GameStop Employee AMA

[Soviethooves]

How often do you have people trade in their stuff?

Everyday, especially when we have a trade deal. Those are probably the best times to go as GS fukin destroys on trade deals. This guy came in with like 10 games and we had a promo where he got an extra $5 in store credit for each game you brought in. He walked away with more games than he expected!

Can you give an example, that are not games, of what's often, and seldom traded in?

Controllers are probably the second most traded, third being “tech”, which is phones, Google Home’s, etc.

What was the most expensive, one of a kind, ridiculous trade in you ever seen or heard of someone trade in, only to get a fraction of what they could sell it for?

Probably this one guy who came in with a literal box of old Xbox 360 games. They were all mostly old sports games and I counted about 30 before I looked him dead in the eye and told him “Dude, we aren’t going to offer you a lot for these because no one wants to buy these. If you want I’ll get you an estimate, but it aint gonna be higher than $20.”

What was your creepiest or weirdest experience with a customer?

I’m white and a dude called me a “stupid ***” because I said I’d rather play Red Dead Redemption 2 than fuck his girl. It was weird.