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It looks like GameStop is actively building their laundry list of problems, having just added piracy to the mix. According to Joe Haygood, they’ve been leaving plenty of game instruction books inside the open boxes on shelves, leaving CD Keys up for grabs.
According to Mr. Haygood, “I went back to the shelf and found three other games where the CD codes were smack dab in the package. Games like Left 4 Dead, Mercenaries 2 and Spider Man Web of Shadows. When I talked to the manager about this, it was said that it was a mistake and it would not happen again.”
This problem didn’t plague just one GameStop, either. He made his way to a second location to find “at least six games that had CD codes on the inside of the packaging, on the shelves.”
What do you think? Is this a problem that you’ve seen at your own local GameStops, or is this an isolated incident? Let us know in the comments.
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