GameStop Ships a Busted Genesis System -
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- A story of GameStop shipping a Sega Genesis in bad condition.
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I once bought M&M's Mini Madness for Game Boy Color for £3 at a game shop a short bus ride from where I live. It didn't work, so I tried to return it to the shop where I bought it a few days later. The clerk told me "You're too late" but after a little negotiation accepted the return but instead of asking me if I wanted to change for a different game, just handed me the copy of Gremlins 2 they had in stock. I popped it into my Game Boy Color on the spot and found it didn't work. I proved to them that that was the case, and proved my system wasn't the problem by showing them that I could run my Wario Land 2 cart on it just fine. They let me have my £3 back in the end and I went to another shop just nearby and bought Tetris Plus for £4!
quite frankly i think gamestop has helped prove that smaller local game shops are better and more reliable than big corporations. im not huge on gaming but when i want to buy something i dont go to walmart or gamestop...plenty of local small shops to go to that have much better service and knowledge.
Redbox once sent me back the same damaged DVD I had returned to them.
+Jer The Rook Wow that's crazy.
No way, unreal
+Jer The Rook That's just sad.
+Jer The Rook lmao
+Jer The Rook Redbox and netflix is based on customer feedback to rid broken discs, a machine pulls the discs not humans.
GameStop, this isn't Nam. There are rules.
+Samuel Lilly
Say what you will about the tenants of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos.
I'm not "Generation Z" and you've never watched The Big Lebowski
Your phone's ringing, dude.
+mynameisDAQ I DID NOT WATCH MY BUDDIES DIE FACE DOWN IN THE MUCK FOR BENT FUCKING CONTROLLER PINS!
+mason s. shut the fuck up Donny!
I'm imagining the guys face when he first noticed the sticker. XD It must have been hilarious.
+Michael Wolfe I know. It's so absurd I think I would have laughed instead of gotten angry.
the best part of this video now is that there is a big gamestop ad below the video and above the description that advertises some retro items. Classic GameStop!
Is this going to be a weekly section now? What shitty broken stuff did gamestop send out this week.
I just recently bought Final Fantasy on the NES from GameStop. The picture of the cart looked pristine online, but the copy that got sent to my house had a GIANT sticker over the label. Luckily with some elbow grease and a little goo gone I was able to remove it. I'll be sticking to flea markets and craigslist for my retro games from now on.
+Matt Vieira Amazon and Ebay (when you find a good deal) aren't that bad actually.
+Matt Vieira To be fair here, GameStop has always been clear about the condition of used items being random and the pictures not being representative of what you get. That's why I'd never risk buying anything from them online. It's not worth it to me.
+Matt Vieira Who the HELL still shops at GameStop?
Tornado1994 I do, and a lot of other people do as well, i'm assuming.
Matt Vieira Then let me give a word of advice: STOP giving them your business. I haven't set foot in one since 2006. For a REASON.
I work at the Gamestop Refurb warehouse. It's a goddamn three-ring circus, there are clowns. Management makes the rules but don't know the products. I guess that's the basis of any corporation that sells goods, though.
I can't describe how much I want the fake chrono trigger thing to be true.
So far I've purchased 6 PS1 games from GameStop Retro. 3 were in the cases and I kept them, 3 weren't and I returned them no questions asked. Lately they've had the B2G1 sale, so I bought a bunch of cartridges- jury is out as I'll be getting them in this week.
When someone gets the fake Cronotrigger they should start signing our names on the inside before returning it! :)
I am glad most of the commenters have never made a mistake at work and have never seen someone else make a mistake. you are truly Ubermench.
That's the thing though. There is no risk buying from gamestop. You can return it all locally. The nearest retro store to me is an hour away with prices over ebay.
+Randy Weissenborn You're right, the fact they will take it back excuses the shitty service.
+Caesar Seriona Why do you call it shitty service? Have you ever ordered a game from them? I ordered shenmue 2 from them and it was actually in really good condition.
Why did anyone think this was ever going to be a good idea?
+ImATrackMan
Because GameStop is run by idiots. Even the Russian Megadrive clones aren't as busted as this console!
Why isn't it? Because 2 dickheads have a handful of cases that went wrong? A simple return is all that's needed.....these 2 are waaaaay too dramatic
djnes2k7 I will NEVER do business with a Game dealer company who hires morons who don't know SHIT about video games.
Follow suit. Buy from people that KNOW games.
