The 2024 Gamestop Thread

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GS FAQ

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals. Please check the homepage and deal link for the current deals.

I can't find a trade in value for an item?
It might not be tradable or calling a store to find the value may be the only option.

How many copies of a game can I trade in?
You are allowed to trade in 4 copies of the same game (same system) within a rolling 30 day period.

Are there trade limits?
Yes, $500 cash minus some electronic trade ins and or $2000 trade credit in a rolling 30 day period.

Where is the weekly ad?
They ended the weekly ad for more rotation of deals in a period.


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Can I use the $5 monthly coupon on gift cards?

Yes you can in store but not online please note not all gift cards will apply to this rule.

I have a $XX.xx pre-owned reward certificate, and I want to use it on a B2G1 transaction. Should I?
It depends. If the three games are equal value, do not use your certificate. The value of the certificate would be applied to the free game, which would not benefit you. If one game is more expensive, you can use the certificate to make it the same value as the other two games ($5 reward certificate applied to transaction with two $10 games and one $15 game would make all three games $10).


TERMINOLOGY AND LINGO:
ASL/SL: Assistant Store Leader, Store Leader; manager positions at GS.
B2G1: Buy two, get one free.
GS: GameStop
JD: Junior detective, an employee who is out to get someone
LP: Loss Prevention; this is the department that actually bans accounts after being flagged.
TC/TiC: Trade credit.
TIV/TV: Trade in value, or what a game currently trades for. When posting a TV for a game, always use the base value.
 
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Twilightsparkle said:
Good luck, especially with some employees feeling like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/174n0mb/i_came_in_to_27_sfs_orders_we_are_not_a_warehouse/
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"You want them done? Either open back up the warehouses or increase our pay by 5$ MINIMUM and keep double coverage."

All you're doing is shipping out items, and that's too much to do. Find the items in the store (something you would do for any customer), put them in a box, print a label, slap it on, and ship it out.

Grow up and ship items out.

 
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ThatOneGuyWho said:
"You want them done? Either open back up the warehouses or increase our pay by 5$ MINIMUM and keep double coverage."

All you're doing is shipping out items, and that's too much to do. Find the items in the store (something you would do for any customer), put them in a box, print a label, slap it on, and ship it out.

Grow up and ship items out.
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I don't disagree, but they're not staffed to do shipping and keep up all the store related items like stocking, alphabetizing, cleaning, labeling, processing received products, and handling customers on top of that. If they had two or three people on staff at all times, no worries. But they typically don't.

As for me, 4 of 6 games shipped. Green is shipped.

Switch
- GrimGrimoire
- Labyrinth of Galleria
- Labyrinth of Zangetsu
- Void Terrarium 2

PS4
- Dungeon Munchies
- DioField Chronicles

 
My order shipped a few more items this morning (Three Hopes, Valkyrie Elysium).  Still waiting on Stranger of Paradise for SXS, but overall glad things are shipping.

My GS store usually has very few people in it (often nobody).  As someone who has shipped plenty of items on ebay, it doesn't take more than a few minutes to box something up and ship it.  From a business standpoint, it probably makes a lot of sense to use your existing real estate and employees to ship products.  I get it's more for them to do, but half the time the guys at my store are on their phones or just hanging out and talking behind the counter.  I would like to see GS survive in the long run and hope measures like this are handled well and gain the company some profitability.  

 
TheKbob said:
I don't disagree, but they're not staffed to do shipping and keep up all the store related items like stocking, alphabetizing, cleaning, labeling, processing received products, and handling customers on top of that. If they had two or three people on staff at all times, no worries. But they typically don't.
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Though I agree with the staffing issues adding to such problems, the job still calls for doing such orders. If they truly want to take a stand, quit. But at the end of the day, not doing orders is going to hit the stores earnings which also hits their wages, making the situation worst for all.

But again, I agree that they need more workers, though good luck finding people to work there without any benefits and barely paying above minimum wage.

 
People need to get other jobs if they don’t like what they’re doing. I don’t understand people that act like they don’t have ability to go else where. I get companies do scummy shit but, you also put yourself in that situation. Don’t enjoy your job do something about it at the end of the day.
 
It does seem like a lot of orders if the staffing hours aren't increased at all. When Toys R Us started going nuts on online orders we either had a night crew handling it, or a person during the day that was dedicated like 90% to it. It is also kind of nuts if they just don't have warehouses anymore and it's entirely on the stores.

