Just walked in as normal to play Guitar Hero on my lunch and they're like "hey work for us".
I'm like 
sho thang.
I start today. Wish me luck, assholes.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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I stopped buying games at gamestop when they said to me, "If you didn't preorder Super Paper Mario, we have no copies for the shelves." at every ebgamestops in my area. One clerk even told me i would have to wait a week to find it. I went over to the best buy across the highway and grabbed a copy of it, and there were 4 more copies just sitting on the shelf.
It's entirely likely that they were being 100% honest and didn't have any copies for the shelves, you know.
When you pre-order a game from bestbuy, we don't even reserve your copy! We'll order our usual shipment plus X, where X is the number of preorders we get, but if someone else shows up and buys your preorder you're SOL.
I get to rent any used game I want for free, and I get promotional t-shirts, polos, and cardboard cutouts also free of charge. All for working there 15 or less hours a week.
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Maradon! stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
It's entirely likely that they were being 100% honest and didn't have any copies for the shelves, you know.When you pre-order a game from bestbuy, we don't even reserve your copy! We'll order our usual shipment plus X, where X is the number of preorders we get, but if someone else shows up and buys your preorder you're SOL.
It had nothing to do with there being no copies on the shelves, it had to do with the fact that they had X preorders, and they ordered X copies. They ordered no copies for the shelves. I was told, and i quote, "If you did not preorder it, we do not have a copy for you"
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It's entirely likely that they were being 100% honest and didn't have any copies for the shelves, you know.When you pre-order a game from bestbuy, we don't even reserve your copy! We'll order our usual shipment plus X, where X is the number of preorders we get, but if someone else shows up and buys your preorder you're SOL.
Jesus H Christ what the hell is wrong with your store, we order shipment plus X, then X gets put on the preorder shelf with everyone's name on it. Behind customer service. You don't even have to wade into Media to get it.
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Jesus H Christ what the hell is wrong with your store, we order shipment plus X, then X gets put on the preorder shelf with everyone's name on it. Behind customer service. You don't even have to wade into Media to get it.
I thought that's the way Best Buy worked in general. Even online.
Back when Twilight Princess came out for the Gamecube, I preordered it online from Best Buy only to find out that my order was somehow put on back order on the day of release. Canceled my order, went to the nearest Best Buy, saw that they had a few shelves full of the game, picked one up, bought it, and walked out of the store.
Willias fucked around with this message on 05-21-2007 at 06:00 PM.
I actually like Gamestop better than other stores, they generally have the best selection of games. Only problem I have is that of the two nearest stores, one has a manager that manages to annoy the fuck out of me, and the other is incredibly tiny. 
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Jesus H Christ what the hell is wrong with your store, we order shipment plus X, then X gets put on the preorder shelf with everyone's name on it. Behind customer service. You don't even have to wade into Media to get it.
I asked customer service and they told me that's how it was done!
I asked them this as I was getting my guitar hero preorder.
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Willias stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
I thought that's the way Best Buy worked in general. Even online.Back when Twilight Princess came out for the Gamecube, I preordered it online from Best Buy only to find out that my order was somehow put on back order on the day of release. Canceled my order, went to the nearest Best Buy, saw that they had a few shelves full of the game, picked one up, bought it, and walked out of the store.
I actually like Gamestop better than other stores, they generally have the best selection of games. Only problem I have is that of the two nearest stores, one has a manager that manages to annoy the fuck out of me, and the other is incredibly tiny.
The other manager or the other store is incredibly tiny?
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
I used to really enjoy Gamestop. Then they merged with EB, and everything gradually went down the shitter. Everything that made me go to Gamestop over EB in the first place was starting to happen at my Gamestop.
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We were all impressed when Mooj wrote:
Have fun, you'll be unemployed in a month.
They must be terrible if they can make him lose his primary job too.
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Have fun, you'll be unemployed in a month.I used to really enjoy Gamestop. Then they merged with EB, and everything gradually went down the shitter. Everything that made me go to Gamestop over EB in the first place was starting to happen at my Gamestop.
Funny, a bunch of people here said the same thing when I started at Lowe's.
Been working there over a year now with no signs of any change other than raises and promotions.
Somehow I think I'll be able to keep a job where all every person there knows me by name, likes me and my manager already thinks that I'm one of the part timers that could more than likely rise to a management position based on customer interaction and how well I keep jobs alone.
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Funny, a bunch of people here said the same thing when I started at Lowe's.Been working there over a year now with no signs of any change other than raises and promotions.
Somehow I think I'll be able to keep a job where all every person there knows me by name, likes me and my manager already thinks that I'm one of the part timers that could more than likely rise to a management position based on customer interaction and how well I keep jobs alone.
What your manager thinks means all of dick.
EB Games has always been about the preorder and, more recently, the magazine subscription numbers, and even more importantly about what the district manager thinks.
In Vegas, for example, the District Manager has systematically fired every manager who's been there for any length of time before he came on board, and in the process effectively laid off every employee that's been there working under those managers.
I don't doubt that you'll have fun, but don't expect to work there for any more than a month.
