Message-ID: <20040606225849.98990.qmail@web50110.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:58:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Zach To: tenchi@usagi.org In-Reply-To: <20040606142154.35577.qmail@web41414.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [tenchi:105267] Re: bad ass anime guns Reply-To: tenchi@gold.win.jp ML-Count: 105267 Precedence: bulk --- Michael Haney wrote: > --- Zach wrote: > > being an ex-GameStop employee, i know of this all > > too > > well. the pressure of selling those were so high, > > people lost their jobs if they didnt sell enough > of > > them. hell, i was almost fired because of it, but > i > > quit first because my manager was a dick :P > ---------- > > What reservations and subscriptions are > these...haven't been to GameStop in a year...it > shows. > Anyway, placing quotas of any sort on this in a > retail environment that ISN'T commission is pretty > tough and unfair for the employee. Whether you sell > a > few or alot it up to the whim of the buyer and you > can't force someone to buy anything but you can > convince them politely. They really need to lighten > up or the story will get a bad reputation and gamers > WILL stop going there. That is what happened to > Babbages..remember them? > heh heh, babbages is now a part of GameStop, along with Funco games, and some others. and yes, its hard to convince people to buy something they dont want, but the company doesnt care. if fact, i found out recently that my old manager just got fired, because he was writing out fake reservation forms to increase his popularity with the people up top. __________________________________