GameStop sells played games as new, sources say, practice could be illegal.

Is what gamestop is doing wrong?

  • Absolutely! New games should be considered sealed and untouched!

    Votes: 9 60.0%

  • No! As long as the game is in mint/near mint condition, I'm fine with them playing it.

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • Maybe. Depends on the situation.

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • Don't care.

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Total voters
    15
Strubes said:
What actions could they face though? Who would sue them? I don't see this going too far, IMO. Plus, I don't see why the big ruckus. There's a ton of people out there who have these used new copies and don't even know it. I wonder if they'd be upset if they found out it was used now. If they were, I'd laugh.
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Maybe there isn't a big difference between some used games and some used games, but it's more the principal that matters here. If Gamestop tells you you are buying a new game, you should be buying a new game. A business has to deliver what it promises and if it doesn't, it should face the consequences.
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
@X2, can anyone really define what "mint condition" is? To me, that is a word that I hear so much on Ebay and everyone's idea of what "mint condition" is, varies. You make a valid point however, because if someone says "THIS GAME IS MINT" and you get it later from gamestop.com and find out the case has been opened and stickers all over the case. That doesn't count as MINT CONDITION anymore.
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Well to me "mint" means NO scratches anywhere, even on the label side. I guess basically I would consider a game in "mint" condition if it looks exactly like it did when you removed the shrink wrap, case and all.
 
x2 said:
Well to me "mint" means NO scratches anywhere, even on the label side. I guess basically I would consider a game in "mint" condition if it looks exactly like it did when you removed the shrink wrap, case and all.
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actually it should be the other way around... having scratches on the lable side is worse than on the other side :lol
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
O.O Has the world gone mad?!?! There is so much wrong with this!

You guys are telling me, you're OKAY with buying a USED game at a NEW price?!
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Well, since I'd never know if an employee used my copy or not, since they are MINT, I'm completely okay with it.

Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Maybe there isn't a big difference between some used games and some used games, but it's more the principal that matters here. If Gamestop tells you you are buying a new game, you should be buying a new game. A business has to deliver what it promises and if it doesn't, it should face the consequences.
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Like I said, you'd never be able to tell the difference, plus like others have said, other companies always do this kind of stuff. It isn't just GameStop. Plus, just because a game is opened, and tried, that means that it automatically should drop in price? Absurd. You have to see it from their perspective before joining the "GameStop is evil" bandwagon. I know some of them do it for "work" purposes. To help them better sell a product.
 
Zidart said:
actually it should be the other way around... having scratches on the lable side is worse than on the other side :lol
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Well I know, scratches on the label side render the game unplayable. I learned this the hard way with my FF7 disc 1 :-\
 
x2 said:
Not really a fair comparison since a car has parts that will wear over time, whereas if a game disc is in mint condition, you'd never know the difference. Now, if I opened up a supposed "new" game that was scratched to hell, then yes, there would be problems!
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Yes, exactly. I would hardly call a game disc that was only used once, "used." I guess in my head, when I hear the word used, I think of a disc that has scratches on it. Even if the disc is a few months old, if it's not scratched, I kind of still think of it as new. If that makes any sense. (It probably doesn't).

Strubes said:
I know some of them do it for "work" purposes. To help them better sell a product.
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Yeah, I can attest to that personally. I did that quite a few times; checked out a game to play it so that I could talk about it with other people. ^_^
 
Mai Valentine said:
Yes, exactly. I would hardly call a game disc that was only used once, "used." I guess in my head, when I hear the word used, I think of a disc that has scratches on it. Even if the disc is a few months old, if it's not scratched, I kind of still think of it as new. If that makes any sense. (It probably doesn't).

Yeah, I can attest to that personally. I did that quite a few times; checked out a game to play it so that I could talk about it with other people. ^_^
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Yep. And I can understand that the "principal" of it is wrong, but if we want to start basing things on principal, there's gonna be a lot of problems for a lot of companies/ businesses! In the big picture the sole purpose of their existence is to make money, not to be morally or politically correct. Or something like that :P
 
Mai Valentine said:
Yes, exactly. I would hardly call a game disc that was only used once, "used." I guess in my head, when I hear the word used, I think of a disc that has scratches on it. Even if the disc is a few months old, if it's not scratched, I kind of still think of it as new. If that makes any sense. (It probably doesn't).
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Yeah that's exactly how I feel. I don't care how many times the game was played before, and I personally couldn't care less what the case looks like, but if the disc has no problems, it's still "new" in my eyes.
 
x2 said:
Yep. And I can understand that the "principal" of it is wrong, but if we want to start basing things on principal, there's gonna be a lot of problems for a lot of companies/ businesses! In the big picture the sole purpose of their existence is to make money, not to be morally or politically correct. Or something like that :P
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I agree!

