Conversation I heard behind me in line at Game Stop

[Mr Hero]

Plus some self-suck. No, not autofalatio, you pervs.

Employee asked the long line if there were any games he could pull out of the drawer for people. One SC approached him, but not about this.

SC: I need to talk to your manager. Someone here sold my son an M-rated game!
*thinking. the kid was 10 or 11.*
SC: He's not 17! He's 16 for another 4 months!

Wow really? Not only is she being sucky, but isn't that kind of picky?

Self-sighting:
I get to the front of the line and I'm trading in my Wii Fit bundle I never use anymore. I'm told I get a credit of $7-$8
Me: Wow, that's it?

I blurted it out without thinking. It's still $7-$8 money less than I would have for Arkham City.

[Wordsworth]

Because it's the store's job to check the birth certificate of every person who comes in to buy a game, right?

[Sapphire Silk]

Plus some self-suck. No, not autofalatio, you pervs

Damn. I was going to ask for pictures.

[Duncan MacLeod]

SC: I need to talk to your manager. Someone here sold my son an M-rated game!
*thinking. the kid was 10 or 11.*
SC: He's not 17! He's 16 for another 4 months!

Wow really? Not only is she being sucky, but isn't that kind of picky?

Also... Spell it with me folks... N A I V E

As a 16 y/o boy... I was doing the following.

• Marijuana
• Having Sex (Attempting, but usually ACCESS DENIED)
• Driving around in my parent's car with folks doing cocaine in the back seat.
• Attending parties at which I have Smoked Pot and dropped acid
• Read age innapropriate books (Stephen King since i was 11)

Get your head out of your ass, my good SC.

[Golden Phoenix]

Plus some self-suck. No, not autofalatio, you pervs.

Autofailatio?

Self-sighting:
I get to the front of the line and I'm trading in my Wii Fit bundle I never use anymore. I'm told I get a credit of $7-$8
Me: Wow, that's it?

I blurted it out without thinking. It's still $7-$8 money less than I would have for Arkham City.

I wouldn't feel bad about it if i were you, considering the price paid for those things new i'm sure surprise baout how little they get in trade is fairly common.

[notlovinit]

Also... Spell it with me folks... N A I V E

I hadn't even thought of that when I was reading this, but that is a good point. At the age of 16, I lost my virginity, tried drugs (didn't like them or try them again, but not the point), smoked cigarettes (quit that too), and ditched class 75% of the time(didn't quit this, even throughout college).

Maybe if I would have been playing M rated video games I could have gotten my urges out that way instead. Shucks.

[HappyFun Ball]

My experiences by the time I was 16 severely pales playing violent video games.

[BroSCFischer]

Because it's the store's job to check the birth certificate of every person who comes in to buy a game, right?

Nope. But most places (especially GameStop) are supposed to ID check. I don't think it's the law, yet. But it IS, at least, the corporate policy, and the employee who sold that game is probably going to get into trouble for it.

SC

[PepperElf]

Because it's the store's job to check the birth certificate of every person who comes in to buy a game, right?

the kids are lucky. i don't know about the gaming section but my own section... can't take trade-ins without an ID card. and you have to be over 18. (but that may also be because we're talking phones, mp3 devices, cameras... stuff mom & dad might flip out over trading in etc)



also the wii price may be because ... i've heard talk of a new system coming out. not sure when yet tho. but i can't imagine it does much for trade-ins

[Mr Hero]

also the wii price may be because ... i've heard talk of a new system coming out. not sure when yet tho. but i can't imagine it does much for trade-ins

There is a new system coming out though no date was confirmed. The thing I traded in though was just a Wii accessory. One that really did not get a lot of use except for two games.

[Beckpatton]

Self-sighting:
I get to the front of the line and I'm trading in my Wii Fit bundle I never use anymore. I'm told I get a credit of $7-$8
Me: Wow, that's it?

I don't think this was sucky, if you had made a big deal about it, kicked up any fuss, rolled your eyes, huffed and puffed then of course it would be sucky. You were just expressing your surprise at the small amount of credit, and I assume you then happily took said credit. I don't see any suck here.

[PepperElf]

SC: He's not 17! He's 16 for another 4 months!

To be honest though ... the parent did have a valid complaint. I don't know about that store, but where I work when a rated game like that is purchased, the system asks us if the customer is old enough. And IIRC it provides a minimum date of birth to verify the ID card against.

I don't know if it does it for each game or just once per transaction but... it's the cashier's responsibility to check because sometimes kids look older.