Post by senerith on Dec 15, 2015 16:44:01 GMT -5
-Its that wonderful time of year!-
the ode to christmas swindling, scalping, getting screwed by FUCKING GAMESTOP, and general greed that would make scrooge mcduck cringe hangs in the air...
Any terrible online/Irl stories of Christmas bargains gone horribly wrong/right?
Or am I the only one getting the blunt end of Gamestops/ebays/amazons big fat collective Corporate dick?
Maybe Im just venting, but....
I suppose I should start sharing this unrealistically evil tale of customer service assholitude.
so begins another tale..... of FUCKING GAME STOP
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Amazon and ebay were out of the question for me, because bank account decided to be a jerk and restrict everything just for the entire month that I would obviously be needing my accounts the most.
Fortunately my family is easy to shop for since they all just play video games
I stupidly decide to take a 5-10 mile hike/bus ride to the mall. Stupid, dumb idiot me.
-On the way there, I get yelled at and catcalled by 5 different people from 5 different passing cars.
-I stopped to eat, and got treated weirdly by a waitress, who screwed up my order
-I got to the mall, ended up going into the gamestop, only to find a clerk treating a customer like crap. This should have set of alarm bells, but hey, who am I to judge? Glance around a bit, looking for crap for my little sister and cousins.
-Saw a pack of some lax looking black guys hovering around the vita games section overhear them talking "Yeh dawg, vita got some goood games"
-I had decided long ago id be getting my cousin a psvita so we could play crap together
-See they are all out of new vitas/not stocked because fuck all
-timidly walk up to the counter "hi, um, you have preowned psvitas, right, I think I'll take one of those"
-Immediate response is "You certainly cant TAKE one of those, but you sure can buy one" from a cashier who isnt even attending me
-He continues on this statement a couple times.
-The guy who is actually taking care of me seems like a chill dude though, informs me theyre out of decent memory cards, wraps everything up quickly enough
-Have a chat about how its a gift for my cousin
-MORE alarm bells are now going off.
-instead of including the packing box they resell this stuff in, he takes it out of the box, and puts the psvita in a fucking envelope that they use for shit like wires and cords.
-also takes the game I bought for my little sister out of its case and shoves THAT in an envelope, before haphazardly tossing the damn case into the bottom of a drawer.
-I.. I should have said something, but Im too timid, shy, and already feel like crap from long work shifts the past two days.
-as Im walking/rushing out I hear them talking shit about other customers
Heres the punchline.
When I got home, I charged the vita and turned it on to inspect it, only to find massive scratch across the screen.
Fuck me. Never again.
I thought people sharing terrible gamestop experiences were merely overblowing things.
maybe its just my area is crap, or they thought I was being rude.
(At least I didnt get bothered by people on the way back to my house, since I stopped by the weapons sporting outlet and bought a throwing axe that I had by my side all the way home. one jeer and I definitely would have chucked it into some jerks window)
the ode to christmas swindling, scalping, getting screwed by FUCKING GAMESTOP, and general greed that would make scrooge mcduck cringe hangs in the air...
Any terrible online/Irl stories of Christmas bargains gone horribly wrong/right?
Or am I the only one getting the blunt end of Gamestops/ebays/amazons big fat collective Corporate dick?
Maybe Im just venting, but....
I suppose I should start sharing this unrealistically evil tale of customer service assholitude.
so begins another tale..... of FUCKING GAME STOP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amazon and ebay were out of the question for me, because bank account decided to be a jerk and restrict everything just for the entire month that I would obviously be needing my accounts the most.
Fortunately my family is easy to shop for since they all just play video games
I stupidly decide to take a 5-10 mile hike/bus ride to the mall. Stupid, dumb idiot me.
-On the way there, I get yelled at and catcalled by 5 different people from 5 different passing cars.
-I stopped to eat, and got treated weirdly by a waitress, who screwed up my order
-I got to the mall, ended up going into the gamestop, only to find a clerk treating a customer like crap. This should have set of alarm bells, but hey, who am I to judge? Glance around a bit, looking for crap for my little sister and cousins.
-Saw a pack of some lax looking black guys hovering around the vita games section overhear them talking "Yeh dawg, vita got some goood games"
-I had decided long ago id be getting my cousin a psvita so we could play crap together
-See they are all out of new vitas/not stocked because fuck all
-timidly walk up to the counter "hi, um, you have preowned psvitas, right, I think I'll take one of those"
-Immediate response is "You certainly cant TAKE one of those, but you sure can buy one" from a cashier who isnt even attending me
-He continues on this statement a couple times.
-The guy who is actually taking care of me seems like a chill dude though, informs me theyre out of decent memory cards, wraps everything up quickly enough
-Have a chat about how its a gift for my cousin
-MORE alarm bells are now going off.
-instead of including the packing box they resell this stuff in, he takes it out of the box, and puts the psvita in a fucking envelope that they use for shit like wires and cords.
-also takes the game I bought for my little sister out of its case and shoves THAT in an envelope, before haphazardly tossing the damn case into the bottom of a drawer.
-I.. I should have said something, but Im too timid, shy, and already feel like crap from long work shifts the past two days.
-as Im walking/rushing out I hear them talking shit about other customers
Heres the punchline.
When I got home, I charged the vita and turned it on to inspect it, only to find massive scratch across the screen.
Fuck me. Never again.
I thought people sharing terrible gamestop experiences were merely overblowing things.
maybe its just my area is crap, or they thought I was being rude.
(At least I didnt get bothered by people on the way back to my house, since I stopped by the weapons sporting outlet and bought a throwing axe that I had by my side all the way home. one jeer and I definitely would have chucked it into some jerks window)