Gamestop is real neat.

I dont think you'll find anybody to argue against better, longer, and more enjoyable games. I've only purchased the DLC to games that I absolutely loved. Oblivion and Fallout 3 come to mind. I would have been fine without the DLC since I already got around 100 hours of gameplay out of them. It was just a nice bonus that gave more life to the game after I'd beaten it.

I think everything sucks.

Nobody asked you Spade! You and your webslinging buddy can take a hike!

Excelsior!

I purchaced DLC for Rockband only. I've never paid for extra maps for something, I've bought expansions that legitimately enhanced my gameplay IE Broodwar but yeah

So you bought a bunch of shit on their sale (which is intended to be a customer appreciation event as much as it is about clearing stock). Sent it back (when you bought it used and as such should have expected used quality, they have always advertised that as long as it works then it's yours). Now you are wondering why they banned you from purchasing?

I don't like Gamestop...at all. Their policies are shit, but they are very clear about those policies. No used games are promised to come in their original packaging, so you can't complain about that either. As such, ordering online is a gamble in that case. They see it as you are buying the GAME to PLAY, not a collector or resale piece.

So if 1/3 of the games you got wouldn't play and you returned them, then that is fine. If you returned them because they weren't pretty enough for you and never tested them, that isn't cool at all.

Actually Danny I never said that I wondered why they banned me from purchasing. My post wasn't so much a complaint as a warning to others not to buy too many multiple copies of items or else they could get flagged also. My being banned had nothing to do with my returns, it was due to purchasing multiple copies of games (I have confirmed this with GS employees).

I don't give a shit about them not coming in original packaging, and I expected resurfaced discs. What I did not expect where shattered, cracked plastic cases with pieces floating all over the place (in fact I cut myself opening one of them which was particularly jagged), which happened several times, and CRACKED discs, which should not be acceptable for anyone. In fact, I have heard that GameStop will soon start applying circular "disc protector" stickers to the inner ring of discs to help prevent this from happening to their used games in the refurbishing/online distribution centers, so I don't believe I am the only one complaining. Several of the games did not play beyond the load screen.

BTW, I think it is totally cool to return items that work but don't meet your condition standards. If it isn't, why does every big retailer in the U.S. have at least a 7-day return policy? It is a cost of doing business.

Thanks for the lecture though dude.

for the record i have never found anything at any of the gamestops i have visited, yet i've got multiple items from patrick.

Not so much a lecture and more "you know Gamestop are assholes and you expected something different?" type thing. Sorry if you thought it was a lecture.

I'm sorry for my tone, I took it a little too negatively I think. It's not that Gamestop are assholes, its just that they need some help with their quality control - they're the ones losing money over it, not me.

Their quality control consists of college students and current gen video game nerds who wanted the job for the employee discount and to take home games to "review for customer service". Yeah, you are expecting too much. =P

I just have to agree here. I will buy anything from them online and if it does not come in with original case and manual, I will return it. Yeah, I see the policy and understand it, but I'll take my chances and they are taking their chances on sending me a non-CIB game. Just how it works. I'd definitely return over cracked or bad scratched disks, but I'm more strict and will return everything if it isn't complete. However, I see you two squashed it, but thought I would put my 2 cents in.

Awe Shucks! Thread reconciliation! Happy Endings For All!

Gamestop hates resellers, because they are used to just buying out their competition instead.

haha, i havent been in a gamestop in years. they suck. play n trade is cool, they have vintage games, even saw a 3do there the other day

I really like PnT, problem is the only one around just opened up in the county and it's like an 80mi away round trip which ruins any value so unless I'm down in that area (rare) it just doesn't happen. I respect they're doing the old Funcoland model of old and new and you can try stuff out too.

There's always Amazon

As far as getting banned goes, GameStop could have avoided all this by limiting one copy of per game per order. Every so often when they have sales on Pepsi cans at my local grocery, I always stock up on them. They usually have a limit of one order per customer per visit on advertised specials (examle: "Buy 3 Pepsi 12-packs for 11 dollars, get 1 free"), so I'm limited to getting only four 12-packs of Pepsi Max per trip. If I bring my fiance and we pay separate tickets, we can actually walk out with 8 at a time. I've never attempted unloading the Pepsi into the car and immediately going back into the store, but it would probably piss the managers off big time.

I never shop online at Gamestop, though I've used Estarland several times. At least Estarland tells you beforehand if the case/instructions are included and gives a small discount if they're missing. Another weird thing about GameStop is they will flat out refuse to stock new copies of a game if they have a bunch of used ones in stock. Yes, they get tons more money on resales, by often buying as low as 10% MSRP then reselling at 90%. I am triple Platinum at Club Nintendo because I buy all my current generation Nintendo games new. Well, even their so-called "new" games cases on the shelves have already been opened; normally, this would not be an issue since I open them anyway when I get home, but how do I know some punk didn't come along before me and scan the registration codes on the inserts with his cellphone just to get free Nintendo points? Someone could just as easily do that with activation or DLC codes as well. When possible, I request a sealed copy from behind the counter.

Mostly I only use GameStop to buy strategy guides, or for day one reserves on systems or games. Some games have some pretty lucrative pre-order bonuses. They don't deal retro games at all, and don't even pay "chump change" for current gen games used, so I take all my trades over to Game-X-Change, the only used retro games shop remaining in my area. 

There is no loyalty with a chain. You aren't Patrick there, you are customer #242,182NY.
Another fine add to the GS list.