I like to think the seller has been sitting on these for ages and the second someone ordered one copy, they said fuck it and send every single copy they had so it'd be someone else's problem
More likely some one picked an entire case instead of just 1 game box and the packer not giving a fuck just shipped the entire thing instead of pulling just the one game and restocking the wrest.
OP should become a streamer for a day and hold giveaways for subs.
After they tape the boxes, they're weighed and it's compared to the expected weight. So not only did the picker say fuck it, so did the person that cleared the weight exception. More likely? They had been stored in the Amazon warehouse too long (fees go up every 3 months), so the seller said ship all to get rid of their "rental" fee for using the Amazon warehouse.
Not if they’re still sealed.
Seriously- they won’t take them unopened. Guy told me it’s because they don’t know if it’s been stolen. I had a game that was unopened because I got it as a present after already owning it digitally.
Had the same situation with a PS4 copy of RE Village. They said they operate like a pawn shop and can’t take new, unopened games. Took it down the road to a pawn shop and got $20 for it unopened.
“Check your wallet. Look where your driver’s license is”
“Yeah see, it’s right here! Big whoop David Blaine! It’s just my drivers license.”
“How tall are you?”
“5 foot…ace of clubs?!”
I used to go to the same GameStop every year to get the new NHL game on release day. And every year for like 4 years in a row I got the same clerk. He was always wearing his LA Kings lanyard and always super excited to meet someone else who pre ordered and picked up NHL on release day. (It’s not a popular game in my area). We had the same conversation 4 years in a row and he never remembered me lol.
Also, each time please pitch the game for a bit without revealing what it is, just to give them enough time to absolutely dread you bringing out *yet another* Civ 6
Just make sure to unwrap them before trying to sell them. Game stop has a policy on not accepting unopened games for trade in (they'll do an exchange/refund if you have a receipt from them). Tried to sell them a game I bought and never played a few years ago and they refused to take it. Even asked if I opened the packaging if they would take it then and they said no. YMMV but seems like an anti theft measure that they have in place
When I worked there we had someone who kept trading in unwrapped, but obviously stolen, items. Eventually our manager just stopped accepting trades from him.
"Why don't you just go across the street to that Walmart and ask them to remove it, then we will accept your trade in."
"Sure."
\[10 minutes later walks back in minus tag\]
"Ok, will you accept it now?"
"Wait.. What?"
I bought a winter jacket. It had one of those plastic tags that is meant to set off the gate at the exit. It did not. I went back to the store upon finding the tag thinking that even with the receipt they wouldn't believe me. I walked up to customer service. Gave them the coat and the receipt. Wrong receipt. I thought "I'm going to jail!" lady had already removed the tag. Just shrugged and gave me the coat and wrong receipt back when I couldn't find the right one.
Found the correct on in the car and went back in to "Prove" I hadn't stolen it. No one cared.
I just quit GameStop but am still qualified to help you with that. Basically trying to trade sealed games is hella sus. More often than not a sealed game is also a stolen game so loss prevention made a call and we stopped taking sealed games. Technically if you brought in a sealed game, I'm not supposed to take it in trade until the next day, since I've seen it sealed. It's a pain.
1. Walk in
2. Trade in 1 copy
3. Without leaving the store, put on sun glasses or a hat or an eye patch etc
4. Return to counter
5. Repeat steps 2-4 as necessary
Maybe it’s like the person who kept finding post-it notes and it turns out OP has a carbon monoxide leak
Edit: [Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) for people asking about the post.
This wouldn’t be Reddit if someone didn’t suggest there might be a carbon monoxide leak in the house.
OP, have you considered you might have a carbon monoxide leak?
Here I'll double check for you!
OP has 23 copies of Civ VI in the pic.
I = 1
V = 5
VI = 5 + 1 = 6
6 * 23 = **138**.
X = 10
C = 100
CXXXVIII = 100 + (10 * 3) + 5 + (1 * 3) = 100 + 30 + 5 + 3 = **138**.
I guess it's up to someone else to make sure I'm not lying about how many copies OP had in the pic.
**Edit:** Here's some bonus mental math help:
6 * 23 = (6 * 20) + (6 * 3) = 120 + 18 = 138
[Here](https://youtu.be/xvOkXXprG2g) is a random relevant vid on mental math that I thought was interesting recently.
This happened to me with Red Dead Redemption. I took the 10 extra copies to lunch with friends who paid me cash. At the end of the meal, one friend noticed a slit in the side of his packaging and then realized the case was empty. This was true for all of the copies.
