My twitter has the best reputation. twitter.com/FANTAVISIONTV

Speaking of things that were easy to manipulate, I used GameStop as a blockbuster for quite sometime. 7 day return policy on used games haha

I haven't gone to GameStop in about 2 years due to switching to PC. The times I did go I always enjoyed talking to the cashier since my parents or brother didn't care about my games 😂 The pre-owned area was my shit since 12/13 year old me couldn't afford new copies.

I loved GameStop until 2010. From 2005-2010 I would go in there about once a month and raid their "buy 2 get 1 free" used rack. Then one day out of nowhere that rack was gone. When I asked about it the manager acted like I was crazy and that they had never had a "buy 2 get 1 free" rack. I never went back to that particular GameStop and have only shopped at any gamestop a few times since.

I dont give Gamestop my money. They need to learn to treat their employees and customers with respect. What they do is totally unacceptable, and I wont support them.

Fanta looks like he shops at hot topic

I've worked over 10 years in retail and I care very much how the staff in the store is treated and if I saw a boss yelling at an employee right near me I would give that bully a piece of my mind! Retail doesn't pay you enough to put up with the abusive nonsense from a jerk boss!

I cant wait till they officially go out of business

Wanted to work there when I was younger, but the gamestops here in Norway are all gone now, and there was no point in going there anymore anyway.

Pretty simple: screwed over their customers by hassling them about rewards cards and then didn’t close down their stores during the pandemic.

5:33- I know this is what drove myself and several of my friends away from GS. As an introvert, it's challenging enough for me to go to what might be a very small, very crowded store and ask for help from a salesperson. But then when they try to pressure me into making all these odd and unwanted offers (I'm buying a vintage Pokemon Pinball game; what about that screams "YES, I totally want to pre-order Halo: Nightfall?!?!") it just amplifies the pressure by a hundred. eBay and other places are way cheaper, and I can even resell my old games/equipment and get more than a few pennies for my trouble.

I haven't given Gamestop a dime in YEARS because of their Autozone-inspired selling practices. Treat customers like crap? Don't be surprised when you don't have any more customers.

I went through 10 years of grueling therapy and psychiatric torture just to forget the horror that was spiderman 3. I had myself convinced Toby was only in 2 spiderman movies. Then you show up and bring back the bad flashbacks accompanied with the thousand yard stare as I remember.

Ironic how their tagline is “power to the players”

I still laugh at the home made sanitizer...can you say OSHA??

Their former CEO had a contentious attitude against not only their customers, but their employees for a very long time. This has continued and has gotten worse with time.

Soundgarden shirt for Chris Cornell R.I.P.!!!!

Youre doing an great service. KZfaq trashing corrupt corporations is almost the same as people forming a union...almost. Young people who might think its a good idea to work there need to know its not a "family". They are just a product and a number to the corporation. Profit over people must change and the way you do that is make the good treatment of people the only path to profits.

GameStop: Hey I see you have the iPhone 11 Pro Max! Would you like to trade it in for cash? Customer: How much are you offering? GameStop: $5? Customer: Uh I don't think so buddy! I spent $1,000 for this iPhone and to only get $5 for this $1,000? Fuck no! GameStop: Okay you know what? Get the FUCK out of this store! You are BANNED! You come back and I see you I will call the police!

Kinda like gta 5 is 7 years old and just now got to around $30 at gamestop or Walmart.....

The cancelled my collectors edition for sekiro and I called the customer service number and the lady told me it was my fault and I pulled a Karen and emailed the customer service and it took them 2 months to respond to my email lol. I still got it when I went back in stock but last time I ever go to gamestop.

I stopped shopping at Gamestop when I bought a "new" game and they pulled the disc out of a drawer and put it in the case. I argued with them, saying that isn't what "new" means and I will not pay $60, because this game has been opened. Fucking crooks.

My old Gsmestop from back in college was a total joke. They sold McFarlane sports figures there and the manager and employees would always take the chases and rare figures for themselves and put everything else on the shelves. When someone would come in looking for those figures, the employees would lie and say that another customer came in and bought them. They would also open up all the boxes of HeroClix and take out the good figures and put crap ones inside and reseal the box to resell.

