As soon as the disc is removed from the box it is used.
When. I buy a NEW game, the entire thing should be in mint condition, case included.
If anything has been adulterated in any way compared to how it came from the factory, then I shouldn’t have to pay full price.
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 9 months ago
That wouldn’t be used, that would be open box which is very different. GameStop doesn’t trust consumers when they say something is new, but realistically if they’re selling a "used* item as new then that’s false advertising and they’d get in huge trouble. They’re selling an open box item as new, which is fine, because it is unused.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Dude employees can take games home to play them, and they sell them full price as “new”
That’s fucking used.
Source: two friends worked at that shit company.
beefcat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Go try selling an open copy of a game on eBay or Craigslist as “new”. You won’t get people paying “new” prices for it. You will get people paying “used” prices. And your prices will be even lower if the case is all grubby and covered in stickers, as GameStop tends to do.
If they want to sell these as “open box”, fine, but selling them as new for new prices is downright shitty and that is what people have a problem with.
Fuck GameStop.
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 9 months ago
Yeah big difference between some random seller and an actual company that can get the book thrown at them for being shady. New requires closed box for p2p sales because you can’t trust anyone at all. If I could somehow definitively prove that I’ve not actually played a game and the only thing removed was the plastic covering then yeah, I could easily sell it as new.
beefcat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Let’s put it another way.
When I buy a new product, I’m paying for everything that comes inside the shrink wrap, case included. Once you open that case, the case is used. It is no longer in brand new mint condition. In the case of GameStop, their “open box” products not only lack any kind of discount, they come in awful condition or in some cases completely missing the original case and manual. The fact that you are OK with that is astounding.
Why are you so eager to defend shitty behavior that only GameStop engages in?