My EBGAMES "Preowned Game" experience

[Ruined]

Well, so happened a recent EBgames order that I was getting some other stuff, I was able to get a cheap preowned game (NCAA Football 2k3) for free (its a $2.99 game) with a coupon.

I thought, hey I've always seen these preowned games, most games I sell used are like new anyway what the heck.

Well, I got it today. Not a single part of the game is undamaged. Starting off, the plastic of the case has some black goo all over it. And it has some holes, which punctured through the cover art. I opened the case to find a ripped manual, and a disc that looked like it was run over with a car a few times. Not only did it have a wealth, and I mean a wealth, of scratches on the underside, but the disc art also was scratched off in some places on the top! Incredible. I didn't even bother putting it in my XBOX and just threw it in the trash since it was free anyway, but just a word of warning. When you get a preowned game from EB, there is a good chance you will be getting something that looks worse than even what you've rented at blockbuster!

[Frank Gunn]

It continues to amaze me how people abuse their own shit. I can understand Blockbuster discs being beaten all to hell; people just have no consideration. But trashing your own stuff? Does that make any sense?

[MooglePorn]

I rarely buy preowned, only when it's something hard to find or insanely cheaper, but when I have I've always asked to see the condition of the disc before putting down the cash. If it looks like complete ass, I ask for another copy... if they all look like ass, I don't buy it.

[Sycho]

Originally Posted by Ruined

When you get a preowned game from EB, there is a good chance you will be getting something that looks worse than even what you've rented at blockbuster!

i've bought both GTA's there, both didn't and I got brand new one for both, there pretty nice at my EB, when i exchanged my PS2 the idiot didn't even look at the serial number

[1138]

I buy a lot of my Xbox games preowned. I'd just rarther save the money. Only once did I get a game that wouldn't work and I went back and exchanged it for a one that did.

Don't most of these places have like a 7 day period to just outright return it?

[MooglePorn]

Originally Posted by 1138

Don't most of these places have like a 7 day period to just outright return it?

Yeah, but if you're slow at playing games like moi, and the scratch affects later parts of the game, you're SOL.

[Louie]

The thing about EB is even if you find a good copy of a game, nice case and all they put 10,000 stickers on it after you buy it.

[Astrakan]

Originally Posted by MooglePorn

Yeah, but if you're slow at playing games like moi, and the scratch affects later parts of the game, you're SOL.

Not quite SOL, there are a couple of tactics of questionable ethics you can try.

1. Rent the same game and return your game disc to the rental company instead of the rental one. Hell, if you want to be even less ethical you could even tell them that the scratch prevented you from playing parts of the game. That'll even give you a full refund.

2. Buy the game used somewhere, go back with your scratched disc and request an exchange. You'll end up with two copies of the same game, but there's always eBay.

KM

[IKEA_boy]

The only time I've ordered a preowned game online was Cubivore. I thought a game such as that must have been in good hands. Your average abusive thirteen year old isn't likely to drop $50 on that game.

It came disc only, in a paper sleeve. I sent it back without even opening it.

Now, the B&M stores are different. Most of the time you can tell by the case if the disc is going to be in good condition. Even then I ask them to show me the disc before I buy it.

[debz]

EB games in canada now offer warrenties on games $2 for used games $3 for new from what I was told it covers anything but a snaped disk

not bad if your worried about a proplem later in the game

don't know if its available in the USA

[Sycowulf]

Originally Posted by debz

EB games in canada now offer warrenties on games $2 for used games $3 for new from what I was told it covers anything but a snaped disk

not bad if your worried about a proplem later in the game

don't know if its available in the USA

It is. Program just started a day or two ago.

As far as our normal preown policy goes, you have 2 wks from the time that you buy it to bring it back and we will swap it out... and if it happens that we dont have another preowned copy that looks decent, we usually just throw a gut (the wall copys innards) into the preowned one and write it off as a defect, so the store doesnt lose any money.

Oh, and about the sticker thing... yeah, its a pain in the ass... but if you want just ask whoever is working to use the shrinkwrapping machine to get them off, all that is needed is for the sticker to be heated just a little, then it comes right off.

*also forgot to say, yeah, it does cover anything except for a cracked or chipped disk*

[Brikar99]

I buy used games at Gamestop and Blockbuster all the time, and I've been told at both places that if the games won't play, I can return them with a full refund. Blockbuster offered 2 weeks, and Gamestop was a lifetime guarantee. I've never had any problems with any used merchandise I've ever bought.