Figured I'd use this old topic instead of making a new one. In any case, I was in my local Gamestop today trading in some games to pay off the rest of what I needed for my Donkey Kong Country Returns pre-order, and the cashier did something I've never seen happen in
any store before: she made me fill out a police report. Oh, ok, it wasn't really a police report, but it sure as hell felt like it. Apparently, they've been having problems with people stealing games and then bringing them into Gamestop for cash, so apparently Florida's police department have decided that now is the time to enforce certain pawn shop laws on Gamestop. So from now on, whenever you trade-in games at my Gamestop (and presumably others in at least the central florida area), you have to write down your employer and sign two paper documents verifying that you owned the games,
and then you have to stamp the documents with your thumb print.
Now, I realize that this isn't entirely Gamestop's fault, but it
is not only incredibly annoying but embarassing. I felt like a crook selling off my own games.
On the bright side, I was so irritated by this that I ended up using the last of my trade-in credit to put a severe dent into the price of Kirby's Epic Yarn, so I'm playing that now. But I might very well be done purchasing stuff at Gamestop for the near future while this policy is in practice.