My local store basically has 3 employees total and are staffed extremely light at all times.
 
can anyone confirm if the PS5 with disc is trading in for $420 this week? 

and if any switch games are getting an extra 20% when you trade in towards them?

 
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SIX min WHISTLE said:
It does seem like a lot of orders if the staffing hours aren't increased at all. When Toys R Us started going nuts on online orders we either had a night crew handling it, or a person during the day that was dedicated like 90% to it. It is also kind of nuts if they just don't have warehouses anymore and it's entirely on the stores.

My local store basically has 3 employees total and are staffed extremely light at all times.
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My store has 1 person at a time. They can’t be doing other things while anyone is in the store because that is a sure fire way to get the place robbed.

 
I have another question. Does anyone know if the PS4 Deluxe edition comes with the DLC for the PS5 version as well?


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Twilightsparkle said:
Good luck, especially with some employees feeling like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/174n0mb/i_came_in_to_27_sfs_orders_we_are_not_a_warehouse/
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That Reddit thread is always such a cesspool. My major takeaway is that the GS employees are (generally, not in all cases) very lazy. I understand that the pay is terrible, but perhaps they should go apply to other higher paying retail jobs if they really want something to change in their lives. Many fast food and other retailers are making offers well above minimum wage right now due to staffing shortages. Going on Reddit and moping about your job, and refusing to do the work you are being paid to do will do nothing to improve your situation.

 
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Tried to do the two for fifty trade with cold war and MLB 23 PS4 and the register did not give the bumps so we couldn't do the trade. Also a really nasty remark from the other worker saying we know how to do our jobs when I simply said u should look are sure u have aew the game I wanted because it looked like they were just gonna ring it up from the register
 
djolley86 said:
That Reddit thread is always such a cesspool. My major takeaway is that the GS employees are (generally, not in all cases) very lazy. I understand that the pay is terrible, but perhaps they should go apply to other higher paying retail jobs if they really want something to change in their lives. Many fast food and other retailers are making offers well above minimum wage right now due to staffing shortages. Going on Reddit and moping about your job, and refusing to do the work you are being paid to do will do nothing to improve your situation.
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Did they actually close the warehouses? Anyone know? That seems crazy. All of my orders "shipped" all USPS and most in one large order, I assumed they'd be coming from the warehouse since I found it hard to believe any store had all of the games in stock, but base on Reddit seems like it might be coming from a store after all.

Edit: according to an article they closed a distribution center in Kentucky, but still have them in Grapevine TX, York, Pennsylvania, and Reno, Nevada.
 
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djolley86 said:
That Reddit thread is always such a cesspool. My major takeaway is that the GS employees are (generally, not in all cases) very lazy. I understand that the pay is terrible, but perhaps they should go apply to other higher paying retail jobs if they really want something to change in their lives. Many fast food and other retailers are making offers well above minimum wage right now due to staffing shortages. Going on Reddit and moping about your job, and refusing to do the work you are being paid to do will do nothing to improve your situation.
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Most of those offers are still only part time and come with the asterisk of "up to $__", not a guarantee for the number on the sign. I'm not in retail anymore myself but generally it's shit pay with limited or zero benefits unless you are a store manager, and there are almost no full time employees. The way GameStop has been run at a store level for years now is a joke, and I don't blame the employees for not taking it seriously. I'm not saying it's good, the low quality of the stores this has led to means I rarely shop there, but I get it.

Maybe it's different in certain parts of the country, I don't know. At least in my region for GS, I hear over performance tends to mean you may be getting one extra shift for your store per week, and more junk sent to your store to try and sell. Not exactly incentive to improve.
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
Did they actually close the warehouses? Anyone know? That seems crazy. All of my orders "shipped" all USPS and most in one large order, I assumed they'd be coming from the warehouse since I found it hard to believe any store had all of the games in stock, but base on Reddit seems like it might be coming from a store after all.
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They might still have the centers in York and Grapevine, but the hours for York show that is only open for one day
 
the_red_tide said:
They might still have the centers in York and Grapevine, but the hours for York show that is only open for one day
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I just received shipping confirmation for my SF6 CE from the York center. First time getting something from there, has always been Grapevine.

 
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Ah, yes, calling retail workers "lazy," versus the more common situation of over-tasked and under-paid. 

People aren't robots.  And they still have to manage the store and customers while adding on another task (SFS) with less people and hours.

And to the "find other jobs" types, most jobs in many areas are retail, service, or warehouse work.  They all equally suck, hence the rise of union movements.  The answer is unionize with other retail workers.

