Gamestop

I don’t like being lied to. I was purchasing a new Nintendo WiiU for my son’s Christmas present tonight, and probably am going to return it immediately because I don’t appreciate my treatment. I had been told just last night (when I’d made my first stop at GameStop before shopping around) that I was «pre-​approved» for a GameStop credit card, which would only require a couple of numbers pressed into the keypad, and then I could use immediately for the purchase of the game system and take advantage of a «6 months same as cash» special promotion. This is why I came back to GS instead of walking across the street to WalMart and plunking down my money there or, even better, going online to get a bundle from a shop for less money, free shipping and no tax. Because who in their right mind DOESN’T like the idea of a little financial flexibility around the holiday???
Well, I completed my little verification and made my purchase, only to be told that I would have to wait 7 to 10 days for my card and approval. Oh, and that I could come back and pick it up at that time. Thankfully I am not a d! ck of a dad, and my son’s happiness is more important, but that doesn’t change the fact that I am livid at having been told I was «approved» only to have to «wait for approval», to take a hit to MY CREDIT SCORE for a card I wouldn’t even get to use. I was smart enough to have the cash in hand to go ahead and buy my child his present, but I expressed my discontent to the folks running the registers. Just as I am about to express my discontent with GameStop proper as soon as I finish this consumer warning. And that warning is, if you’re offered a «pre-​approved» line of credit from GameStop, tell them where to cram it. Better yet, just suffer the traffic and go to Best Buy or something. Just don’t let them do the same thing to you that they did to me.