"Let's say you have a game worth 60 dollars. We'll take that off your hands for 4 dollars in store credit. Then we'll turn around, clean it off, and put it back on the shelf for 49.95 We call that a buttfucking"

I haven't shopped at a GameStop or been a PowerUp rewards member in at least 4 years. Won't be returning there. I worked there before the PowerUp program and the partial switch to digital. Now their policies and now the partial switch to digital doesn't help their terrible cause. I was there during one holiday season in the early 2000s working there. Never again.

I stop shopping at GameStop since the COVID19 have start it.

I'm so lucky the GameStop I went to didnt bombard me whenever I went in. When I go check out they would ask if there's any games I'm interested in and they would ask if I would like a list of upcoming games, but they wouldn't be pushy. Could be to that I was such a frequent customer so most of the employees knew me

??? I've never experienced this with a GameStop store. It's always been (usually from behind the counter halfway across the store) "Hello, welcome to GameStop. Can I help you find anything?" And when I say no, they're like "Okay, if you have any questions feel free to ask." This has been, universally, my experience with GameStop and associated stores like EB Games and Babbage's.

Former GS ASL here...R.I.P. my old store, we where one of the good ones, no pressure, buy what you want not what corporate things you need kinda stores, our SL left and so followed the entire staff...now the store is a shit hole...my once loved building will be a place ill never enter again...just left them December last year and to watch it all fall down really hurts me, we built a great store for our customers and now its all gone...sad sad day

Gamestop no longer cared about their reputation after forcing out or buying up almost all of their competitors, creating a virtual monopoly for used games that let them set the rules and carried them for quite a few years. They knew they were the only place left in a lot of towns for used games, or even games in general, and the attitude of corporate/store management quickly changed. Now things have changed with alternatives having appeared over the years, digital sales having made newer used games moot, and there's been a Renaissance of sorts with mom & pop used game stores coming back. All those years of treating customers like trash have come back to bite them in the backside and it is just delicious schadenfreude. It used to be you could expect 60-75% of retail for trade in's for hot games and 40-50% for a good number of other games, until they had no competition left and it quickly nosedived to sub 30% on average in my experience. The last time I was ever in a Gamestop was years ago, where I was offered only 25¢ trade in for a game they were selling for $49.99 used. Never went back to one since. If I wanted to be that badly low-balled, I'd just have a yard sale.

I just had an amazing thought.... imagine how much money Gamestop would have if they kept all their really old old old old games in a giant warehouse.... they would have billions of dollars in retro video games

It has been weird to see over the years how GameStop has slowly turned into a Hot Topic.

Oh the sycophants that place created... “Kid who asks if there’s homework” so accurate.

Fanta "Gamestop employees rub people the wrong way" Me "Egg"

Fanta pumpin the CONTENT! I’m here for it

Id pay to see you do the Toby McGuire dance deadass haha

Nobody wants to sell furniture, but at least furniture stores pay commission.

When it comes to the store employees, like much of retail, the company gets what they're willing to pay for. I've worked at places that purged all their knowledgeable associates and replaced them with lower-paid but completely ignorant staff, then were shocked when their sales plummeted. Sadly, it's not about getting the best employees, it's about getting the cheapest.

"Oh cool! Another Fantavision video!" 20 seconds later: *Ovaries Explode*

Last January I needed a pro controller, just a pro controller. GameStop is 30 minutes away so I don’t go there more than 3-4 times a year. I didn’t buy it from GameStop because I don’t want to mess up the employee numbers . I’m not singing up for anything and I don’t need a warranty. GameStop has created an environment where I felt guilty about giving them my money.

I talked on the phone with my local GameStop 2 weeks ago, I had made the decision to buy a pre owned ps3 and refurbished ps2 from their website. They barely answered their phone with them doing order online and curbside pick up. During this covid pandemic corporate apparently changed its policy about what forms of payment were accepted. Debit cards were not accepted in store nor apparently online I was told I should go get a GameStop gift card or pre-paid visa gift card since it acts as a credit card. Since GameStop had no cash in store at the time. That’s pretty much pathetic most people only have and use a debit card, and it’s accepted everywhere. Also now the warehouse is out of stop on refurbished ps2’s both the slim and fat. The GameStop website does plenty of flim flam moves but this is truly pathetic.