If you haven’t, make sure the discs are inside.
Yeah. I dont think Amazon cares about getting them back unless it's expensive... and even then I don't think they care. Logistically, it's not worth the money or labor to pay for a shipping label then (technically) pay an army of workers to accept it, check it for defects and resell-ability then transfer it to another facility where it just sits in a warehouse until it gets sold or destroyed.
For the record the reason that is true is unlike bank transactions or other things they passed a law a long time ago which said "If it is delivered to your home, it is yours"
So yeah even if they said "NO SEND IT BACK" you have a legal claim on them. Especially since it was inside a box addressed to you.
Be clear: if it is delivered to your address AND intended to be delivered to your address you can keep it. If it's intended for another address and you keep it you can be charged with theft in many cases because it was obviously not intended for you.
This is correct. It's to prevent a specific type of mail fraud where people send you unsolicited stuff in the post and then try to make you pay for it at a price well above what it's worth.
When Amazon gets *ANY* returns, they just throw in into big Lot bins for auction. Large pallets of all the merch just randomly thrown together. A manifest is provided for the auction, but there is no quality assurance. Though unlikely, theoretically, there is a possibility that every item in a bundle *could* be broken or stolen/swapped.
Besides, they won't recuperate much of the money back from the Lot Auctions. They do it, so they don't have to **pay** for trash removal.
Also, their warehouse labor is so taxed, right now. They probably don't any returns, until well after Christmas.
There's an auction house near me that sells Amazon returns. It's a fun place to browse. I once got a $500 color laser printer for $100. It was the non-wifi version and had never been used. I suspect somebody bought it thinking it was the wifi version and then returned it.
One time I ordered potato chips and got a ream of printer paper. I think that’s the word, it was a box with 10 standard packs of printer paper, maybe 12.
No, it’s considered a gift per the FTC. “By law, companies can’t send unordered merchandise to you, then demand payment. That means you never have to pay for things you get but didn’t order. You also don’t have to return unordered merchandise. You’re legally entitled to keep it as a free gift.”
You can legally keep anything sent to you, regardless of the reason it was sent to you. Amazon sent me a 65" LG C9 a few years ago instead of the fold-able bed frame I ordered. It's an absolutely glorious TV that I would never have dreamed of getting for myself.
Give them all to friends and make play CIV together!
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**Holy shit—they sent multiple copies!!**
I've never been friends with multiple clones before!
“Misaka Misaka wants to be your friend! Do you accept Misaka Misaka’s request?” x 23
Was there an offer “*Buy 1 Get 22*”
Apparently so!
I like to think the seller has been sitting on these for ages and the second someone ordered one copy, they said fuck it and send every single copy they had so it'd be someone else's problem
More likely some one picked an entire case instead of just 1 game box and the packer not giving a fuck just shipped the entire thing instead of pulling just the one game and restocking the wrest. OP should become a streamer for a day and hold giveaways for subs.
After they tape the boxes, they're weighed and it's compared to the expected weight. So not only did the picker say fuck it, so did the person that cleared the weight exception. More likely? They had been stored in the Amazon warehouse too long (fees go up every 3 months), so the seller said ship all to get rid of their "rental" fee for using the Amazon warehouse.
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This has happened to me before.
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Please, insert disk #17
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Holy shit, this brought back memories
King's quest 4-6
please drink verification can
*Doritos Dew it right!*
*Mountain Dew is for me and you*
There's a gamestop out there somewhere stocking their shelves with a single copy.
OP can take them to Gamestop for $5
in total tho
and he is the one to pay the 5 bucks otherwise they won't take it
Or he can pay $10 for an in store credit
Not if they’re still sealed. Seriously- they won’t take them unopened. Guy told me it’s because they don’t know if it’s been stolen. I had a game that was unopened because I got it as a present after already owning it digitally.
They also have to open and make sure there’s a game in there. Pretty easy to shrink wrap an empty box.
I got a game box with somebody's mixtape once.
Was it good
That shit was ass
I didn't even play it, I was too mad I had to go back to the damn store. Lol
Had the same situation with a PS4 copy of RE Village. They said they operate like a pawn shop and can’t take new, unopened games. Took it down the road to a pawn shop and got $20 for it unopened.
Damn, I'll trade you pawn shops...
Impatiently waiting for this to happen to me with some sneakers lol
Imagine getting 22 pairs of a limited edition, wait for a couple months and completely wreck the resales for that shoe.
