WHY I DON'T SHOP AT GAMESTOP! 

I'm never going inside another GameStop ever again...this is border line harassment! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0fHHl1aJPko.html

GameStop in a couple of years will turn into blockbuster

It's not the employees fault, it's all pressure from upper management. They're just doing what their told. I've heard stories where employees get scolded if they don't upsell at every opportunity, and scolded when a customer complains about being upsold to. That being said, that is no excuse for the way Gamestop is going.

Would you like to join our power up rewards membership

My gamestop never acts like this they are a great gamestop

Wow i guess im lucky. The people at my gamestop are awesome. They are fast,nice and never try to get you to pre order or buy extra crap unless you ask. It took me like 3 minutes to get my switch. I asked for one he got it from the back, i payed and left. Thats it

That employee would just make me not want to get the switch anymore with all that talking .. lmaoo

Me: Hi I would like to buy an Xbox One game. Employee: Ok what game? Me: Farming Sim 2019 Employee: Would you like a protection plan? Me: No. Employee: Would you like to buy a DLC? Me: No. Employee: Would you like an extended warranty? Me: No. Employee: Would you like a protection plan? Me: No. Employee: Would you like to join the Power Up Rewards Club? Me: No! Employee: Would you like to buy these limited edition headphones? Me: NO DUDE I JUST WANT THE GAME!!! Employee: Would you like somebody else to check you out? Me:Yes! New Employee: Would you like a DLC? Me: YOU KNOW WHAT?!? IM BUYING IT ONLINE!!!

I like how they said you should get the warranty to avoid a middle man when they would be the middle man in that situation

My gamestop isnt like that. I feel sorry for you man.

Why does every GameStop smell like sweat and failure?

All these videos about how bad gamestop is yet I've never had a bad experience with them.

In Chicago I was held up for 20 minutes over their damn reward card 😑 after I said no like this video. This guy asked 50 Times I counted🤦🏽‍♂️

I hate Gamestop, always pushing people to buy extra stuff. But unfortunately they are trained this way to keep their job :/

_That's why i use Amazon_

I worked at GameStop and the manager told as basically to force everyone to buy something lol 😂

They sell used games as new all the time

DID YOU PREORDER A MEETING WITH THE MANAGER?

hearing this makes me feel guilty, my mom bought the switch for my family for christmas and she got an extra pro controller, and a bag to carry it in she got played

Only time i go to gamestop is when they have christmas sales or spring sales.

“I’m never going into another GameStop ever again!” *Slow week on videos one month later* “Guys I went back to GameStop and I will never go there again!” Repeat-

You: *I have no money to buy extra accessories* Them: *You have a credit card. Don't you.* let's drain it!

You forgot are you a member of our power up rewards card?

Thx for the advice because when I went to gamestop the other day to get Pokemon Lets go Eevee the worker kept asking me If I wanted to get Nintendo rewards membership and stuff like damage protection for the game I just kept saying no. I think that he was trying to keep doing this because Im only 16 and I apparently am stupid which is what gamestop thinks of people under the age of 18

Interesting my gamestop never did this to me o.O

Oh I remember this guy. He introduced me to the dock socks

Should have called it WHY I DON’T STOP AT GAMESHOP!

I worked at Gamestop before, a long time ago. It's basically a 'you get to keep your job' commission. They say they changed the program, but I don't believe it for a second.

"I just want the Switch and the game." Already bought T-shirt. Lol.

The funny thing is the manager is forcing them to say that

No commission made, it’s called attach rate and gamestop changes hours employees get based on sales per associate, circle of life man, it sucks

I bought my Nintendo switch 4 days ago and the guy pulled the same stunt, was trying to have a little conversation with him and he wasn’t even try to talk to me. He pulls out the switch bundle and ask me the same questions without the straps smh. I thought my friends were joking when they say they do this.

The poor guy was probably low on those numbers he needed to reach 😂

1.1K people are GameStop employees

“You’re like harassing me right now” I frikin died 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Did you pre-order an uh meeting with the manager ? LMFAO 😂😂😂

"Would you like to pre order a bottle of water sir? Are new gamer water is only $19:99 plus tax but just for you I will lower it to $18"

Dad: Hey, I'm off to go buy the Switch for you. Me: Oh ok thanks, where at? Dad: GameStop, I'll be right back! Me: NO WAIT!!!!

As a salesman we dont make anything on most product. We need to upsell and add on to make any money. however you should know when to stop.

Would you like to buy an extra Nintendo Switch just in case that one does not work?

There was a lady in gamestop that was going to by a Nintendo switch and she had the same problem too and I saw everything

they are forced to do that guys trust me!

I was a shift lead at GameStop for about a year and our customers would always complain about our sales pitches. What most people don’t understand is that that is the job. Upper management gets SO pissed when employees aren’t reaching sales goals. Many employees are fired regularly for simply not pitching all the attachments with EVERY SINGLE transaction. Believe me I HATED the pitches. I just wanted to bullshit about video games and create close relationships with customers but would get scolded when I wouldn’t pitch the worthless GPG’s (video game insurance) and Pro memberships. It’s not a fun place to work. If you want to work video game retail work at a smaller company where the Agenda is more about constructing a better PR instead of fattening up the wallet.

