Buying non-scratched discs…
By blog on Apr. 17, 2009.
It doesn’t seem like too much to ask to be able to purchase a DVD or game disc that has no scratches on it. Especially when store security is getting stronger and stronger. I mean, what is that darn ‘theft prevention officer’ doing if not making sure people don’t steal games or movies off the shelf?
So why, oh why, is it that so many stores feel the need to remove the discs from their original packaging, in favor of putting them into silly little plastic slips which invariably scratch the disc. All it takes is for a little bit of dust or dirt to get in there and the disc is now being rubbed back and fourth over that little bit of dust any time someone takes it out or puts it back. Which scratches the disc. Its not rocket science people!
After my run in with that moron store manager I went over to another gaming store near by and recounted to them what had happened as an explanation to me asking about how they store their discs. They said that some are in unopened packages out back, whilst others are in game slips. Now, at least with theirs, they were those little synthetic fabric ones, which are better, but the discs they showed me still had scratches, I just felt bad for them so didn’t say anything. And they mentioned that the moron store manager had come and yelled at them for talking badly of his store in the past… what a total schmuck!
So off I went to another store, now this store, ahhhh all the DVDs are in original packaging! Shelves and shelves of DVDs I feel comfortable buying because I know they won’t be scratched! I hadn’t bought many games from them, and just happened to find the game I wanted there… but it wasn’t in the box… So I went and asked the nice lady if there were unopened boxes, and she said that they put the empty ones on the shelf, and the sealed ones are behind the counter! Oh thank you!
It was so wonderful to hear of a system that worked for both the store and the buyer, why can’t other stores implement this sort of security measure?
Category: Technology