Does Wal-Mart let you return opened games?

[Yzzim]

Ok, I just thought of something....

Someone replied saying that I could return the game for a new one if the game was defective. Since the new one would still be sealed, what would stop me (other than my morals) from returning the sealed one and getting my money back?

That way I could buy Cel Damage and no one would get fired.

yippee....?

 

[Theslowone]

Unless you run into someone like amdskip that will open it for you.

 

[Yzzim]

<< Unless you run into someone like amdskip that will open it for you. >>


open the game I'm returning that's "defective"?
How would they test it? This Wal-Mart doesn't even have a Gamecube display setup.

 

[hollowman]

i don't see why you can't return it... just go to their Customer Service and return it. I have never had problem with returning stuff at walmart. (never tried video game coz i don't play 'em... but i have returned... shoes that's been worn for a while, shampoo, dvd, and probably some more that i don't remember) they take watever as long as you have the receipt.

 

[jmcoreymv]

BB policy is the same. The manufacturers request we open the newly purchased stuff so that the customer cant come back a day later and try to return the new unopened item. Its a policy that spans virtually all retail outlets.

 

[hollowman]

well, i have returned a opened game before at Electronic Boutique.
they didn't seem to care.

 

[hollowman]

oka.. several times at Electronic Boutique.
i used to Buy games at Electronic Boutique. Play for 13days. Then return the game before end of 14th day.
i am some clever biatch

 

[Yzzim]

<< well, i have returned a opened game before at Electronic Boutique.
they didn't seem to care. >>


I heard from a little bird here that you can return any opened game to EB within 7 days, no questions asked.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Say the game is defective, they'll give another copy of the game. Return the game and the whala, buy Cel Damage.
-- mrcodedude

 

[Smolek]

Some stores actually rip open the plastic so he cant do that plus he will have a "exchange" receipt and they wont refund on that

 

[Yzzim]

<< Some stores actually rip open the plastic so he cant do that plus he will have a "exchange" receipt and they wont refund on that >>


Does Wal-Mart?

Ooooooohhhhhhhh amdskip....I need you!!

 

[jonnyGURU]

<< Wal~mart employee here....

We exchange everything same for same, doesn't make a difference if you have a receipt or not. We can not return opened software or anything of the sort because Wal~mart will get fined for every piece that does get returned. You can very easily get fired for returning things of this nature and they can look everything up to see who did, etc.

If I exchange software or anything with a customer who complains it has a problem, I open the new product in the store before they leave so they can see it has no visual problems. This also serves another very important reason, they can not return the newly exchanged item to get their money back as it has been opened by me. Wal~mart will take back itemes without a receipt so this is why I do this. People get really mad and give me all the dirty looks they have but I don't care as I'm not about to let someone screw over Wal~mart on a product that does not have a very high markup to begin with. I did this very thing for a customer with windows XP. His girlfriend claimed he was a computer genius, blah, blah, blah. He was pretty much computer illiterate if you ask me but he had enough brains to figure out how to make a nice little back up cd for his use. I gave them a new copy of XP but they were still mad at me, oh well!!

~Amdskip >>



He he.... A little off topic, but I do the same thing. At a rate of 3 a week I get people that tell me that "their Windows CD is bad". I ask them why they say this and the response is always, "I get errors during the install". I tell them that they may have a hardware issue, but they inisist that it's the CD that's bad. I'll tell them to bring in (or mail in) JUST the media (NOT the OEM code as they probably already registered it!) and I'll swap it out for a new disk. I slice open a new package, pull out the CD, give it to the customer and put their CD in the old package with a POST IT note that says "Bad Media?"

Eventually, they call back. "I still get errors." I tell them that perhaps they should seek a professional to take care of their hardware issues. I peel the POST IT note off of the copy of Windows and use it internally.