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Mr. Gainsborough probably says this to all the girls:
itt Mooj bitches that he's too retarded to keep a job in retail for over a month
I think he got burned in some way, but he's mostly right. If you don't do x number of pre-orders or magazine subscriptions, you're asked why you're not shoving shitty product down customer's throats, even if your regular sales are through the fucking roof.
That and you have managers and district managers who only have a buisness degree and don't play a single fucking video game, yet get a zillion copies of sucktastic_game_45 and expect you to push it and bitch at you when you don't.
Both assistant managers (2nd and 3rd key) have 1 preorder and 1 sub for the week. The 1 parttimer had 1 preorder and 0 subs. He said he was gonna talk to them but probably won't get around to it.
I think I'll be fine.
Suck up to the District Manager imo.
I have a few tips for Mr Gainsborough.
1> Learn the POS system, learn it inside and out. Impress your friends with the neat tricks you can do with it.
2> Have your manager, your assistant, your 3rd key whomever teach you how to open and close the store. This more than anything else will get you more hours. Knowing how the system works and being able to put it to practice means you work when they don't want to.
3> Talk shop with customers, let them know what you are excited about and how said titles might relate to them. This is better than any sales pitch you can present. Actually in your case, limit this suggestion to domestic titles, cross overs, and games that do not involve poop.
4> Never underestimate the power of John Madden, nuff said.
5> Live, eat, breath your promotions. If they run a special where you trade in your system and 10 games and get something nifty run with it, drag it through the mud, beat it like a baby seal. You will get more hours if you tow the line and sell your soul to the monthly promotion.
6> Learn to count. Learn to love counting. Have your counts done without being asked to do them, do this and your manager will probably give you a hummer.
That is all I have for you, if you make it through a Holiday Season consider yourself seasoned and ask for a promotion.
I do miss having video games be my job, but honestly it is dirt work for dirt pay enjoy it till you burn out.
Main reason I took the job was to rent games and get promotional stuff that the employees get first pickings on.
I probably won't even use the discount unless a Wii game happens to be out that I want or if I get a 360.
EDIT: And, need I mention that this all happened within a month of the Gamestop District Manager getting let go and replaced with some goon from EB's corporate structure? Mooj fucked around with this message on 05-22-2007 at 12:49 AM.
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Willias said this about your mom:
I thought that's the way Best Buy worked in general. Even online.Back when Twilight Princess came out for the Gamecube, I preordered it online from Best Buy only to find out that my order was somehow put on back order on the day of release. Canceled my order, went to the nearest Best Buy, saw that they had a few shelves full of the game, picked one up, bought it, and walked out of the store.
I actually like Gamestop better than other stores, they generally have the best selection of games. Only problem I have is that of the two nearest stores, one has a manager that manages to annoy the fuck out of me, and the other is incredibly tiny.
Eh, I have to accept the fact that I work in a rare best buy where my GM is one of the rare good ones, who told me when I was a new hire to break the rules as I see fit, so long as I have a logical argument as to why it made sense to do so.
I also buy from gamestop because they get stuff Best Buy doesn't like FF12 collector's edition.
Oh, those were the days. The days when Wing Commander was on display proudly on a podium in the middle of the store. Now I go in and I see PC games on 2 whole shelves
Granted, I know why it happened, but it still sucks =/ Khyron fucked around with this message on 05-22-2007 at 11:49 AM.
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The other manager or the other store is incredibly tiny?
Other store. :V
The other store's manager is tiny too, but I'm cool with that.
And her store I actually prefer going to because they don't do all the promotional bullshit unless you're buying a used game (bring up the Game Informer sub crap because you get a discount on used stuff). Just pre-ordered my copy of Odin Sphere there today actually and didn't get hassled for anything. She's been the manager there for a couple of years now, and I don't think anyone who works there who stays working there really forces all the subs and crap down people's throats either. Willias fucked around with this message on 05-22-2007 at 12:04 PM.
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Willias stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Just pre-ordered my copy of Odin Sphere there today actually.
How did you put in a preorder today for a game that comes out tomorrow?
It's not like they will be able to put the order in before it ships. 
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How did you put in a preorder today for a game that comes out tomorrow?It's not like they will be able to put the order in before it ships.
Just the way that Gamestop works. If you've got a preorder, they hold a copy for you.
Wait, you should know. You work there. Willias fucked around with this message on 05-22-2007 at 12:09 PM.
Whatever. Mr. Gainsborough fucked around with this message on 05-22-2007 at 12:13 PM.
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Mr. Gainsborough stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Honestly the job isn't a big deal for me at all. I make a good deal more at Lowe's than I do at Gamestop, and I'm full time there. (35-39 hours)Main reason I took the job was to rent games and get promotional stuff that the employees get first pickings on.
I probably won't even use the discount unless a Wii game happens to be out that I want or if I get a 360.
Meh, keep it up with the Gamestop one.
It's much closer to your natural habitat.
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Meh, keep it up with the Gamestop one.It's much closer to your natural habitat.
It also pays far less, doesn't give me nearly as many hours, doesn't have as good of benefits, has very little room for improvement, and I don't get any exercise when at the job.
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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about dark elf butts:
How's that job going, Gains
It's not really...work. It's more like just standing around, organizing and helping people once an hour.
And I get free stuff and money for it! 
