ok guys heres a story
i wanted fallout new vegas and i check and it said it got canceled because there's no money in my bank
i look in that bank account and there's 4 grand in said account
i call them up and they say there's nothing they can do

so all in all
NEVER order from gamestop.
have you guys had any bad experience with game stop?

Nope, I was going to order something online but apparently they only take gift cards in store, so I will have to buy something from them eventually - but it is frustrating when that kind of stuff happens. Congrats on being loaded, btw!

its called rich relatives dieing leaving you 6 grand :thumbsup:
i mean uh
i miss richard

You having a bad experience isn't really a good reason. Also, nothing bad actually happened. If you had been charged, but never sent the game, and they said there was nothing they could do, it would have been different. But all they did is not accept your payment method.

eh i always have problems with them this just stuck out
like them giving me a fried 360 and saying they wouldnt take it back

Well, I've never had any problems, therefore you should ONLY buy from Gamestop.

Sounds like your bank mucked up.

Gamestop are amazing - everyone should always buy from them.

Nothing major, expect my pre order bonus is always " Would you like to buy the guide for x game?"

I've never ordered from Gamestop to begin with, nor will I ever any time in the future.

I hate that store.

Gamestop is expensive.

I have my place where I buy games. They give great weekly deals (I'm gonna get a 39.99 MS points card for $30 this weekend ) and I know people who work there so I get a good deal on top of that good deal.

I <3 hookups. Networking ftw.

I don't understand the point of pre-ordering games. It sorta seems like gamestop orders less games than there is demand for just so they'll sell pre-orders. No clue how they make money that way. I've always been able to get any game I want on release day at wal-mart or any other big store, but gamestop is always out.

I believe that gamestop is the largest video games retailer in North America.

You know whats funny, http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1121046-where-do-you-buy-your-video-games-from/

How about just not pre ordering in general, seriously why preorder, if the place you buy games is out then go somewhere else. or, god forbid, wait another week. your always better of waiting a few weeks or months so that you can buy the second editions that have patches for any major bugs.

I just pay cash with them, never have any problems. :shrug:

I've had a lot of bad experiences with Game Stop as well. Well, not personally I guess, but my older brother..

That makes me especially sad considering Game Crazy went under. i loved that place.

You must have never seen their training video, Mr. Fusion, otherwise you'd know why Game Crazy was kind of bad at times.



If you never ordered from them in the first place, did you ever buy something there, ever? Because if you never used their store, you can't logically hate it.

As someone with lots of money too, more so than the OP, , I have had no problems with Gamestop.
I'm sorry that your bank didn't let you get the game, or whatever caused it, but that's no reason to despise Gamestop.

Hey, Biomed, Gamestop is not that expensive, it's normal pricing for almost every item.
Also, I don't think you mean 39.99 MS points.
I think you mean 3999 MS Points. Which for 30 dollars is cheap.

However, if Gamestop had MS Point cards, and not farmville/other games cards, they be about the same.

Pre-ordering a game isn't a bad thing, it's just to make sure you get it on release date.

I've used Gamestop for years, never had a bad experience with them. Aside from them slowly taking PC games off of their catalog and giving [censored] prices for used games, they're a fine game company :shrug:.

That being said, I haven't used them recently, because I rarely buy brand new games. If I do, chances are they're on the PC, in which case I'll use Steam. Otherwise, I'll use Amazon.

Gamestop is expensive. I bought Darksiders new the other day for $9.99, I went to Gamestop and they had it used for $37.99. I bought Conviction new this past weekend, got it for $29.99, went to gamestop, they had it for $39.99 new.

And about the MS points. Here in Canadia there are 2 sets of cards you can get, $19.99 for 1400 MS points, or $39.99 for 2800 MS points.

This weekend I can get 2800 MS Points for $29.99 .

Gamestop is expensive, they never give deals. Their $39.99 MS points cards I can get for $29.99 at anytime. Why go to gamestop?

I'm thinking about getting Overlord 2 for the 360. At Gamestop it would cost $39.99 for a new copy, I can get it for $14.99 for a new copy. Gamestop is expensive!!!

Might buy Batman Arkham Asylum for $9.99 tomorrow, thats for a new copy. If I went to Gamestop I'd have to pay $29.99 for a new regular edition copy, or $49.99 for a new collectors edition copy. It would be $29.99 for the collectors edition, new.

I am really hating GameStop right now. They guaranteed I would get New Vegas on release day. It's 4:30, and it hasn't arrived. Nice overnight shipping you got there GameStop.

You will, or they'll refund shipping. As long as you get it before midnight, it's still release day :shrug:.

Besides, what shipping service are they using, and when do they usually deliver stuff to your house? UPS usually doesn't arrive at my house until 3-5PM, regardless of what I order and where I order it from, same as USPS (usually around 11AM). They're not going to make a special trip to get yours to you extra fast.

I sincerely doubt that Gamestop delivers their products themselves...

Usually same here. But I pre-ordered Halo Wars from them online. Got it the day after my birthday/its release date. That worked out really well

Er, maybe not to you, but games here in America aren't that bad.
Are you using Canadian dollars or American?

I don't doubt that different Gamestops will have different prices.

But to say that they are always expensive? I don't know.
They are almost always a fair and normal price for games.
I've gotten games dirt cheap from them. Yeah, Darksiders being sold for $9.99 somewhere else means that company is getting it's money from something else. Like the Mafia.

Heck, I bought a game for 3 dollars and sold it a year later for 18 dollars.
Battlespire is so rare.

Sorry you've had bad experiences with them, but for me, they are very nice. Wal-Mart is usually more expensive. Gamestop is not that bad here, in North Carolina anyway.

As for their shipping, it's probably going to get there by 9 at the latest. Otherwise not only will they refund shipping, the mail service will get yelled at.

Meh at least you didn't go to the store just to find out they didn't get any CE..

I wonder if there will be a second run like they did with Fallout 3.

I didn't preorder at a gamestop...

Never had a problem with gamestop. So, I will continue to order from gamestop