Employee New Game Demo Rentals Resold As New
It might not be anything new to learn that one perk employees have for working at GameStop is the ability to rent out games for a small period of time in order to demo them. A major part of this perk is that it also includes renting out brand new, sometimes sealed, games. What is messed up about this practice is that these already played games are then resold as new games when the employee returns them.
In your time shopping at GameStop, you have probably either seen or purchased a brand new game that needed to have its case taken off the wall and filled with a disc stored behind the counter in a white sleeve. These copies are referred to as “gut copies.” If you are buying a “gut copy,” then it’s best to have caution, as that game may or may not have already been played by an employee. It’s company policy to try and rent out the “gut copy” of new games instead of taking home a fully sealed one, however the ladder does certainly happen from time to time. While it’s a nice benefit for the employees to have, it really isn’t fair to claim to be selling something that you actually aren’t. And as much as GameStop loves selling used items, no customer wants to buy a used “new” game.
