Competition is tough in the video game world. It’s so hard that GameStop is trying a new, albeit likely illegal, strategy.
Meth. Pure crystal meth to customers. What could go wrong?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. “In Florida…” Yes, Florida.
In Havana, Florida, Kayla McAllister’s 11-year-old son found a plastic bag of meth between the pages of his game manual. If you want free meth, go to the Capital West Tallahassee Gamestop. That’s where McAllister found it. They bought a used copy of Grand Theft Auto V. While setting up the game, the 11-year-old kid leafed through the manual and stumbled upon the drugs.
McAllister described it in a Facebook post.
Today i took my son to gamestop in Tallahassee to trade in games and get some new ones. When he opened the booklet inside one of the pre owned games he ( MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD SON!!!!!!!) found this. A baggie of fucking meth! Clearly the game was not properly checked when it was traded in and because of the carelessness i could have lost a child. Thankfully He brought it right to us and said what is this?
You’d think this was a one-off, that someone in the Capital West Tallahassee accidentally left it there. No, it wasn’t.
It happened at a Lake Charles, Louisiana GameStop also. This one was last September. Same thing happened, a kid found meth in his game. No word on which game. But the child was ALSO 11 years old. I found that too coincidental. Someone’s feeding meth specifically to 11 year olds.
GameStop apologized for this bad customer experience.
“We are disappointed to hear about the experience one of our customers recently had when purchasing a pre-owned video game from one of our local Tallahassee, Florida stores. We work diligently to ensure the quality of our pre-owned items are like new. Unfortunately, in this circumstance our thorough process fell short. We are extremely concerned that this incident occurred, and are working with the local police department to support them in their investigation.”
Only the mothers are mad. The kids REALLYREALLYREALLYREALLY like GameStop now.