Why you hate GAME

[Triple_C]

Post your stories on why you hate GAME, if you do.

[Blackfox]

I actually quite like their 10 day no hassle returns policy.

[Triple_C]

thats good, but, the staff are always soooooo grumpy....

[DS MaNiAc]

^ thats good...but...

Once I was in Game, the DS had just came out and I finally got my chance to pictochat with people (I had imported). SO were were looking at games while chatting and the man from game entered the convo and told us to leave straight away =/

And they have like 3 rows of gamecube games and thats it.

[Triple_C]

I know! the have a whole wall of PS2 games(not including the console or accesories) but only a little stand for GC games, the console and accesories.

[Bowser57]

The staff in the Grantham branch of GAME have only ever been nice to me.

Hurrah for GAME!

[Stocka]

It annoys me when they have 'lowest price guaranteed' on games when they're clearly not as you can get on net like £10 cheaper.

[Blackfox]

I know! the have a whole wall of PS2 games(not including the console or accesories) but only a little stand for GC games, the console and accesories.

That isnt down to game. Game rent out the shelf space, so if Nintendo dont want to rent out a lot of shelves, then they dont get a lot of shelves. So, im sorry to bust your balls - but its Nintendo's fault

[Triple_C]

I guess its just in Belfast that everyone is grumpy.

I asked a memebr of staff in game if there was a wifi hot spot in the shop and he said:
"That would be steelin'!"

[The3rdChildren]

The staff in the Game stores I've been into are friendly, as well. Their 10 day returns policy is second to none, and they always have the newest releases on release day.

Hurrah for Game, indeed.

[Triple_C]

Everything about games is good except for the GC placing and their staff.

[Haver]

My GAME outlet has an odour that is not pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. It's all very sterile, difficult and lifeless; white fittings, one-tone displays; which seems terribly unsuitable when you consider the product they're pushing. It's not really a situation that I feel comfortable in; the objects of my desire presented in such uniform; it is not what they deserve, they are not animals.

The workforce are polite but often aggressive, and go to great lengths to undermine the philosophy of 'no-hassle' returns. It is also outside where there is warmth and other humans: an abhorrent concept!

(ABRIDGED: It's a bit stuffy, easier to order online)

[Josh64]

GAME is a good shop although sometimes the staff can be annoying and sometimes theyre nice. Gamestation is a good shop, it has a good bit on Gamecube, and it sells 2nd hand games including N64, etc... and the staff are always nice in there, but GAME is still good apart form the staff who are sometimes grumpy or decide to say nothing to you or pretend they can't hear you when you ask them something. lol

[Offerman]

I really canne see much wrong with our GAME. Although truth be told I almost always order games online thesedays, because any highstreet games shop seems to have a habit of ripping me off.

[Noodleman]

lifes to short to hate anything least of all a big faceless corporation.

[demonmike04]

GAME in my town is a nice place, had a few multiplayer games with them and their always great to argue with coz there die hard sony/xbox fans and easily get annoyed :P

Well, a few weekends back, they forced my brother to buy his PSP otherwise they'l take his 20 quid deposit away, now if im not mistaken, what would be the hassle if they just kept he's deposit there?

[RedShell]

What I hate about GAME, despite the sky high prices of course, has to be that 99% of the staff has shit for brains and whenever you go in to buy a Nintendo product they don't let you leave without attempting to mock you or harass you in to buying something made by Sony or Microsoft. They’re so biased its unreal!

I much prefer Gamestation, but not as much as Gameplay.co.uk and VGP. Both of which now get all of my hard earned cash.

Seriously the best bit of advice to people that don't like GAME is this:

Ignore them, buy all of your games online.

You'll save money,
You'll get your games earlier,
and most importantly,
You'll be contributing to the demise of GAME! :hehe:

[Ice9]

Battlefield 2 £35 last week.

'nuff said.

[Raining_again]

i like game, i know a guy works in my local one and a guy that used to, they both really friendly wouldnt hassle ya etc. could probs get most of the games cheaper online but isnt that the way most things are. Ballymena sucks for all things electronic anyway :heh:

[Zakatu]

i don't like it because their second hand prices are a rip off compared to gamestation and also the staff on AVERAGE seem to far less knowledgable and are more than willing to sell you a crappy game or offer some bad advice.

Its mostly good though, gametstation is my high-street store of choice. Followed by game. But i buy 95% of my games online because its cheaper.

[rizz]

Game is too expensive and is always crowded, staff are not always nice.

Gamestation is better, although only on account of their prices and less crowdedness. The staff aren't much better and the shop has a funny smell so if I stay in there too long I feel sick.

