[Sephirothxii]

[blue]So I go into EB Games today to buy the new Pokemon for DS. Yes I like Pokemon, I don't care what anyone thinks I like Pokemon and for those you who are going to ask how old I am I am 17. I hand the game to the lady tell her I want to buy it and I'd like to trade in two games I brought with me. Then she goes I need to see some ID. So I ask her why and she says its a new rule/law they are applying that because they are technically giving you money for the games you need be 18 years old and have government issue ID that is not your health card or sin card. I have traded in if not $500 near $500. I traded in about $260 to get my GameCube another $200 to get my DS and traded in some more here and there to get new games over the years. I live in Canada by the way, I'm guessing its the same in the states now also. Anyways she wouldn't allow me trade in my games, I still had enough money to purchase my game but if I could trade in I could have got both Blue and Red. Its a really stupid rule.

Well start flaming your hearts out...[/blue]

[Layne]

BLUE TEXT

[Sephi]

your text is [blue]g[/blue][red]a[/red][green]y[/green]

[Marcus]

(Insert Canadian Accent Here)Canada eh? Yeah, betcha thats the problem there 'lil buddy. Dontcha know here in the states we never get carded fer tradin in games. Might be a canadian policy, might not be. Dont really know fer sure, but Ill tell ya I've never been asked fer ID.

We dont have health cards here in the states either. Just bring in your Driver's License and you'd have been good to go. Sorry to hear about your misfortunes. BTW, whats with the crazily gay blue text? [blue]Attention whore?[/blue]

[Mewten]

GameStop is applying tons of restrictions on things, it seems..
They want you to mass-sell your older games for newer stuff (even making sacrifices that are for the worse), make you buy their warrenties, push guides on you (which isn't that bad of a deal if the guide is actually *good* which seems like more of a rarity now compared to 5+ years ago), and shove preorders down your throat ("OHNOES, WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF ANOTHER POINTLESS SPORTING GAME ANY SECOND NOW, BETTER PREORDER FAST!!!1!")

I understand why they'd require an ID.. all stores should for any credit/cash return.
Imagine someone coming in selling a bunch of bootleg games that look legit for quick money. If theres no easy form of identification, they could get away with it.

Having a Drivers' License or a State ID is pretty much required now.. and if your picture is crappy, you get eyeballed too (airports D: )
Edit: They killed my D: face :<

pssh, you shouldn't be ashamed for liking Pokemon.. I'm 18 and I still obssess over it >:3

[Sephi]

They want you to mass-sell your older games for newer stuff (even making sacrifices that are for the worse), make you buy their warrenties, push guides on you (which isn't that bad of a deal if the guide is actually *good* which seems like more of a rarity now compared to 5+ years ago), and shove preorders down your throat ("OHNOES, WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF ANOTHER POINTLESS SPORTING GAME ANY SECOND NOW, BETTER PREORDER FAST!!!1!")

You know, its no different when you go to a Burger King or something and they say before you order "Would you like to try our *so and so* burger?". Just say no. I bought a DS Lite the other day. I got offered a warranty for $20. I said no and all was well.

[Sephirothxii]

[blue]I am not ashamed I like Pokemon just some people are like "Ewww you like Pokemon gay gay gay gay gay you dumb gay guy you like Pokemon." Silly ~_~[/blue]

[Sephi]

Your [blue]g[/blue][red]a[/red][green]y[/green] text isn't helping.

[Layne]

If anyone thinks you're dumb and gay, it's probably the whole light blue text/Sephiroth clone deal you got going on.

Of course, liking Pokemon doesn't exactly help the situation.

[Poochoo]

I liked pokemon back in 9th grade. Still cool, not going to flame someone for liking it. Though...the blue text didn't help AT ALL. I used to work at a gamestop, and yup I carded people like a jerk >=) goddamn kids trying to get away with shit...

[Stirling]

lol your ghey, u like pokemon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GHEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Edit: wheit!!! how old are j00?

[Sonos]

why did this many people post on such silly bait?

[Poochoo]

Sonos :
why did this many people post on such silly bait?

Cuz we are ya are! Ya silly goose.

