EBGAYMEN
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 by Matt
Today I went to EBGames to try to pick up a copy of Jak and Daxter: Lost Frontier and the girl working there said they had one copy left. “Great!” I said in joy as BestBuy didn’t have any in stock when I went. The girl then proceeds to go to one of the shelves and get the box from there. Turns out they are selling me the “display copy” now. So I said “oh, since it’s opened can I get some kind of discount?” Turns out I can’t. That seems pretty stupid, I am paying FULL price for something that has been opened, handled, and possibly played. I don’t know what they did it before I got there. If I buy the display model of a TV at Best Buy I get like a 15 percent discount, while I am not expecting to get 15% off from a 29.99 dollar game, I do expect to save SOME money.
I understand why they do this, people want to see the box of the game they are buying for some odd reason. But that’s not the only reason, it’s because theft of games is very easy. You just slide it in your pocket and you are done. People are less likely to steal something if it’s an empty case. So if theft is such an issue, why can’t EBGames just do what Best Buy does. Put the game in a large clear container, customers can read the box, and it prevent theft (prevents, doesn’t stop). Another suggestion would be to do what Best Buy does to the new releases here in Canada. They have a card with the game’s front and back cover on it; you take this card to the cashier and they ring it up for you and get it from the storage. Problem solved, you fight theft AND it cuts down on shelf space.









