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The more new games an employee sells, the more used games they’ll have to sell to make up for it. In other words, according to salespeople speaking to Kotaku and elsewhere on the internet, GameStop is incentivizing employees to stop people from buying new games and hardware. GameStop staff say the company has threatened to fire people who don’t hit these quotas, which is leading to all sorts of scuzzy tactics.
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http://kotaku.com/new-gamestop-program-leads-employees-to-lie-to-customer-1791874332
 
Greenback said:
The UK leaving the EU they need to get some monies in some how
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It won't be an earner for the EU, just levels the playing field and forces Valve to stop using anti-competitive policies.

Remember that money that Intel owes AMD for their Anti-competitive behaviour way back when? Big company lawyers will make sure that any fines etc will be delayed so long that they are effectively worthless.

Australia's actions forced Steam to implement a proper refund policy, so these legal battles/investigations do help consumers in the end.
 
Aye basically Asus have been providing their retailers with set prices. So they can not sell the stuff any cheaper without a nod from Asus. This means they can't compete, and all Asus products are usually more expensive than any other brand and just as expensive wherever you go.

It finally explains to me why a stickered Nvidia GPU (so a stock card) always costs £40+ more from Asus.

It's price fixing. Note usually when you see a review you will see it say MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) or RRP (recommended retail price)? that is because the manu are only allowed to suggest to the retailer what it should sell for. Not set the price themselves.

And yeah WYP - it's usually cheaper to pay the fines than the suit itself. I remember years ago a mate of mine explained to me how Microsoft used to blatantly break the law with Windows. They would get fined every month and have to pay $XXXX but the fines were cheaper than actually conforming with the lawsuit so they would just pay the fines as there was more money in it for them by breaking rules.

BS really. We need laws that basically forbid some one from selling their stuff in a certain place unless they conform to the rules.
 
AlienALX said:
Aye basically Asus have been providing their retailers with set prices. So they can not sell the stuff any cheaper without a nod from Asus. This means they can't compete, and all Asus products are usually more expensive than any other brand and just as expensive wherever you go.

It finally explains to me why a stickered Nvidia GPU (so a stock card) always costs £40+ more from Asus.

It's price fixing. Note usually when you see a review you will see it say MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) or RRP (recommended retail price)? that is because the manu are only allowed to suggest to the retailer what it should sell for. Not set the price themselves.

And yeah WYP - it's usually cheaper to pay the fines than the suit itself. I remember years ago a mate of mine explained to me how Microsoft used to blatantly break the law with Windows. They would get fined every month and have to pay $XXXX but the fines were cheaper than actually conforming with the lawsuit so they would just pay the fines as there was more money in it for them by breaking rules.

BS really. We need laws that basically forbid some one from selling their stuff in a certain place unless they conform to the rules.
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That's the way big business works.
 
AlienALX said:
Aye basically Asus have been providing their retailers with set prices. So they can not sell the stuff any cheaper without a nod from Asus. This means they can't compete, and all Asus products are usually more expensive than any other brand and just as expensive wherever you go.

It finally explains to me why a stickered Nvidia GPU (so a stock card) always costs £40+ more from Asus.

It's price fixing. Note usually when you see a review you will see it say MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) or RRP (recommended retail price)? that is because the manu are only allowed to suggest to the retailer what it should sell for. Not set the price themselves.

And yeah WYP - it's usually cheaper to pay the fines than the suit itself. I remember years ago a mate of mine explained to me how Microsoft used to blatantly break the law with Windows. They would get fined every month and have to pay $XXXX but the fines were cheaper than actually conforming with the lawsuit so they would just pay the fines as there was more money in it for them by breaking rules.

BS really. We need laws that basically forbid some one from selling their stuff in a certain place unless they conform to the rules.
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Governments do this with tax evasions. It's cheaper to pay the EU fines than to pay their taxes.
 
AlienALX said:
Yup greedy porkers man. Whilst I am totally "pro" capitalism certain parts of it are just bloody rigged so the rich man always wins.
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I try not to get involved in politics or social issues. Even just talking about it on the net is a fruitless escapade. I don't bother bad-mouthing Trump or Clinton. I just let the babies have their bottles. Some would call that careless and demand me to stand up for what I believe in, but if it's a losing battle why instigate anything? That's how I see it anyway.
 
AngryGoldfish said:
I try not to get involved in politics or social issues. Even just talking about it on the net is a fruitless escapade. I don't bother bad-mouthing Trump or Clinton. I just let the babies have their bottles. Some would call that careless and demand me to stand up for what I believe in, but if it's a losing battle why instigate anything? That's how I see it anyway.
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Me either tbh. I've not posted in any Brexit threads and usually couldn't give a toss about politics (because they're all see nuts and all bent and corrupt so we're fooked either way !) but I do take an interest when it actually affects me.

I know that's probably a bit docile as every one is encouraged to get into politics but since I was a child I soon realised like I said that we're screwed either way.

I think South Park said it best. Turd sandwich? or giant douche? you decide !
 
AlienALX said:
Me either tbh. I've not posted in any Brexit threads and usually couldn't give a toss about politics (because they're all see nuts and all bent and corrupt so we're fooked either way !) but I do take an interest when it actually affects me.

I know that's probably a bit docile as every one is encouraged to get into politics but since I was a child I soon realised like I said that we're screwed either way.

I think South Park said it best. Turd sandwich? or giant douche? you decide !
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Exactly. I may be docile when it comes to politics or feminism (urrrk) or other social issues, but I'm not docile in matters that really affect me and mean a great deal to me and mine. You could call that selfish, but there's only so much one man in front of a computer screen with a diagnosed mental illness can do. So many don't factor in our limitations. They just assume since you're human you should be out protesting for something, whatever it may be.
 
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