What I didn't know was that they've started a new way of displaying their used games. They store 'full' copies in the drawer, with only one shelf copy to sell folks on the item. All of the 'bad' copies no manual, no cover art, replacement box, etc.
He took the full copy I'd held and went into the drawer, gesturing at a bin of sleeves for upcoming games. Employee: "Take a look at that pile right there of games, and let me know if there's anything you'd like to preorder. He took the perfect case, turned around, and rummaged in the drawer for a disc. As he did so, we both saw there was a case with the horrific fake insert.
They'd clearly set this up to do a bait and switch if at all possible—if the person making the purchase doesn't care, he was obviously supposed to sell me the 'bad' copy.
Employee: "Do you mind—" Me: "I'd like the full copy, please. I think he might have refused to sell me the nice copy if it weren't clear he'd lose the sale entirely if he did. He scanned it, and did some weird shuffle with the cases—it looked like he was trying to decide whether or not to sell me the nice copy or not.
Thankfully, he did not try to do this. Then came the pitches. Employee: "I see your card's expired; do you want to renew it for a discount today and the magazine? It'll pay for itself over the course of the year and save you a lot of money.
Did you see anything you're interested in preordering from GameStop? Just five dollars down gets you a copy of the game the day it comes out, for no extra charge. You could preorder…" he trails off, trying to think of something Me: "No really, I'm not interested. Do you want a protection plan on this game?
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There were rich-guy agitators, but there were also plenty of rich guys agitated. After getting trolled online over the bailout, including by some Mets fans, Cohen announced he was taking a break from Twitter.
Citron Research, run by famous short-seller Andrew Left, said it would stop publishing research reports about its short corporate targets, bringing to an end a practice it has undertaken for two decades.
If this is the new way, let them have it. They were used to being a one-man mob going after companies, and they missed the smaller guys coming after them. Well, let us show you how the meme game is played. It was spun from a more visceral place, a collision of emotions and egos, technology and culture, nostalgia and anger, all magnified in a place prone to hyperbole: the internet.
Many of the names investors favored are relics of the recent past, like the retailer Express and AMC theaters. For the little guys it felt good to try to stick it to the honchos actively rooting against the mall store they remember going to as teenagers, or the movie theater under siege during the pandemic.
The Reddit crowd favors overblown responses that can prove nihilistic at times. How could you have?
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