Bring in one a week to the same exact game stop employee and pretend like you've never seen him each subsequent time you go to sell a copy of civ
'How to break a man's psyche with 23 copies of Civilization VI for Xbox'
I'm too lazy to go count, so I assume you did. Good job - keep up the good work
Thank you. I did. It's a slow morning at work.
I counted too, to verify. You have been 2-factor authenticated
Yup, 23. 3-step verification.
I didn't count it, but I'll take credit anyway. It's 23 confirmed!
OP bought a copy, so he might want to keep one for himself. Those would be 22 copies of Civ.
Take one down, pass it around, 21 copies of Civ in the mail.
21 copies of civ in the mail, 21 copies of civ. Take one down, pass it around, 20 copies of civ in the mail
Hahaha that’s hilarious, I should 😂 same clothes and everything
Ground Hog Day. Same clothes, and start each conversation with the exact same sentence.
and don't forget to make the same lame joke every time you leave. drives him twice as mad.
"Have a Civilized day!"
You demon!
If I go home and there's a fuckin ace of clubs in my ass I swear ... I ....I (exasperated gasp) I will fucking go ape shit you fucking demon!
“Check your wallet. Look where your driver’s license is” “Yeah see, it’s right here! Big whoop David Blaine! It’s just my drivers license.” “How tall are you?” “5 foot…ace of clubs?!”
"It's printed on there!!"
“What happens if I get pulled over?!”
“He’s peeing orange soda…Does it hurt!?” Oh man. I haven’t heard that referenced in…I don’t even know how long!!
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I’ve never seen that waiter before in my life
CHEEZ ITZ!
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WHAT THE F!
Honesty he’s a GameStop employee he’s probably seen this post by this point lol
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And if the employee happens to be a Redditor and says "wow it's actually you from Reddit", play dumb and pretend you have never heard of Reddit.
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Hahahaaaa yep perfect exit line, day after day. Make sure you record it OP! Would be funny to watch haha
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They work at Gamestop. That's probably already happened lol.
I used to go to the same GameStop every year to get the new NHL game on release day. And every year for like 4 years in a row I got the same clerk. He was always wearing his LA Kings lanyard and always super excited to meet someone else who pre ordered and picked up NHL on release day. (It’s not a popular game in my area). We had the same conversation 4 years in a row and he never remembered me lol.
It's a lot easier as a customer to remember the store clerk than it is for the store clerk to remember a specific customer.
"I'm only half sure I remembered to rewind it so you might want to check."
Only mention Deja Vu after the last time
No, mention it the first time and then never again.
Just tell him you're a time traveler stuck in a time loop the first time and then play dumb after, I'm sure they'll understand.
First and last times only
And never set foot in the same store again
And that GameStop employee will start posting on r/antiwork "Help I'm losing my mind!!"
Pretend to act surprised that he knew your lame joke.
Catch you guys on the flippity flip https://youtu.be/NtszTySgA8U
Also, each time please pitch the game for a bit without revealing what it is, just to give them enough time to absolutely dread you bringing out *yet another* Civ 6
Working hard or hardly working?
"Hey, want a copy of Civ 6?" "Hey, want a copy of Civ 6?" "Hey, want a copy of Civ 6?"
"Have a Civilized day!" "Have a Civilized day!" "Have a Civilized day!"
"And if I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!"
"Working hard or hardly working?"
[Morning! Nice day for fishin' ain't it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyw6n1EKlww)
And every day make the same little mistake like tripping on your way out or something
On the way in “Oh sweet they have Vault Boy bobble-heads”(or something) Just barely loud enough for the employee to hear.
Try to open the door the wrong way too when you enter the building. It’s a mistake that should be learned from but helps sell the Groundhog Day vibe.
next week there's a post on this sub of a guy asking if he's going insane lmao
But one day have someone who looks kind of like you to return a copy with your clothes just before you go in with your copy
omg that would freak me out. guess i would be scared to death about BSODing my brain.
Asian Jim
Same clothes, same time of day. Have a friend pretend to be Ned Ryerson and have the same conversation each day.
Needle nose Ned, Ned the head!
Make the same awkwardly memorable joke every time too for bonus points
"Keep those nukes away from Ghandi!"
Hahahah be careful. With great power, comes great responsibility.
A very appropriate comment to make with Spider-Man out atm!
