Can Not Stop, Will Not Stop: The First Ever “Pull Party”…?
Disclaimer: Everything below is a mix of what I observed and heard during the event. The goal isn’t to pinpoint "who exactly said what," but to share (usually) an outsider's view and overall perspective on these industries. I’m not here to act as a definitive firsthand source—readers should do their own research. I hope this inspires you to attend events, explore new industries, and hear what leaders are presenting. These notes combine my observations with thoughts on how things could run smoother and how ideas connect (IMO). I’m not an expert, you know? Just hanging out in the room with them. Enjoy!Topics: GameStop, Pull Party, Marketing, Events, Trading Cards, Lucky Winners, Contests, RULE BREAKING, Systems, LAME PARTYY
Gamestop is having their first ever “pull party” and I want to check it out. It’s one of my favorite places in the worldldldlddl :) and also learn more about retail, event hosting, etc. I love pokemon too hahaha. Like was obsessed as a kid and i feel like I had a really good collection, so idk its one of those things where you’re like… aww, i miss it. Even now, I’m working hard to develop my own line of trading cards (and want to host more events AND LOVE GAMESTOP hahaha) so, its like, a million good reasons to go.
Why Attend: well, I love gamestop and I love their goals, their CEO is incredible, and I just think they’ve got an amazing future ahead!! Call me a memestocking ape 😂… so also, hte more I can just actually learn about the comapny itself! (hahahah isntead of just cheering them on) and then figure out how to maybe make a game with them. I mean, dreamers can dream. Traders can trade… and pullers can pull? Idk! Let’s find out.
Overall Event Review: Venue (5/5), Food (0/5), Speaker Content (1/5), Networking (1/5), Likeliness to Return (5/5)
PHOTO COLLAGE:
NOTES FROM THE EVENT:
okay - i’m putting my notes below. THEN I NEED TO GET READY FOR MY TUTORING (lately I got 2 more private tutoring students and then like 10 more group class students cause everyone is getting obsessed with “AI classes for kids”) lol. okay. So… let’s go!
MY NOTES:
the other day, the reve ai made a image of a wolf in sheeps clothing that surpirsed me, in my last post about my white house thing, the ai bot itself made like a comment in “gamestop colors” but i noticed when i got to this outdoor strip mall, so many of the stores all had this same trend. You know? So as I think about this, and the fact that AI said those are dangerous colors for kids… it made me question that entire block. You know? just idk why the bot used those colors (so randomly, like gamestop_ butthen its everywhere. Is it a sign of untrustworthiness? or just a coincidence? Idk just weird. AI always reveals these tiny bread crumbs to me time to time and then i’m like wtf hahaha.
so i decided to dress like "gamestopppy" with my roaring kitty shirt… i meant to wear my socks… but now i realize i forgot (and i’m glad, cuase i love them and i dont want to waste them on random things)
THen, I took two busses and i got to the gamestop and sat outside.
there was a line when i got there. but eventually everyone was let in and tehy just like so quickly traded their numbers for a stock of cards. like routine. and getting “the usual” and stuff. with trading cards!
and the staff member was complaining how the prices on everything keep chanigng. he said yeah, the prices are changing on everything. blame it on MSRP.. TARIFFS, staff says: just make up your moind (to the leadership)
and i’m like, bro, don’t talk bad about the best company in the world. you work here hahahaha. omg. these guys.
One pro, one mega, two whatever. they're ordering. “two of each” - “ a bundle” they're so into pokemon cards. See??? i’m tellign you guys, trading cards are super popular hahaha.
Some guy came in and asked if they can do card grading submissins right now and THE STAFF MEMBER SAID NO! he said no, you need to wait until 1-2. And the guy repeated, 1-2 okay. thank you.
Then he just talks to some guy about these power packs: Save money wherenver i can. Get whatever I can, i'll get it. Right? Last minute.
So like they’re implying they may not be able to resist to get it graded or something? Or wait? Why wait? Why are you “not able to resist” the submission??????? IDK that sounded weird.
Then they’re talking about “oh, i saw the things about battlefield, oh yeah oh yeah”. “By the time you get there tonight, it might be eleven. Good luck, sir. “
lol these guys.
Okay finally the guy workign at the store acknowledges me and says:
seems you know what you’re looking for
and i’m thinking - uh duh. hahahah its your first ever pull event, duh!
and I said, I’m here for the “pull event” (or something like that hahah i forgot the words)
and he said, what?
and I said, uh, the pull party?
he didn’t know - about it and
I said yeah, I saw it online. Its on your website. And your social media.
But he said they don’t have a sheet ready.
And I said, well you have it advertised online? So… it said the top peopel get it, three lucky winners.