+ImATrackMan Because it makes them money regardless, they don't care
Frankly the most surprising thing is that people are actually buying retro games and systems from GameStop at all. Even before these stories were reported about the horrible quality, I never even considered buying retro games from them.
I knew the minute they were going to try to go back into retro they were going to f*** up royally and this just proves my point
I have a worse horror story. I live in the suburbs a few miles east of Philly. I had to return 3 ps2 systems back when they first were available refurbished. The first two (from 2 different stores) didn't play certain formats, the third had a busted AV port! MANGLED by a screwdriver or something and DID NOT even accept a cable!
I then returned it to a THIRD store and told the manager my story, and next to him was the regional manager who became furious. He made them pull out their entire stock of PS2s and test them with a PS1, PS2, and DVD disc right there. Four systems in a row failed at least one format. He was not happy.
I let him know which stores I bought the systems from, and when I went back to the other 2 stores a few months later, their managers were no longer working there...
Mysteriously, a few weeks later they CHANGED THEIR POLICY and made it so you could only exchange a used system TWICE. At that point, you could only trade in for credit. As you can imagine, they started selling a lot more GameCubes.
I forgot to mention when I bought the second PS2, I walked into the store to see the manager SHAKING A CAN OF DUSTER AND THEN SPRAYING IT INTO A PS2! I SAW THE SPRAY GOING RIGHT INTO THE PORTS AND RUINING IT!
Game Stop has been doing shady shit like this for years, I once bought a GameBoy player from them for $10 when no one really wanted GameCube stuff, they had the boot disc behind the counter, so they opened the bag put the disc in the case for me, all the time knowing the boot disc was scratched, and cracked, yes I should have checked before I left the store, but I was in a hurry as I had gotten a phone call from work to come in on my day off. so after I had gotten home from work that night I checked it out thinking yeah I have a 2nd player for cheap NOT!! I tried to take it back a couple of days later, and they would not take it back so I threw the broken disc on the counter in anger, and walked out. I've not been back to a GameStop since then, and won't go back again. FUCK GAME STOP!!!!
There is also proof that GameStop throws out the boxes to retro video games.
link? I assumed they were going to end up throwing away. that's why I died inside when GameStop announced they'll start selling retro games.
The link I shared in my comment is for a video myself and my friend Herbie filmed... we found retro game boxes in a GameStop dumpster. :-(
This guy ^ :)
THE HORROR!
What a damn shame. Fuck GameStop.
I don't even know why anyone would buy classic games from Gamestop... they don't even treat their new games with quality. I only buy classic games on fleamarkets, tag sales, goodwill locations, shopgoodwill or trust sellers on ebay.
It makes me sad that there are people who try to sell SNES consoles for $350. It's absurd! $40 max is at they are worth. People just make this shit up and say "its worth this price!" This all started with idiots willing to pay thousands of dollars for a fucking game console. Wtf made it worth that much? People, thats who.
This is hilarious! I bought a Genesis at a local game shop and it had a broken 2nd controller port (needed reflowing?) and they had their void-returning sticker over the sega cd port also. I broke the seal showing my cousin the port and the guy at the shop had to call someone to confirm my claim. So it's not just the big corporations that are hiring people to do a job they no nothing about, it's an epidemic that has spread to our smaller communities as well
As bad as Ebay is getting, at least you have seller ratings to match with confidence in the listing, as well as the photos provided. With Game stop, this is analogous to buying something on Ebay, from a seller with poor or no ratings and a stock photo. You just don't do it. It makes no sense!
3:05 "I don't want to dwell on it for too long"
Goes on for 5 more minutes.
I love how happy Ian looks every time GS fucks something up
this is just a huge reason why i dont go to gamestop. and i have a good friend who works at one here in my city. i go to a mom & pop store. this place is great on prices and has alot of stuff. and stuff is awesome
That sucks, I recently bought final fantasy chronicles, final fantasy origins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Streets of Rage, and Civilization II from Gamestop and I was REALLY happy with my order because all of them came complete except for Gremlins 2 and I got it in 2 days using the economy shipping. My thoughts are these sort of things slip thru the cracks.
+Roger Sherman I have to call BS on your situation. Unless you have a story that completely demonizes Gamestop, it's not true and never happened.
But seriously, I agree with you that situations such as this one are the exception rather than the norm. Gamestop is a gigantic company and screw-ups are more likely to happen compared to smaller businesses (Especially when dealing with Retro games, as they require more attention than current generation games).
