Or just pay the few dollars more to buy a new game at GameStop and don't get the nice people working minimum wage behind the counter fired because you're greedy.
I roll my eyes so fucking hard at posts like this. For one, GameStop is not firing employees over completing a transaction that is allowed by the system and difficult to prevent. Okay, sure, maybe if they're doing it over and over, every day, after being told not to, but it doesn't seem like GameStop is doing much to prevent this, both at the store level and system level.
Also, the consumer absolutely should be using loopholes and creative ways of working
within a company's own system to come out on top. GameStop is a company that offers poor value to most consumers. Working within their system to move your money somewhere more valuable is perfectly acceptable, and abstract scolding ("you could get someone, somewhere, in trouble") only serves to reinforce and promote GameStop's interests. It's anti-consumer.
Lastlyand I think someone said this aboveif GameStop is firing employees over this without warning, your anger should be aimed at company. They have the ability and resources to fix the issue. And to give their employees holidays off. And to pay them better. I'm not saying that the consumer has no responsibility to take concrete actions to improve labor conditions, but you should be infinitely more concerned with improving hiring practices, raising the minimum wage, ensuring better benefits, opposing mandatory holiday hours, etc.