He said that he’s been off for a week and is a little behind.
Used to be the thing you’d pull and play and get the cards or whatever button its different.
That’s what everyone knows, the “regular order” or whatever.
It used to be whoever got the best pull gets “something something”, but now…
he said “it used to be that whoever gets the best pull gets ‘something, something’ but you know? He literally siad the words “something, something” - what??? what is “something, something”? I didnt’ ask but i’m like uh - what??
THen he said you have to convince someone else to stay or leave. If there peopel you get a free submission.
Convince someone to stay 😂 negotiate? for a submission? to pull together? - uh what?
I said, wait? I need to wait two hours for this?
And he said - yeah. IDK -
then he made it sound convincing so I waited. He was like, “i mean, you get a free submission”. SO i waited.
Then he just said you want to get things as cheap as possible, it’s why we are here.
So I waited liek an hour. While I was waiting a guy came in to return something or renew something and then the sales guy kept trying to offer him SO many discounts so that ist was free. Like the guy working just didnt’ want to make money for the store and just kept triyng to get hte guy to get free stuff.
OMG OMG hahahahaha but then the guy says, no- it’s okay I’ll pay full price.
And the guys is liek, no. its good for my numbers (foro you to take a discount?), why don’t you take this discount?
And he’s like - no. it’s okay. I want to pay full price.
Hahahahahahahah OMG THIS GUY IS AN APEEEEEE hahahahahahahahahah.
This guy is an ape. This guy. Is. An. Ape.
So. Omg, he literally laughs at the employee’s coupon.
No joke I literally used to go to AMC’s and buy two seats or three. Back when I felt so cocky with money - just to support the company ahahahah and watch a good movie.
Hahah this guy is the best. He’s so happy to be spending and this guy behind hte register just really doesn’t get it.
He’s not even trying to make money for the company it seems like. He just works here one day a weeekkk??
WHILE THE STOCK PRICE HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR EFFING 5 YEARS YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE THINGS AWAY FOR FREE AND YOU ONLY WORK ONE DAY A WEEK 😂
hahah its like that rooftop the other day and that grumpy teacher not realziing she was on the best playground in the city.
HOW DO PEOPLE NOT GET THIS!?????? HOW DO THEY NOT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT HERE WITH THIS AMAZING FINANCIAL OPPORTUNTIY AND REVOLUTION??? ITS like what the heck hahaha. Omg how are these employees not so happy to work here????
So then yeah, the guy refuses. Says he wants to spend the money. And I’m laughing so hard to myself waiting for “this pull party” to “convince someone”???
But I’m like - omg this guy is retail and retail will prevail.
He’s so happy hahaha. And they give him stickers? Idk - I was just like zoning out and waiting…
Okay so now the guy working here says he wants to pretend he drew my name but he can’t find a grey area for it. So he’s going to look into it. So, he’s still looking.
What/?? he wants to pretend to draw my name? ? 😂. what?
he said he wants to presnt to draw my name for this pull party…. i’m like dude. you cheating right now in front of me. I didn’t say it but i’m like - waht? hahah awhy does he need to cheat? so i can leave?
He said you really need three people, but there may be a “grey area” to pull a card.
this guy is that perfect balance of like customer service but also… liek totally ripping off the copmany nonstop hahaha. omg. geeze. who is running this staff?
He said the other mall usually get more peopel for that. Not here for so long but they’ve had signs for over 6 months and no participants.
SIGNS FOR OVER 6 MONTHS AND NO PARTICIPANTS? (BRO YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT WAS TODAY? what? hahah you had this party 6 months ago but now you’re making me wait an hour so peopel show up?)
Then I hear something on his like employee training video or whatever,
cause it was legit just ME AND HIM there for this PULL PARTY hahaha what hte heck?
And then the training video is like, “don’t forget to tell customers about the pool party” or idk if it said pool or pull, but there was literally a pool in the picutre - so I’m like waht the heck are you guys having a pool party (but I asked him later if there was a pool event - why is there a pool event in november they’re promoting.. its worth asking? but he said no.)
- So then the EMPLOYEE guy was literally like telling me: “you should leave, I dont think more peopel are showing up???”
And I’m like, uh okay? Like - wouldn’t my odds be better here? Lol.
But he told me to go to the other gamestop cause they usually get more people for these types of things.
So I’m like uh okay. 😂.
what is this chaos and good thing there are two, right?
What would hav ehappened if you were the only gamestop in town and 2 more peopele dont show up.
This is confusing hahaha. omg.
aren’t your odds better to pull when YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE HTERE? 101 logic hahaha. omg but not here i guess.
