GUTS: WORSE THAN YOUR MOTHER DYING

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Originally Posted by animegirl20

Ummm sorry but...shut up.

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Ummm....NO

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Originally Posted by Tracer

Gamestop has, but not with all. All of our Ubisoft games are mockups, we don't gut them. Same with Atari's Driver 3, and Microsoft's Fable. Not all publishers do this.

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So publishers are more inclined to give Toys R Us box mockup's, instead of the stores where the majority of their games will be sold? Not buying that.

Go to TRU sometime, you'll notice that every single game is now a mockup box. This way, the games are safely behind a glass case (the security issue) and don't have to be gutted up (the customer issue).

I didn't care before, but it's just extremely surprising to see a store like TRU do something like this, after EB / GS claim "they can't do mock up boxes".

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Originally Posted by Roufuss

And I don't know if this was answered earlier, but Dolemite mentioned he can go to Best Buy / Circuit City and get it brand new and why EB can't, well, Best Buy also makes about 5 times the revenue and can afford expensive security measures.

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I didn't ask why can't EB do what Best Buy does, I just stated that Best Buy doesn't sell sell opened games.

As for your opinion that Best Buy makes "5 times the revenue and can afford expensive security measures", sadly, you're completely wrong. A friend of mine is a stockbroker and according to him, becasue of how little they charge for everything, Best Buy barely, just barely breaks even. Actually, because of their business model, he doesn't understand how they can stay in business for the long-term. Lots of companies with super-cheap prices like this come and go...remember Crazy Eddys? I sure hope Best Buy doesn't end up going that route...

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Originally Posted by Fighter-X

I don't know but he/she sure knows how to miss the point of an argument.

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Indeed.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Lots of companies with super-cheap prices like this come and go...remember Crazy Eddys? I sure hope Best Buy doesn't end up going that route...

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I hope not. Best Buy is the hook up for new shit, always $5 and $10 less than other places. They are my main source for movies.

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Originally Posted by Xeno G

I think it's kinda a store by store thing. Some managers are cooler than others.

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Like I said earlier, the guys at my Gamestop get to take home shit. Your post just helps to validate my arguement...if it's open, there's a chance it was "borrowed" by an employee.

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Originally Posted by Fighter-X

I hope not. Best Buy is the hook up for new shit, always $5 and $10 less than other places. They are my main source for movies.

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Same here, X. I get most, if not all my DVDs there, not to mention my new digital camera. BB rules.

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Originally Posted by Xeno G

I keep the wrap on my GBA games. Just make a little slit in the top big enough to open it and get the game out then I just leave the wrap around it on my shelf.

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Now that just going a wee bit too far.

Speak of the devil.

I brought a gutted game today. It was the last copy of X-Men Legends for the XB. It had circular scratches on the bottom and I had to tell the guy to NOT SIT THE SHIT DOWN ON IT'S BOTTOM on top of the instruction booklet. It was obviously used, but I have a plan.

Oh, and GET THIS - when I brought it, the dumbass stuck ANOTHER sticker over the side so that the disc won't open - so by the time he's done, I've got 1.) a price sticker, a 2.) circular EB GAMES sticker, and 3.) Some other goofy sticker over the side holding it closed. I politely asked a friend of mine to switch the DVD case with one of the games I'd traded in.

Only reason I picked it up from them is because I traded in bunch of junk games and got the credit bonuses, so I picked up that and a PS2 mem card, and reserved another game.

But don't worry, when they get more in, this copy will mysteriously "not work" ;) so I can trade it in for another SEALED copy.

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Originally Posted by Fighter-X

I very rarely buy used/opened games, and then, it doesn't "feel" the same.

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I feel ya. For some reason, it's just fun to unwrap a new game or DVD. :)

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Same here, X. I get most, if not all my DVDs there, not to mention my new digital camera. BB rules.

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Picked up Mad TV: Season 1 from there today, btw.

Orlando Jones as O.J. Simpson Bloopers = :lol:

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Originally Posted by Raz0r

By the way, have any of you ever used a shrinkwrap machine to remove a game and then re-wrap the case to return to the store to get your money back?

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You mean I'm not the only asshole who's done this? :lol:

I only did it a few times, but not in a many years. I did it with a SNES game once or twice- I made stand-in carts out of lego so the box would weigh right. I did it with an early PS1 game as well. More just to see if it would work than for the money.

A friend of mine tried it once, but I think he fucked up the plastic because the employee started unwrapping the game and he hauled ass out of there. :)

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Originally Posted by animegirl20

Ummm sorry but...shut up.

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That made me giggle.

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Originally Posted by Fighter-X

Picked up Mad TV: Season 1 from there today, btw.

Orlando Jones as O.J. Simpson Bloopers = :lol:

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I need to rent that or something, just to see Artie Lang in his pre-Howard Stern days.

October 5th- Friday the 13th box set. Booyahkasha.

FX, I wish you'd have told me you wanted X-Men Legends, I could have tried to get a copy for you. I also despise those damned stickers over the opening. How dare I want to actually PLAY my games. At least GS uses easy-to-tear clear ones that don't leave shit on the casing.