Well, as many know GTAIV was released a couple of days back. Needless to say its been very busy, and the shop I work in has taken a lot of money.
Now for the benefit of people not in the UK such as any americans here, the UK has two rating systems for games. PEGI which is voluntary, and BBFC which is a legal restriction. All retailers have agreed to treat the PEGIs as legal ratings to fall in line with the BBFC, and to prevent any confusion.
Grand Theft Auto is an 18. Grand Theft Auto is also very popular with children.
Oh my.
Suprisingly, most young looking people were old enough and had ID to show.
Anyway, the way it went was we had taken our preorders, and had some surplus to sell. I'd say overall, we had about 60 copies spare on the Xbox 360, and 30 or so on the PS3. We held the preorders until closing time yesterday, afterwhich they were free to sell. As for today, we sold out of the spare 360 copies (we had about 20 left) and sold out the PS3 copies through the day.
Most of stuff happening was just annoying, being constantly asked if we had copies. Not their fault, not mine either, but just really gets on your tits after a while. There were a few issues of suckiness however, like this amusing gem today.
Chav: Do you have GTA on the PS3 in at all?
Coworker: Yes we do.
Chav: Can I have one?
Coworker: Sure, can I ask how old you are?
Chav: 16
Coworker: Sorry, but I cant sell this to you. You need to be 18.
Chav: What?
Coworker: GTA is an 18 rated game. You need to be over 18 years old and have proof of ID.
Chav: But Ive come all the way from Hothfield! Cant you just fuckin sell it to me?
Coworker: Nope.
Chav: Aw fucking hell! *storms out*
SC: *brings copy of GTA to the counter*
Me: Allo, okay then. How old are you mate?
SC: Im 18.
Me: Okay thats cool. You got any photo ID on you at all?
SC: What do I need ID for?
Me: GTA is rated 18.
SC: Ive just told you Im 18.
Me: You probably are. However I need to see proof of this before I can sell it to you.
SC: Well I havent got any on me.
Me: Sorry, but I cant sell this to you.
SC: Ugh. *walks off swearing under his breath*
This wasnt sucky as such, just annoying.
C: So how much is this bundle?
Me: This is £219.99
C: Woolworths does it for £209.99
Me: Erm...well they probably do yeah.
C: Do you pricematch.
Me: We dont price match Im afraid.
C: So you wont do me this for £209.99?
Me: Im afraid not.
C: Cant you ask your manager if he can price match?
Me: He'd just say no. Prices are set by headoffice and bundles locked into the tills, we cant go changing them.
C: Aw ok. So you wont price match.
Me: No, we wont.
C: But I dont want to walk all the way back to Woolworths!
(note, woolworths is about 200 metres away tops. Takes about 2 minutes to get there.)
Me: Im sorry, but the bundle there is hte best I can do for you.
She did buy some other stuff and was overall fairly nice. Just very irritating.
Id post more suckiness, but its mostly variations around being asked for ID.
Anyone get any related stories?
Now for the benefit of people not in the UK such as any americans here, the UK has two rating systems for games. PEGI which is voluntary, and BBFC which is a legal restriction. All retailers have agreed to treat the PEGIs as legal ratings to fall in line with the BBFC, and to prevent any confusion.
Grand Theft Auto is an 18. Grand Theft Auto is also very popular with children.
Oh my.
Suprisingly, most young looking people were old enough and had ID to show.
Anyway, the way it went was we had taken our preorders, and had some surplus to sell. I'd say overall, we had about 60 copies spare on the Xbox 360, and 30 or so on the PS3. We held the preorders until closing time yesterday, afterwhich they were free to sell. As for today, we sold out of the spare 360 copies (we had about 20 left) and sold out the PS3 copies through the day.
Most of stuff happening was just annoying, being constantly asked if we had copies. Not their fault, not mine either, but just really gets on your tits after a while. There were a few issues of suckiness however, like this amusing gem today.
Chav: Do you have GTA on the PS3 in at all?
Coworker: Yes we do.
Chav: Can I have one?
Coworker: Sure, can I ask how old you are?
Chav: 16
Coworker: Sorry, but I cant sell this to you. You need to be 18.
Chav: What?
Coworker: GTA is an 18 rated game. You need to be over 18 years old and have proof of ID.
Chav: But Ive come all the way from Hothfield! Cant you just fuckin sell it to me?
Coworker: Nope.
Chav: Aw fucking hell! *storms out*
SC: *brings copy of GTA to the counter*
Me: Allo, okay then. How old are you mate?
SC: Im 18.
Me: Okay thats cool. You got any photo ID on you at all?
SC: What do I need ID for?
Me: GTA is rated 18.
SC: Ive just told you Im 18.
Me: You probably are. However I need to see proof of this before I can sell it to you.
SC: Well I havent got any on me.
Me: Sorry, but I cant sell this to you.
SC: Ugh. *walks off swearing under his breath*
This wasnt sucky as such, just annoying.
C: So how much is this bundle?
Me: This is £219.99
C: Woolworths does it for £209.99
Me: Erm...well they probably do yeah.
C: Do you pricematch.
Me: We dont price match Im afraid.
C: So you wont do me this for £209.99?
Me: Im afraid not.
C: Cant you ask your manager if he can price match?
Me: He'd just say no. Prices are set by headoffice and bundles locked into the tills, we cant go changing them.
C: Aw ok. So you wont price match.
Me: No, we wont.
C: But I dont want to walk all the way back to Woolworths!
(note, woolworths is about 200 metres away tops. Takes about 2 minutes to get there.)
Me: Im sorry, but the bundle there is hte best I can do for you.
She did buy some other stuff and was overall fairly nice. Just very irritating.
Id post more suckiness, but its mostly variations around being asked for ID.
Anyone get any related stories?
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