"The Dishonest Gamer"

Something that pisses me off is people who cheat others out of their fair share of money. A good example would be a webmaster who uses a script to disable popups from his host, or a friend who rips off another friend. Even so, there are many dishonest gamers out there that look for ways to get past the system. Now there's nothing wrong making an extremely good deal, but there are certain people who take it to far. The following account is only hearsay that I have heard from various sources, I'm not actually sure if it's true, but it definately pisses me off for sure.

I'm sure you've heard of Funcoland. The much hated, loathed, disgusted store where they sell preowned video games and various accessories for a costy profit. While many people costantly curse Funcoland/Gamestop/EB for their 160% profit prices, others have ways around it. Some may try to bargain with the store clerk and watch themselves get into a big arguement. Others may just walk out of the store stomping their feet in a pissed off manner. The dishonest gamer is neither of these types of people. The dishonest gamer is the hideous type that actually does various illegal practices to purchase games for cheaper prices or to get a much rarer game for little or no price at all.

The first illegal method I have heard that these dishonest gamers use is called price tag switching. Usually, there's a bin where all the NES preused games are. The bin is out in the open so that the consumers can easily look through and pick out any games they want. To start off, the typical dishonest gamer will browse through the bin looking for the best/rarest gamers he can find. After he finds these games, he will then look for games with the cheapest price tags he can find. Inside his/her pocket is a bottle of Goo-Gone or special adhesive remover that takes off stickers. Using this Goo-Gone, the consumer is able to take off the cheap $2.99 label and place it over the original high $19.99 price tag. Thus, the consumer is able to get Mega Man for an easy $3. This is just downright illegal. First of all, you can get caught and charged for shoplifting if you try it. Second of all, don't be a dumbass and try to cheat a store, unless you want to go work for K-Mart. Finally, I hope you get caught.

Another method that I've also heard of involves switching the actual chip inside the game with a common chip. You've probably seen a SMB/DH game for around $.30 before. The reason why the game is so cheap is because it is unbelievably common. Now one of the tricky methods that these dishonest gamers use involves taking a rare game and switching its chip into a SMB/DH cart. For example, let's say the culprit buys Mega Man 4 and SMB/DH for $20.50. He goes back to his dark lair and switches the MM4 chip into the SMB/DH cart. Then, he takes the MM4 cart back to Funcoland claiming a lame excuse that the game didn't work. So they give him his money back and now he still has MM4 and got his money back. This is another fullproof thief's plan since Funcoland rarely tests the carts they receive and there's almost no way of tracking down the original buyer.

So in the end, is it really worth trying to cheat the stores? No. Don't try it unless you're some rebel trying to prove something to your life.

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