Reply With QuoteGenerally, buying something that says not for resale on it, when you know for a fact it was resold, is a bad idea.
Alright, I know GameStop can be a little sketchy sometimes, but they just redeemed themselves. They had a black Friday weekend. Some newer titles were $20 off, and they had a deal that if you buy two used games, you get the third free. I was able to score Borderlands 2, Soul Caliber V, and Fallout 3: GOTYA for the price of a new game. I’m feeling pretty great right now.
Oh, and I wanted to ask something. The other week, I bought XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The used copy they had was one that was given to an employee. It was opened, but never played. So I basically got a new game for the price of a used one. What I wanted to know, is this a rare copy? On the front is a yellow strip with the text “For promotional use only. Not for resale.” I’ve never seen this before, which is what got the idea in my head.
Generally, buying something that says not for resale on it, when you know for a fact it was resold, is a bad idea.
I applied for a job at Gamestop. They said they would call me and tell me if they wanted to interview me or not. Bitches never called me.
I don't know what to put here right now.
I guess they didn't want an interview then.Originally Posted by PaladinFoster
The game is just as normal as every other copy.
Except the words that say do not resell.
So, they give a copy to the employee, the employee never plays it and just gives it back to the store? So really, the store stocks the game, opens it and calls it "used" without any customer, employee or otherwise, paying for it, and the Gamestop then gets to sell it and take all of the money for selling it without giving a cent to the developer? Do you remember how much that used copy of XCOM cost?
It was about $45... I bought it though. Some of my money is going to the developers.
>never been to gamestop
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Do you work for Gamestop?
Because honestly? I have never seen a system where the store gets something on credit, and only has to pay the "source" if they sell the item as new.
Every store I have ever worked in, has to buy their stock from their supplier, and then sell everything they can to make their profit. In other words: The developer is already paid regardless of whether or not the item is sold. Thus, giving the game to an employee regardless of what happens, is pure loss of profit for the store, since they have already paid for that game.
When the employee returns the game, and it is sold as used; the game is going to be likely just above cost (cost the store buys the games at), at cost, or below cost. This is to try and recoup their losses from "giving" away the game.
In the end, the developer is not affected in the slightest, because as far as they are concerned: Any game you see on a shelf is already bought and paid for, and they no longer give a shit.
Edit: Read the original bit. "Not for Resale" means the game was a promotional giveaway, or was used in the kiosk at the store. If it was just a promotional handout, probably not all that rare. If it was from the Kiosk? It "should" have been destroyed, and is a bit more rare. Hang on to it for another 50 years and it might be worth $50 :P.
Honestly, not for resale is mostly to stop store from getting extra profit from selling shit they get for free from the publisher/developer. Is it bad to buy it? Well, technically yes, none of the money you spent is covering any "cost" of the game, and therefore none of it is going to the developer. Is it really going to hurt the developer/publisher in the slightest? No. They already made the game, they already counted it as a loss themselves. What's done is done. It's yours. Who cares?
Last edited by Goldmarble; 11-25-2012 at 05:52 PM.
See, whenever a game is bought at stores like Gamestop, not all of it goes directly to the company that sold it. Some goes to the console maker, some goes to the publisher, some goes to the developer, and the rest goes to the retailer.
If the game was sold by the store, then was bought by the store again from the customer, then they can sell it again without having to give any of that money to anyone. The developer loses a sale of their game. Used game sales aren't immoral, but the way to actually support a developer is to buy the game new. Having shopped at Gamestop numerous times, they will do what they can to get you to buy the game used instead of new, as the employees are directed, so the company gets more money. If the buyer would've wanted it used, they would've found it under used (because the employee wouldn't have asked if they would've liked it used if they didn't have a used copy in stock) and bought that. Gamestop also uses deals like the one in the OP to promote more used game sales instead of new copy sales so they get more money. It's not that used game sales are immoral, it's that Gamestop trying to snatch as many used game sales as possible is sleazy as fuck.
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