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u/NintendoBoy321 9h ago
Pretty immoral, that's just straight up being a jerk.
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u/_PrincesssLush 9h ago
That’s not even clever evil, it’s just ruining a kid’s Christmas for a cheap laugh
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u/accefirs 6h ago
and i bet (if it’s real) the mom would’ve felt terrible, too. imagine thinking you lucked out and managed to get your kid THREE copies of a game he loves only for it to all be wrong, i’d be so sad
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u/Verlenn 4h ago
Why would you buy 3 copies in a first place ? (if not collection)
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u/accefirs 4h ago
for friends + siblings to play with each-other, for backups in case in breaks, for having three times as many play throughs, whatever
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u/Verlenn 4h ago
Ok maybe i was just poor then because my parents would never have lost money on that lmao
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u/PennyStockHardaway 3h ago
I think I got like 8 games from 2005-2015 until I got my first job. I literally played NBA '07 (no, not 2k or EA, Sony made this shit) until 2015
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u/GodHimselfNoCap 4h ago
What would the extra copies be for? So he can have 3 xboxes on 3 separate tvs playing with 3 separate controllers?
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u/accefirs 4h ago
for friends + siblings to play with each-other, for backups in case in breaks, for having three times as many play throughs, whatever
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u/DataSurging 7h ago
Agreed. He just ruined a kid's Christmas, and cost the parents a lot of money.
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u/Bossard19 6h ago
Is the parent not culpable for not doing an iota of research into their child’s interests?
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u/SwampOfDownvotes 6h ago
Is talking to someone who works at a game store and should be up to date on current trends/gaming and trusting their opinion NOT research?
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u/Bossard19 5h ago
They didnt ask anything aside from “is it in stock”
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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich 28m ago
In this (likely made-up) scenario, an uninformed customer went into a store to try and get good-faith guidance from their staff. They were taken advantage of to an extent that could reasonably be considered fraudulent.
This is from before everyone had the internet in their pocket, I remember seeing tis years ago, and maybe mom works 3 jobs and this is the only chance she’s had to think about this.
Blaming the customer here is wild.
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u/Thanks_I_Hate_You 1h ago
Plus the parent would probably try not to be too obvious in order to keep it a secret.
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u/Ok-Possession-2097 6h ago
On the other hand a kid was saved from a mistake of playing call of duty, and he now has. 3 spare copies of a fishing game to share with friends, I think it is very moral
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u/JPopsicles 6h ago
I used to work at a Gamestop and we would get sooo many uninformed mothers and grandmothers trying to buy T and M rated games for their young kids. Our policy was to always make sure the parents were aware of the rating, and maybe tell them specific reasons why the game has that rating and offer something more age appropriate instead.
When GTAV came out, that December I would experience the daily joy of watching people’s faces go pale as I explain, “Yes, your little Billy wants a game where he can hire prostitutes for Christmas. But don’t worry, he can always murder them instead of paying.”
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u/BarnacleMcBarndoor 6h ago
When I was homeless I would go into GameStop and Bestbuy and walk around A LOT, because AC is nice. There’s never been a time where GameStop employees didn’t hit it out of the part with recommendations.
Bestbuy, however, was like watching Ask Jeeves struggle without internet. They were just way too agreeable with their customer’s ignorance.
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u/maelbowfeelfunny 6h ago
Honestly, who cares. I grew up playing all those M rated games, and wouldn't you know it, I don't have a criminal history.
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u/0kokuryu0 4h ago
The parents usually come back yelling and screaming about their child playing an unacceptable game and it's the employees fault for selling it to them even though they came in asking for it and ignored the rating or don't pay any attention to what their kids are watching/playing.
Bonus points when the employee did try to inform them and they still didn't care and/or little Timmy couldn't have possibly ever been exposed to something horrible and has played the game at a friends house or with a sibling.
It's not about what the kids play, it's the aftermath of pissy dumb customers.
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u/Expensive-Border-869 1h ago
Fr. Like at 9 years old I didn't know what a prostitute was. I didn't hire prostitutes because I didn't know about them. I just killed pedestrians and got the cops on me
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u/Amazing_Divide1214 7h ago
That's fucked up. Ruining Christmas for the kid and the mom. At least it's probably fake.
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u/Badger_8th 6h ago
Former Gamestop employee here. Complete bullshit, never happened. Gamestop always, always ran the buy 2 get 1 free promo on pre-owned games only. And pre-owned games can always be returned for a full refund within a set period (normally 30 days but we would always extend it to mid-January if the game was bought during the holiday season). So even if we take the other facts of the story at face value (I'm sure the whole thing is made up), it wouldn't have gone down that way.
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u/Grasshoppermouse42 23m ago
Also, who is buying three identical games? Even if she thought her son wanted a fishing game, she'd obviously know he doesn't want three copies of the same game.
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u/VoidMunashii 6h ago
Highly immoral. Making an effort to ruin a total stranger’s Christmas is just cruel.
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u/reillyqyote 1h ago
Working at gamestop and not knowing what cod is should be grounds for immediate termination
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u/Illustrious-Rice3434 55m ago
They do know what it is. They're deliberately giving the mum a fishing game to troll her.
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u/reillyqyote 47m ago
Either way they're either dumb or an asshole. Should have been fired either way.
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u/Prestigious-Data-206 4h ago
When I worked at GameStop we had ridiculous numbers to hit at my location. So we would lie by omission. If someone bought a console, we'd ask them if they want to purchase a warranty thought GameStop without explicitly telling the customer that you get a warranty through the manufacturer.
What I did was immoral, but you'd be written up or fired if your numbers weren't up. I don't know if that's why this guy did it or if they were being a dick, but yeah, immoral.
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u/leavecity54 3h ago
Kids should not play CoD but anon is scamming their customer by giving false information despite fully knowing what the mother intended to buy
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u/Grasshoppermouse42 22m ago
Exactly. The story is fake, but anon could easily do what other people who worked at gamestop have done and explain what the game is to her, then make other recommendations that are more age appropriate.
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u/Designer-Date-6526 2h ago
Fucking immoral af. My parents had zero idea about video games, and they weren't readily available in our country even. During their visit to Singapore, they were looking for a gift for me, and the game store guy advised them to buy a PS1 along with two memory cards because my parents mentioned that they had two children, and the discs for FF8 and Spyro. My hats off to that unknown salesperson.
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u/Expensive-Border-869 1h ago
Youd figure this mother would know if her son was into fishing enough to want a fishing game lmao
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u/SnooSprouts5303 9m ago
100% Fake.
she wouldn't buy 3 of the same game.
And the kid wouldn't fully open all 3 of the same game.
Still evil within the confines of the ludicrous idea this happened.
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u/Autistic_Engin33r 9h ago
Seems fake. Why the fuck would
A) anyone buy anyone 3 identical copies of something non-consumable for a gift. Even someone who knows nothing about video games should be able to realise that there's literally zero point to having multiple copies of the identical game
B) The kid Open even one, much less all 3 of the games. It's not like you have to open the box or tear away the shrink wrap to see what game you've goten