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"Stealing videogames..."

We all know stealing from people, no matter how rich, is bad (apart from Bill Gates, that is); what about stealing from companys and corporations? They can afford it. Is it okay to steal from my local GAME store? They have CCTV and gaurds, it's fair play. What about my local Gamestation? I ask because the prices we are expected to pay are higher now than in the hayday of videogaming; it's un-fair. Anyway, this is a bit random but I've gotta be in town in half an hour and I wanted to see peoples responses tomorrow.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> I remember paying £60 for Donkey Kong Country. And the N64
> debuted at like £400 or something. Gaming is cheaper than ever,
> you young 'uns just don't know it.
exactly, I could go out and buy Zelda: the wind waker for less than the price I payed for Ocarina of time or Majora's mask

I remember paying £60 for Donkey Kong Country. And the N64 debuted at like £400 or something. Gaming is cheaper than ever, you young 'uns just don't know it.

Kyz22 wrote:
> I didn't mean franchise, I just forgot the word I actually meant and
> inserted a word that seemed as if it would fit and hopen nobody would
> notice. Damn.

LoL Nice recovery, I salute you *salutes*

I didn't mean franchise, I just forgot the word I actually meant and inserted a word that seemed as if it would fit and hopen nobody would notice. Damn.

Kyz22 wrote:
> Speaking of Bill Gates [Original Post] I saw a newspaper article on
> rich peoples houses. It had Matt Le Blanc of Friends fame in a $3
> million mansion, but before I had finished "wow"ing, I saw
> Bill Gate's $39 million palace. I conclude it is alright to steal from
> him.
>
> Out of principle, I would justify stealing from Game, but not
> Gamestation. Game is a dirty francised place that is totally
> overpriced, Gamestation sells discounted games and try to give the
> customer a better deal. It isn't fair to steal from them, it is on
> terms with robbing a charity shop or something.

Dude your totally wrong, Game are not a Franchise there all run as a large group of stores.

And is it robbery you ppl are talking about or software theft i.e piracy?

Gamestation sells faulty pre-owned games which they 'process' through machines at their head office in attempt to get them to run.

If you see spiral marks on the underside of a PSOne game disc, then you now know where they came from.

He he, I used to run Play-Mode which is a little independant not far from Special Reserve HQ.

One day while I was on my lunch break and the owner was looking after the shop A guy managed to steal 5 ps2 memory cards and 2 games.

Speaking of Bill Gates [Original Post] I saw a newspaper article on rich peoples houses. It had Matt Le Blanc of Friends fame in a $3 million mansion, but before I had finished "wow"ing, I saw Bill Gate's $39 million palace. I conclude it is alright to steal from him.

Out of principle, I would justify stealing from Game, but not Gamestation. Game is a dirty francised place that is totally overpriced, Gamestation sells discounted games and try to give the customer a better deal. It isn't fair to steal from them, it is on terms with robbing a charity shop or something.

When I worked in Gamestation - some guy stole two consoles.

He managed to get into the shop window to get one of them, and climbed over the counter for the other, both during opening hours!

After the way the company have treated me, I find it rather amusing.

Thinking about it...

No need for guards really.

Say they get paid £15k per year for saving £500 (or whatever) worth of games.

Silly really. The shops should fire the guards. And the CCTV equipment...