GameStop

This store appears to be an upgraded Gamestop given the location. Aside from games, there’s a plethora of shirts, figures, trinkets, and so on.
As mentioned in an earlier review by Henry, I agree that the staff didn’t seem very welcoming. I was perusing around for 20 minutes and no one came up to me. I didn’t seek the staff out but you would think that me being the only person in the store for almost a half hour, someone would say at least hello. They seemed preoccupied on their cellphones or the TV blasting commercials.
Another thing I found odd was that they sold Microsoft games with employee numbers written on it. It explicitly states that these games copies aren’t to be resold… w… what? (picture attached)

Staff seem disinterested in customers. Wasn’t greeted upon entering the store. The left side of the store is covered while the other side seems rather empty. Good selection of accessories, game consoles and games. Noticed a bunch of games were internet downloads. An interesting bunch of games are low prices.

Corporate rules gives manager zero flexibility. Customer service is not a priority when judgment is required by store staff. Staff is afraid of being fired at the expense of customer satisfaction. I expected to be treated like a person but was treated like a thief. I was in the wrong.

You know how Gamestop employees are rumored to be some of the biggest assholes? This place probably started that rumor.
The workers here are downright awful. Heck, I get better service at McDonalds… that’s saying something. So the lesson to be learned from this? Don’t come here, if you’re hoping for adequate customer service. I’d probably get better advice on games from a gas station clerk too.
P. S.There’s this girl who works here… she’s probably the worst out of them all. I won’t be coming back. Ever.
So peace out Gamestop, I’m officially cutting all ties with you. Hello Amazon!

This review is for the GameSpot store inside Bellevue Square Mall. So, I typically buy games on Amazon but on this rate occasion I found myself in the vicinity if the store so I decided to take a look. I walked in and everything seemed chaotic, so I walked to the side which had XBox controllers I check out the price. No sooner than I went closer, a sales associate came to tell me how I needed to step back because apparently that aisle was «too close to the cash register». Not only is the insinuation ridiculous but it tells me two things:
1) how GameSpot views it’s customers (as shoplifters) and trains their sales associate accordingly
2) it thinks it’s customers shld have ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision to check out prices of its wares from 20 feet away (in a dim lit store btw)
If anyone from Corporate is reading, I hope you realize that you have no shot of surviving in this business for long. Amazon it will be (as always have been)
Other folks-​please tread carefully into this store at your own peril (and potential disgrace). As a customer I can put up with a lot, but disrespect is a deal breaker. Thanks for reading.

The electronic games chain, Game, has gone under in the UK, a victim of the recession and the increase in people buying more games on the web. My most recent visit to his Gamestop in September gave the impression of a chain in trouble
The store seemed to have a lot of empty floorspace and limited choice of games. I mainly buy PC games and the selection was very disappointing. A lot of the boxes were for internet downloads of games — if I wanted to do that, I wouldn’t have bothered to visit your store
Perhaps the inexorable rise of the internet means an inevitable death of electronic games retailing, which does make me feel a little sad

Going by the other reviews here, this should come as no surprise.
I found a deal on a new Max Payne 3 for the Xbox, and made a request for a hold at 5:05pm on ¹²⁄₂₁. At 5:09 pm, I got an email saying my item was ready for pickup. I decided to go pick-​up today 12/​23, I was informed that they received no hold requests at all.
I called Gamestop customer service, and informed them of my plight. They said (without knowing when the order was placed) that the hold expires in 24 to 48 hours. I asked which one it was, since I was still within the 48-​hour window. After confirming when the order was placed, I was told that the hold expires at EOB (end of business-​day).
I’m giving it one star because I liked the hold music that I was forced to listen to, every couple of minutes. Gamestop, you will not have my business, nor from anyone I love and care about.

they aren’t very friendly in here. Everytime i’ve ventured in here has been a bit weird they don’t really do much but stand there and stare at you… never bought any games but bought a pair of headphones and they really suck…

