Dallas News goes inside the belly of the GameStop repair beast
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 1st 2009 7:50PM
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Reader Comments (19)
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 7:58PM (Unverified) said
I guess they didn't have it figured out in 2004 when I bought a used xbox and had to return it 3 times before I finally said, "Screw it," and bought new.
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 8:03PM TheDarkWayne said
damn, when I first saw that black lady before I enlarged the picture I had hoped it was maybe some Native American Shaman who would at least in part make up for the loss of Santa Claus
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 8:21PM latin trident said
The controller in the middle is dark gray/silver. Anybody know why? It is definitely not black. Modded controller? Limited Edition?
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 8:34PM xiLeShadow said
As you can see, all of those controllers, white or silver or w/e are Gamestop Branded Controllers.
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Posted: Apr 1st 2009 8:38PM PoisonedAl said
I'm surprised it's so organized. I always pictured that place to have a row of chimps with ball hammers.
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 9:21PM RKN said
Jesus so many poor 360s. : (
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 10:19PM kbeehaze said
lol major rrod. I love ps3
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 10:27PM BananaBoat said
Do broken electronics scare the hell out of anyone else? I can't look at broken electronics or old computers/TV's for more than about 10 seconds without getting the willies.
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 11:55PM Hedgeson said
They don't scare me. But it sometimes reminds me of the rate at which our culture discards perfectly good devices for slightly better ones, or sometimes just newer ones.
Ok, sometimes I get shivers down my spine thinking about the crapload of electronics we produce.
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Ok, sometimes I get shivers down my spine thinking about the crapload of electronics we produce.
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 11:56PM Lekko said
It's easy, you just swap out the red LEDs for green ones.
Then you only have to worry about the persistent customers.
Then you only have to worry about the persistent customers.
Posted: Apr 1st 2009 11:59PM Jenkers64 said
His name is Robert Paulson.
Posted: Apr 2nd 2009 2:15AM Riley said
I love that they call the original XBox "vintage"
Posted: Apr 2nd 2009 7:52AM Oobgarm said
Looks like some kid has a Grandma that can fix their broken PSP.
Also, LOL @ the worker in the first picture, wearing a pre-order Metroid shirt.
Also, LOL @ the worker in the first picture, wearing a pre-order Metroid shirt.
Posted: Apr 2nd 2009 2:43PM Saria the Cat said
Wow, that's pretty cool to see. I used to work at EB and always wondered what really happened to defective items. To be honest, I didn't think people actually worked on them.
