I went out and purchased a video game today, I haven’t done that since buying Counter Strike for PC years ago. Game Stop had a deal on Bad Company for Xbox 360 for $19.99 New, funny because the used was $26.00. Whatever, corporations have weird business practices, found the game URL on Game Stop and found the closest location to me with the game. Great so I drove there, went into the store and started browsing around. I found the game on the shelf, there were 2 empty boxes for the game for what I thought was for store demo purposes. I went up to the counter and asked for it, they guy just went to the shelf, picked up a box and inserted the game back into it from behind the counter and attempted to put a plastic seal on it.

Wow, did they just try to sell me a opened boxed game, as new? I didn’t care because it was cheap and I was bored in need of a game to play and it was less than the USED game but this is an outrage! You buy a new game, you expect a new game, not an open boxed game that no one has bought. Besides that display box that I now own has been manhandled by who knows how many people! That’s the last time I’ll buy anything from Game Stop ever again! I also purchased a used Xbox 360 from them, only to find the RROD in less than 2 days playing it, and they wouldn’t take it back!