Digruntled GameStop Employee Takes Issues to the Internet with Zero Punctuation Style Videos
By Shawn on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 7:49 AM PST In Gamer Life
One GameStop Employee has taken his hatred of his employer to extremes producing scathing Zero Punctuation style videos on GameStop’s business practices. I personally have had no problems with any of the GameStops in my area or their employees. However in his Zero Originality series, WhistleBlowerZero has put together over an hour of video on the evils of the GameStop business model.
WhistleBlowerZero starts off with educating the public on how little GameStop gives you in store credit as compared to many other ways of getting cash for your used games. He rants about GameInformer’s ad laden pages and flawed ratings system. You’ll learn that the Edge Card is a rip off unless you’re purchasing at least $150 worth of used games in a year and it isn’t good towards console purchases. He also points out that GS reserves are only held for 48 hours.
The videos are entertaining but a little long. They’re also filled with recommendations for gamer to take their business to GameCrazy and Best Buy. Like the work of WhistleBlowerZero’s self professed man crush Yahtzee, these videos are not for the kiddies.
Although WhistleBlowerZero has taken steps to keep from being tracked down, he still reveals that he lives and works in the LA area. If he’s found out by GameStop he’s sure to be fired, but GameCrazy or Best Buy might just hire him for all the great advertising and exposure he’s given them.
Thanks to Gaming Nexus for the heads up. Here’s the first video in the Zero Originality series:
I have a saying… “People are stupid.”
People trade in games and buy games from GameStop because it’s convenient. It’s the same reason they will buy something off eBay for 20% more than they could have paid buying from Amazon or buy.com. Our society has become one of instant gratification (which is why we have a credit crisis, btw). As Ron White says, “You can’t fix stupid.” Trying to educate pinhead consumers who can’t wait a week to get their game is a losing proposition.
You can’t deny the math there.
Now, do I get a +1 modifier to intelligence for never getting that damn card?
You know, I worked at a Gamestop for awhile, it was amazingly fun, and it was a great insight into human nature, which is, indeed, stupid.
It’s amazing how many people think to themselves, that person behind the desk, he just told me how this works, so it must work like a charm! I’ll take it.
Sorry guys, doesn’t work that well.
I’ve only went to a gamestop once and that was a long time ago, and I didn’t buy anything either! The place smelled funny …
Good vid too
~Death Dream~
Every time someone tries to imitate Yahtzee he just falls flat on his face. I don’t think the man’s God or anything but all these videos inspired by him are flat, lifeless drek.
OMG I HAS BEEN SCAMMED!!
You do realize that only half of what was said was correct…
Dealing with
GameStop and EBGames is always a hassle. The employees are not trained very well and focus on trying to get you to pre-order more stuff.Most of the time my store oversells on the pre-orders and is always short on stock.I now just pre-order all my games from Best Buy and wait the extra day or two rather than deal with the incompetence of the employees at the Staten Island stores, the EBGames in the mall has fallen apart since they promoted the staff to clean up another store.