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"Hey can i exchange some games in for cash?"
"Sure, you got I.D?"
"Yep."
"Oh, thats not enough, i need an address."
"Why? are you going to send me a 'thank you' card for being a customer?"

Okay, so it's a rant about I.D cards and the retarded rulings of game stores. I understand perfectly how I.D is useful, because they need to know your age as proof of you being able to buy (I'm sixteen, so i'm okay to sell and buy the games i was trading in), but today was not as expected. Not only did i have to walk to the store due to my bike having a flat tyre, but it also chucked it down on my way.
So, after being drenched and mildly out of breath, i walked into the empty store (ironic much?) and politely asked the 17 year old spotty faced gent behind the counter if i could trade in my items. Handling him my bus pass, i expected no difficulties from this transaction but no! Apparently i needed an address on my I.D too. Why? Why the fuck do you need an address? is a name and age not enough? I mean, do you want to know my postcode too, maybe even my Social security number and credit card number? Why do you need an address?

I'm actually supporting the whole I.D Card idea nowadays, not because i WANT people to know my personal details, but because we're already at an point at time where they're asking for more then age and name at stores; At least with an I.D card that will be recognised in stores will help me just get things done.

"Trade your games in for cash!"
"Well i WOULD, if you wankers would stop faffing around!"

But really, can any of you guys tell me why they would need an address? because as as far as i can see an address has nothing to do with buying or selling a game.

*sighs deeply, facepalming* Someone get me some sugar...

*Hands you a sugar cookie with peanut butter*

Some places require the addresses and stuff for whatever reason. probably as a way to know where to go and bust your ass if you try to hand them a fake *Not like they check... they don't.*

(05-27-2009, 03:50 AM)Lost Requiem Wrote: [ -> ]*Not like they check... they don't.*

Yes, they do. At least, here in the USA at Gamestop, they do. I traded in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for DS, and right away the clerk started checking to see if it was fake (checking the little numbers on the back of the card, and the numbers burned onto the contacts).

Still, asking for ID and Address is WAY too much. I mean, you're just trading in a game for money! It's not like you're buying a share of stocks, or selling a property or something.

Another thing, i did trade in a broken version of NFS Most Wanted (which THEY sold to me, but refused to take it back because i lost the reciept) without them even finding out.

I still think it was stupid of them to check for the manual, disc and numbers, without even trying it in a console. I even tried to trade in my old gameboy colour, which i was told "it doesn't work" when it turned out, the idiot's batteries must've been dead because it worked fine for me when i got back...jeez.

Yeah, that's a pretty stupid thing for which to need ID.

I think it's fall out from the GTA thing. People actually notice that there's rating on games.

Well we thought people would be smart enough to read what the rating says.
We may have been wrong.

I'm thinking of bringing my passport with me next time.

Although, i see no reason why he could just test the games in front of me or even, and i know this is a TOTALLY RADICAL idea in the modern world, just trust me to be selling my games as a honest 16 year old person. I'm not a hacker, i don't try to make money from scamming people and i certainly have no intention of ripping off a games store because it's against my gamer morals.

I was actually expecting the guy to say "this I.D is out of date" (because it was a under 16 bus card) to which i was planning on responding "well...it's still me though. I haven't gone out of date have i?"

I've started seeing things like this even at my work. I was getting a money order for my rent when I noticed a sign I didn't see before...

'Starting November 18, 2008, no checks are to be cashed if the address doesn't match on the ID'

I think that mostly the address check is mostly to be sure if the person purchased or issued the check in the local area and isn't a 'fake id' when making the transaction, either it be check or trade in.