[Sarka]

The fact that Black and White 2 cost £35.

[Offerman]

I remember when I went to Electronics Boutique in Colorado the Easter before last. It was the last day of our trip, and the day Far Cry came out. It came out a week before it was due in our country. Anywho, I picked up the game, which was actually in CD form. So it was 8 flipping discs, ROFL. I remember there was abit of an uproar in the US because they never brought it out on DVD-ROM, it was about 4Gbs afterall....anywho I digress...

So I picked up the game, and feeling rather happy walked up the counter. The yank dinged it up and I felt rather pleased because it rang up at $29.50. And considering the exchange rate, that was about £15. Then he tapped a few more keys, and flipping 'State Tax' appeared on the screen...then 'Mall Tax'. And before I knew it the price was at flipping $44.99. "Thats fourty-five dollers my good European friend", he chirped merrily. I reluctently handed over precious green paper doller things, and stumbled out of the shop thinking our tax at our was rather amicable.

[Triple_C]

Who hates GAME not Electronics Boutique.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Battlefield 2 £35 last week.

'nuff said.
Disgusting.
[15 character this fuckpicks.]

[Offerman]

Who hates GAME not Electronics Boutique.

Well I was just saying, considering Game used to be called Electronics Boutique.

[Strider]

Animal Crossing £30 pre-owned....and my auntie actually thought it was a good deal :/

[rokhed00]

Never had any problems with either of my local GAMEs, the staff were helpful and friendly, and whilst not the most knowledgable didn't try to push anything on me, nor did they mock me for buying Nintendo games. Don't really use them much anymore, prefer to shop online, but that's still at GAME, the only time I use the shops is to redeem my reward points and get a free game every now and again.

[soag]

I guess its just in Belfast that everyone is grumpy.

I asked a memebr of staff in game if there was a wifi hot spot in the shop and he said:
"That would be steelin'!"

The staff in game in belfast have always been friendly to me, maybe they just think your ugly :p.

[Monopolyman]

I don't mind my local GAME shops either. They are generally nice and knowledgable. My only beef with them is that they charge £30 for pre-owned games as old as up to a year and a half, but I usually go elsewhere for pre-owned games.

[Haver]

Off-topic: soag, I glanced at your sig and almost immediately after my keyboard, and it was as if the keys were themselves small rainbows on which my fingers would glide.

On-topic: Let it be known that my views on GAME can be applied to Gamestation (who better GAME on pricing, but are even worse when it comes to customer relations) and any other high-street or independent retailer.

[Triple_C]

The staff in game in belfast have always been friendly to me, maybe they just think your ugly :p.
In forestside? Cause they most certainly aren't nice.

[Ramar]

I don't hate GAME or the people in it. I've applied for a Christmas job in my local store. I just feel sometimes they employ the wrong people, people who have no idea about games, they don't even know what platform a game is on let alone offer advice.

[|Laguna|]

Aye but on the whole buy your games online thing. The only advantage highstreet shops have over online places is that a) You cannot trade in old games for discount online
B) Some people are nervy about preordering online as they don't always get it on the day of release.

Although GAME used to be pretty good online with their Deals Of The Day although now it's just Deal Of The Week and they end up being pretty shodding titles. PLus GAME online make you pay postage :/
And also they display massive PSP advertisements in the DS section online. Very irrating and enforces the point that they just push push push Sony products.

[Pancake]

Their pre-owned games are way over priced (£28 for a Fire Emblem GBA game). The staff have always seemed nice and helpful but sometimes they don't know too much, when i bought my DS the manager served me and offered me a seperate mic/headphones set because he didn't know if there was a mic included on the DS. He was nice though.

Also, it's like a PS2 shop when you walk in. Isn't renting out your shelf space a little... corrupt?

[JonSt]

One thing that annoys me about game and some other stores is that they take all the factory sealing off there games, so when you buy them all the cases are scratched to fuck.

[harribo]

The staff know fuckj all about games the games are overpriced especially the preowned ones(many of which can be bought from gamestation new for cheaper).

[Triple_C]

Lets have a little less bad language.

[Haver]

I would ask that you amend your signature, then.

[Raining_again]

thats exactly what i was thinkin!

[JonSt]

yeah fucking change that bad language, you as well raining_again, thats just fucking out of order.

[Offerman]

Your signatures a little less to be desired Triple_C.

[Charlie]

The GAME in Stirling are really good. Everyone there is really cool and seems to know a lot about the games. I was buying Fable last week, I was being served by the manager and he asked me if I wanted to wait a couple of weeks and get Fable: The Lost Chapters for a little bit more (I didn't). I then went in a couple of days ago and bought Advance Wars, served by the manager again and he started talking to me about Fable. Very good customer relations. I would try and get a job there if I could get there without having to go on the bus.

