Darth Groovy Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Have you heard the news? http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050418/bs_nm/retail_electronicsboutique_gamestop_dc THAT WAS GameStop's biggest competitor. We are in da money. Let the good times roll! (p.s., I LOVE my new job! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I liked EBgames much better than Gamestop. Gamestop: new games, high price, no selection, at least for PC. EB: new games at a high price + lots of discounted used PC games (which is the only type I buy there) I'd hate to see that disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derc Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I still prefered EB. Probably because there was one at my mall. But anyways, they were like the same company, dealing in the same business, so it won't be a big deal. Unless... THAT WAS GameStop's biggest competitor. We are in da money. WHOAMG price hikes! ...Or am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 My sister was assistant manager at both GameStop and EB. It's strange because EB's website still looks the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Oh noes. Buy-outs and integration. We're doomed. It's like EA, only with gaming retailers now. Run for the hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by IG-64 It's strange because EB's website still looks the same. Well, what are they gonna say? HA! Look at us! We suck so bad, we are bought by our rivals! w00t! w000tzorz~!!`! But, yeah, maybe the site should be shut down or something. But EB was teh better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by IG-64 My sister was assistant manager at both GameStop and EB. It's strange because EB's website still looks the same. It's probably because it JUST happened today. Lots of red tape is involved in such things. With most company transitions, it takes a long time to see the end result. I am not sure how EB can sell used PC games, I mean from what I understand, the chief reason that GameStop does not, is because of the license issues. You don't need passwords and serial numbers to play console games, which is why we sell so MANY of them. You never know, with all aquisitions, alot of the times you can intigrate the best of both worlds. Nobody really knows anything more at this point, other than the aquisition itself wich is not yet been finalized. Not to come off as a biased spokesperson for GameStop, but when they bought out Funcoland, it was the BEST thing that ever happened becauses Funcoland specialized in ripping off it's customers. From what I have seen at GameStop, they are FAR more customer oriented. In fact with ALL used games, you have a 90 day return policy, AND we don't sell any used system without testing, and anything that turns up defective, we return and have it refirbashed. Hell, even BEST BUY can't do that! They are have ALOT BETTER reserve system. Anybody who remembers my Halo 2 horror story, knows what I am talking about. I lost my reciept, and they were like "tough luck", and charged me full price for the game. GameStop actually tapes a copy of your reserve to the game itself, so there is no hassles when it comes in what so ever. I like that. Alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I see lots of death on the horizon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted April 20, 2005 Author Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith I see lots of death on the horizon... Sounds like a Wednesday to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBell Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I loved my EB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Damn, I'm gonna miss my EB games. When it came to the cheapness of used games, they had it. And yes, Gamestop is much better than anywhere when it comes down to reserving games. I won't reserve from anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 .......... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NONONO argh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Ginn Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I really like gamestop, the employees are usually like me so i get along with them great. The only bad thing is that their used titles and accesories are usually a little higher than other places. Usually like five bucks or so. But you can always find a game you want there, thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I liked my EB games here :/ My guess is not much will change there, I don't typically go there unless I'm buying a new release, and there's no difference in prices on those between EB and Gamestop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum! Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 EB games owned....the only gamestop i'm near the workers (including manager) suck...They just sit there and cuss up a storm and talk about people. Don't even care about the customers..... This seriously sucks! Stab me with a knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 XD We don't have Gamestop in Australia, we do have EB Games in Australia though... wonder if this means all the EB Games stores in Australia will be renamed to Gamestop.... I love the EB I go to since the entire staff is made up of my friends... the staff won't change but the name may... I'd still call it "EB" or maybe I should call it "The Store Formally Known As..." now XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum! Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by Lynk Former the staff won't change but the name may... The price may also -.- which is really what I hate. Also I have a few good friends I met in an EB. Also the manager is awesome and is always walking around talking to people about how sucky this is and how awesome that is. He is the one that told me to check out kotor (on my top five list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 It's not hard to sell used PC games. They always check for CDs and CD-Keys at my EBgames. Meh, EBgames.com got my stuff to me pretty quick. GameStop.com took forever to get my replacement DS. I like ebgames mor ebecause there's an EBgames at the mall back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I doubt the prices will change down here in Australia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum! Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 If so I'm moving to Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikinor Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I don't have a big problem with GameStop. The only problem I have was one time I bought a new game and paid full price and the dude gave me a used one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum! Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 ^ Sorry but that striked me was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 For those people that are worried about price changes... amazon.com/co.uk/whatever is your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum! Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 ^What if I don't want to pay in pounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 amazon.com is american. amazon.co.uk is not. Amazon.com you'd pay in dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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