Hey sega fan (Gamestop part deux)

Yeah I'd wait for the next year or two. For some reason people in school think I'm A junior when I'm a freshman. It's weird. I totally get the point on old systems and it being a bitch to repair. I'd rather sell those dead machines to enthusiasts like you and me, so we have enough dead machines so we could frankenstein atleast a few working consoles out of all the dead ones. I'm hoping this upcoming summer, I can apply for a job here, I'll have my permit and help out because there is a total of 4-6 guys that run my local one.

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Originally Posted by sega fan

Yeah I'd wait for the next year or two. For some reason people in school think I'm A junior when I'm a freshman. It's weird. I totally get the point on old systems and it being a bitch to repair. I'd rather sell those dead machines to enthusiasts like you and me, so we have enough dead machines so we could frankenstein atleast a few working consoles out of all the dead ones. I'm hoping this upcoming summer, I can apply for a job here, I'll have my permit and help out because there is a total of 4-6 guys that run my local one.

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its not that they're a bitch to repair, its that in most cases there isn't much you can do. Vintage Genesis and SNES consoles are some of the most durable hardware around. If they're broken, THEY'RE BROKEN. Maybe you can get lucky and solder a power plug here or a controller port there, but generally there isn't much to be done. If there is only 4-6 guys working, sorry, but you're probably SOL. Unless you are practically butt buddies with one of the employees they will take your application and put it straight in the trash, possibly before you're even all the way out the door. Not only do employers not trust younger people to be responsible, but there is tons of red tape for under 18 employees to work around, and with a game store, there are always boatloads of applicants. Not trying to be a dick here, but even when I was 18 and applying at every game store in the city I couldn't get even an interview, and I had nearly a 4.0 with honors, etc. So, like I said, unless the owner is your cousin/uncle/secret lover there is not a good chance. I mean, you can ask, but I'm just being an über realist and saying hope is slim, especially if you don't even have your own license/car.

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Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes

its not that they're a bitch to repair, its that in most cases there isn't much you can do. Vintage Genesis and SNES consoles are some of the most durable hardware around. If they're broken, THEY'RE BROKEN. Maybe you can get lucky and solder a power plug here or a controller port there, but generally there isn't much to be done. If there is only 4-6 guys working, sorry, but you're probably SOL. Unless you are practically butt buddies with one of the employees they will take your application and put it straight in the trash, possibly before you're even all the way out the door. Not only do employers not trust younger people to be responsible, but there is tons of red tape for under 18 employees to work around, and with a game store, there are always boatloads of applicants. Not trying to be a dick here, but even when I was 18 and applying at every game store in the city I couldn't get even an interview, and I had nearly a 4.0 with honors, etc. So, like I said, unless the owner is your cousin/uncle/secret lover there is not a good chance. I mean, you can ask, but I'm just being an über realist and saying hope is slim, especially if you don't even have your own license/car.

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Yeah, I was going to wait on the P'n'T job app because of me being so young. The owner of my play n trade knows my face and I traded in games there once or twice and they came out shockingly low, but I didn't complain, I only sighed and bought 2 NES games from 2 PS2 games. He knows I can be mature with situations calling for such, and I don't hold up the cashier lines. Also, there is always a help wanted sign in the window. The funny thing is, less then 2 minutes down the road is a gamestop and they havemore employees then they know what to do with and those Game stop employees couldn't tell the difference between a calculator and a Sega CD, its that bad. I could've gotton a 1971 Super Beetle for 1800 bucks over the summer. I couldn't get it because of " Body work issues and the lack of A/C ". So no air anda dent in the back stopped me from a retro car. I'll buy a retro car because I AM SO SICK OF SEEING NOTHING ON THE ROAD EXCEPT GENERIC WHITE CARS, CHROMED OUT HUMMERS, VANS, AND TRUCKS.

Gamestop is the devil