Posted 10 March 2015 - 09:50 PM

But, you'd get first dibs on stuff right; especially, the CE/LEs. You know how some of "those" guys save stuff for themselves and then use it or sell it, right? As far GCU goes, my argument is kinda simple. I have 3 options, as I see: 1) Buy games at retail price - day one (or close to day 1). 2) Buy games at sale price - few to several months later depending on how the game does and whether or not there is a holiday season close by. 3) Buy games with GCU - day one or close to day one. So, if i can't wait to play the game or if everyone else I know are going to play the game, GCU works wonderfully well. If I like the game but I am not dying to play just yet, I wait for either a sale or a sale w/ GCU. Whether GCU works for a person or not, is entirely [based on] an individual's preference. GCU gives me a "deal" when there is none to be had; and I like that option. Period.

I mean yeah with used stuff if you are there before it gets put out on the floor, which they always want to have everything out for sale as soon as possible. The prices are still not great though and yeah it's much easier to get your hands on things like Amiibo's and Collector's Editions when they sell out everywhere. If you get caught buying and reselling as an employee though, you will get fired. I had worked with someone back in the day when Gamestop still sold Playstation games and he would have rare titles like Suikoden 2, Intelligent Cube, Dragon Ball GT (pre-reprint), etc. and keep them locked up in the back while he posted them for sale on ebay. Once the game would sell he would then buy it at Gamestop with his employee discount and ship it. Well I caught him doing this and didn't care for the guy much as he was a complete douche. Long story short, he had Intelligent Cube on eBay and sold the copy, but before he could buy it from GS, I had a friend come in and buy the game first. This upset the guy and he kept trying to claim it was a gift for his roommate, which he did with all of the rare games he would have shipped in from different stores. Well after the company investigated the guy they had found out other shady dealings he was doing and promptly fired him.

After Gamestop and EB merged working for the company quickly was a lot less fun and a lot more corporate. I rarely shop at Gamestop anymore, but I have several friends who still work for the company. It's not the worst job in the world, far from it, but it's not what you'd think it would be and the benefits aren't great.