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Confused about new purchase..."Property of Nintendo"???

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desocietas:
In a related GameStop story, I bought the first Prof Layton "new" at GS, and when I got it home it already had a save file on it. I bought a second copy when I was out at BestBuy so I took the GS copy back and told the manager I wanted a refund, to which she replied "hmm, welllll, I really should give you just store credit since it's opened but I'll do a full refund just this once." I about flipped shit on her. I said "umm NO, you sold it to me opened and as a "NEW" game, and furthermore one of your employees has started a save file that can't be erased (Layton save files can never be erased). She refunded me in full.... Regardless, I won't buy from GS unless they are the last resort. Just shady practices all the way around.
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Ugh, yeah, I try not to buy new games from GS if I can help it - I'm fine with pre-owned there.  I hate that they open everything and leave the box open without the cart so that any kid can open up the box and mess with the manual/inserts.  I wouldn't care if they only did that with pre-owned (that way, I can make sure there's a manual before I purchase), but it seems silly to do it with games they try to sell as "new."

It's pretty ridiculous how they pull off the factory seal, slap an additional sticker on it (with a nasty residue!) and punish you if you try to return it with the sticker removed.  I'm always concerned that they'll put the wrong cart in there, seal it, and I'd be screwed completely.

(and no offense, @matt!  we all appreciate your GS experience and insight to the inner workings :) )

willy3d:
Sounds like you're in trouble with this one. Unless you want a pissed off Miyamoto showing up at your door, I think you need to send this to me!
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LOL

matt:
I'd be honored to have a pissed off Miyamoto at my door ha.

scott:
They'll do this even if it's a new game, which irks me.
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I've not shopped at GameStop in... I can't say how long. But, I totally agree. What is the point of opening the games, if they are in a glass case/ drawer anyway?

willy3d:
They'll do this even if it's a new game, which irks me.
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They got into a big mess for doing that recently, opening new copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution to remove the coupon for the free OnLive copy.

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