Blaming the workers for getting a raw deal is some real poop-tier takes...

 
I'm gonna sound mean but GameStop
Mainly has lazy workers who if I'm being brutally honest will never provide anything beneficial to society as a whole.

The simplest of tasks seem...... difficult for them.

Anyway last trade in of the year. Hoping we hit $800ish then that's it from me until March. Appreciate you all in the topic for all the work you put in posting deals and trade in boosts.
 
TheKbob said:
Ah, yes, calling retail workers "lazy," versus the more common situation of over-tasked and under-paid.
People aren't robots. And they still have to manage the store and customers while adding on another task (SFS) with less people and hours.
And to the "find other jobs" types, most jobs in many areas are retail, service, or warehouse work. They all equally suck, hence the rise of union movements. The answer is unionize with other retail workers.
Blaming the workers for getting a raw deal is some real poop-tier takes...
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Every one is dealt the same hand in life for the most part. Unless you’re disabled or have some type of illness that effects you from doing something, you deal your own hand.

I get that corporation take advantage of people but, that only happens to those who allow it. There are jobs out there, it’s just on you to apply or get yourself in the position to do better. The world isn’t going to just give you handouts. People are generally lazy and expect to receive handouts. There’s a huge problem with the new generation and thinking that everything is just going to come to them. A lot of them are not trying to work and rather do the tiktok/streaming/youtube route. I constantly hear it places I eat. I was at a restaurant the other day listening to some kids who play football. One of them was mentioning he is going to be TikTok famous when he grows up and doesn’t want to pursue playing football more or goto college. You get my point though.

Corporation can get blamed for the greed but, people need to do better in general. You allow things to happen to yourself when you play victim. Do something about it or continue to be the victim.
 
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TheKbob said:
Ah, yes, calling retail workers "lazy," versus the more common situation of over-tasked and under-paid.

People aren't robots. And they still have to manage the store and customers while adding on another task (SFS) with less people and hours.

And to the "find other jobs" types, most jobs in many areas are retail, service, or warehouse work. They all equally suck, hence the rise of union movements. The answer is unionize with other retail workers.

Blaming the workers for getting a raw deal is some real poop-tier takes...
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And these workers have to deal with some strange characters coming into their stores.

I was in there lunchtime and this kid came in. Don’t know why the fuck he wasn’t in school. And yes he was obviously a kid, his phone went off while I was there and it said ‘call from mommy.’ Also based on his speech he had some sort of learning disability, And the poor employee had to be polite and put up with his inane questions while the kid just fucked around the store.

 
Imbackhaha said:
Tried to do the two for fifty trade with cold war and MLB 23 PS4 and the register did not give the bumps so we couldn't do the trade. Also a really nasty remark from the other worker saying we know how to do our jobs when I simply said u should look are sure u have aew the game I wanted because it looked like they were just gonna ring it up from the register
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Were you buying a $40+ new game in the same transaction?

 
Twilightsparkle said:
And these workers have to deal with some strange characters coming into their stores.

I was in there lunchtime and this kid came in. Don’t know why the fuck he wasn’t in school. And yes he was obviously a kid, his phone went off while I was there and it said ‘call from mommy.’ Also based on his speech he had some sort of learning disability, And the poor employee had to be polite and put up with his inane questions while the kid just fucked around the store.
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Is the bar that low that answering questions is seen as hard work?

 
When I did my time in retail at EB Games, the worst customers were the kids whose parents dropped off like it was a daycare. By contrast, I did the same thing as a child because I genuinely wanted to play the kiosks and begged to do so. Maybe corporal punishment wasn't so bad because I was never the little shit some of them were.

 
Somehow ended up with sealed copies of Callisto Protocol and Scarlet Nexus, for a grand total of $9.86.

I know they're technically "free"on PS Plus but I'm probably dropping down tiers soon.
 
I was on vacation in mexico when this sale started, so by the time I looked online most things were gone. However I did go to my local store and to my surprise they had the last copies of a bunch of games. picked up:

Star Wars Jedi Survivor Deluxe XBX $21
Redfall XSX $15

NFS Unbound XSX $12

LOTR Golumn XSX $9 

Mortal Kombat 11 XSX Ultimate $7

Trinity Trigger ps4 $25

Scarlet Nexus XSX $5

Tales of Arise PS4 $5

Callipso Protocol PS5 $5

Destroy All Humans 2 XSX $9

RE 8 Gold XSX $18

Saints Row Notorious Edition XSX $12

Street Fighter 6 CE PS5 $57

a lot of the xbox games were last copies so gutted, but thats to be expected and im ok with it considering the prices. This is probably one of the better GS sales in years IMO. 

