Comments on: Gamestop threatening to fire employees if they buy a PS3

By: Diesel

Diesel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:03:02 +0000

I work at a very high volume store in the Cincinnati region and have no heard of this at all. Though, our upper management is junk, we are treated “okay” by our actual managers I would say. The real people to blame for bad customer service… are the customers. You all fail to realize we are people too, we get paid very little (I have been there for over a year and still make minimum), but the moment we try to enforce the policies we are trained to follow YOU all instantly make it personal. I have been belittled, torn down, and insulted so many times while working for this place that it has honestly caused me to lose a lot of faith in people as a whole. You bought a game and didn’t like it… and even though we told you you can’t return new product and suggested getting a used one so that you COULD return it you didn’t… and now you are sitting here yelling at me because you made a mistake and I am following the guidelines I am given to keep my job. It is sad… and will continue to get worse and worse as it gets closer to Christmas.

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By: Kyle » Blog Archive » Gamestop threataning to fire employees if they buy a PS3

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:30:40 +0000

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By: PS3Crybaby

PS3Crybaby — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:19:45 +0000

Yeah, because heaven forbid EB Games and Gamestop actually do what theyre supposed to, which is offer products to consumers, not take care of their employees first.

Honestly, these 3, and any other employee who cries about not getting their system prior to a customer WHO HAS ALREADY PAID FOR A PREORDER THAT CHANCES ARE WILL NOT BE FULFILLED ANYWAY should just quit and find another minimum wage gig.

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:04:36 +0000

The problem here is that employees of Gamestop do not get up early and wait in line like everyone else to get on the list. I was 5th in line for my preorder and when the doors opened, there were 4 names already on the list, so I became 9th on the list when I was the 5th person in line. The fellow two behind me in line was wearing a Gamestop Shirt and was very open about the fact that we worked at another store and could not get on their list because of policy. However, when we went in, he asked the worker where he was on the list and he was #2 out of 4 names that were filled out before the store opened on preorder day!

It seems to me that Gamestop is aware of the widespread violation of their own policy and just want to keep their internal problem from prohibiting the initial release to benefit someone other than their own employees.