They fired camelot331 to replace him with a cheaper employee, after 11 years of service. Camelot331 has single handedly created a PR nightmare the corporate world has ever seen. Round of applause for Cody 👏 👏 👏 aka camelot331.

The nearest Game Stop to where I live is about an hour away. There is a local gaming shop that buy/sells used games do lowball for cash, but give decent deals for trade ins. Why is it worth it even though one could get more if they drove an hour? They treat every customer with respect and go out of their way to help in any way they can, even if they don't make a profit then and there. They know how valuable repeat customers are and know there might be a time down the road that same customer that didn't actually buy anything that visit and just wanted some advice, might come in and make them a huge profit at a later date that they wouldn't have had if they treated them badly. How much do they actually lose for talking to a customer that didn't buy anything? Nothing. How much do they make helping that customer? Tons.

1:59 Can attest to this. In 2009, the Great Recession was going on. It actually seemed like GameStop had more employees-and better ones-then, than what they do now.

GamesStop thankfully survived long enough for me to be able to buy a Switch recently from there, while every store was out of stock online.

Miss this channel!! I haven’t had this in my recommendations in a long time!! I wonder why?? 🤔🤔🤔 who knows with KZfaq! Good to see one of your vids man! I’ve been subscribed to the channel for over and year I think over 2 years really. You’ve come along way man! Keep at it!!

When they removed the retro corner in the back page of Game Informer. I stopped caring.

I remember walking in to buy Gears 3. Picked it up walked to the counter and the employee just looked at me. I asked if there was a problem and he looked at some random middle aged guy there with his son and said, “hey dad is it ok if he buys this?”. The guy was like yeah whatever. Still not sure why he asked some guy I’ve never seen if I could by a game. I was pissed! Lol

A mom and pop gameshop sold me ocarina of time for the nintendo 64 for 20$ and some stranger looked over my shoulder and was like awwww I wish I could've bought that.

Question for everyone. What event made you give up on gamestop, or are you still loyal to them. For me it was when they changed the power up membership into ita current form

Here in Norway they had so much to offer before, when i moved to a town that had Gamestop, some years back. First it was lot of good games ,and lot of dvds and boxes of all kinds . A lot i had not come across before, or not seen in many years and so on. That went to about 2012, then it was suddenly a lot of new faces in store, feeling something not right there, then stories started coming out . Then as streaming turning over, more and more dvds they could not sell elsewhere . Then the merch section came, most of the same store, just a 3 or 4 small shelfs of game, where it had been a dozen plus., It was shell of it self in the end, like a old comedian wanting one last round of applause before curtain falling dpwn for good.

The amount of crap that GameStop tries to push anytime you buy ANYTHING there is ridiculous.. I avoid shopping at GameStop at all costs.

The herding and the TV playing the ads at an insane volume are the number one reasons I stopped going to Gamestop about a decade ago, the last time I was in a Gamestop was when they had a clearance sale and they were selling all the Starlink ships and figures for $2 each and I went in there for that but that was two years ago I think and before that it had been about seven years since I was last in one because I don't like being led around and having ads blasted at me like I am a trained monkey. As it stands shopping at Wal-Mart is a better way to buy games as they let me come in, look around myself, and buy what I want without bugging me to buy other stuff and that is why I bought my PS4, Switch, and Xbox one there instead of at Gamestop. 20 Years ago I never would have believed that Wal-Mart could be a better place to buy games than Gamestop but here we are and until Gamestop fixes that they will continue to fail.

The district managers would would give the managers unrealistic expectations of the employees to meet all the quotas each week or they get in trouble or fired. Not to mention,my he employees were forced to do shady things.

The push to upsell is something that businesses always try to push and claim its "good customer service". No. It's annoying as fuck. You can tell it came from out-of-touch, rich boy board members that have never had to shop in their own stores, let alone work somewhere like that.

I stopped shopping at Game Stop when they start trying to shove extra things down my throat and trying to sell me crap that I didn't want. Been years since I have shopped there, then I went PC with my gaming and just love Steam.

