He's playing his stack of stolen Switch games while people get home from Gamestop and realise someone has stolen the game code they just bought
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So do Gamestop employees realize that Switch game boxes sometimes have download codes in them?
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He's playing his stack of stolen Switch games while people get home from Gamestop and realise someone has stolen the game code they just bought
Well, the OP has responded. Hopefully, he follows through with it.
Sucks to be the guy who purchased the game before the OP returns to the store.
I really hope they do
Piracy is never acceptable but this is way worse than piracy
You could at least argue with piracy you're not taking anyone's copy away, nor stopping the company from selling the product
With what the OP has done, he's taken someone elses copy. A copy they will buy and then try to return when they realise it doesn't work, wasting their time. They have then stopped Gamestop from being able to sell that copy, which makes them less likely to want to refund it
It also leaves the poor buyer unable to prove they didn't just redeem the code and then try and return the game for their money back
Piracy is never justifiable but what the OP has done is so much worse, even if the situation plays out with someones buying the game and getting a refund, he's still cost Gamestop and wasted peoples time
They need something to put on the shelf to indicate the number of copies in store. Gutting copies is a good way to do that
I'm legit curious why you even made this thread, or at least made it in the way that you did. Of course it's stealing and that was going to be the focus of what people talked about lmao.
Wait you actually redeemed the code? Shit man I was hoping you would come back and clarify that you backed out after confirming it was a live code...
Make sure you let them know you want that display case not the unsealed copy they are likely to pull out of a drawer for you.
That's pretty serious digital fraud which you could also be liable towards two different corporations and you were on camera...
They could also track you through the code and the account you linked it to...
They could also track you through the code and the account you linked it to...
Did you know at a grocery store they leave the grapes out in the open where just anyone could eat them, too? Crazy.
Lol @ people in this thread on their high horses scolding this guy for looking at the code in the box when they've all probably downloaded ROMs before which is just as illegal and stealing as well.
Oof, op getting piled on for stealing from gamestop. The place that steals from people all the time. If someone buys the used code they can just take it back and get a new one. Not that I condone stealing so hopefully they follow through with what they said.
On a side note, lots of people don't even use the codes in the box when it's dlc. I bought a used copy of the MGS collection awhile back and was able to redeem the MGS code from the psn store.
On a side note, lots of people don't even use the codes in the box when it's dlc. I bought a used copy of the MGS collection awhile back and was able to redeem the MGS code from the psn store.
Not justifying downloading ROMs, but in this case, OP didn't just steal from GameStop/Nintendo, but also likely from a future customer. That's an extra shitty thing because now some kid or parent or adult will have to try and convince GameStop they didn't redeem the already-used code. Good luck to them.
Ah crap, he got cut off on the end there. There's no way of knowing what he was trying to say. Better head on down to the Winchester and wait for this whole thing to blow over OP.
Lame attempt to justify theft. If you think GameStop robs you dont shop there. Conversely don't walk into their house and rip them off.
Yeah, GS has been really sloppy about this in my experience. I've seen some GSs literally leave in the activation codes for their PC games in the boxes that go on the shelves. They kept the install discs behind the counter like normal, but left the code in the box, even though someone could just steal that code and throw it into Steam/Origin/Uplay. They literally could be selling someone a useless product. Luckily, the last time I bought a PC game at GS (~3 years ago, bought a copy of BF4 for like 4 bucks) they were smart enough (at this location at least) to keep the paper with the key on it behind the counter with the discs.
This also isn't wrong. When we have threads of people hacking their Classic consoles and loading games on then I wager most of us dont own hundreds and hundreds of games.
But gleefully walking into a store and stealing is still a leap, even though yeah stealing is stealing
I mean, it kind of does. Not that it absolves OP of any guilt or whatever, but GameStop's negligence is what enabled this whole situation to take place. That's some shit that GameStop oughta have figured out.
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