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So I'm normally one to avoid gamestop at all costs. Most of my game purchases are digital now and on the rare occasion that I want a physical copy (usually on the Switch) I hop onto Amazon and order it since many get a prime discount. Also, in the past Gamestop has always been an annoying encounter with the clerks trying to push their stupid store rewards cards or prepurchasing games I'm not interested in ("Hey did you pre order the new call of duty yet?"...uh I'm buying an RPG) or just general assholishness.
All that being said, I actually had a nice trip to gamestop today. I wanted to order a copy of the Megaman Legacy Collections for Switch since amazon isnt taking pre-orders anymore, and I stopped in and found the guy working to be friendly, not pushy at all, and wanting to have a genuine discussion about games. He didn't push preorders (other than asking about the megaman x collection...a reasonable guess but i already have that coming from amazon) and didn't try to push the rewards program. We just talked classic gaming, talked about the new God of War and how neither of us have a PS4 so we both watch reviews and footage online, and then about how absurd the classic games market has become in recent years.
It reminded me of a simpler time in high school when the only people that worked at a gamestop or EB Games were gamers themselves and actually liked conversing with customers.
Has gamestop changed for the better or did I just get one guy that was sick of reading his corporate "to-do" list and decided instead to shoot the shit with a customer on a slow day?