Reggie was friends with the original owners (Dick and Dan) and garnered a lot of good will from the company. He was a valuable contact inside Nintendo. The only reason he was placed on the board of directors was so he could get a payout when the company finally goes under. Golden parachute. No shade on Reggie. Near as I can tell he is an OK guy but the move was purely to line his pockets. Like when a store is going out of business and offers a 80% - 90% discount sale. You're not a bad person for buying a bunch of stuff on sale; its just a shame you couldn't do more to support that store "if you were able to" before it put up that sign that it was closing forever.

I remember when Yuna & Rikku gave me my pre-ordered FF X-2 & strategy guide at a Game Stop in Las Vegas.

It’d be one thing if these stories were rare, isolated instances, but these are UNIVERSAL! Every employee at every store either has experienced, witnessed or knows someone that has experienced any number of these horrible things.

Plus it no longer getting hard copies of vidoe games since it now pointless to do so. Since it downloaded to the HDD or SSD in the long run.

I haven't shopped at Gamestop since the release of Star Wars Battlefront 1 for PS2.

Having seen this train wreck and even being on board that train since before it got out of control, I gotta say, the downfall of Gamestop was 1) the acquisition of EBgames and 2) Adopting EBgames business practices. Software Ect was a family oriented company, Gamestop was a customer service driven game company before EBgames. After EBgames "WHEN THE COMPANY WENT PUBLIC" it became TOTALLY profits driven. All that mattered was the stock prices and stockholder payouts. It was terrible to watch but in the end, the monster had to die. R.I.P. Gamestop.

I have a video idea, what if you talk about the Target experience and compare it to Wal-Mart. I don’t know if you can really expand upon it, but I think it would be entertaining.

It’s sad because we did change all of that customer bombarding and the circle of life it’s not like that anymore at all we train people totally differently now.. I’ve already had my store shut down once I’ve worked there for years but me and my co workers who are basically family to me didn’t get treated well during all of this, it all just makes me sad.. cause after my store closed things really did change for the better and now things are going so bad, we have so many regular customers that love us and our store, I would hate to see it all go away I just wish things could have kept getting better instead of worse, I’m really glad you touched on the trade in thing I’ve tried to tell people we have bought 360 games when they were basically new for 30 dollars and I’m the end had to penny 100s of them out because they never sold. Also I’m really lucky I’ve only worked with a few bad employees the ones who stick around are fantastic people and great associates :edit: and we’re all very knowledgeable, I once was told I was just some girl who took a job opening and don’t know anything because I hadnt played the new siv game yet, I’ve worked that for years and know more about the games in the store then that guy would have ever known, the way women at gamestop get treated by some customers is pretty bad. But i always go out of my way to help everyone

scalping games, hustling, ripping people off.

How did GameStop get to where they are for me? IMO selling used games, systems at or near new prices. Disrespecting customers wanting to buy new. Buying products for dirt cheap then selling at almost full price. Constantly trying to buy phones, ageism. This just makes me upset. GameStop should have respected the market. Kept certain programs that worked and built up customer relations instead of thinking of them as numbers. You make money by bringing customers back not alienating them.

For some strange reason... I can imagine a "Circle of Life" death cult at Gamestop headquarters. Complete with bizarre rituals and daily human sacrifices. Yeah.

Oh yeah, I had a "great deal" last night, the assholes sold a system on me when I had them hold on to it for me. That's why I stopped going to their

The only reason why I shop at Gamestop is for cheap used games and maybe a figure. But I do avoid going to certain stores because of the associates can be pushy. I understand why they are so I'm not rude to the associate, I just won't go there or leave.

I used to really love GameStop. But now, ever since I learned all their shitty business practices, and the fact that most recently they stayed open during the pandemic and tried to convince people they were essential business......yeah, I’m done with GameStop. I don’t feel like shopping there anymore. They used to be THE place to get your games from. Now? They’re just A place to get your games from. I’d rather shop at Meijer, Target, and especially Best Buy for video games rather than them at the moment. I’m gonna continue boycotting them. Until they change how they run their business and stop treating their employees and customers unfairly, I will no longer shop there.