What it really boils down to is the percentage of failures overall and whether or not there are safeguards in place to protect the consumer should such a situation arise.
I bought Battletoads from Gamestop, and it didn't work. I had to send it right back. I wouldn't buy retro from them again.
keep calling them out on this and keep making videos you guys rock
It's true. I bought the FAKE Chrono Trigger in July of this year and returned it to my local Gamestop with my fingers crossed hoping they would take it back without thinking I was the one scamming them with it. I explained the issues with the label being a cheaply printed duplicate that wasn't even centered precisely and that when I tested it, it was a frickin 0.50 cent Madden game and not the actual $100 Chrono Trigger I ordered. I was adamant that they understood it was fake and that I didn't want someone else to be cheated if they simply shipped it back to the warehouse. The regular sales associate was very cool and documented everything I said. Apparently upper management did not take his notations seriously and simply put the game back out to be RESOLD and it was! It's likely this will happen with other HIGH dollar rare titles as well.
A couple mess ups are a drop in the barrel for a larger company. It's going to happen. As for that warranty sticker, GameStop needs to take note of issues like this and fix it.
GameStop retro prices are really no better than eBay prices. If you have to buy online why the hell wouldn't you buy on eBay or one of the other game auction sites where the condition is described in detail and you can view ACTUAL pics of the item? Stupid is as stupid does. If you are going to gamble your money on the condition of a game/console then don't bitch if it doesn't meet your expectations.
Ive only shopped at Game Stoppers twice. Bought two PS2 games there a while back. Went into one of Gs store with some Genesis games asked the young man behind the counter if they took Genesis games he looked at me like i was crazy and i walked out. Usually didn't have a good experience in their stores so i haven't been back. This doesn't surprise me. Game Stop has no business selling retro games!
I ordered Lunar: Silver Story Complete for the PS1 from Gamestop.com because the price was decent a few weeks ago. When I received it, I opened the box and found a loose disc 2 in a paper sleeve and that's about it. They sent it in a large box and put bubble wrap around the entire box. I'll give them that it was packed well. But what the fuck? Disc 2 and nothing else. No case. No artwork.
Needless to say I was pretty pissed. I called their help line and the customer service person told me that it was up to the manager's discretion whether or not they would take it back in a store and refund my money. Otherwise, I would have to mail it back and wait. Luckily, the manager on duty that day was totally reasonable and refunded my money on the spot. I would caution anyone who is ordering disc games on the website to maybe not. I've ordered cartridges, and for the most part, they seem to be in good shape and as advertised. But all bets are off when you order a PS1 or Dreamcast game. Suspiciously, I've noticed they have started listing when the game only includes the disc and not the case or artwork in the last two weeks. Perhaps, they actually listened to my feedback when I called them.
God i am so glad i discovered you two - I have had a few bad experiences with them - aint easy being an old man living his childhood through video games lol
How many millions of positive transactions does GameStop have in a year? Picking out a few problem orders here and there as a representation of the whole company, is stupid. Anyone in business is going to have a level of human error especially at the high volume they do. These issues I hear about probably wouldn't make up .01 percent of their total positive sales. No, I don't work for GameStop and don't personally care about their PR but these broad attacks are baseless. Bad employees slack off and screw up. For every 500 pizzas a shop makes there is going to be 1 with burnt crust. It's life. When they ship out large amounts of flawed product, I'll say ok. Until then, a few bad orders doesn't condemn the whole place.
+Bunch Marketing Did GameStop promise you a repro cartridge of Duck Tales 2 to defend their honour?
+inverse Manhattan lol holy shit someone's mad. Gamestop claiming they have a "highly regulated checking system in place" is just that. Highly regulated. Not perfect. Nothing is perfect when human contact is involved. Lying? How if like I said they never stated to be perfect. That's like Best Buy advertising that they Price Match guaranteed but did you know they don't price match GameStop? I found this out last month looking for Dying Light on sale. So should EVERYONE now boycott Best Buy for their practices of lying?
To your claim of even a FEW errors in GameStops inspections to condemn the ENTIRE integrity of their business plan means that NO COMPANY can have any margins of error. Meaning Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo shouldn't be making consoles due to the below 3% defective rate of their consoles, regardless of warranty. That means like 80% of game developers shouldn't develop games since majority of them release broken games at launch.
It's ok to argue because of perspectives. If he never had a problem with GameStop's products or services, then of course he has nothing but nice things to say about the company. If someone does have something negative to say, like example yourself, of course they will either complain about the company or attack those who haven't had an issue. So that's my counter argument to you sir.
