_Noli_Me_Tangere_

Yes, would you like to reserve it? All you need is a $5 deposit and we'll call you when it releases.

My systems storage room has well over 100 Xbox 360s just waiting to go to their furrever homes. I'll sell maybe 6 in a week if the gods are smiling upon me, and I'll take in roughly twenty in trade during that same week. The huge gap between how fast I can sell them and how many people bring them in to sell is what makes our offers so low. To Gamestop, if I sell one for $125, that will cover the cost of buying 5 at $25. I don't agree with it, I'd much rather just stop buying them from customers so I don't have to worry about an Xbox avalanche every time I walk into my storage room.

Honestly? Because the 'perk' of being able to buy and try without fear of not being able to return it entices a lot of people to buy pre-owned over new whatever the cost. It also encourages people to sign up for the pro rewards card to get the extra 10% off the used price. I tell most of my customers to try and buy pre-owned, test the game out, and then come back and buy it new if they're that concerned with the quality of the disk or the completeness of the case and manual.

When you realize that Gamestop is a business, it's not so bad. But most people don't realize that it's a business that is out to make money.

HA! It's actually more common than you'd think, I've done it a couple of times myself, you just get so tired and you get used to the routine of putting the game in the bag and giving the customer their change that you screw up. When it's cash there's nothing we can do, but if the person wanted store credit we can usually just void out the store gift card when we realize that we've made a boo boo.