Because of knowledge of that policy, I usually ask for one that is still skrink wrapped. I refuse to accept a new game that is open.

I once had a 'Stop employee tell me that they “opened all of the new games and take them out for storage reasons”

JamesCGamora;146890
Because of knowledge of that policy, I usually ask for one that is still skrink wrapped. I refuse to accept a new game that is open.

I once had a 'Stop employee tell me that they “opened all of the new games and take them out for storage reasons”

You should have asked him how taking the discs out of there nice symettrical boxes could possibly make them easier to store without damaging there disks.

JamesCGamora;146890
Because of knowledge of that policy, I usually ask for one that is still skrink wrapped. I refuse to accept a new game that is open.

I once had a 'Stop employee tell me that they “opened all of the new games and take them out for storage reasons”

Just because it is shrink wrapped, doesn't mean it's new. When I was younger, I knew a guy that used to work at Hollywood Video, and they actually had a shrink wrap machine (used to re-package previously viewed video tapes/DVDs for re-sale), and that a lot of the time, they wood re-package used DVDs, and video games and sell them as new. No wonder they went out of business.(*winston)

This is true. One of the last small local video game stores around here used to do the same thing before they went out of business.
I dunno though; I can't say for certain with all of them…but the few of them I have dealt with once they shrink the wrap around the box, it looks and feels different than the factory sealed ones….

I dunno how to explain it…

JamesCGamora;146893
This is true. One of the last small local video game stores around here used to do the same thing before they went out of business.
I dunno though; I can't say for certain with all of them…but the few of them I have dealt with once they shrink the wrap around the box, it looks and feels different than the factory sealed ones….

I dunno how to explain it…

I know what you mean. New shrink wrap, has a smoother feel than the crap that video/game stores use. I thinks it's because of the fact that new games are shrink wrapped/packaged, by machines in an almost “air tight” facility, as opposed to being re-shrink wrapped at the store, and then being touched numerous times by the employees (who knows where their hands have been? lol).(*peter)

Not to mention that, if you look at the ends of the wrap, it almost looks as if, it were done by hand.

Didn't GameStop once hail one of the benefits of pre-ordering a game would be that your copy would be new and unopened?

rockstar232007;146894
I know what you mean. New shrink wrap, has a smoother feel than the crap that video/game stores use. I thinks it's because of the fact that new games are shrink wrapped/packaged, by machines in an almost “air tight” facility, as opposed to being re-shrink wrapped at the store, and then being touched numerous times by the employees (who knows where their hands have been? lol).(*peter)

Not to mention that, if you look at the ends of the wrap, it almost looks as if, it were done by hand.

A small in-store shrink wrap machine seals games differently than a huge industrial machine. In MOST (and I cannot emphasize this enough) cases, in-store shrink wrapping will have a seam along one side with melted together plastic with some traces of scorching on the plastic itself. However, I've seen them come from distro that way, but it's true 98% of the time. Conversely, most pressing centers have the ginormous machines that seal the wrap like a Christmas gift, with the ends folded.

Also: If you want a non-opened game, pre-order it. There will be a guaranteed non-opened copy for you. I pre-order every game I even CONSIDER buying for this reason. The only time a pre-ordered game gets opened is if you don't pick it up for several days (or in some cases, months), and even then it's only titles that don't get restocked.

I was gonna rant, but I think I'll just say this: Consider, please, that most GamestoreX employees don't really want to be there either. Except in bad stores, there is almost no game playing going on, in many cases employees make barely minimum wage, and instead of standing around talking up good games with gamers, we're usually getting yelled at for something that is some corporate suit's idea or telling the 970th person why their PS3 won't play PS2 games.

Working in a game store is like working in a resteraunt where they serve your favorite food. Only you're not allowed to eat any of it and everyone who eats there hates you because your boss spits in their food.

I stand by this, Preorder, buy used or by wal-mart

Except in rare cases where target has brand new games on sale for 30% - 50% off

Ayame Ex_Goddess;146904
A small in-store shrink wrap machine seals games differently than a huge industrial machine. In MOST (and I cannot emphasize this enough) cases, in-store shrink wrapping will have a seam along one side with melted together plastic with some traces of scorching on the plastic itself. However, I've seen them come from distro that way, but it's true 98% of the time. Conversely, most pressing centers have the ginormous machines that seal the wrap like a Christmas gift, with the ends folded.

Also: If you want a non-opened game, pre-order it. There will be a guaranteed non-opened copy for you. I pre-order every game I even CONSIDER buying for this reason. The only time a pre-ordered game gets opened is if you don't pick it up for several days (or in some cases, months), and even then it's only titles that don't get restocked.

I was gonna rant, but I think I'll just say this: Consider, please, that most GamestoreX employees don't really want to be there either. Except in bad stores, there is almost no game playing going on, in many cases employees make barely minimum wage, and instead of standing around talking up good games with gamers, we're usually getting yelled at for something that is some corporate suit's idea or telling the 970th person why their PS3 won't play PS2 games.

Working in a game store is like working in a resteraunt where they serve your favorite food. Only you're not allowed to eat any of it and everyone who eats there hates you because your boss spits in their food.

My comment about “video/game stores” was in reference to my previous post, about Hollywood Video (and any other video store that does things like that, for that matter), not specifically “video game stores”. So I apologise for any misunderstanding/offense. And, to the restaurant anology?…that is very true (well, not the spitting in the food part), I know…because I work in one.(*peter)

I really like the restaurant anology