Wii- Do not buy from GAme or Gamestaiton- buy from SAINSBURY

riz786123

please read the comments of the forum-by clicking on it-regarding Game and Gamesation

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1047731&sid=0f0e1578dc0b35569b364f072f0406eb

this would actually invalidate the warranty for the unfortunate sap that winds up buying the system from GAME.

How so, you may ask? Well, in order to minimize loss due to theft in the shipping channel, manufacturers keep track (by serial number) of which systems are sent to which retailer.
So, let’s say you buy your console from GAME and they, in turn, bought it from Sainsbury’s. Your console RRoDs (let’s face it, your Wii isn’t going to need warranty replacement. Neither is your DS.), and you send it back to the manufacturer. Somebody in the warranty return department is actually paying attention, and they look at the sales receipt that you sent in with the console, and it says GAME at the top, but their computer says this system was shipped to Sainsbury’s. Uh-oh! Red flag!! Through no fault of your own, it appears to “the man” that you’re involved in some shady activity. Good luck with that warranty replacement - you’re gonna need it!!
So they want to give their customers choice by taking an option away and good value by selling a cheaper sold console at an higher price?
This sort of thing shouldn’t be allowed and RubyMars in the comments to this story at GoNintendo has made a good point -
Im currently working in GAME and i have to say they are absolutely ruthless. At one point the managers had a meeting and said that even though theres a credit crunch on and companys are going out of business, GAME is still making money because they dont have customers they have fans, and fans will always be around to buy games.
It is true in a way, its similar to football. We dont just buy games for the any old reason we have an actual passion for it, so there will always be a demand for computer games.

Someone brought Perfect Dark Zero for a trade in the other day guess how much we offered them for it? 20p! 20 f***ing p! Elder Scrolls Oblivion was only £5. Its now company policy on trade ins to roughly allow them a fiver off of games and then treble the price for resale.
The worst one was the Wii and Wii Fit. Our manager said that people are so desperate for them that we bundle in as much as we possibly can like extra controllers, crap games, accessories, so we can get as much profit as possible. He said packages end up coming to over £300 but it doesnt matter because someone will always buy it.
Now i have worked there i dont think i want to spend my money in there anymore. So im going to milk my employee discount as much as possible and find an independent game shop.

real1314

The retailer is responsible for the product as supplied, so game would honour the warranty and sort out the item.

not really a problem at all

berniesmaster

will definatly avoid them from now on, thanks for that.

cfbc

Somebody with a grudge! This thread should be pulled...

Sorry, games and trades, welcome to the real world! That's how it happens.. Take it or leave it. (and no I do not work in anyway shape or form for either).

nuttyp

after buying a used game from gamestation, it didnnt work. Tried to return it with a receipt butno, said i had done it and did nothing

That is until i returned on a saturday and had to RAISE my voice....... refunded in cash

Will never shop there again

Plushchris

I've never had much problem from Gamestation, they certainly were ok for trade ins when they had their 50% extra offer on a while back.

If you have a chipsworld (https://www.chipsworld.co.uk) near you they are pretty good as an alternative, give reasonable trade ins too.