[Raining_again]

this thread reeks of irony :(

sorry if it offends i will be changing it soon anyway :heh:

[JonSt]

you can almost smell the irony.

[elniro]

The demo pods suck, there's always something wrong with them, and the demo pod for GC (if they have one that is) always has some utter rubbish game on

[Triple_C]

I would ask that you amend your signature, then.
But mine isn't full fledged bad words.
[edit] but you shouldn't of looked at it should you? You seem to hate nintendo

[Bowser57]

But mine isn't full fledged bad words.

It's pretty shit and pathetic though.

Change it for that reason if nothing else.

[Ramar]

Isn't there a limiatation on how big ones sig can be?..

[Haver]

I am repulsed by Nintendo to such an extent that I will wince and frown with fervour as I purchase Castlevania (and probably pre-order Mario Kart DS) tommorow.

[Ashley]

My local Game rocks, hence why I got a job there. I know several people who work there and went bowling with some staff last week. The manager even knows about the crazy shit that went on with Woolworths and doesn't mind. Looking forward to working there as of Monday 24th.

[Cheapshot]

The manager at my Game fixed my computer and gave me loads of demo discs and such, we talk about gaming a lot when he should be working, pretty freindly staff at mine - and can you blame them for having a small GameCube stand, seriously...

I like Gamestation more though...

[Raining_again]

yay thats great ashley :)

[will']

Ashley, is that the Kidderminster branch? Does Jenny Davaney still manage that one?

[DS MaNiAc]

Some of the people at mine just dont have a clue. And the thing is the shop is massive, very big, and they just dont take advantage of it, theres so much space, I would understand if its always busy, but its nearly always empty. Gamestation on the other hand, make the most of what little space they have, they are always full, the ques go down fast and they know what they are talking about. When we went in while chatting on pictochat the man asked me in pictochat "Can I help you?" And I replyed saying "Do you have roject rub?". he produced Project Rub from behind the counter and I was well chuffed.

[mario114]

2 reasons, 1. they know nothing about games, and 2. they sell used games as new (ones form the 10 day return policy are sold as "new" even though some kid could have rumbed his greezy mits on it for 9 days).

[Triple_C]

Do they? I never heard of that?

[dukkadukka]

My local Game rocks, hence why I got a job there. I know several people who work there and went bowling with some staff last week. The manager even knows about the crazy shit that went on with Woolworths and doesn't mind. Looking forward to working there as of Monday 24th.
ooh, excitement! what crazy shit?

[JonSt]

My local games are both crap, the staff dont have a clue what there talking about.

[E3wannabe]

Ooooh so many reasons to hate game, the main one being though that the one i usually go to often offers £10 less for trade-ins than the nearest gamestation.

[harribo]

But mine isn't full fledged bad words.
[edit] but you shouldn't of looked at it should you? You seem to hate nintendo

I will happily put my hand up and say Im a nintendo fanboy and I think your sig is pretty bad(not the bit with DSs but the bit about sony and M$.

And I am pretty sure that there is a sig size limit and then 2 lines of text on top of that unless it changed when the forum moved from xsorbit.

[the_villa]

I know! the have a whole wall of PS2 games(not including the console or accesories) but only a little stand for GC games, the console and accesories.
It's also the same here :(

[Calza]

I've found the Braehead GAME to be alright the staff are usally helpfull and they always seem happy to refund or exchange my game or console (stupid DS, always getting dead pixels :mad: ) even if it is over the ten days.

[taffyduck]

GAME is rubish, there games are really expensive and when u trade a game they always scruw u over. i think gamestation is the best u can find anything in there even nes games. plus they don't charge much

[Platty]

i dont mind GAME. Plus one of my best friends works there and she usually gives me a discount so yay for me.

[Pancake]

So GAME will actually exchange your DS if it has dead pixels? I just assumed you'd have to send it away to Nintendo or something.

[Calza]

Well i just bought it from them last saturday and they swapped it only to give me another dead pixeled (real word?) ds. I think today is the last day and i think i'm going into GAME this time throughly checking it ;)

[Pancake]

Sheesh, i thought it was usually ages before your DS could start getting dead pixels, not right away. I hope mine doesn't go that way, it's only 2 weeks old. I'm keeping my receipt whatever happens.

[Ashley]

Ashley, is that the Kidderminster branch? Does Jenny Davaney still manage that one?

Nah I think she left a while ago, its Dean someone now.

