheaper on PC
>Walk out
PC spoiled me
No, you can do sales with context, after the costumer picks up something, you can recommend some other upcoming or obscure game of the same genre, you will look like an expert and do extra sales, harrassing the client will only prevent a second visit from said client, and being the literal embodiment of an ad is pretty pathetic.
This
I bought a hat from Gamestop and some shitty funko pops for Christmas to give to my family so I'm complacent in their downfall. Honestly preferred when they were EB games because they actually had games and I miss when they carried old stuff instead of just new stuff. I'm surprised they still have sections for 360/ps3 because how quickly they changed when 360 and PS3 phased out PS2 and Xbox.
This, my friend that worked at gamestop would lead into the sales shit not just blast you with it.
That's called aggressive hospitality he was suspicious that you were stealing
20% is over.
I usually buy off Amazon but they didn't have Sekiro available before weeks, so I went to Gamestop.
>goes to Gamestop to buy a shirt
bullshit.
>oh shit for real
you are a nigger arent you
autism