Texas GameStop Manager Only Sells to Good Students
By Andrew on Thursday, September 13th, 2007 at 2:37 AM PST In Gamer Life, Games Industry
If you want to buy games from a certain GameStop in Texas, you’d better make sure your grades are in check, first.
A GameStop manager in southern Dallas, Texas is requiring children who come to the store to purchase games to have their parents confirm that they are getting good grades. And not only that, but the kids have to mind their manners, too.
“They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word, pull your clothes up,” Brandon Scott, the GameStop manager, said in a recent article by WFAA-TV. “I’m probably going to get in trouble for this, but to me it’s worth it, because the kids understand that somebody cares.”
Some students might think this is a bit harsh, but he’s all about the giving, too.
“If you give me straight As with your teachers signature, endorsing it and your parent up here, I’ll buy you a brand new game,” Scott said in the article.
It will be interesting to see if anyone higher up in the GameStop chain of command will take any action. Retailers do have the right to refuse service to anyone, but I’m not sure if any retailers have come up with anything like this before.
The GameStop in question is located along the I-20 in Texas, though no specific information was given in the article.
via WFAA.com
Holy crap… he used to me my manager, when I worked there!! He got suspended for it, I had heard…
lol why is everyone getting their panties in a bunch? Last I remember there were three locations on Cooper St. along I-20, and two more inside of a local mall on the same street. I’m sure everyone he refused to serve took the five minutes to go to another location nearby. Gamestop is like the electronic Starbucks, you have them all over the place now. With that aside, I do like the steps he took to taking such a responsibility, and I wish corporate would implement this same methods if they weren’t such cheap cash whores
you’ve got to respect him for his conviction, but lets say i was a D grade student and went into his shop to buy a new 360 for $50 and he refuses me. he’s just lost out on a $50 sale and im off to his rival down the road to give him my $50.
and thats not just a once off, thats now every game and console im ever going to buy.
and who says i’ll be the only one.
theres the cigarett method too, getting an A student to buy it for me
like i say, i respect him as a man with conviction but not as a bussinessman