I go to 5 different GameStops in my hometown and NONE of those places are like that. I’m lucky af

And here i thought GameStop was an actual normal game shop with no shitty employes.

It made me space out into remembering every experience I've had at GameStop ever

Gamestop here where I live they closed down but I shop at Best buy or Amazon

I'm glad my best buddy works at game stop near me and his manager is also close friends with him and me. So like I always get sweet deals and never did he or his manager try to sell me stuff that I didn't want. So like it really is an advantage to have a friend working in game stop.

My gamestop does that... "Do you want a GameStop membership" "do you wanna subscribe to our magazine" after standing on this long asz line.. I wanna go HOME!

It’s not the employees fault, for the record, it’s the corporations

GameStop is basically being run by EA or something...

This happens to me at every GameStop I go to so I stopped going. I simply download a digital copy of the games I want now

Not every GameStop is the same 😑

i love when he says cut out the middle man when doing it through them and not right to nintendo would be doing it through the middle man

My GameStop has really cool people. I don't go there as much now, but I remember my Switch had a defective left joycon. I lost my receipt but they swapped my joycon without question.

I love GameStop

To answer your question about commissions, here's my experience as a former Game Advisor (fancy way of saying store pawn): no, we never got commissions. Of course, this was 6-7 years ago, so I have no idea what it's like now. Basically, it was all about the Power Up Rewards Card numbers; you had to sell those at ANY cost. If you didn't, your hours got cut drastically. Around the time of Madden 2015, I was getting close to 30+ hours every couple weeks, which was fine since I was in college. By the time Halo 4 came around, I would go entire weeks without working. The shifts I did get were cut in half when I clocked in. The only other shift I got was from 5:30 to 11 AM on Black Friday so the boss didn't have to come in early. I quit in December of that year, I had had enough. They said my hours would have picked up for the holiday season, but afterwards it would have gone back down to nothing. That's the punishment you got for NOT being forceful and playing hardball, as I would learn. The employee who never got hours cut was the lone female co-worker who was moderately attractive... you do the math. Most employees don't WANT to do what you experienced, but because of the company culture and what is expected of them to keep their job, they must do it. Every store is different, a lot of it depends on who your Manager/District Manager is. There's a lot more I could say, but don't take the actions of the workers personally, GameStop as a company and their policies are to blame. The higher ups clearly haven't cared for a long time.

Gamestop isn’t commission based i was a store manager for over a year. Corporate wanted us to sell like we were so they wanted us to sell these things as “bundles” even though it’s illegal to do so and the company caught a lot of flack for it. This was one of the many reasons I had put my two weeks in a couple months ago. I couldn’t sell this way or have my employees sell it like that. When you said you didn’t have any money that’s a clear indication to a normal sales person that you’re not looking to purchase anything else. He should just all in one explained what they have for future reference and got you on your way. The company came down super hard on us at this time to sell these things with a bunch of add ons. Trust me a lot of employees would love to get you in and out its just a lack of training and caring on corporates part.

My experience after I put it on hold Worker: Hello! Me: Hello, I recently put a switch on hold, my name is “.....” Worker: Ok I found you... let me pull up your account... The Nintendo switch? Me: yes Worker: ok, let me go in the back and get it for you.... Your total is $321.70 Me: Scans phone for Apple Pay. Worker: Hands switch to me. Thanks, have a great day! That’s why I still go to my local GameStop

Gamestop employees do not work om commission but they do have sales numbers to meet and are told to push upsales and preorders or face writeups even terminafion if numbers aren't met

I’m calling bs. Over exaggerating, for views. None of my GameStop’s ever ask for “Wanna but extra wrist straps?” They clearly know they came w wrist straps

No commission, but they do get reprimanded if the store's numbers aren't what corporate want's. It's just as bad for employees as it is for customers.

I work their currently. We work on hourly. No commission at all. Our jobs are threatened if we don't upsell enough things. All for minimum wage.

Dude the 2 workers at my GameStop are so dope, and they literally recognize me every time I walk in and they don’t act like that! 😂

*Telled Him...... Best quote ever!

I can say I've never had a bad experience with the two Gamestop's in my area. But then again I've been going to them for well over a decade now. I've seen them try and pull this kind of stuff on the people who aren't common, the ones you never really see again. You want to upsell to people who aren't aware, who can be convinced into thinking they need something that in all reality, they don't. And that's most likely why I've never had this kind of experience with my Gamestop's, I've been going there longer than even most managers have worked there. I'm the one that goes in, sees a new guy, walks over and introduces myself because I am there quite often.

Dang those GameStop ASMR vids were pretty accurate

We have ebgames in australia, we have 5 nice people working at the store, a cashier man that scans and gives you the receit in 5 seconds, a lady that is a gamer girl she is really nice and helps kid give you as much information and doesn't get mad, a manager that cleans his own store and no janitors hired. another nerd/good that knows everything about games and he even tells you about everything about it and another girl that is a equipment savvy.