And to those who said congrats, thanks ^_^

[BeerMonkey]

I quite like game ive had no probs with them same goes with electronics boutique when it used to be called that :)

Gamestation in Newport always have heavy music on in there these days so there cool as well....picked up chaos theroy for 9.99 in there last week :D

[old_gregg]

I actually quite like their 10 day no hassle returns policy.


What you should do is if you want Trade in prices but in cash for your used games is Buy a New Game from GAME and trade your old games in with it. Then after a few days return the game and ask for Cash.
Not only do you get cash for trade in prices but get to rent a game for free. :wink:

[old_gregg]

GAME is rubish, there games are really expensive and when u trade a game they always scruw u over. i think gamestation is the best u can find anything in there even nes games. plus they don't charge much

It depends whrether you want a used Game or a new one. If your buying new your best going to GAME optherwise Gamestation are much cheaper. :smile:

[masaki86]

I don't mind game, but the vast majority of my planned purchases are done online as it's just that much cheaper.

Impulse purchases are usually done in game, and I have never recieved looks of dismay when buying titles like Nintendogs, Harvest Moon, Mario and Luigi........One thing I did like was when the guy behind the counter said

'seriously miss, Fifa street is rubbish....i'd reccomend not buying it'

She didn't listen, but at least he tried.

[Ford Prefect]

all "high street" shops suck, not just game. online shops are much better, fair enough you have to wait but not long. you don't have to deal with useless fucking staff, **** people who walk about 1mph infront of you as if they've got all the bastard time in the world and just the general unpleasent looking & smelling masses known as the public.

[Platty]

do you not like going out ford ?

i actually prefer a bit of customer service and a friendly smile whilst walking around the shops.

[Ford Prefect]

do you not like going out ford ?

i actually prefer a bit of customer service and a friendly smile whilst walking around the shops.


when i lived in england i where possible avoided going down town in the day time, too many people in the way or generally irritating me. too many little fucking townies etc too & i can never be arsed dealing with them. going down in the night time was much better, shops are shut, just the pubs open, the important places ;) far less people too.


where i am now, i haven't left the house in about a month, but thats mainly cos i i don't know any one and don't know the place. plus the weather has been naff on and off, rain/wind. its a fairly long walk down into town too & if i did go down, i wouldn't know where to go or what to do. so i haven't bothered going down since my dad left for india a few days after i arrived here, a little over a month ago.

[Raining_again]

i hate goin to the town when its really busy its just flipping annoying i always get up early on a sat and go into town at 9am, its dead at that time over here, and you dont have to worry about bumping into people you hate :heh:

but i love helpin a customer and using my knowledge and wisdom :hehe: to help them and when they are really happy with what they got its great! but generally ballymena people are incredbly cheap and never happy :heh:

[soag]

Off-topic: soag, I glanced at your sig and almost immediately after my keyboard, and it was as if the keys were themselves small rainbows on which my fingers would glide.

Glad to to be of service :)


In forestside? Cause they most certainly aren't nice.

Ahh i thought you meant belfast city center, I been in the Forestside game once, was playing god awful hip hop music i could only stand it for 5 minutes lol. But in the HMV next to it have awesome staff :). Was served by some guy who seemed to be stond out of his mind lol.

[Babooo]

My local GAME aren't that bad actually. They're all pretty nice to customers and try to help you out. Obviously, they don't know everything about games but are informative.

And I have the feeling that many of you are complaining about the workers being stupid when it comes down to games, but come on, not everyone has the luxory, like us, to play games most of the time and read up on all the info. Although some of them do, most of them do have lives outside of their work, and MAYBE don't take gaming as seriously as we do? :rolleyes:

[CVD]

I bought my crystal Xbox on launch with my first paycheck from GAME in Glasgow. The manager clearly wanted a sale out of me but I managed to get a discounted contoller and he recommended a few good, classic, cheap games for the console like PGR" and Halo 1. He told me about Xbox Live an everything, then shook my hand and wished me the best with my new console. Nothing bad to say about them.

[ZeldaFreak]

I went to Gamestation and they said they would give me £26 for four "old" Gamecube games, went into game they said they would give me £15 and I showed them the note to be accepted and maybe get £30 :)

BUT NO!

They said(in a very monotone voice) "it's on screen thats what you get"

Not like the good old days where EB games and Game used to compete for preowned games :(:(:(:(

[Ashley]

I went to Gamestation and they said they would give me £26 for four "old" Gamecube games, went into game they said they would give me £15 and I showed them the note to be accepted and maybe get £30 :)

BUT NO!

They said(in a very monotone voice) "it's on screen thats what you get"

Not like the good old days where EB games and Game used to compete for preowned games :(:(:(:(

Thats cause Game are raking it in, they're the biggest computer game company in Europe and keep on earning money. Of course arrogance won't carry you forever but for now at least.

