The recent news that Best Buy is tossing it’s hat into the used game market hasn’t phased the game retailer Gamestop a bit.During a shareholders meeting on Tueday they explained why the Best Buy and Wal Mart kiosks won’t take away their business anytime soon.
“GameStop understands that trading in used games and consoles is a highly-assisted activity,” the company said. “We are very confident in our business model that allows our expert associates to help consumers trade in product, a fact not addressed with a self-serve process.”
Gamestop does bring up a good point. Handing a game to a clerk and getting a gift card return is in no way the same as putting your game into a kiosk and getting a gift card in return. It’s that high level of assistance from the clerk that makes the difference.
See what I did there? That’s called sarcasm.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve gone back and read the last few posts I’ve written (for both here and pixeltaedgeek.com) about Gamestop and noticed they all have a wise ass undertone in them. I actually like Gamestop. I just wish there were more competition in the used game market. So I’m sorry Gamestop. I’m sorry for being such an SOB.
The recent news that Best Buy is tossing it’s hat into the used game market hasn’t phased the game retailer Gamestop a bit. During a shareholders meeting on Tuesday they explained why the Best Buy and Wal Mart kiosks won’t take away their business anytime soon.
“GameStop understands that trading in used games and consoles is a highly-assisted activity,” the company said. “We are very confident in our business model that allows our expert associates to help consumers trade in product, a fact not addressed with a self-serve process.”
Gamestop does bring up a good point. Handing a game to a clerk and getting a gift card return is in no way the same as putting your game into a kiosk and getting a gift card in return. It’s that high level of assistance from the clerk that makes the difference.
See what I did there? That’s called sarcasm.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve gone back and read the last few posts I’ve written (for both here and pixeltaedgeek.com) about Gamestop and noticed they all have a wise ass undertone in them. I actually like Gamestop. I just wish there were more competition in the used game market. So I’m sorry Gamestop. I’m sorry for being such an SOB.
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