This skit is spot on hahaha. They wonder why a line is going out of the store with each customer getting these pitches. Nice video hahaha

Lol I’m a very aggressive person I would shut this guy up so fast

4:22 He went Karen mode to the employee 😂

That awkward moment when you get a gamestop ad before this video

Buy online. Problem solved

I was unfortunate to have to get my switch at a Gamestop as well. I even got the bundle since they were so sold out. What makes me more mad is when they try to sell you a "new" game and then proceed to hand you the shelf copy that's already been opened. If the plastic wrap is gone, its not new.

I could not stop laughing at this video is right on point.That’s exactly how Jb acted when you get to GameStop you could never leave out of there with which you want .always try to hustle you for more money 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

As a former Gamestop employee no we don’t get commission but if we don’t upsell what the company tells us to to every customer it’s grounds for write ups and termination

Doesn't seem to happen in Canada (EB Games). Never had trouble buying something there.

As a former employee of gamestop bout 7 years ago. They didn't make like an incentive commission added to base pay. It was more of a non commission quota involved. Had to get x amount of pre-orders, accessory sales dollars, and pre owned sales... That's why their pre-owned market is pushed so heavily and pressures employees for those sales as well as the power up memberships

You have the patience of a Saint. I would have walked out.

The way I kill any up selling is to ask " is it free?" or sometimes I say "unless you give me it entirely free of any cost to myself, and your company underwrites it." As soon as those word's have been uttered, it's amazing what happens then. They always sell you your stuff and let you go on your way. For that hardcore sales assistant you met , you break it down & make it easy you should have said " switch system & game only!" "Any other offers will be accepted IF IT IS A FREE GIFT!" The instant you mention free, watch how they give you stuff make up your change& hope you don't infect any body else with the notion of free accessories, warranties games or other add-on's at no charge. They give you your stuff and they want you out. That's how to deal with that type of crud.

I use Amazon to order my games 😅😅

my gamestop is perfectly fine when the manager is working at the front desk, she is quick and fast and doesn’t try to force you to buy something, but sometimes there is this middle aged man who is just like what you explained in this video.

I feel bad for u. The GameStop that I go to the people r so nice and understanding

We don’t get commission, but we have a set of things that we need to sell to people that’s a certain ratio of total sales to rewards cards, protection on games and consoles, getting people to reserve games, etc.

“GameStop is up for a buyer”

I normally don't shop at GameStop but I regret buying the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy over there. Both Walmart and GameStop were selling it at $39.99 at launch. I honestly thought it didn't matter where I buy it. However, the cashier at GameStop reminded me that I haven't renewed my rewards card in years, which means that if I wanted to by the N Sane Trilogy at $39.99, I would have to renew my rewards card. So that's an extra $12.00 added on to the transaction. To top it all off, I can't return it for my full money back. Don't get me wrong, the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy is a good game, but I was trying to refund it so that I can buy it at Walmart for the same price (minus the rewards card renewal price)

Never had this problem at gamestop. They ask me if I want DLC, pre order any games, or if I want the protection plan, that's it.

The GameStop I usually go to is now in Mississippi. I miss these videos I love it. If I die tonight, I would rage quit the afterlife.

You do know that the employee HAD to say those things, GameStop makes them. You didn’t have a bad experience, you just disagree with what GameStop forces there employees to say.

I pre-order my games on Amazon it's so much more convienient. Also there is a chance you'll get the game early.

The commission is that you wont be fired 😂

You fucking nailed it man every game stop I walk in.

Yes i would like to trade my xbox for a switch Employee: yes you would get 5.00 store credit and 2.00 cash woild you like to trade it in Me:...

Did you want to apply for our credit card? It will only take a few minutes and you get a 5% off your next purchase

While I agree most larger city gamestops are like that, but mines a small town one, and service is usually pretty good.

Stuff like this is why I stopped shopping at my local game store.

The Gamestops in California are absolutely amazing! They don’t push any of those extra item sales or reward cards and they always have young employees that actually play video games and can relate with the customers. I have had no issues with pre orders/Picking up pre orders, trading in games, or returning games. The employees in California like I said are fans of video games and know that we hate all the extra crap that you say they do, so they never push anything on us and every trip I have made has been positive!

I used to go to GameStop a lot when I was smaller, before I realized it's cheaper to order online from other stores. I've never had an experience like this. Going to GameStop was one of the most fun things to do back then. Maybe there's other "rules" in different countries? Whenever I bought something, they just talked happily about the game saying I've made a nice choice, and just being really friendly :)

I would take this up as a formal complaint to Gamestop corporate. Employees can get in a lot of trouble and even fired if they don’t push everything possible during a sale. They know most people will say no to everything, but they can get in trouble if they don’t bother to ask.

i live in uk and i have seen many stories like this about gamestop lol uk has a shop like gamestop but with better service and the shops name is..... game just game it is an unoriginal name but its good they dont ask you for extra crap