Shack-frequented GameStop Robbed At Knifepoint
Employees of the store told authorities that a tall, skinny man of around 20 years of age browsed the store for some 45 minutes before approaching the register with a stack of games. As his purchases were rung up, the man started towards the door muttering to himself before returning to the register and pulling out a small knife.
The employees gave cash to the man who soon after bolted out of the store and sprinted away. This particular GameStop—the only non-mall location in the Bellingham area—resides in the well-lit, heavily trafficked Sunset Square shopping plaza. The plaza is home to over a dozen stores, including a popular movie theater.
In recent years GameStop has offered cash for systems and games; that coupled with a solid day of sales amounts to a lot of cash in the register. As game stores become more lucrative operations, they become increasingly more attractive targets for armed robbery.
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Phunk
replyI was a GameStop near where I work and they told me they had to star closing early after 2 armed robberies in a month.
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(to the tune of "Older" by They Might Be Giants)
You've robbed our goddamn store again
And now we're even poorer
And now we're even poorer
And now we're even poorer
We'll have to gouge old games again
Because we're even poorer
And now we're poorer still
Crime... is marching on
And crime... is still marching on
We'll restock our used games again
And offer you one dollar
And offer you one dollar
And offer you one dollar
We'll sell the game for thirty bucks
Then offer you one dollar
That's how we line our till
But you've robbed our goddamn store again
And now we're even poorer
And now we're even poorer
And now we're even poorer
We'll have to gouge old games again
Because we're even poorer
And now we're poorer still
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