 

[Vortex22]

Let me guess why you don't like the game...
The Sonic levels are really cool, but you have to play through like 5 damn Tails/Knuckles boring gay levels for every Sonic one. I just rented it yesterday, and it would be a great game, like Sonic for DC if it weren't for the dumb levels! :|

 

[Jerboy]

<< oka.. several times at Electronic Boutique.
i used to Buy games at Electronic Boutique. Play for 13days. Then return the game before end of 14th day.
i am some clever biatch >>



This and duplicate'n return are exactly what they're trying to put a stop to.

I'd do just like amdskip. I'll take your defective product, grab a new one off the shelve and open it before you leave and add a comment "defective, exchanged for same item" on the receipt.


Some stores have journaling transaction system to prevent fraudulent returns. When you return and even if you're handed a new unopened package, the transaction record can still show "defective product, returned and exchanged for new item" and they'd know you're lying. Ever seen barcodes on some receipt?

 

[Shack70]

Here is my 2 cents. Dont buy software from stores that wont take it back. Some software cost $50 and up. If I pay that much for software, it better be good. If they want to have the attitude of "no returns" then let me try it before i buy it. Anyone remeber the old days when Atari 2600 was around? You used to go to the store to buy a game and actually get to try it before you bought it.

I wont buy software or PC parts at Circuit City for this reason. They have a crappy return policy.


Sorry about the rant

 

[Anubis]

actually you can. with computer games anyway. just tell them you got it as a gift and it didnt work on your comp. they give you credit. we did this with tribes 2 wouldent work on my roomates comp last year. actually we bought it at K-Mart and took it back to walmart and got a PS2 game. cause k mart wouldent take it back. i know ove taken some defective PS1 and PS2 games back for exchange or refung there usially pretty cool about it

 

[Yzzim]

<< Here is my 2 cents. Dont buy software from stores that wont take it back. Some software cost $50 and up. If I pay that much for software, it better be good. If they want to have the attitude of "no returns" then let me try it before i buy it. Anyone remeber the old days when Atari 2600 was around? You used to go to the store to buy a game and actually get to try it before you bought it.

I wont buy software or PC parts at Circuit City for this reason. They have a crappy return policy.


Sorry about the rant >>


Back in the Atari 2600 days they didn't have to worry about the duplicate 'n return like Jerboy was talking about. So I understand why they have this policy.
However, I don't think it's possible to duplicate a NGC game at home yet though. I don't really expect Wal-Mart to be up on the latest computer technology to know this though.

 

[jonnyGURU]

<<

<< Here is my 2 cents. Dont buy software from stores that wont take it back. Some software cost $50 and up. If I pay that much for software, it better be good. If they want to have the attitude of "no returns" then let me try it before i buy it. Anyone remeber the old days when Atari 2600 was around? You used to go to the store to buy a game and actually get to try it before you bought it.

I wont buy software or PC parts at Circuit City for this reason. They have a crappy return policy.


Sorry about the rant >>


Back in the Atari 2600 days they didn't have to worry about the duplicate 'n return like Jerboy was talking about. So I understand why they have this policy.
However, I don't think it's possible to duplicate a NGC game at home yet though. I don't really expect Wal-Mart to be up on the latest computer technology to know this though. >>



Actually... not true. Back in those days, I had an ADAM computer, for example. ADAM computers would use ColecoVision cartridges. ColecoVision cartridges could be saved to floppy using a simple bit by bit copier that I had written in BASIC. I also had Expansion Module #1 which would allow Atari 2600 cartridges to run as ColecoVision games through emulation. Of course, these too could be copied to floppy.

Back then, you could rent the cartridges from Sound Warehouse too for $5 a night. This is how I got most of my titles.

Needless to say, I had a lot of floppies with games on them and very few cartridges.

 

[XMan]

I have bought software at Wal Mart before that was in need of being patched, and wouldn't work with my system. They wouldn't take it back. I ended up selling it for 5 bucks at EB. I don't know if they ever came out with a patch for video card, either.