As a game reviewer, I do a lot of video game purchasing, purely to augment our supply of games to test, review, and generally write about. That being said, I obviously am a major patron of shops local to my small office- to the point of buying a game a week. That's a lot of money- and collectively, the place I live puts quite a bit of money into these video games that we all enjoy. That being said, when I walk into any game store- be it a Wal*Mart or a Gamestop- I expect to be treated fairly, and most of all, to get my money's worth.
Well, I have a not-so-shocking shock for you- GameStop isn't doing that. One of the biggest game distributors in the United States, GameStop is mainly a trading hub for Video Games and DVDs- trade in your old, get some new. In that way, it not only serves as a great place to trade in stuff, but it also serves as a great place to get used video games- and where I tend to get old PS1 games from time to time. However, this presents a unique problem to them- with 4,400 stores nationwide, they have to figure out how to continue selling those used Video Games instead of stocking them up like one big warehouse.
But, as I've recently discovered, a lot of gamers are having the wool pulled over their eyes, and in this case, it was directly aimed at me. Be it one store or the whole group, it seems as if GameStop has been trying to pull a small little trick to offload old used stock of games, while getting full new sell prices. But, unfortunately, they made one fatal mistake- I, as well as many gamers, don't fall for this- as I'll show in the next page.
