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Oh.... Thinkgeek is completely merging with Gamestop and shutting down their site soon
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I know they've been owned by the same parent company for quite a while now but... I liked having a separate place to look for just merch and Gamestop's loyalty program isn't as good 
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I don't have enough geek points to even get anything though rip
kotonyaa
oh..... damn
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they're doing it fast too, geek points can only still be redeemed until the 30th, that's only a little over two weeks
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I'm.... don't like this
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Thinkgeek also had pretty decent regular sales, and I know Gamestop has sales too but ??? look fam I haven't bought a physical copy of a game in years
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and other merch websites like Jinx almost always remain expensive so
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what do
kotonyaa
i think i'm gonna buy those star wars earrings i had my eye on and then?? ig that's it lmfao
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kotonyaa
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Wow
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I’m really upset now....
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GameStop is actually losing money, their handle is down quite a bit
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They might be hoping this boosts their in store sales
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probably. I mean it's a smart business move to start integrating merch into what they sell since physical game copies aren't doing it for them anymore
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you can already buy quite a few 'thinkgeek' items in Gamestop stores, I have in fact scored discounted merch by walking into one that was having a clearance sale
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it just felt way more convenient to be able to use a website that was all merch instead of having to switch to Gamestop's site that's going to want me to buy a console or some shit instead
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if there's one benefit to this tho it'll be the ship-to-store option.... Thinkgeek's shipping prices had climbed to $7 for standard which is. pretty damn bad
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It makes me sad though
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same
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I’m not a huge fan of GameStop
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
Really? Oh man.
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
I really hate this idea. Gamestop is just made of fail
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
I really don't want ThinkGeek to be owned by them
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ThinkGeek has been owned by GameStop for awhile
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
I guess what I meant to say, I don't want them to be completely merged into Gamestop
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
They've been owned by them for awhile but even here in NYC, they seem like separate entities
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
The Thinkgeek shop I seen at 34th at Herald Square seemed to work seperately from the Gamestop upstairs
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
even though they shared one space
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apparently they're keeping all of their brick and mortar locations
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so you don't have to worry about that shop moving at least
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
That's great!
ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣
I just fear that Gamestop's days in general are numbered and unfortunately, they're going to take Thinkgeek with them eventually
miles you ass
No!!! What the fuck!!!
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yeah. though if they can focus more on selling consoles/console games and merch they might be alright
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I've always been proud of tg since they started local too I'm just
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really pissy now
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FAK
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time to do some orders and redeem them geek points i guess
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yeah :/
hair cryptid
At least their local stores are remaining open for now - I've got two near me if anyone ever wants me to go noodling around for merch >.>