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video games
Rumor: Game Crazy To Close 200 Locations
Joystiq reported last night that Game Crazy "plans to close 200 of its approximately 680 locations at the end of October." There's no official list of which stores are closing yet, so feel free to ask your local Game Crazy employees and see if you can scare them. More » -
follow-ups
Another Hollywood Video Employee Contests Earlier Claims
A second Hollywood Video employee has written in to counter the claims made last week by an anonymous employee—he writes, "It sounds like whoever wrote in initially has a particularly evil district manager who is instituting his own policies," and says that person should "go over his DM and talk to someone at corporate." But for the rest of us, what matters is that "The EW [magazine subscription offer] never went away, they just stopped requiring employees to push it. They're actively promoting it again. There's no 'silence is acceptance' however, and we need to scan your credit card (an additional time) to activate the offer." More » -
possible scams
Is Hollywood Video Bringing Back "Silence Is Acceptance" Magazine Subscriptions?
An anonymous disgruntled employee sent us a long list of complaints about Hollywood Video, which can be summed up with "we're desperate to earn some money, so any tactic is fair game." Among them is this gem.
More »The Entertainment Weekly scam is coming back. Next week, the company is planning to roll out the EW "Free 8 issue, silence is acceptance" trial and force us to ask every guest if they'd like Entertainment Weekly. This is a practice which requires 100 percent compliance, so they're firing and writing those people up who aren't asking, and cutting the hours of those who don't get people to sign up for it.
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possible scams
Hollywood Video Signing Customers Up For Magazine Subscriptions Without Permission?
We've received two letters claiming that Hollywood video is signing their customers up for magazine subscriptions without their consent. The scam sounds similar to the ones that Best Buy is accused of in their on-going racketeering lawsuit. More » -
hollywood video
Hollywood Video Dodges Taxes On Your DVD Dime
Despite what Hollywood Video would like you to believe, there's very few CDs or DVDs that can't actually be repaired to good as new. A good rule of thumb is that if you can hold a DVD up to the light and you can't see light actually coming through the scratches and gouges, that DVD can be fixed. More »
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