I realize this may not affect a lot of people here but just in case it does I figured I should mention it as it was brought up again recently on Kotaku/Reddit.
So GameStop has started selling "retro" games, which basically means anything before the PS2 generation, which primarily consists of cartridge based games/systems. They CLAIM that they clean and test all games they receive before putting them up for resale, but there's simply too much evidence that this isn't the case at all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3ybqfg/psa_gamestop_doesnt_always_test_tradeins/
I guess the upside is that you have GameStop's guarantee, meaning that if what you get is messed up you can easily get money back as opposed to a random guy on eBay/Craig's List, but buying retro equipment shouldn't be a crapshoot like this.
So GameStop has started selling "retro" games, which basically means anything before the PS2 generation, which primarily consists of cartridge based games/systems. They CLAIM that they clean and test all games they receive before putting them up for resale, but there's simply too much evidence that this isn't the case at all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3ybqfg/psa_gamestop_doesnt_always_test_tradeins/
I guess the upside is that you have GameStop's guarantee, meaning that if what you get is messed up you can easily get money back as opposed to a random guy on eBay/Craig's List, but buying retro equipment shouldn't be a crapshoot like this.