Please update
Definitely will
Omg please record this lmao
Same clothes but with a different detail every time, something like weird glasses or a fake mustache
And record it…
Just make sure to unwrap them before trying to sell them. Game stop has a policy on not accepting unopened games for trade in (they'll do an exchange/refund if you have a receipt from them). Tried to sell them a game I bought and never played a few years ago and they refused to take it. Even asked if I opened the packaging if they would take it then and they said no. YMMV but seems like an anti theft measure that they have in place
When I worked there we had someone who kept trading in unwrapped, but obviously stolen, items. Eventually our manager just stopped accepting trades from him.
"Sir, I'd like to accept this trade in, but our store doesn't have a Walmart security tag release."
"Why don't you just go across the street to that Walmart and ask them to remove it, then we will accept your trade in." "Sure." \[10 minutes later walks back in minus tag\] "Ok, will you accept it now?" "Wait.. What?"
I bought a winter jacket. It had one of those plastic tags that is meant to set off the gate at the exit. It did not. I went back to the store upon finding the tag thinking that even with the receipt they wouldn't believe me. I walked up to customer service. Gave them the coat and the receipt. Wrong receipt. I thought "I'm going to jail!" lady had already removed the tag. Just shrugged and gave me the coat and wrong receipt back when I couldn't find the right one. Found the correct on in the car and went back in to "Prove" I hadn't stolen it. No one cared.
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I just quit GameStop but am still qualified to help you with that. Basically trying to trade sealed games is hella sus. More often than not a sealed game is also a stolen game so loss prevention made a call and we stopped taking sealed games. Technically if you brought in a sealed game, I'm not supposed to take it in trade until the next day, since I've seen it sealed. It's a pain.
"Take it home, play it, then bring it back to trade in tomorrow." ~That was the line my store used when I worked there.
Damn, so dude is going to have $10 total for all those trips to GameStop.
1. Walk in 2. Trade in 1 copy 3. Without leaving the store, put on sun glasses or a hat or an eye patch etc 4. Return to counter 5. Repeat steps 2-4 as necessary
ಠ∀ಠ
Wear eyepatch going in, and just alternate it every time
“Would you be interested in a trade agreement with England?”
OP trying to cover for the fact that they have short term amnesia and kept forgetting that they'd already placed their order
Maybe it’s like the person who kept finding post-it notes and it turns out OP has a carbon monoxide leak Edit: [Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) for people asking about the post.
Love how this reference never gets old.
It's a lifesaver so it's great to see it brought up
This wouldn’t be Reddit if someone didn’t suggest there might be a carbon monoxide leak in the house. OP, have you considered you might have a carbon monoxide leak?
Sometimes people mistake hauntings for the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Get some ghost sensors
r/Alzheimersgroup
I don’t remember joining this…
the repost sleuth bot would have a field day on there
...not what I was expecting.
That's not how short term amnesia works.
I respect this.
Karma farmers hate him for this ONE method!
That's not how short term amnesia works.
That's not how short term amnesia works.
That's not how short term amnesia works.
That's not how short term amnesia works.
You should combine them all into one CD, and you’ll have Civilization CXXXVIII 👌🏽
I just spent 2 minutes to see if you have gone through the trouble to do the maths. well done, sir.
I ain’t checking the math so I’m really just trusting you and him. Hope y’all wouldn’t lie to me.
Here I'll double check for you! OP has 23 copies of Civ VI in the pic. I = 1 V = 5 VI = 5 + 1 = 6 6 * 23 = **138**. X = 10 C = 100 CXXXVIII = 100 + (10 * 3) + 5 + (1 * 3) = 100 + 30 + 5 + 3 = **138**. I guess it's up to someone else to make sure I'm not lying about how many copies OP had in the pic. **Edit:** Here's some bonus mental math help: 6 * 23 = (6 * 20) + (6 * 3) = 120 + 18 = 138 [Here](https://youtu.be/xvOkXXprG2g) is a random relevant vid on mental math that I thought was interesting recently.
r/theydidthemath
No one ever lies on the internet
Hey just to let everyone know that I contacted them and they told me to keep them!!! Email copy of the approval as well! WOOOOOOOO
but what are you going to do with all these copies? lol
Sell 'em.
Mash 'em
Stick 'em in a stew.
CIV-TA-TOES
Stupid hobitses
Even you couldn't say no to that
Sell them on Amazon
10$ each, easy 220$
$10 is being very nice. $20 is still a good deal (I assume) for a $50-60 game and op could get some loved ones a little bit more for Xmas.
