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So I dared to step foot into GameStop after not purchasing anything there in like 5-6months, and that purchase 5-6months ago was on a whim during their Black Friday sale while I was waiting for relatives to do some shopping...I digress.
So I decided to darken GameStop's doorstep to purchase Xenoblade Chronicles, which is for now, a GameStop exclusive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoblade_Chronicles
I reserved Xenoblade Chronicles Online, reservation was confirmed by email, and I drove there on my lunch break to pick it up (I'll give them a little credit, their Online system is much improved). There were a total of 3 people in the store and the guy behind the counter was talking to a couple of them. The guy did acknowledge my presence when I walked in, but subsequently ignored me otherwise for several minutes while they finished their conversation. Put my order form on the counter once another customer says, "oh, why don't you go ahead and help this guy?". Thanks for the customer service Ms. customer lady. Anyway, I put the confirmation email printout on the table and the employee proceeds to tell me about every damn preorder known to man, why people love preordering, and how people use preorders like layaway...preorder, preorder, preorder. I politely explain that I pretty much don't preorder and wait to read Online reviews of games before purchasing. I also have limited time to play games, so I don't buy a lot of games, and most of the games I do buy are under $20 and more than 6months old. I think I short circuited his brain, because he still kept rambling on about preorders and put more preorder sheets for other consoles I own on the table in front of me while he was ringing up my purchase.
Serious waste of my time and energy. If another GameStop exclusive comes out that I just must have, I'm going to have it shipped to my house, or better yet, get a copy off of eBay. Fuck GameStop.
So I decided to darken GameStop's doorstep to purchase Xenoblade Chronicles, which is for now, a GameStop exclusive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoblade_Chronicles
I reserved Xenoblade Chronicles Online, reservation was confirmed by email, and I drove there on my lunch break to pick it up (I'll give them a little credit, their Online system is much improved). There were a total of 3 people in the store and the guy behind the counter was talking to a couple of them. The guy did acknowledge my presence when I walked in, but subsequently ignored me otherwise for several minutes while they finished their conversation. Put my order form on the counter once another customer says, "oh, why don't you go ahead and help this guy?". Thanks for the customer service Ms. customer lady. Anyway, I put the confirmation email printout on the table and the employee proceeds to tell me about every damn preorder known to man, why people love preordering, and how people use preorders like layaway...preorder, preorder, preorder. I politely explain that I pretty much don't preorder and wait to read Online reviews of games before purchasing. I also have limited time to play games, so I don't buy a lot of games, and most of the games I do buy are under $20 and more than 6months old. I think I short circuited his brain, because he still kept rambling on about preorders and put more preorder sheets for other consoles I own on the table in front of me while he was ringing up my purchase.
Serious waste of my time and energy. If another GameStop exclusive comes out that I just must have, I'm going to have it shipped to my house, or better yet, get a copy off of eBay. Fuck GameStop.