Never Buying A Second-Hand Game Again.

[Neemil]

So about a day and a half ago I looked up on my local classifieds a.k.a Gumtree for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, behind I know, so I found a guy selling a few games for PS4 amongst others being AW for R300 or about $21 which is a good deal. It was about a 30 minute drive to his house to pick up the game. I brought it home and after about 10 or so minutes playing the game it kicked out and gave me a disc read error saying that the disc could be damaged or faulty. This was happening while the updates were running in the background. I immediately put the game on pause, put it back in its cover and continued to download the updates. The reason why I never contacted him immediately is because I first wanted to verify if the issue common and so it seemed because a friend of mine said it's usual and that I should first finish the update. I obviously found this odd because what has updates to do with a game not simply reading. Nontheless the updates finished earlier this morning and the same issue came about. I contacted the guy and he said he played the game the day before and I asked him if he tested it out online and if it ever happened there as well to which he replied he never plays online, holly hell who doesn't play a COD game online. So I told him to give me an hour to see what I can do, so I deleted the game file from my PS4 including my saved files and the problem didn't go away. Again I sent him a message to say nothing has changed, that was 4 hours ago. I sent him the message on Whatsapp and I could tell he read my message, blue ticks lol. So now I'm just sitting with a broken game and I'm not upset or anything just disappointed. Reason is that when I went to pick the game up this guys area was like top-notch  and his house was huge, I live in a house that's probably the size of his bathroom and in an area where someone would be killed in my road monthly and I know it's not a good thing to be prejudice or anything but if he had bought a game from me I would at least give him a game of similar value or a refund. Principles man.   

[Sinder5]

Wow dude, that sucks.  I'll remember this if I ever buy a second hand game.    BTW I'm impressed with the good attitude, keepin' it cool.  

[PlayStation 2]

You can buy used games. Just don't buy them from local sellers. I hate to say this but this is where GameStop has an edge, at least in the US.

[Neemil]

You can buy used games. Just don't buy them from local sellers. I hate to say this but this is where GameStop has an edge, at least in the US.

I do agree truly we have a shop similar called BT Games in South Africa the only problem is they mostly now sell full priced games and are getting rid of their second-hand games.

[PlayStation 2]

I do agree truly we have a shop similar called BT Games in South Africa the only problem is they mostly now sell full priced games and are getting rid of their second-hand games.

Local sellers are a bitch, sadly. Personally, I'd just go and buy the full priced games at BT if you can afford it.

[dalekphalm]

So about a day and a half ago I looked up on my local classifieds a.k.a Gumtree for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, behind I know, so I found a guy selling a few games for PS4 amongst others being AW for R300 or about $21 which is a good deal. It was about a 30 minute drive to his house to pick up the game. I brought it home and after about 10 or so minutes playing the game it kicked out and gave me a disc read error saying that the disc could be damaged or faulty. This was happening while the updates were running in the background. I immediately put the game on pause, put it back in its cover and continued to download the updates. The reason why I never contacted him immediately is because I first wanted to verify if the issue common and so it seemed because a friend of mine said it's usual and that I should first finish the update. I obviously found this odd because what has updates to do with a game not simply reading. Nontheless the updates finished earlier this morning and the same issue came about. I contacted the guy and he said he played the game the day before and I asked him if he tested it out online and if it ever happened there as well to which he replied he never plays online, holly hell who doesn't play a COD game online. So I told him to give me an hour to see what I can do, so I deleted the game file from my PS4 including my saved files and the problem didn't go away. Again I sent him a message to say nothing has changed, that was 4 hours ago. I sent him the message on Whatsapp and I could tell he read my message, blue ticks lol. So now I'm just sitting with a broken game and I'm not upset or anything just disappointed. Reason is that when I went to pick the game up this guys area was like top-notch  and his house was huge, I live in a house that's probably the size of his bathroom and in an area where someone would be killed in my road monthly and I know it's not a good thing to be prejudice or anything but if he had bought a game from me I would at least give him a game of similar value or a refund. Principles man.   

Was the game disc physically scratched or broken?

 

It's quite possible (but unlikely) that it works for him, but not you.

 

Also, side note: I NEVER play COD for Multiplayer. I only buy them for the Single Play Campaign, and for Co-op Zombies.

 

Did you physically inspect the game disc before handing over your money?

 

You can buy used games. Just don't buy them from local sellers. I hate to say this but this is where GameStop has an edge, at least in the US.

True. Also most big chains like GameStop can provide a warranty on used games (Basically if it doesn't work, exchange for a new disc or get in-store credit for something else).