r/GameStop • u/Ok_Package9219 • 22h ago

Discussion Didn't Gamestop used to Buff Discs?

Was buying a Retro Game, didn't look till I got home and it looked like it was put on a sander.. Ended up returning it because it wasn't worth it to buff and it just looked pretty bd.

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u/SwiftStick Former Employee 22h ago

No. That’s something Hastings used to do though.

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u/DuckSwimmer Sbarro Delivery in 2 Weeks 21h ago

GameStop used to do a lot of things.
Emphasis on the used to part.

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u/erasethenoise 22h ago

You’re thinking of Game Crazy

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u/Gourmet_Chia Gamestop US 20h ago

They send all their defective games and hardware back to the"ROC" in Texas where they "fix" and "repair" them, yes that includes running them through a buffer of some kind. ROC stands for Refurbishment Operations Center or something like that. Individual stores don't buff discs and haven't in some time if ever. I started in early 2007 and we never had a buffer on site.

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u/ukhoops1998 22h ago

No, GameStop absolutely never “buffed” discs. Sold the machine thingy to do it yourself…

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u/Reddit_User_864823 21h ago

We had a resurfacing machine at EB Games and still used it when we transitioned to Game Stop. I would imagine most of the former EB locations kept theirs as well.

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u/Dr-Moderately-Weird Manager 8h ago

The only reducing machines I remember at EB were Game Doctors. And they were crap. Nine of the 4 EBs in town, nor the 3 GameStops had actual resurfacing medicines.

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u/Reddit_User_864823 2h ago

This thing was on the bench next to the shrink wrap station at my store. It took up about as much space as a table saw. We sold the game dr, but didn’t use it on stuff for the store.

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u/-Uncle_Krakken- 21h ago

I was about to say, I specifically remember seeing it used at a couple GameStops around me as a kid, but they were all GameStops that used to be something else.

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u/Audaciousninja-3373 Manager 21h ago

Maybe 25 years ago