J Lopez Best Buy most definitely has conditions on their price matching policy. It was your mistake to assume that they would price-match GameStop.
As for you trying to split hairs over semantics, if GameStop claims they have a highly regulated checking system, but the results show it's not even lowly-regulated, then it's a false claim on their part.
+MoRiellyMoProblems ok here's a link to Best Buy's Price match guarantee in the very first line. " At the time of sale, we price match all local retail competitors (including their online prices)".
- www.bestbuy.com/site/help-topics/price-match-guarantee/pcmcat297300050000.c?id=pcmcat297300050000
So is Best Buy lying when they clearly stte ALL local retailers? And if you even go down to what is defined as "local". It states within 25 miles which there's like 5 GameStops near my local Bes Buy.
Getting even deeper into semantics, what results are you talking about that claim the entire integrity of GameStop's products? Would your opinion change if I said I've ordered 3 retro games from GameStop and they were all perfectly playable? No because I'm guessing you won't take it as the entirety of their practices but it's ok to go to a comment section that is primed to tell the negative experiences about GameStop. They are not perfect but I, like millions of other customers that come back to GameStop, have not experienced anything negative.
What a surprise.
They should refund and give him a new one for free. Its gamestops fault for selling a trashed console, why does the buyer need to jump through hoops to return it and get nothing in return.
A long time ago when I was stupid enough to shop at gamestop, I went in to buy a copy of Saints Row 1. I went to the counter and told the person which happen to be the manager there, can I get a brand new copy of Saints row, they said sure. She went to the display isle, grabbed the jewel case, went to the back got a the saints row game, put the disc in the jewel case all done in front of me and said that would be $40.00 please (this was when saints row was 2 years old from release). I was about to pay but then I got mad because I remembered on day I tried to sell gamestop a factory sealed game and they wanted to give me 7 dollars while it was being sold for 50. So I said no I said new, she said it is new. I was tempted to tell her that story but I didn't, I told here I want a brand new factory sealed copy. She then said well... we can shrink wrap it for you. I was in awe, like wow are you fucking kidding me. I said no thanks and left that was the last time I tried to buy anything from gamestop.
I've refurbished Genesis systems myself, a few that were in similar condition like this one and seeing this handiwork from GameStop is pretty insulting.
you are always going to have a better experience from an independent shop.. Corporations are about moving money fast then throwing money at the problems and complaints later
Loved the Big Lebowski reference.
I seen a guy on a Facebook group post pics of that fake chrono trigger with the madden 95 board lol
a year ago gamestop sent me a busted ass xb1 the power box smelled like burnt wires. Ive never made a purchase there sense
I will give GameStop a little credit, I got myself 3 SNES games: Star Fox, Stunt Race FX and Uniracers. All are working correctly. Sorry Luna, I will return! I know you guys still have the best stuff!
Why am I not surprised.
I love this Chrono Trigger story.
not entirely true, the mega drive (genesis) can function perfectly well with a bent/broken pin. A junker i once owned had one missing and worked just fine, but i totally agree it shouldn't have been for sale in a GameStop. however if you see a dirt cheap one out in the wild, its still worth knowing.
I have a nearly identicle storry , I have an MSI Laptop that doesn't have a extra door for the Rams and I wanted to be more ram installed as i bought it so the seller had to destroy the waranty void sticker that was plasterd over the screws on the bottom, so my laptop was waranty void from beginning....
I don't get it. So you return it. What's the problem?
They need to do like jeans companies do, have whoever checked it put a sticker on it like "Inspected by ". Obviously someone is slacking on their job completely. That way they can get rid of these people not doing their jobs.
The handhelds they sell used are even worse cracked hinges, broken buttons all around crap but the guys who work at my local gamestop are actually pretty cool though about it, there quality control is awful
It frustrates me that GameStop is selling retro games because I feel like they are going to damage allot of the retro stock out there by attempting to refurbish it and with shipping etc. One thing I notice about GameStop in general is that they flat out abuse merchandise particularly packaging. Even you buy a current gen. console there chances are the box is all mushed up with stickers etc. I have no clue what these kids are doing in there.
Back in the day there was a well ballsy way of getting free consoles. I knew a guy who would buy a Sega mega drive (or genesis if you're American) pull out the guts and replace them with a bag of rice, for weight, then return the shell to get a full refund and then sell on the actual inner workings. Pretty scummy, pretty clever
This systems cost 5 bucks for gamestop. You just paid 50 for it. It is way cheaper for me to not test the systems, warranty and then replace the 10% that come back to me.