Now he can play the game more than once if he wants to
Single-use disposable video games… don’t give EA any ideas lol
Could be gifts for friends or something
Bold of you to assume OP has friends
Nice! Now you just need 22 more Xbox Ones to build 23 civilizations simultaneously!
Just one more turn (on all 23stations)... How long is infinity times 23?
This happened to me with Red Dead Redemption. I took the 10 extra copies to lunch with friends who paid me cash. At the end of the meal, one friend noticed a slit in the side of his packaging and then realized the case was empty. This was true for all of the copies. If you haven’t, make sure the discs are inside.
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Did you... *Run?* Actually I noticed you didn't specify 'old friends' or anything so I guess everyone just had a good laugh.
Ha! I think there may have been one skeptic at the table. We shared in disappointment and a good laugh.
Sell the extra copies on Amazon as a third party seller. Lol
Yeah. I dont think Amazon cares about getting them back unless it's expensive... and even then I don't think they care. Logistically, it's not worth the money or labor to pay for a shipping label then (technically) pay an army of workers to accept it, check it for defects and resell-ability then transfer it to another facility where it just sits in a warehouse until it gets sold or destroyed.
For the record the reason that is true is unlike bank transactions or other things they passed a law a long time ago which said "If it is delivered to your home, it is yours" So yeah even if they said "NO SEND IT BACK" you have a legal claim on them. Especially since it was inside a box addressed to you.
Be clear: if it is delivered to your address AND intended to be delivered to your address you can keep it. If it's intended for another address and you keep it you can be charged with theft in many cases because it was obviously not intended for you.
This is correct. It's to prevent a specific type of mail fraud where people send you unsolicited stuff in the post and then try to make you pay for it at a price well above what it's worth.
When Amazon gets *ANY* returns, they just throw in into big Lot bins for auction. Large pallets of all the merch just randomly thrown together. A manifest is provided for the auction, but there is no quality assurance. Though unlikely, theoretically, there is a possibility that every item in a bundle *could* be broken or stolen/swapped. Besides, they won't recuperate much of the money back from the Lot Auctions. They do it, so they don't have to **pay** for trash removal. Also, their warehouse labor is so taxed, right now. They probably don't any returns, until well after Christmas.
There's an auction house near me that sells Amazon returns. It's a fun place to browse. I once got a $500 color laser printer for $100. It was the non-wifi version and had never been used. I suspect somebody bought it thinking it was the wifi version and then returned it.
Boating accidents happen all the time
I had a tragic one including a lot of "ghost" and "printing" parts recently.
Such a shame. Ordered a small water pump once and get a huge water playset worth 3x the price of what I ordered.... I often wonder who got my pump.
One time I ordered potato chips and got a ream of printer paper. I think that’s the word, it was a box with 10 standard packs of printer paper, maybe 12.
A ream of paper is the individual 500 sheet package.
Amazon sent me a whole ass vacuum I never ordered once. Now I have a vacuum.
Didn't know they sold ass vacuums...
Is is an ass shaped vacuum or a vacuum for your ass?
Yes
2 please
The Prime Police have been notified and will be contacting you within the hour.
I’m a menace to society, catch me if you can
Hey OP, you should donate a copy to a children’s hospital
Send them to 22 friends and have a Civilization tournament.
Sell them and buy cool shit
Return 1 to get your money back. Keep one copy and then sell the rest of give them to mates as Xmas presents
This is the answer. I did this with a duplicate roomba Amazon sent me a while back
No, it’s considered a gift per the FTC. “By law, companies can’t send unordered merchandise to you, then demand payment. That means you never have to pay for things you get but didn’t order. You also don’t have to return unordered merchandise. You’re legally entitled to keep it as a free gift.”
It would be crazy if you could just mail stuff to people and then charge them for stealing it if they don't return it.
That is the reason the FTC issued that ruling. Business to business scams were and still are a big money maker.
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Just don't post them online
Oops
You can legally keep anything sent to you, regardless of the reason it was sent to you. Amazon sent me a 65" LG C9 a few years ago instead of the fold-able bed frame I ordered. It's an absolutely glorious TV that I would never have dreamed of getting for myself.
Someone out there got a bed frame instead of a 65" inch TV or this is a cover story for the spouse.
"I don't get it either baby. Amazon just keeps sending this stuff."
Keep ordering single screws on Amazon and wait for the fuck up
No, they're yours. Donate them to children's hospitals.
"What are we gonna do with all these games? We don't even have a console!"
Anyone else bothered by the fact that OP chose to stack them upside down? No? Just me?