There was a meeting recently for the managers and they had a competition and the winner got a HDTV and all kinds of shit, so clearly they have money to burn.

[Ysm]

Well, as an employee of GAME I have to argue with alot of the points you guys make. You seem to generalise. Thats bad. Someone said that GAME rent shelf space out. Thats the biggest load of bullshit I have ever heard. The shelf space is allocated on sales and sales alone. EA pay to have their own stands in the store but thats as far as it goes. Actual shelf space is sales only. Sorry guys, you believe alot of myths. As for the manager meeting, well, your obviously so well informed that you know stuff even the staff dont know.

[masaki86]

As for the manager meeting, well, your obviously so well informed that you know stuff even the staff dont know.

If you read previous posts, you will see that ashley will begin working there at the 24th, and also he hangs out with various members of staff and management already, so he would know about certain things.

edit-which GAME is it you'll be working in Ashley; might see you some time!

[Ashley]

As for the manager meeting, well, your obviously so well informed that you know stuff even the staff dont know.

Im just saying what the manager was telling me, he may be lying I dunno. Why he would lie about something so random I dunno, but there we go. It was some event thing to prepare for Christmas, find out what'll be big this year and all that.

And masaki86, the one in Kidderminster.

[CVD]

GAME reported major losses this quarter because of the lack of PSP stock available. They might not be as profitable as some make you believe.

[McPhee]

GAME is a wierd shop, sometimes you get nice staff, other times horrible ones but i have noticed it move towards the latter lately. I prefer Gamestation because its still a gamers games shop (or at least it is in my hometown), the staff in there are gamers selling games instead of salesmen sellin something they'd rather not be bothered with

[AshMat]

Game ARE a good shop. Mine has a small selection of GC games but they have the ones i want usually. I was talking to a staff member once about nintendogs and about how i think the ds is better than psp etc. I had one guy who seemed a little grumpy but not like angry or anythin. Id say that they are a good shop.

[arnold]

Only thing I hate about Game is that they won't give me a job..well neither would gamestation...Hell no where will give me job ;_; (just kidding about hating them becasue they won't give m job, would like one though)

But Game ain't too bad, Prices are a bit iffy, but they can be better than gamestation sometimes with the prices, can't remember what game it was but I bought one in Gamestation then saw it cheaper in game, Plus Game in town has the Ds right at the Fron of the shop with the GBA, Cube has a Dinky little Triangle in the middle >>

[the_mars_volta]

I think anyone who buys their games brand new from GAME/gamestation and not online is really stupid. And people who go into these shops just for conversations with the staff are even more stupid, in my opinion.
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[Raining_again]

well theres a VERY limited choice for games over here, and as i dont have a credit card (aka no internet shopping) i havent got much choice but to go to game! and one of my best friends used to work there so of course i talk to the staff the odd time :|

[Ashley]

And people who go into these shops just for conversations with the staff are even more stupid, in my opinion.

Hey I do that! (Well if I know the staff) although going into indie(pendent) record stores and chatting away about music and the like is a joy. Something everyone should do.

[Triple_C]

Glad to to be of service :)




Ahh i thought you meant belfast city center, I been in the Forestside game once, was playing god awful hip hop music i could only stand it for 5 minutes lol. But in the HMV next to it have awesome staff :). Was served by some guy who seemed to be stond out of his mind lol.
HMV rocks there! Have you met Derek? He is so cool. I once complained about the music and he went up stairs and changed it. Also its got loads of cheap music. it hardly has any deals on games, but when it does they're like sooo cheap.

[Triple_C]

I think anyone who buys their games brand new from GAME/gamestation and not online is really stupid. And people who go into these shops just for conversations with the staff are even more stupid, in my opinion.
Nuffin wrong with being social is there?

[masaki86]

I think anyone who buys their games brand new from GAME/gamestation and not online is really stupid. And people who go into these shops just for conversations with the staff are even more stupid, in my opinion.

Tbh, I agree completely. I hate walking into a shop and seeing some 14 year olds talking to the guys behind the counter about games, and making pc's. Somehow, they think it makes them cool.

Funniest thing; some kid said to an employee at gamestation 'I can do a 64 hit combo in real life'. The was like 'really that's cool'

5 minutes later, the kid is gone, 'geez, what a dumbass'

I doubt they like talking to them tbh, the only time I ever got involved in a conversation was when I was buying Half-Life 2.

The guy was like: awesome game, but a bit easy. Are you gonna buy Halo 2?
Me: Just sold my xbox a few days ago
Guy: OMG, if you worked here, and did that, you'd be killed by the other guys
Me: O rly!!??
Guy: Yeah, we play alot during lunch and after work, so you need to be up to standards to enjoy it.