[Phlow]

Sephi :
You know, its no different when you go to a Burger King or something and they say before you order "Would you like to try our *so and so* burger?". Just say no. I bought a DS Lite the other day. I got offered a warranty for $20. I said no and all was well.

Oh? They keep you there for 30 minutes and harass you in an attempt to buy the burger? The hand you the burger unwrapped? They offer to tell you how to eat the burger for an extra ¼ tacked onto the cost? They ask you for another 30 minutes that if you give them 5 bucks down, they'll call you next time they get a new burger in?

Yea, just like Burger King alright...

[Poochoo]

LOL Man, when I worked at gamestop if the person said no the first time I asked them, that was it, done sale gtfo of my store already so I can go back to watching shit on the Xbox. We had one employee who tired SO hard to get sales off...he went to school with me as well, needless to say...he wasn't very popular...cept for the toilet/trash can/cement.

[Sonos]

Phlow :
Oh? They keep you there for 30 minutes and harass you in an attempt to buy the burger? The hand you the burger unwrapped? They offer to tell you how to eat the burger for an extra ¼ tacked onto the cost? They ask you for another 30 minutes that if you give them 5 bucks down, they'll call you next time they get a new burger in?

Yea, just like Burger King alright...

not like that where im from either. they ask once i say no unless its major hardware

[Sephi]

Phlow :

Sephi :
You know, its no different when you go to a Burger King or something and they say before you order "Would you like to try our *so and so* burger?". Just say no. I bought a DS Lite the other day. I got offered a warranty for $20. I said no and all was well.

Oh? They keep you there for 30 minutes and harass you in an attempt to buy the burger? The hand you the burger unwrapped? They offer to tell you how to eat the burger for an extra ¼ tacked onto the cost? They ask you for another 30 minutes that if you give them 5 bucks down, they'll call you next time they get a new burger in?

Yea, just like Burger King alright...

Well you have quite the douche bags working at your store. I've been to game stores all over Texas (I travel alot) and I've never had a problem in any of them.

[Barachiel]

I like pokemon.

[Phlow]

Poochoo :
LOL Man, when I worked at gamestop if the person said no the first time I asked them, that was it, done sale gtfo of my store already so I can go back to watching shit on the Xbox. We had one employee who tired SO hard to get sales off...he went to school with me as well, needless to say...he wasn't very popular...cept for the toilet/trash can/cement.

Twice, I can understand. Anything after that, and I get pissed. First time is to lay the groundwork. Second time is repeat what you just said because usually the customer is too busy thinking of their excuses.

I used to work at OfficeMax and we offered Max Assurance on shit. Sometimes it was worth it, sometimes it really fucking wasn't. I laid it out there for the customer, if they said yea, coo. If not, oh fucking well. We got like... 0.50 spiffs off of it, maybe $5 if it was something major like an $800-1000 dollar computer with a $150 protection plan. Real fucking incentive.

Regardless, I hated the cashiers there because they literally harassed customers. One would go as far as laughing at the customer or insult them for not getting the protection plan. That's just fucking disrespectful. Anyway, one month we had a contest and I ended up beating the shit outta her totals because I would actually level with customers, telling them what situations could happen and what we would give them. Rather than "Do you want the protection plan? You sure? Something goes wrong with it, we'll fix it. You sure? I would get it if I were you. You sure? Well, these things give out a lot. You sure? I mean, we'll cover it for a whole 2 years. You sure? Anything happens to it, really. You sure? Why not? Well, it'll be a mistake when it breaks in a year. You sure?"

not like that where im from either. they ask once i say no unless its major hardware

Yea, it does vary from person to person. Which is why I was jabbing Sephi's comment - He acted as if simply saying no would shut any annoying fucker up. However, things are different when someone won't just give you the god damned game you want and quit it with the hassleing. Which is why I go to Best Buy now when buying software.

Edit to Sephi: Go to the Woodlands area, just north of Houston. You'll find this: http://ffxi.killvoid.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=133014&d=0

[Stirling]

Say "did i ask for the chesseburger mother fucker?.. no i didnt"

It reminds me of FFXI so much.

noob>>do you need a party?
me>>is my fucking LFP flag up?.....no its not
noob>>(insert smartass and offended comment here)
me>> /blist