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Some of you know I work as a technical manager at a pizza place (Peter Piper Pizza; which is owned by Chuck E. Cheese). Recently they closed a location and we would receive a few games from their game room. The higher ups decided to get rid of a few games in our location to make room for the new ones which is usually fine since they were old pieces though the paperwork and stuff really is a pain. The deal is that any equipment must be in perfect condition, clean and presentable inside and out and in an event of any game issues, the store in which the games come from must pay for any parts needed. If the games going out need work, the main storage facility in Kansas will charge the store for repair cost. The joys of business.
Shortly after getting the list of games to be taken out, I got them all prepared and then the word came to me that the outgoing games would all be junked instead. Time wasted on that but no biggie since I get paid either way. All I had to do is get the monitors, main boards, locks and card reader off, then the rest of it would go right into the garbage can, providing the company with pics of the 'before and after' as evidence. Mostly old redemption games, no big loss however the two that were butchered? Two sit-down H2Overdrives!!! As a game fanatic, this personally rub me the wrong way. If I knew this was the plan, I would've offered to buy at least one if not both of them and haul them away to a good home (either mine or someone who could put them to good use) but rules stipulate we can't profit off of game sales (stupid rule since the company would get the money, the dirty rats) so in the dumpster they went. That hurts...well, me anyway destroying a perfectly good and playable game that I kept in awesome condition.
I know this is a lengthy post as far as I normally do here and those who took the time to read it, I greatly appreciate it. Just had to get this off my chest
PS: The games they brought in were mostly lower stuff with missing parts, lights and in case of the two Super Cars replacing the H2Overdrives, one monitor out that I had to order and both are missing the feedback steering because the tech in the other location didn't spend $10 for a steering belt. Rant over.
Shortly after getting the list of games to be taken out, I got them all prepared and then the word came to me that the outgoing games would all be junked instead. Time wasted on that but no biggie since I get paid either way. All I had to do is get the monitors, main boards, locks and card reader off, then the rest of it would go right into the garbage can, providing the company with pics of the 'before and after' as evidence. Mostly old redemption games, no big loss however the two that were butchered? Two sit-down H2Overdrives!!! As a game fanatic, this personally rub me the wrong way. If I knew this was the plan, I would've offered to buy at least one if not both of them and haul them away to a good home (either mine or someone who could put them to good use) but rules stipulate we can't profit off of game sales (stupid rule since the company would get the money, the dirty rats) so in the dumpster they went. That hurts...well, me anyway destroying a perfectly good and playable game that I kept in awesome condition.
I know this is a lengthy post as far as I normally do here and those who took the time to read it, I greatly appreciate it. Just had to get this off my chest

PS: The games they brought in were mostly lower stuff with missing parts, lights and in case of the two Super Cars replacing the H2Overdrives, one monitor out that I had to order and both are missing the feedback steering because the tech in the other location didn't spend $10 for a steering belt. Rant over.