As I have now responded to this exact question like 12 other times now I’m just going to copy-paste my response at this point: “I CAN ABSOLUTELY AFFORD TO BUY VIDEO GAMES AND I MANAGE MY MONEY VERY WELL AND I’M NOT A COMPLETE FINANCIAL NEANDERTHAL and I split LARGER purchases only for the sake of 1. my mental…

Books are good, though. Best to unplug from that life on your honeymoon, I think. (says the person who is probably taking her 3ds on the flight)

Oh I don’t know maybe if you bothered reading my 800 other replies to people in this thread you’d have learned that I CAN ABSOLUTELY AFFORD TO BUY VIDEO GAMES AND I MANAGE MY MONEY VERY WELL AND I’M NOT A COMPLETE FINANCIAL NEANDERTHAL and I split LARGER purchases only for the sake of 1. my mental well-being due to…

I also got the Special Edition on pre-order for the exact same reason. Everyone was freaking out about the Master Sword statue and I was like “...ehhhh just give me that Shiekah case” haha. And yeah, much as I have enjoyed having a Wii U it’s gonna get shelved for the Switch. I literally don’t have the space to have…

This is literally the first time I’ve ever bought a system on Day One and it’s solely because of Zelda. They got me with that shit and I hate it, lmfao

Can you just actually read the 20 other times I’ve explained this to people already instead of assuming I’m some kind of irresponsible idiot with my spending? I can absolutely afford to pay for games in full when they release which is why I opt to use Prime for most of my game orders, but with purchases over $200 or…

Ha, sure. During my tenure as an SGA I had to explain it a ton to customers, some of whom were just never quite able to grasp the concept.

Congrats to you too! And yeah, between paying for the wedding and honeymoon and then literally having just moved a month ago it’s been a weird time to be like “haha yeah let me drop another $400 on this console with an extra controller and the game that’s smart of me”

Yeah even though I know I can afford the Switch I’m paying it off a little at a time (though it’s also coming out while I’m on my honeymoon so it’s at a weird financial time for me regardless). I just don’t like having that much money come out of my account all at once if I can avoid it, despite knowing it’s in my…

As I’ve said elsewhere (somewhere in this thread? idk anymore) I generally order most games via Amazon no problem. It’s just the big $200+ purchases that I enjoy doing as split payments in-store. Probably just a mental thing for me not wanting to have that hit to my bank account all at once (despite being able to…

Generally having the peace of mind of being able to walk into a store and pick something up no problem on day one is nice. I’ve run into some nonsense shipping issues with ordering through Prime, which sucks.

Ah yes an additional bill I need to worry about on top of my business credit card and my airline credit card, that’s sure to do the trick

I do Prime for most things, honestly. It’s just the past couple systems I’ve bought (Pokemon N3Ds and Switch pre-order) that I’ve done the split payment deal at GS. Maybe it’s just how I handle paying bills/rent/etc but I always wince when a couple hundred bucks comes out of my account all at once even though I do…

Sounds pretty par for the course for gamestop!

Yeah I pretty much always do that on games and only do split payments on the rare system purchase in order to do things like put trade credit and whatnot towards that but thanks for the life advice I didn’t ask for

woweeeeeeeeee that’s just what I need, a bigger bill to pay later.

Eh, maybe. Depends on your situation. I enjoy paying things off slowly at once (and with my Switch preorder hitting the week of my honeymoon I definitely appreciate being able to do so) and being able to mix payment such as gift card, trades, etc.

Because the publisher doesn’t control the price of pre-owned titles. Speaking as a former GameStop employee, you only see this on temporary sales prices rather than permanent price drops. So for example, if Watch Dogs 2 is brand-new for $60 it’s pre-owned for $55 probably because GameStop is paying out $30 for it. If…

I finished the story and did a couple of the optional bosses but got frustrated while trying to beat the Great Demon Lords and quit on it, haha

Not really! That happens when the publisher initiates the sale instead of Gamestop initiating a price change.