They just suck! I remember I bought madden 09 for $20. Went in to return it the very next day because I hated it and they gave me $2 for it . That is what started my hatred of them. The final straw was i bought Nascar heat 4 from gamestop.com, pre-ordered the gold edition. Not only did I not get it delivered launch day or the next week, it never got delivered at all. I tried calling gamestop.com numerous times could never get a hold of anyone, emails never got replied to. At that point I was done with game stop. Never again will they get my money.

I only go to gamestop for the collectibles these days. Pokemon Plushies, Marvel items, Statues, etc.

My Friend used to work at Gamestop from 2003-2008 on Discord to everyone. He told me that they suck just as badly as they do now. He told me that the store would try to force people to pre-orders for Bad Boys: The Video Game and got yelled at because they didn't sell enough pre-orders for the game. Gamestop thought the game would a huge seller despite the game came out after the movie was out.

I stopped buying physical copies of games.. trade ins were always pennies to the dollar for what I paid for them, so trading in was almost pointless, and I kinda got spoiled this gen by booting games from the hard drive :P I never thought it'd happen but I kinda started hating swapping discs. Also I swore off preordering once I got burned by Street Fighter 5, with the rare exception, so GS just stopped making sense.

I get my haircut Thursday some places are opening .I got one GameSpot open but only for pickup .they don't have walkin open yet

Game stop is a rip-off company.

Game stop is a good example that karma is real.

I stopped going there when they stopped paying fair prices for trade ins. And i'm not talking about cash, but when even while paying for the pro card for more of a trade in value i would get $15 max for games that weren't even 2 months old.

last time i went into a gamestop was when they had a BOGO on MTG cards and i picked up two fat packs for the price of one.

The bombardment you describe has been going on since at least 2008. That's when I noticed the staff starting to get really pushy and badgered customers like myself to the point where we didn't want to go in anymore. I'm guessing the district manager was being quite proactive in implementing corporate policies to the letter. GeStapo has been cultivating this reputation for quite awhile, slowly pissing off more and more people. So when we can get better prices online without being hassled every 10 seconds, it's no surprise that customers just started saying "fuck this."

I bought a Switch in February and the only place in my area that had one was a GameStop, so I got it there. I've kept that secret in for 3 months and it feels good to get it out.

I went to a GameStop once. They referenced the producer of Death Stranding as 'Gojira'. It was painful.

Im playing spider man on ps4 right now how random for the reference

The odd thing is that I will probably miss them if they go as they represent a part of gaming culture that we will probably never see again. In my area, there are other video game stores (either independently owned or smaller chains) that pop up, usually try to focus on retrogaming and never last more than a year or so. To me this paints an unfortunate picture that the Gamestop model is the only viable way to run a video game store in this day and age and even they're struggling.

damn dude i was just thinking you look like spiderman and then you mentioned it

6:03 In 2011, I bought a used copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl that cost me $35. I thought that was a ripoff.

Only reason to go to GameStop, Walmart doesn’t have the game or system.

Use the quarantine to grow your covid-19 beard! you need to balance out the justin bieber hair lol :-D

You have a unique way of condensing stories. Thank you.

I actually shop at target because they are usually cheaper than walmart. Flour is 1 dollar cheaper at target here.

No. No. No. There is no circumstance where I will give any money to gamestop. They can be the last place to ever sell games and I will STILL not give them money.

IMO they shouldn't have stopped selling used games for older consoles.

Remember everything the Employees do is being forced on them

Video idea: React to videos of people’s encounter at GameStop or Walmart and tell us what you think. (React to VanBurden20s Nintendo switch story) Idk. I watch these Kinda of videos and I’m always wondering of what you think about it

At this point they are mining. Positively drilling for oil.

Gamestop got it's terrible reputation due to terrible decisions by the corporate office

0:05 hahahahaha nailed it

This isn't relevent to the video just wanted to say that 2 cashieres that worked at the gamestop at my town mall not at the same time were really cool to me and my dad when we went there the first one even helped me set up my ps3 online account in the store when we couldn't do it at home sadly both of them left and the mall closed down. sorry for the spelling.

Thumbs up for the Soundgarden T-shirt.

Pokemon games are a good investment as well, the DS games are terrible expensive, even at a higher price now, than when they came out - at least here in Europe