PenitentPenguin

I work at a Game stop- And i will be the first to say- yes we take peoples money- we buy games as low as $2.00, then sell it for $9.99- But you also have to know, a product purchased must meet the trade in value then profit. You would do it too if you had a video game store. As for the Res, we DO have a number (Get 1 reservation for evey 8 customers *almost impossible* and 1 subscription every 15. They drill this into our heads, threatning to write up- it also affects how many hours you will work the next week- get bad numbers, you get bad hours. Secondly, We get nothing (The peon's- Game advisors) We HAVE to meet the numbers, and we dont get ANYTHING! no commission, no free stuff, no extra prividlges, Not even a kind work from a Direct manager.
I on the other hand support reserving games- thats only beacuse i do get a discount- which i cant get at wal-mart, including all the sweet goodies they give away to ppl who reserve stuff- but i will say this, i will NEVER reserve a console from Game Stop for as long as i work there. I reserved a DS lite (The second person to ever DO SO!) I paid it in full, and i waited months before it was finaly the day- I go into work to pick up my system- guess what? We only got 3, and since we had more reservations (that were NOT employees) They said "Beacuse you work here, you have to wait a week to get your system, beacuse we only got so many in and were making you forfit it"- I wanted to say "Well, if i quit can i take it now?" But i dident, then i asked, "can i cancel my reservation and get my money back so i can go buy one at Walmart or best buy" Then i was told "No, beacuse all the Store credit you had on your reservation (Store credit can be redeemed back for you cash) has been turned to Game bucks (Which is Tax free, but CANNOT be used anywhere else except a gamestop)- insted, i went to Best Buy and got one there, i also got a Free copy of Brain Age! ( even though i was out another $140!- i went back to work, canceled my Res on the lite- and the sweet thing was- bought $140 more of games and a travel pack (8 games to be exact) Which was nice beacuse it was all tax free....and included discount. My manager said- " How you going to play these? You dont have a lite yet."
Then with a smirk on my face i pulled out the DS lite from my pocket and just grinned as i held it next to my face.
"I even got a free copy of Brain age when i bought it at BEST BUY!" I said it loud so people would hear.
He then proceeded to try to make me feel bad by saying
"Well, you shoudl have waited beacuse you would have gotten yours today- "
Which was a lie.
In closing,
Dont reserve games at game stop when you know you can get the Else where- only reserve games that you know will sell out (NCAA, MADDEN, HAlo 3, Fifa, ETC.)
And consoles are good to Res (as long as you dont work at the Evil mega corp. that it Game stop)