Mai Valentine said:
Yes, exactly. I would hardly call a game disc that was only used once, "used." I guess in my head, when I hear the word used, I think of a disc that has scratches on it. Even if the disc is a few months old, if it's not scratched, I kind of still think of it as new. If that makes any sense. (It probably doesn't).
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Oh I definitely understand. I'm the same way.

aleeock157 said:
Yeah that's exactly how I feel. I don't care how many times the game was played before, and I personally couldn't care less what the case looks like, but if the disc has no problems, it's still "new" in my eyes.
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This^

I've bought a used game that came out 4 or 5 years ago, and it didn't have scratches. Still seemed pretty new to me. =P
 
I heard Game Crazy also does this as well and I'm personaly more concerned about the condition of the used games they try sell than some game that was used by employee an for acouple hours to famlairize themselves with the product.
 
No scratches = new. I don't care. Seriously, if it's that big of a deal, go buy it somewhere else. I don't see why Gamestop is so evil because of their success or their business moves. If it works, who cares? Now, I'm not going to offend anyone here if I say you guys are taking this waaayyy too serious and overreacting, am I? Just throwing my two cents in.
 
@GM, I'm offended and challenge you to a DUEL!

Honestly however, I'm very picky with my games and how I take care of them, case and all. If I am purchasing a new game, I expect a sealed game. That's just how I am. I'm a collector who plays his games, yet strive to keep them in flawless condition.

GameStop success is born from every sucker. Barnum and Bailey were right, "A sucker is born every minute".
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
@GM, I'm offended and challenge you to a DUEL!

Honestly however, I'm very picky with my games and how I take care of them, case and all. If I am purchasing a new game, I expect a sealed game. That's just how I am. I'm a collector who plays his games, yet strive to keep them in flawless condition.

GameStop success is born from every sucker. Barnum and Bailey were right, "A sucker is born every minute".
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so you are going to solve this problem by playing a stupid childrens cards game? (been watching too much yugioh abridged)

anyway the reason i am not very happy with this is because you never know what kind of idiot is testing the disc...and you never know what they might do to it
 
Zidart said:
so you are going to solve this problem by playing a stupid childrens cards game? (been watching too much yugioh abridged)

anyway the reason i am not very happy with this is because you never know what kind of idiot is testing the disc...and you never know what they might do to it
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If your new disc is scratched or doesn't work, you take it back for another one. No big deal. Plus, I've NEVER heard of that happening.
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
@GM, I'm offended and challenge you to a DUEL!

Honestly however, I'm very picky with my games and how I take care of them, case and all. If I am purchasing a new game, I expect a sealed game. That's just how I am. I'm a collector who plays his games, yet strive to keep them in flawless condition.

GameStop success is born from every sucker. Barnum and Bailey were right, "A sucker is born every minute".
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So everybody who buys from Gamestop is a sucker!? Or what do you mean by that? For me personally, I have no other choice but to buy from Gamestop. Seriously, I don't know of any other games stores in like a 40 mile radius. And I can't exactly {nor do I want to}always buy online, so I buy from the evil evil Gamestop. I simply don't have any other choice :-\ And the whole "selling used as new" thing has been around for as long as I can remember {guitars, speakers, amplifiers, and so many other things}, so it really doesn't bother me, as long as it is in new condition.
 
Strubes said:
If your new disc is scratched or doesn't work, you take it back for another one. No big deal. Plus, I've NEVER heard of that happening.
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the chances are not as low as you think they are....i guess the ones that are against some of what gamestop do are those who have had some experiences in the past.... as they say in my country "humans don't learn until they are stabbed in the back and punched in the face"
 
Zidart said:
the chances are not as low as you think they are....i guess the ones that are against some of what gamestop do are those who have had some experiences in the past.... as they say in my country "humans don't learn until they are stabbed in the back and punched in the face"
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I do believe it's as low as I think they are. :D

Because, there is a wide variety of problems people have. But, people blame the company, rather than the individual store it happened at. For example, if someone gets bad vibes from someone at their GameStop and they don't think their service was good, they'll HATE GameStop. They'll unfairly take it out on the company, rather than the individuals. I've never had a problem with GameStop. Coming to this site was the first I've heard of anyone having trouble with them. :)
 
I don't think the whole "you'll never know the difference" argument applies. I could say the same about someone spitting in my food at a restaurant when I go out to eat. It won't hurt me and I won't know, but does that make it ok? Hell no. Just because the consumer won't know they got screwed doesn't make it ok to screw them over.
 
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