I hate to defend Gamestop, but like no store ever sold a broken item. Ive worked in retail, we have plenty of returns.
Just seems like competitors obviously would talk about this. Bug corps make mistakes, they get corrected, and move on. Thousands of units go thru, there will be mistakes. I'm sure Luna isn't perfect, this is clearly a laughing video for Gamestop
Gamestop has a good return policy. I understand they have people working there that don't understand retro video games but over time people will get better at their job. Less mistakes will happen over time. Gamestop can only hire who applies for the positions. They probably just use warehouse workers they already employee.
what standards are they hiring these people under
why would you buy it from gamestop when you can easily find them at a flea market cheaper. i have like 10 of them
GameStop, where the gaming stops
"I'll tell you what I'm blathering about... I've got information man! New shit has come to light! And shit... man, she kidnapped herself" Best quote ever, best movie ever
I bet it was them damn alien ninjas who did this and Ian is one of them
Is it me, or is this story only important if independent game stores have NEVER sold a single console in bad condition EVER
I didn't even know you could buy classic systems and games through gamestop.
Yeah they are making their money flipping these retro games on ebay. They clearly don't have much quality control in place for their website store.
GameStop sucks for the most part, but they are personally invested in preserving physical copies of games. If ANYONE should want GameStop to never go away, it would be shelf collectors like Pat and Ian. Gamestop going away would pretty much signal the end of physical games on consoles dontcha think? Keep that digital only shit on PC.
Ian, you love advertising that Ballast Point label don't you? They should pay you for that. Makes me want to try it.
Hey Pat, have you ever heard of Chip maestro? if so can you do a review of it? if not please look it up its really cool
crazy times.
I bought a Lego video game for the PS1 many years ago from one of my Local Retro game stores. It still has the price tag on it and I don't care that much for it any more. But I'm thinking about trading/selling it back to the same store where I bought it from.
womac that has nothing to do with this at all.
Use screwdriver and warranty will not be void.
Remember those press photos of gamespots employees wearing white surgical gloves and cleaning the insides of system with a Q-tip lovingly. Hmmmm it's almost like those were just staged for the press or something.
it would be funny if that cart goes to some shelf collector
Attack on Ian, the new Attack on Titan spin off show!
Yeah! Don't attack Pat's audience! Lol!
There's also a chance that this Chrono Trigger cart is an entirely different fake made by the same counterfeiter. They got away with it once, why wouldn't they try again?
At any rate, I am very disappointed in the both of you for talking about this instead of the many many other much more pressing matters in the breakneck paced world of retro video gaming.
this made me laugh about as much as the new printer Pat was never able to use because of the expired ink
Ian, I guess Luna Games has nothing to worry about any time soon.
Why is it still blurry on the left. Awful
GameStop should really 'stop' (get it?) selling retro games. Hehe.
Hehe (Bump)
Some guy bought used merchandise online and it came in worse condition than he was promised so he returned it with no hassle? Seems like a non issue.
+kniferaffe The issue is that evidence keeps pointing to Gamestop lying about testing and refurbishing. This kind of shit is expected on Craigslist, but not from a major corporation. Also, the stupidity of putting the warranty sticker over the expansion port. The NES has a useless expansion port, but not the Genesis. I guess everyone with a Sega CD will just have to not use it or void the warranty.
It all just shows that Gamestop has no idea what they're doing and they don't care, because they can just fix all of their problems with a revolving-door return policy, putting the cost and effort onto the customer in the process. You should ALWAYS care about being taken advantage of, especially when it's obvious. When they don't care but don't even try to hide it anymore, it's extra insulting. Want another example? Konami.
+kniferaffe It's less about their return policy which I'm sure is fine and more about the fact that they're not providing the services they said they were.
They've spoken about and even released a video talking about their extensive testing and refurbishing and then they go ahead and send games out with the wrong boards inside and consoles that are clearly broken so they're obviously not being honest with consumers about how they handle retro games.
Seriously, if they just said, "we don't test used items," and relied on their return policy I wouldn't have a single issue with them, but that's not the case.