 
Ordered on 10-8-23 (30 minutes into the start of Pro Week)

Shipped 1 of 1 on 10-9-23

Estimated delivery on 10-12-23

0. [47.50] Callisto Protocol Collector's Edition (in-store pick-up)

1. [19.99] Dying Light 2 Deluxe Edition (PS4; PS5 UG) 

2. [17.49] Eiyuden Chronicles Rising (PS4; PS5 UG)

3. [9.99] Labyrinth of Zangetsu (PS4; cheaper than NSW)

4. [5.00] Tales of Arise (PS4; PS5 UG)

5. [29.99] The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (NSW)

6. [9.99] Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Next Level Edition (PS5; ain't paying no $10 UG)

ToA clutched! Originally short $1.32 from free shipping. And then I didn't realize until later that there were more games I wanted, but I completely missed them because the busted Gamestop app didn't load the entire catalog at the time...Dying Light Anniversary (PS4), Lacrimosa of Dana Deluxe (PS5), and Untitled Goose Game (PS4) all sold out...not going to pay $7.99 shipping for only Death's Door Ultimate (PS5)...W's and L's here and there. Also disappointed to just having learned that the season pass is NOT physically included within the CE of Callisto Protocol, and the code isn't even on the receipt...I'd like to speak with the manager please ESPECIALLY if Eiyuden doesn't come with the three character cards let alone the steelbook and slipcover for DL2. We shall see. Though, I am very happy to have ordered [19.99] The Ascent Cyber Edition (PS4; PS5 UG) and [44.99] Tunic (PS4; PS5 UG) as well as [2 x 99.99] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Deluxe (PS5) from Target instead because they offered 20% off everything sitewide (promo ended), including pre-orders, on top of 5% off AND free shipping for simply being a Target card holder. Plus, Target granted me a $10 voucher for spending $50+ (promo also ended) before discounts, promos, and taxes! I HIGHLY recommend everyone apply for the Target Debit Card!

 
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My order just shipped.  Ordered 4 games and all 4 shipped together.

Picked up:

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Switch (not on sale but I can't find it in stock anywhere else)

Star Ocean: The Divine Force PS5

R-Type Final 3 Evolved Deluxe Edition PS5

Wanted: Dead PS5

 
Twilightsparkle said:
And these workers have to deal with some strange characters coming into their stores.

I was in there lunchtime and this kid came in. Don’t know why the fuck he wasn’t in school. And yes he was obviously a kid, his phone went off while I was there and it said ‘call from mommy.’ Also based on his speech he had some sort of learning disability, And the poor employee had to be polite and put up with his inane questions while the kid just fucked around the store.
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Future Gamestop employee spotted

 
ThatOneGuyWho said:
Is the bar that low that answering questions is seen as hard work?
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Yes. Dealing with people of all types is part of the job and can be extremely taxing for people with disabilities, or worse, when kids/teens are left to be babysat at the store.

And this hot take:
I get that corporation take advantage of people but, that only happens to those who allow it.

Bro, we live in a world consumed by big box retails and even bigger online retail. Wage theft is the number one form of theft in the USA. Your comment is so "I'm completely out of touch," that it's painful to read on multiple levels. Literally blaming the employees...

Don't comment on stuff you're out of your depth about. Yikes.

People, we're here for the deals, but empathy is free.

 
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Hypebeast69 said:
Still annoyed the ps5 version of RE gold isn’t discounted
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It has a free ps5 upgrade. The dlc is a code and not on disc as wel.

All my items shipped besides cult of the lamb and blade assault.

Got Valkyrie elysium, diofield Xbox, the quarry Xbox, crisis core ps5 and marvel midnight suns legendary edition. Not expecting anything to be sealed tbh with how this sale is going. I managed to find Jedi survivor in store and Neo this week. Last thing I wanted to get was wanted but, I figure that’s probably gonna be cheaper at some point because the game was a flop.
 
TheKbob said:
Yes. Dealing with people of all types is part of the job and can be extremely taxing for people with disabilities, or worse, when kids/teens are left to be babysat at the store.

And this hot take:
I get that corporation take advantage of people but, that only happens to those who allow it.

