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- McGrude, on 10/10/2007, -24/+183Great example of how it should be done. We don't need legislation, we need responsible parenting and reselling.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -20/+158Someone's going to get fired.
- Shrubber, on 10/10/2007, -9/+90On a related note, local Best Buys in Southern Dallas report a strong upswing in business from customers aged 8-17.
...Great idea with making the customers mind their manners, but the manager's going to get fired for stifling business. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -15/+82Good intentions....but it's the parents' job to take care of such things...not the gamestop manager.
- shaka999, on 10/10/2007, -10/+73Your welcome to shop somewhere else.
- SquigglyP, on 10/10/2007, -3/+57Now we just need Walmart to enforce some sort of "no shoes, no shirt, no service" policy. Maybe add 'teeth' in there somewhere.
- razmig, on 10/10/2007, -4/+55You better bet your ass he is. GS is about the $$, if he turns away little johnny and his allowance, who just wants to buy an overpriced GS brand ds stylus this guy will be gone very soon.
- d00by, on 10/10/2007, -4/+35If getting good grades is the sense of morality you DONT want your kids to have, i dont want to be anywhere near your family.
- samfishercell, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33As much as I love his effort, I can't see this lasting long with the sales he must be driving away.
Also, from working videogame retail I've learned two things 1) many parents don't care 2) many parents will lie
if he REALLY wanted to make an impact, he would make people shower in order to purchase games. - Sithlrd, on 10/10/2007, -2/+31Sounds like someone got an F.
- ph3rny, on 10/10/2007, -4/+31Yeah but the thing is the people that misuse "your" and "you're" are generally people that have English as a first language.
- SquigglyP, on 10/10/2007, -4/+29You're aware that there are people who frequent Digg who speak english as a second or third language, right?
- phunlee, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26Colleges who don't let in students with bad grades must be guilty of discrimination, too, huh?
Let's get that class-action going, buddy.. - SquigglyP, on 10/10/2007, -5/+29But that's not working...
- phunlee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24He's the guy with the store full of games. And responsible parents are the ones with the money he's looking for.
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23Too bad they will shut that concept down. i managed a Gamestop here in L.A. for over a year and corporate will make sure they get every penny they can. They are the most money hungry people I have ever worked for.
- jackpot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20“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,”
I wonder if that'll work taking a single class for the semester. I'd even drag my mom up there to verify! - darkened, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Welcome to capitalism, he's more than entitled to do this! (excluding it violates corporate policy of gamestop)
- mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20You forgot to note the number of syllables.
- lime148, on 10/10/2007, -5/+23She should get promoted for that.
- jmeskimen, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Something tells me that this man's way of operating may be driving in a larger profit for the store. I know that would be somewhere where I would like to buy games and I'm sure that many others would agree.
- SquigglyP, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20well you can rest assured that the kids in Texas who can't figure out 'your' and 'you're' won't be getting any games from gamestop.
- klinsek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18I'm sure the corporate office is just thrilled.
- LordRahl72, on 10/10/2007, -6/+23That doesn’t matter. My local GameStop refuses to sell PS3's because the manager doesn’t like the console. If you go into her store with $600 cash to buy the system she will refuse to take the money and offer to sell you a Wii instead. All her employees do the same. I have seen this first hand and complained to corporate headquarters and nothing will ever be done about it.
So I very seriously doubt anyone will get fired because of this. - drjekelmrhyde, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19He should give a discount to good students maybe 5-10% not just shut out the bad kids
- surasshu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Hahahaha, he didn't mean prohibiting *****, he meant prohibiting the use of the word. I love how you interpreted that though, now THAT would be some story!
- Dou6, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12South Dallas needs all the motivation it can get...seriously.
- moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Because some parents are lazy, irresponsible morons.
- Firehed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12The above poster clearly didn't do well in school.
Seriously, it you think it's a problem, you're free to take your business elsewhere. It's a private business, and they're perfectly entitled to only sell their products to adults. - robzthird, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Actually it kind of does.
- fishpicker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12I agree. this sounds like a great way to build a loyal customer base. If that particular GS was in my town, I would take my kids to that store exclusively.
- SquigglyP, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13It can be a retailer's business if they want to do business that way. The marketplace will just decide. It might not be the best idea if you only give a crap about sales, but personally i think it's kinda nice that there's someone willing to at least make some kind of effort to get kids to do well in school. As far as the 'manners' thing, the only people that would affect are the people who don't have any. So i;m guessing most of the customers will end up being kicked out for that reason, as opposed to grades. Kids these days are a bunch of little bastards.
- triplehelix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12"it takes a village to raise a child"
- MrFisty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Nice thought, but unfortunately as Lisa Simpson said, "You'll never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator."
Life advice from a cartoon. Irony. - riverfr0zen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10No game for you!!!
- mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Indeed, it shows not just good common sense, but a connection with the customers beyond "Hello how are you today? Can I help you find something?"
- Leofan7, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Wow! Now I know that not every single GameStop is evil! I would like to shake this manager's hand.
- Argo1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11No Video Games for You!
-Video Game Nazi - triplehelix, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10you don't know much about business do you? a business holds the right to deny any person for any reason.
ever see that sign, "no shirt, no shoes, no service."? - TheBigBad, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11So you are saying that you have contacted corporate about the manager of a video game store that refuses to sell a console just because she doesn't like it and they aren't going to do anything about it? You are full of ***** pal.
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It would be a great incentive if he gave an extra percentage off the retail price depending on how good the kids grades are. Or maybe they could get in the front of the line on release days or something.
- schoate09, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10The publicity is probably a good thing. It gives Gamestop a good reputation in parent's minds, who ultimately (should) have controll over what their kids buy, and with what allowance money.
- fluxion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8grades determine who's lazy and who's not. calling educated people (with good grades) lazy and unmotivated in comparison to the flunkies is a bit ridiculous.
- CrimsonBlur, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8And what right is it that you would cite as a way to trump the retailer's right to run their business as they please? How is refusing your business violating your rights? They are the ones providing the service to you, not the other way around.
- chrisgnv, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Meaningless anyways. Kids will just avoid this Gamestop, and goto the other closest Gamestop, Best Buy, EB Games, Walmart, Kmart, or Circuit City.
- dunderballer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Open your own store and only serve those with bad grades who don't give a *****.
- tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's only discrimination if he lets white people use the N word.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10yeah thanks Dr Phil
- CrimsonBlur, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Whether you think it's a retailer's business to know what a kid's grade are is irrelevant, the store manager can run the business however they want to. If enough people have a problem with it, they will go out of business. That, or he will be fired because of some obscure clause in the franchise agreement GameStop has. Other than that he isn't doing anything wrong, and I can't think of how this could possibly be violating any kind of consumer rights, those only protect you from fraud as far as I know.
- louiedog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Your grades were not that good? I never would have guessed by your attitude and writing.
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