+Christopher Blair what he said :)
+Christopher Blair It's true. I bought the FAKE Chrono Trigger in July of this year and returned it to my local Gamestop with my fingers crossed hoping they would take it back without thinking I was the one scamming them with it. I explained the issues with the label being a cheaply printed duplicate that wasn't even centered precisely and that when I tested it, it was a frickin 0.50 cent Madden game and not the actual $100 Chrono Trigger I ordered. I was adamant that they understood it was fake and that I didn't want someone else to be cheated if they simply shipped it back to the warehouse. The regular sales associate was very cool and documented everything I said. Apparently upper management did not take his notations seriously and simply put the game back out to be RESOLD and it was! It's likely this will happen with other HIGH dollar rare titles as well.
+gurleyz It also wouldn't surprise me if there were more than one fake Chrono Trigger in circulation at their store.
I didn't even realize Gamestop even sold games and consoles that old.
+Morgil They started doing it a couple months ago, but there is actually very few Gamestop employees that know about it. xD.
+Morgil most (but not all) of their vintage game sales are bought/sold through their website.
While there isn't a conspiracy this certainly isn't an indictment on GameStop. Yes, it was messed up what happened here but how many Genesis systems have they sent out that are working perfectly fine and don't have any of these issues. What we may have here is just a terrible employee who doesn't give a crap.
Fuck it's the curse of the Chrono trigger
I think this retro thing with Gamestop is a mess. This is twice I've heard something bad. Now I hear employees don't even THINK that expansion ports might be used. Get some old school gamers into Gamestop for this reason.
That would be epic if that fake CT/Madden game had create-a-players named Crono, Ayla, Frog, and Magus
The CUPodcast tends to have some of the worst/most idiotic comment sections in all of UA-cam. Quite unfortunate, it's a really great podcast and I find everything they cover quite interesting. It would be nice to have a mature discussion about these topics in the comments, but oh well, that's the internet I guess. Keep it up Pat and Ian!!
I realize you guys feel certain steps should have been taken, but I think the anger is a bit unwarranted. The company took back the console and will be replacing it.
Real men mod their Sega Genesis to output S-video.
+The Negist Any advice on finding a PVM?
+White Knight or you can just use a XRGB framemeister on an hdtv and the you'll get the same results.the xrgb can also give the tv "scanlines" to make it look like an old crt tv.
+Hoosier High Way Lol S-video.
***** Aweome thanks for this advice I do want to get one in the future. I just picked up an old Sony CRT TV for liek 5 bucks and there really is something special about having a CRT. Still those RGB monitors are amazing and one day I want to take the plunge.
+White Knight Really you can just get a nice mid size CRT from a thrift store (Sony Wega / Trinitron) with component inputs, get a RGB SCART to Component adapter, and boom. Super sharp gameplay.
So I wonder how many fanboys will protect Gamestop of this now. This only proves that Gamestop has no idea on what they're doing with these retro consoles and games. There's a chance you can get broken consoles from Amazon and eBay but coming from Gamestop they should known better to test it before shipping it.
Void if attached to a Sega CD. XD
Those sticker are now are now illegal
I basically use gamestop as a rentle service I buy used games then return them if I hate them or beat them too fast
+zombiekiller2112 My friend was doing this, told me they had like a 7-day no questions asked return policy.
oooo Ballast Point. Good beer but stay away from the Habanero Sculpin unless you love heat and only heat
+Jim from DBPG I love habanero Sculpin! I don't think it's very hot at all. I had a serrano yellowtail (when they were still allowed to call it yellowtail) they made for a special tap night and despite it being a milder pepper off the plant it was a much hotter beer.
+Ian Ferguson I can see that. If you love heat habanero def has a ton of flavor
Ever try ghost face killah? Beer made with habanero and ghost pepper extract.
I'd like to but I don't think it's distributed here. I love pepper beers.
+Ian Ferguson its tough to find, we haven't seen it for 2 years, definitely worth a try though
Would Ian take a job with GameStop if they offered him a 50% raise?
If I were GameStop, I'd invite Pat and Ian, and take a tour of the operations if they are legitimately going over the product before sending it out. Maybe the employee was fired for sending that out? Who knows.
The sticker is fucked up, but could the damages be caused by the shipper and not the store?
I wish Funcoland was still around
Hey Pat and Ian! My sister is in San Diego for the week, where should she go get Mexican food? Love the podcast!
+JBG Nico's (Ocean Beach Location), Tacos el Gordo, Lucha Libre Taco Shop. Many say Lolita's is THE place to go, and it isn't bad, but I'd take the other three.
Thanks so much for the recommendations Ian! I'll let her know!
JBG taco life