I have been to many MANY game stops and spent way too much money at them. Something they told me from the beginning was «hey used games? You don’t like it, bring it back in 7 days no questions asked! Even if you’ve played the entire thing!»
So my brother came to spend the night and we bought a few games to try out that night and I brought them back the next day. Couple words for ya: Female. Snotty.
Here’s the thing… sometimes when girls get a job at a place dominated by males they tend to get a big head about it for some ridiculous reason. They think they’re special. They like all the attention they get because there are so few good looking females around that most these guys have a chance with. So what happens? They get totally snotty around other girls in that environment. Yes, I totally believe that had I been a guy returning games the girl would have smiled and sweetly said «awww sorry you didn’t like them! What a bummer!». But no, I got a raised eyebrow, wrinkled nose, up & down look of judgement, and pursed lips that obnoxiously said
«what is there something wrong with them or what?»
«nope, just wanted into them»
«sigh» *angrily pitters away on keyboard*. She ended up going to get another girl for help who also annoyed and didn’t acknowledge me once. After the sigh the most anyone said to me after that was «oh you gotta sign this. There you go *receipt*»
So. Final thoughts. I’m a power up PRO member so I spend plenty of money here. I was ENCOURAGED by multiple locations to try games and bring them back. I’ve never been treated so snobbishly by a guy or by the girls at other gamestops. And there are puh-​lenty to choose from so my suggestion is go to a different one. Redmond Town Center guys are great. Especially avoid this one if you’re a girl. And yeah being asked to reserve is annoying but I just say «no» and move on with my life.

This Game Stop, unlike others, isn’t super crowded with narrow aisles like I’ve come to expect in these shops. It has a few shelves with games and such in the middle of the store, but it’s much more spread out. They have all the usual stuff in here with a good selection of new and used for all the consoles covering the walls on all sides of the store. The staff here have always seemed really friendly and knowledgeable and not pushy at all. They also have some set-​ups to try out new games and there never seems to be a long line to play, but if it’s busier there’s usually a kid playing something. Overall, it’s a nice spot to check out games, get info about different titles and also make some purchases (you also get points and such on their gamer card program which can help you earn free stuff).

Pawnstop, er, Gamestop is the largest national specialty retailer of used video games in the United States. If this sounds like a dubious distinction you probably don’t play them but inadvertently you probably do have the right idea.
I don’t want any of the following obligatory experiences while shopping here:
— Be asked if I want to reserve anything for $ 5 towards the game when I can do so on Amazon for free and usually get a few dollars off the game in the process.
— Be asked if I want to buy a strategy guide for $ 20+ when I can go to gamefaqs.
— Buy used games that aren’t guaranteed to have manuals and often have embarrassingly scratched albeit still guaranteed discs when I can often find new versions cheaper online, not to mention the reputable used arbiter likes of Half.
— Buy most new games, since this has not been a straightforward process a few times too many. At a specialty retailer, I expect to see games for sale upon release, even if they aren’t high profile titles like the adaptation of the latest MIchael Bay work, instead of being asked if I reserved and declined when I hadn’t. Games are not $ 50K products.
— Be asked to see ID when I pay with a credit card, which I’m pretty sure is against my card issuer’s terms for merchants and doesn’t seem to happen anywhere else.
Business model aside, the employees I’ve talked to at this specific location range from friendly and knowledgeable (despite draconian corporate policies) if a bit overzealous to hostile and clueless, but somewhat reassuringly the latter don’t seem to last long.
If you know nothing about games and are trying to buy a gift blind the service is important, but for those of us who know what we want, it’s not enough to tolerate the other deliberate choices most of which are global to the chain and color any interaction.
I await the upswing of digital distribution when Gamestop will be forced to either go the boutique route and provide value for the faithful, fully embrace its identity as a pawn shop for the neophyte and stop pretending they are a retailer, or a bitter game over.

i been comming here a lot buying games
they always help and tell me the right games
you should go to game stop