Probably. I sometimes did, I think, but it was just easier to scam myself out of money and trade the games in

It helped my wallet so much that I stopped working at GameStop. As a customer, you’re encouraged so much to place a pre-order since “you can just cancel it later” and get your deposit back. But how often has that happened for most customers, realistically?

I would routinely pre-order and buy new releases, leave them in their boxes sealed, and not end up playing them, so I’d just have to trade them in for less than half their value for other releases. And so the cycle continued.

Wasn’t implying that they are - it’s just anecdotal experience at best. Good on you for putting something of value in there and actually making it yourself! I’m sure your kid appreciates/appreciated it :)

Dude, that scene in Breaking Bad where Jesse and Mike go get their stolen product back from meth users and Jesse just gets one of the guys in on randomly digging a hole in their backyard was gold

I don’t dislike the tradition per se, but here in Germany they’re just usually stuffed with candy. Doesn’t help that it’s been so ingrained into the minds of parents and children that a whole industry sprouted from it with pre-packaged Schultüten, completely eliminating the creativeness of the idea and showing whose parents have the money to afford a fancy one and which don’t.

Don’t mean to be a downer