Bro, we live in a world consumed by big box retails and even bigger online retail. Wage theft is the number one form of theft in the USA. Your comment is so "I'm completely out of touch," that it's painful to read on multiple levels. Literally blaming the employees...

Don't comment on stuff you're out of your depth about. Yikes.

People, we're here for the deals, but empathy is free.
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Hard to have "empathy" for people that willfully don't do their job at hand. Let's face it...it's Gamestop. It's not rocket science. All they need to know how to do is check people out, stock shelves, take in trades, process online orders, and do returns. Hence why it is a minimum wage job. As another guy posted, most of us are dealt a similar hand in life - but you have to work for success. Employees who whine about doing the most basic, robotic tasks and have an incredibly poor work ethic/entitlement issues are digging their own graves from the perspective of career success.

 
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TheKbob said:
Don't comment on stuff you're out of your depth about. Yikes.

People, we're here for the deals, but empathy is free.
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It's always fun seeing people resort to insults when others don't agree with them and they can't come up with a good argument outside of "you have a different opinion, so you're wrong".

You assume I don't empathize, I do. I've worked at GameStop myself, and several retail jobs. I know when I company overworks people and recognize those problems. But I also know I'm not forced to work for a company forever. I needed a job so I stayed at such places, but I also continued to apply to other places and made sure I got future jobs that treat people better than somewhere like GS

But in the meantime, I didn't shirk my responsibilities, especially when it's the most common task such as shipping out orders and answering customer questions. I took pride in my work despite the other issues as it's not a customers problem that those issues are there, but I also looked for and got a job that worked for me since no one controls where I work but I.

But yes, I'm out of touch. Continue complaining about such small things like talking to customers. When you actually have issues at work, come back to us.

 
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ThatOneGuyWho said:
It's always fun seeing people resort to insults when others don't agree with them and they can't come up with a good argument outside of "you have a different opinion, so you're wrong".

You assume I don't empathize, I do. I've worked at GameStop myself, and several retail jobs. I know when I company overworks people and recognize those problems. But I also know I'm not forced to work for a company forever. I needed a job so I stayed at such places, but I also continued to apply to other places and made sure I got future jobs that treat people better than somewhere like GS

But in the meantime, I didn't shirk my responsibilities, especially when it's the most common task such as shipping out orders and answering customer questions. I took pride in my work despite the other issues as it's not a customers problem that those issues are there, but I also looked for and got a job that worked for me since no one controls where I work but I.

But yes, I'm out of touch. Continue complaining about such small things like talking to customers. When you actually have issues at work, come back to us.
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Saying you lack empathy isn't an insult, it's an observation, through and through.

And to show how out of touch you continue to be, you think it's just "small things," rather than the amalgamation of years of increased requirements with little to no increase in pay and a reduction of coverage. And not everyone can easily up and leave or find additional jobs.

You think they're "shirking responsibilities," when the reality is, in many single manned stores, they don't have the time to handle everything, so they either work unpaid overtime (because overtime is a no-no in GameStop land) or not get everything done. That will likely lead to getting fired. I wouldn't blame them in handling whats at hand in their physical store than online orders; the person yelling at them today is more pressing than the person angry on twitter or reddit.

And to repeat, wage theft is the largest form of theft, by far, in the USA (unpaid overtime is a form of wage theft, for the record).

Yes, your comments, and a few others, reek of blaming the individuals instead of identifying the root cause. Try having solidarity for the laborer. You sound like the person who'd get mad at someone getting their student loans forgiven because you repaid yours already...

To be clear, you are wrong about this, but you're just comfortably in the majority that doesn't give a crap about people and that they can "just find a better job." Why don't you lend them your boot straps while you're at it?

 
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TheKbob said:
Yes. Dealing with people of all types is part of the job and can be extremely taxing for people with disabilities, or worse, when kids/teens are left to be babysat at the store.

And this hot take:
I get that corporation take advantage of people but, that only happens to those who allow it.

Bro, we live in a world consumed by big box retails and even bigger online retail. Wage theft is the number one form of theft in the USA. Your comment is so "I'm completely out of touch," that it's painful to read on multiple levels. Literally blaming the employees...

Don't comment on stuff you're out of your depth about. Yikes.

People, we're here for the deals, but empathy is free.
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Gamestop is stealing from their disabled workers?

 
mdm said:
Gamestop is stealing from their disabled workers?
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No, dealing with people with disabilities takes a lot more time and effort for the staff. That was my bad in typing that incorrectly.

But, yea, they probably are stealing from disabled workers through wage theft.

 
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