(I am helping a male customer whoʼs encountered an odd glitch on an old copy of Pokemon Platinum.)
Customer: “Yesterday, I was near collecting all the available ʽmonʼ on this version. Now I turned it on today and theyʼve all disappeared except for four! You sold me a faulty game!”
(I turn his DS on and check his save file. Sure enough, his inventory is empty save for ʽStarlyʼ, a ʽTurtwigʼ and an ʽPiplupʼ.)
Me: “Hmmm, that is… incredibly strange. Umm, let me see if thereʼs a way to run a BIO on this.”
Customer: “Youʼd better! And you d*** better find a way to get all my Pokemon back! I spent months getting them all, and now theyʼre gone because you sold me a glitched piece of s***!”
(I hustle to the back, explaining whatʼs happened to our resident tech. Heʼs just as stumped as to how this couldʼve happened so we both spend a moment or so trying to figure out whatʼs gone wrong with the game. Finally, however, I notice something thatʼs odd: both ʽTurtwigʼ and ʽPiplupʼ are starter Pokemon, which are given to you when you start a new game. Typically youʼre only allowed one of these so it should be impossible for them to both be on the same save file… unless this customer traded for the other with someone.)
Me: “Sir, do you know anyone else who plays this game as well?”
Customer: “What? Well, yes my son plays it with me all the time.”
(I explain the above to him, and he noticeably calms down.)
Customer: “I see. Could you excuse me for a second? I need to make a phone call.”
(He steps outside the store and begins a seemingly normal call. It soon, however, gets increasingly loud as the man tears into the poor soul on the other end of the line. After doing this for a few minutes he hangs up and enters the store again, resuming his calm demeanor.)
Customer: “Okay, Iʼve now found out what happened. Please accept my apologies for that previous outburst. It seems someone significant at home was in need of a ʽChimicharʼ and a ʽPsyduckʼ to complete his own collection, only rather than say searching online for someone willing to trade, he decided itʼd be easier just to erase his daddyʼs game, start a new one and choose the aforementioned so he could then swap it and the ʽPsyduckʼ for his other two spare starters.”
Me: “Well, Iʼm likewise sorry he ruined all your hard work.”
Customer: “Donʼt. It wasnʼt your fault after all… actually…” *he pushes the game towards me* “…how much would one of these, plus a slightly used DS go for these days? I have the distinct feeling my son wonʼt be needing either for a long time.”
Επίσης μπορείτε να μοιραστείτε κι άλλα περίεργα περιστατικά ιδιότροπων πελατών σε κατάστημα για videogames. Δυστυχώς δεν έχω να μοιραστώ καμιά τέτοια ενδιαφέρουσα ιστορία που να 'χω πετύχει προσωπικά, γι' αυτό θα σας παραθέσω το εξής ενδιαφέρον περιστατικό που διάβασα από το site notalwaysright.com ( http://notalwaysright.com/page/11 ):