[Ashley]

When I bought HL2 the only conversation was "you can't return it cause you have to register it online" so I was like "okay". Shame really, as I can't play on it cause it makes me all dizzy and sick-feeling. Looked forward to that game for ages and can't play it.

[JonSt]

When I bought HL2 the only conversation was "you can't return it cause you have to register it online" so I was like "okay". Shame really, as I can't play on it cause it makes me all dizzy and sick-feeling. Looked forward to that game for ages and can't play it.

You should consult your doctor about that.

[masaki86]

You should consult your doctor about that.

It's probably just motion sickness. quite a few people suffer from it, especially when playing FPS games.

[soag]

HMV rocks there! Have you met Derek? He is so cool. I once complained about the music and he went up stairs and changed it. Also its got loads of cheap music. it hardly has any deals on games, but when it does they're like sooo cheap.

Unless Derek was the one that was stoned :p He had long hair and a kick ass beard lol. Im very rarely up there, was only there that time cos my mates then girlfriend worked in smyths toystore and we went up to see her.

[Johelian]

Well, as an employee of GAME I have to argue with alot of the points you guys make. You seem to generalise. Thats bad. Someone said that GAME rent shelf space out. Thats the biggest load of bullshit I have ever heard. The shelf space is allocated on sales and sales alone. EA pay to have their own stands in the store but thats as far as it goes. Actual shelf space is sales only. Sorry guys, you believe alot of myths. As for the manager meeting, well, your obviously so well informed that you know stuff even the staff dont know.

Actually, no - its decided at HO level based on what "negotiation$" they have had with various publishers and devs, and then sent to you on your pretty marketting sheets. I believe a while ago I was asked by MS to check up to make sure our games were on the New Release bay as had been arranged. Same will go for any dedicated endcaps, and what actual facings are on your wall bays (not the number of wall bays), what are on your posters...its all bound in red tape Im afraid.

Edit - whoops, forgot to actually talk about the topic. I personally like Game a lot, as all of my buddies work there, it reminds me of the "good old days" when I was there and I meet some great people in them from day to day. HAving said that though, I wouldnt buy any full priced games from there. Consoles are about all I would get from Game, purely because their customer service team are always on the side of nobs that complain to them, and so if for any reason I needed to return it there would be no issues.
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[Offerman]

The Game in Basingstoke is pretty low-key compared to some of the ones in Reading, and Bournmouth and the likes...

But there used to be a manager at Game, (he might still be there) that was a right pratt. He used to come up to us and try and impress us with hes Dead or Alive 3 skills. Then as if by magic he would have us coaxed over to the new releases on the Xbox shelf and try and flog us about £100 worth of quality\shoddy gaming gear.

I end up losing my patience in Game; queing for hours whilst some jerk infront of me is balls deep in hes pockets looking for that coveted 1p piece so he can complete the transaction for hes latest edition of some arbitary game - really grinds my gears. Play and Play-Asia is the way forward for my illicit gaming needs.

[Ashley]

You should consult your doctor about that.

It only happens on that one game (and a wee bit on Timesplitters 2 but nothing serious, its only after a big session and I think its because of the winding staircases). I found out its because humans have a 180 degree vision, games have 90 but HL2 only had 45 so my brain was like "AHHH!" and it made me illish.

Although there are a few things I should go to the doctors for, but thats mainly due to a lack of sleep.

[Solo]

GAME's prices are quite bad, even in the bargain bin no decent game is below 15 pounds. And then down the road (in Watford) there's CEX which have uber cheap games (all second hand). They don't give much money for your games when you trade in either, less than Gamestation and CEX.

Most of the staff I've encounted are rather slow and lacking in games knowledge, although I do have a couple of friends who work there (both game geeks) who are more than willing to help you out with even the most challenging game query.

I have to say overall Gamestation's atmosphere is far more relaxed, seems less like a big corperate chain of shops and more like a local place that have us gamers in mind first, profit second. I don't like their new way of promoting products though, slogans such as 'BOG OFF' for Buy One Get One Free, trying to sound 'hip' or something.

BUT, there has been one staff member that's made me give Gamestation's first strike and that was when I bought Nintendogs and some chavy guy behind the counter who was playing, surprise surprise, Fifa '06 sniggered at me, not just a joking laugh to my face, but an evil-sneering-behind-my-back kinda laugh :(, that made my blood boil!

Anyway, uh, yeah, fight the power, down with GAME!

