I work at EB Games, AMA
Call of Duty
Advanced Warfare
>>330308634
Call of Duty's release day is our biggest day of the year along with NHL games (i'm in Canada).
What the fuck does AMA mean? Isn't that literally Plebbit speak?
Why can't you resist buying some of the games that you don't even want to play that bad?
>>330308750
Yes, Colonel.
>>330308750
it stands for "ask me anything"
You would know if you went to reddit
>>330308750
anyone may ask.
>>330308874
I buy tons of shit I never end up playing, I got a xenoblade chronicles 3d that is sitting there for 3 weeks now
Why do you buy games through work when you could get them cheaper from Best Buy/Amazon?key sites?
>>330308567
Is is just me or does this negro look like a meme?
Who do you actually sell products to? Like, what are the customers like?
Literally everything there has a 40% markup over every other retailer.
Do you have Battletoads?
>>330308567
any employee discount?
Not OP, but I use to manage a store in the Phoenix AZ area.
>>330309279
Employee discount if the game hasn't already come out. Although that Prime 20% plus no tax is legit.
>>330311840
Hyperbole award brah. GameStop sells at MSRP for new, and is generally competitive with brick and morter stores. Hard to compete with the internet though.
>>>/reddit/
Since OP fucked off, if any of you guys have questions, let me know.
>>330308567
Why didn't you guys carry Story of Seasons when I went to go buy it yesterday. Now I have to wait two days for it to come through amazon
>>330308690
Xbox one
>>330313738
How laid back was the atmosphere there? There is two EB games in my city, one that is the stereotypical "want to preorder the latest battlefield" and the other one is will chill guys who actually have a decent knowledge of games
>>330313805
Didn't that game come out like two years ago? Sorry bro, that shit happens with smaller niche games.
Why are GameStop workers so rude?
>ask if they have PGR3 in stock
>"... the xbox 360 game?"
>yea
>"i'll check but can i ask if you have a PS4 or Xbox One?"
>not me, no
>"because they're both pretty good. i really recommend the Xbox One if you're looking at racing games"
>no, that's fine. i found my old 360 and just want to play an old favorite
>"just saying you could make some new favorites... the crew, nfs, horizon 2..."
>no, thanks
>"... we have PGR3 in stock, several copies"
>great i'll be in
>"think about what i said, the xbox. really recommend it."
>hang up
>go there
>dude's got a fucking xbox one ready to be rung up
>i called about pgr3?
>"hey, here it is. also, we have a really good trade in deal with these xbox ones and-"
>oh, no thanks man sorry
>"it's only $400. cheaper than launch"
>... i don't want it
>"right..."
>rings me up
>"just assuming you don't have a power up card?"
>naw man, oh, no bag either please
>he bags it but hands me the receipt
>forcefully grabs xbox and takes it to the back
>"...WHAT!?"
Just what the fuck?
>>330314030
It really comes down to the Management. Is the Store Manager there? Get ready for the typical Fucking GameStop series of questions. Usually the Assistant Store Managers and Senior Game Advisors (shift managers) are more laid back.
>>330314093
Microsoft is big on secret shopping us. There are prizes involved. Nobody wins.
>>330313738
Where you a manager or just a worker? Did you first in charge "forced" you to push pre-orders?
>>330313882
>>330314093
>ask if they have a copy of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand for PS3
>"No, and we don't have battletoads either"
>Go there a few days later
>They literally have 50 Cent Blood on the Sand for 5 bucks
Fuck Gamestop.
>>330315643
I was an Assistant Store Manager for 5 years. For three of those 5 years, yes, they pushed Reservations very hard.
Fun fact you wouldn't hear outside of the company in 2008, Corporate didn't require us to push anything but sales. It was the single best year for profits the company ever had.
>>330308567
underrated meme
>>330308750
Plebbit speak?
>>330315942
We're getting to that point where the average GS associate isn't going to know about the games released on PS3 and meatspin 360. While I wouldn't terminate the conversation that way, I would think the game was made up, until I looked for it.
Goodnight /v/~~
>>330316084
Fun fact, the actor in that commercial actually killed himself a couple months after it aired, he was from my town. There were fears that his siblings would be copycats because of that commercial.
>>330308567
That still exists?
>>330314367
Wait, so Microsoft sends employees to see if you're shilling Microsoft products hard enough?
What are the prizes? How do they measure if you've shilled enough? How frequently do they do it? Is this hell?
