Dude...Am I the only one? (gamestop)

Am I the only one that gets mentally raped when I come to pick up one thing, and get asked to preorder something a billion times, despite the fact the I already said no? This happens to me ALL THE TIME. It usually goes like this,

Me"Can I get Mario 3DS Land please?"

*Guy rings me up*

Guy" Would you like to preorder Mario kart 3DS?!?!? It only 5$ down! Come on dude preorder, its a great game.

Me"Yea.. No thanks. I think im gonna be good with mario 3d"

*Guy cuts me off*

Guy,"Your guaranteed a copy if you preorder right now. We'll hold it for you man. you should preoder..."

Me,"No Thanks... Im in no rush to pick it up.. ill get it when I have time to really enjoy it.."

Guy," You an put 5$ down to preoder it right now. When you come back, you can pay the remaining balance. You should preoder dude.

Me,"I said NO like 10 times dude...

Guy," You should preorder..."

Me," Ok dude fuck you I said no!!!!: T_T


This happens every F**king time I walk into gamestop.. its ridiculous. Do they get raises every time they force someone to preorder or something?

 

Bait-and-Switch tactic. Best way to handle that is simply hang up. Don't waste your time with that nonsense.

 

This was in person not over the phone..lol

 

My gamestop never pulls that crap with me.

I've honest to god never had any of these problems.

 

lol, I'm used to getting asked if I want to pre-order something occasionally. But It only ever takes me saying no once. Either your not curt enough with your words, or you got a really pushy game stop guy. Also they don't really get bonuses or raises based on their pre-orders but there is a little competition in stores between what locations can get the most pre-orders and such. It's kinda like staples, in store there is a list [ot of customer view] that keeps track of who has sold the most PRPs, product replacement plans. And as retarded as it sounds, and is, this is somehow an internal ranking scheme, so your real eager morons can get pushy about it.

A good way to go about it is to deflect. In this case: "No thanks, I'm not much into racers, and I have played the previous titles." This would get the message out that its not a game you want to buy. And depending on the person they either drop it or make conversation from it, and in the case of some ask about another title you may be interested in. Common sales pitch interaction.

 

It's called upselling.

I hate when people do this.

 

me too, althought I never had this problem at game stores, only at supermarkets.

 

o.o supermarkets? Really? Do tell, I am curious how THAT pitch goes. "Would you like to preorder a carton of eggs and sausage for breakfast next week? Only 5 bucks down on each, and you can pay the remaining balance when you come in to pick it up, you should totaly pre order now!"

 

yeah, that is what I was talking about. The guys from supermarkets seem more persistent.

 

I like Gamestop though I they don't have stores in Belgium.
I've been to one in Finland and they were really nice.

 

Psh. This guys are total duches. I cant stand to walk into the store at times. Then they look at me as if im the typical angry black guy.

 

rell would you like to pre-order Xenoblade? If you do you are guaranteed a copy upon release, it's only $5 down

 

No, you are not the only person who experiences these kinds of garbage.

 

No i dont want to preorder... Ill go preorder it at bestbuy just to piss you off though kind sir

 

You're gonna be devastated to learn that the only place that's going to be selling it is gamestop then.

Well, NoA will be too but you have to order that online.

 

Really? The copy im gonna be playing isnt gonna have a disk at all +_+

 

This is why I buy my games online

And the fact that the tards who work at my local GameStop don't have a brain cell between them

 

Yea I know... Theres this girl that works at mines... Shes always trying to trick me into buying shit games... But its ok because she has huge boobs....

 

I like you're style sir.