[Calza]

I think there are good with the 10 day returns and from time to time they have good deals on
5 for £30 with titles including Metal Gear solid 2, Meadal Of Honour , Hitman Contracts, Max Payne 1&2 , ssx3
Sure sometimes there prices are high, Fifa Street still £39.99 after being out for ages, but why not in some cases they might be the only Gaming Store that non-Gamers know about. So if they need a present for a person that likes games, GAME will come to mind.

[Domstercool]

Since I mainly deal with buying from their website, and games arrive early, can't say I have anything negative about them.

[er-no]

I worked at GAME for 18 months and was their youngest employee.
They have turned into a monopolised sell-out company who strive for profits has replaced the once good 'customers first' attitude they once had. They sell shelf space to companies and plug products they've been addressed to plug by Microsoft etc.
It's a load of shit now. Feck em.

[Ashley]

I have to say overall Gamestation's atmosphere is far more relaxed, seems less like a big corperate chain of shops and more like a local place that have us gamers in mind first, profit second. I don't like their new way of promoting products though, slogans such as 'BOG OFF' for Buy One Get One Free, trying to sound 'hip' or something.


Iceland have been using BOGOFF for years, wouldn't say they're too hip (cheap though, do some nice ice lollies for £1).

Anyway the GameStation in my town is run by hardcore metallers who tend to play way OTT metal music which is a bit scary at times. Plus theres one huge fat guy (im so PC) who works there who when you see round town is scary, fishnet gloves and leathers and its just unpleasant.

[Bren]

i have no problems with game YET

lets see how the delivery of my 360 goes , then ill see if i hate game,

im thinkin about getin a job in GAME though, is it easy to get in? i wud imagine it to be

[Ashley]

im thinkin about getin a job in GAME though, is it easy to get in? i wud imagine it to be

Depends on the store; how many hours they have spare, who else has applied etc. I mean I only got the job because I got glowing reccomendations from staff there and cause I had 2 years experience working on Woolies entertainment dept. Still, give it a try cause at the end of the day, 35% discount is sweet.

[Bren]

how do they treat their staff? any special discounts? getin games day early, etc etc :P

[Ramar]

I've applied for a christmas temp job (think I've already stated that), still haven't heard from them though. I hope I get the job.

[|Laguna|]

Well, seems GAME may have seen this thread and are trying to be loved. They're giving out free £3 vouchers.
http://shop.game.net/spreadthelove/

[Ashley]

how do they treat their staff? any special discounts? getin games day early, etc etc :P

Havn't started yet, but 35% off games and 15 (i think) off consoles is special enough for me. Selling games early is apparently a criminal offense (or a finable misdemeanour anyway - £1000 apparently) and getting games early without buying them is theft. So presume not.

I "spreaded the love" to my friend who works there. Only person I thought who may use it, ah well, vouchers are fun.

[Bren]

dont you have a cool supervisor who lets u get em early xD

[JonSt]

Havn't started yet, but 35% off games and 15 (i think) off consoles is special enough for me. Selling games early is apparently a criminal offense (or a finable misdemeanour anyway - £1000 apparently) and getting games early without buying them is theft. So presume not.

Tell that to my games stores, they were selling FM06 and Pro evo 5 early. Naughty Games

[Calza]

Well i've returned my second DS to game (Damm you, DEAD PIXEL) even though it was past the ten day return they got me a brand new one. So basically at least the Braehead GAME is good.

[Dan Dare]

I stopped going when they wanted £40 for a game that was £28 down the road. laaaaaaame :heh:

[Ashley]

Tell that to my games stores, they were selling FM06 and Pro evo 5 early. Naughty Games

Well thats apparently a £1000 fine, tut tut.

[Caris]

i tried to trade a game boy Adv in the other week i took 2 forms of I.D and they still said i needed more :wtf:

[Dan Dare]

photo id? because thats rediclious.

[JonSt]

I never trade anything in at game, complete con merchants. Gamestation are much better for it.

[Charlie]

I never trade anything in at game, complete con merchants. Gamestation are much better for it.

I tried to trade in a couple of games there a week ago. They asked me for ID to trade in a 15 rated game! The cheek! I'm 16! I showed them with my Young Scot card. I actually traded them in at GAME though, for a pound less, because GameStation didn't have Advance Wars!

[Dan Dare]

no advance wars? HEATHENS!

[|Laguna|]

I worked at GAME for 18 months and was their youngest employee.
They have turned into a monopolised sell-out company who strive for profits has replaced the once good 'customers first' attitude they once had. They sell shelf space to companies and plug products they've been addressed to plug by Microsoft etc.
It's a load of shit now. Feck em.

Aye, it's ridiculous, they still stamp the "NO ONE BEATS US ON PRICE" tag on their pricetags and back in the good old day if you found a shop selling it cheaper they'd match their price. Now they continue to put the sticker on the box and refuse to pricematch their games :/
Also their trade in prices suck compared to Gamestation and now recently my gamestation have started doing a 10 day unhappy with product return policy.

[Johelian]

Havn't started yet, but 35% off games and 15 (i think) off consoles is special enough for me. Selling games early is apparently a criminal offense (or a finable misdemeanour anyway - ?1000 apparently) and getting games early without buying them is theft. So presume not.

I "spreaded the love" to my friend who works there. Only person I thought who may use it, ah well, vouchers are fun.

Its 30% off games and 10% off hardware, with 25% off things like controllers. Still pretty good though, especially with their new "competitive" pricing.

The only thing that makes jobs difficult at GAME is the fact that so many people apply. Still, so long as you can put a list of GCSEs not composed of Es and Fs yours should stand out. Not that you really need any of that stuff when youre actually in the postion...I remember I had to do a series of aptitude tests to get a job at Woolworths, which was frankly laughable. I think that they had money and time to burn since the store hadnt been fitted yet.

I personally have never had a problem with GAME price matching so long as the store has had the product in stock. Whee!
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[Ashley]

Cheers Johelian, my mind gets muddled. Still, 30% is good.

I worked at Woolies for two years, and never had to take aptitude tests, why on earth you would need them anyway. Its all easy peasy work, weird. Then again my grammar and spelling is better that one of our previous managers, whose was appaling. Normally I don't mind but shesh woman, you're paid 40 grand a year and you can't spell fraudulent.

[Johelian]

Cheers Johelian, my mind gets muddled. Still, 30% is good.

I worked at Woolies for two years, and never had to take aptitude tests, why on earth you would need them anyway. Its all easy peasy work, weird. Then again my grammar and spelling is better that one of our previous managers, whose was appaling. Normally I don't mind but shesh woman, you're paid 40 grand a year and you can't spell fraudulent.

I know - the place was filled with meatheads anyway in spite of all the tests! ;) I do seriously think it was because the store wasnt outfitted, and so they needed something to pass the time with until they could start us all filling the shelves and things.

I hated Woolworths; in our case anyway, the store was full of old lady busybodies that bitch and complain about everything and leave mess all over the stockroom. The only good thing that came out of it was my relationship with Ian - aww ;) In comparison, GAME was a lot of fun for the most part, although you quickly learn that HO bigwigs seems to have little to do with their time other than come up with pointless new "ideas", like changing a "Buy 3 for ?10" to a "Buy 2 (at ?4.99) get one Free" offer, and then changing it back the next week.
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[Triple_C]

Wow, so many people have posted on MY topic! Yay!

[Bowser57]

Wow, so many people have posted on MY topic! Yay!

You're a big kid now!

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[Triple_C]

well, um....... I haven't quite....... er........ got onto training pants yet.....

[Ashley]

I hated Woolworths; in our case anyway, the store was full of old lady busybodies that bitch and complain about everything and leave mess all over the stockroom. The only good thing that came out of it was my relationship with Ian - aww ;) In comparison, GAME was a lot of fun for the most part, although you quickly learn that HO bigwigs seems to have little to do with their time other than come up with pointless new "ideas", like changing a "Buy 3 for £10" to a "Buy 2 (at £4.99) get one Free" offer, and then changing it back the next week.

See our staff wasn't so gossipy, it was quite nice actually. The big gossip was gossiped of course, so when I trooped through there with police in tow oh boy was there gossip.

The woolies powers that be were also like that, at present I believe there to be a promo change every 2 weeks, even if its just adding/removing a few titles. Or changing "3 for 2" to 33% off (same offer in effect). Or the old classic Buy One Get Second Half Price on chart CDs. On for four weeks, off for four weeks, on for four weeks, off for four weeks. Each time stickering/destickering. Fun fun fun.

[Liquid_Vegeta]

I've been working at the Luton branch of Game for over a year now and i'm now at the Middlesbrough branch as i'm at university. So far i've only encountered really nice staff who do look out for the consumers best interests. The main reason they can get a bit annoyed is because customers treat them like shit, it's not there fault Nintendo has no shelf space or that customers cant say please or thank you for a whole day (seriously it happened to me once). Plus the twats at head office make stupid decisions on a daily basis when a blind monkey with a cigar could make better decisions.

You also have to remember that high street shops cant compete with web prices since selling from the web is so much cheaper. On high street value with the price match and reward card scheme you can save quite a bit of cash from game.

[the_villa]

You're a big kid now!

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[Offerman]

I canne help feel this was abit of a bump.