So I go to the other gamestop and I see there are people in the back for the pull party, I guess.. cause it was only liek freaking less than 10 poeople in there
So anyway, then it’s like they’re celebrating. THey’re like woo hoo! You won. And they tell the peopel at the table that they won playing pokemon or something already.. aww. see!!! this is. agreat company they just need to team up with AMC and build arenas hahahha. then let the peopel get waht they want>. power to the players!
They’re like “congratulations” put it off a little bit, right? We’ll see - come back before the end of the day… or if you have the cards right now, submit now.
And one guy said he wasn’t sure if he could wait to put it off or not?
Then they’re celebrating that they got pokemon cards “LOOK AT THOSE FRUITS?”
THey’re so excited to win. He goes “wow! Big cards, fuck!”
“You want it? You don’t want it? You want to trade? I don’t want it as much.” talkign about the cards and the fruits and stuff… trading their pulls.
Then this guy said he bought two boxes or three boxes. But not the bundles.
So then they say “oh I opened it a you cam me. A pricey card. A. Whole 6 dollars”
“No thank you, bring your reading cards. Advanced trades are only for FRIDAYS.
lol thats why it was liek such a process this mornign with eveyone saying numbers and packs and stuff. Pokemon fridays.
They said okay. lol. then these guys are geeking out over pokemon cards and he starts talking about how he used to be a truck driver… and no one ever ywants to be a truck driver - but before that he was working at the local airplane company (The comapny my old neighbor actualyl used to be a consultant for and she even tried to get me to work with her and said it was a legit joke there! bu. she just said it had a reputation of no one actually trying hard)
so then he says you can start to get a job there. Like getting promoted and other jobs. Saying he used to work in trucking. Used to work in airlines. The most important skill you can have is being good with machinery and heavy equiptment.
Uugh, but lately every time i think of truckign lately, i jsut think of this
being handy - thats hwo you get the job at b0eing.
Work at another gamestop, and you can get your foot in the door. Like a regular job there, you are perceived as smart. You apply there and and then you just “have to say you’re mechanically experienced” to get it?
THEN they’re all jsut talking forever. tehse two employees. just like saying you can get extra trading cards if you give your email and then text back with your number and then give another email to get the info. lol omg. They are having a pull party right now
AND THEN the staff guy is like, uhh, “You used to get money for that, right?”
He said he used to get money to collect people emails and stuff, but another guy here has been doing this (a staff member there) for over ten years. He actually used to be a truck driver and refer people. But no one actually wants to apply to be truck drivers. Just need experience with parts.
lol these guys are dorking out over here
(sounds like “GTEENPEACE” when at the hostle I was at a wile back, I met people who worked for those companies and they said you can make a few hundred a day asking peopel to save the earth.)
And then this girl is like tryingto memorize the pokemon like gaunter is before poison of full art and then the full art haunt rider rlease and ghastlier haunter huanter is haunted? omg.
i would have understood that sentence back in the day i had like 100 pokemon cards hahahah. but now i’m like uh
And then these guys in the back move a ladder to get to the broken toilet or whatever. omg. that is so studpid cause the bathroom is so close to here. in the mall. what a waste of money.
Now the power pack people are saying like, you need to text a number and then at 5:00 SHOW A 3 OF HEARTS .
used to work at other locations and sometimes go down to tukwil and then a big company here (ramazoon) and then take busses to nearby towns for 1.5 hour rides to get there at 6:50 and leave by 5?
he wants to get a better job or whatever and they said you need to literally put it on your resume that you are a handy man and then he laughs and says “I’M A VERY HANDY MAN”.
Save a bunch on this by using the codes on the cards. And then you use it on the app, but only on fridays, days like this. Then they have a big pokemon drop.
And this whole time they just didn’t say hi to me or invite me to play or asak if anyone else is there for the pull party (even though their literal employee video told them to earlier lol)… so ,at first, i left cause i was like, this is is stupid hahaha.
I mean, dont’ get me wrong, its nice to hear about logistics and systems. I am always curious about how the world works and businesses run… but, then I turend back around to find out if I can be a lucky winner 😂 cause the party ends at 12 and its still 11:45. now i’ve spent 2 hours trying to join this pull parrtyyy and I didn’t intially want to win, but now i’m like - okay. Right?
okay.
So i tell them, “hi, i’m here for hte Pull Party.”
And it’s like two peopel working, (the manager is in the back) and the guy says, “What!?”
And i said, “the pull party”
and they’re like -”uh sorry, we already selected the winners.”
and i’m like - “uh? what? ? “
and they’re like - “yeah, they pulled the WINNERS ARLEDY”
and i’m like, “No. It said it ends at 12.”
and they said they pulled the winners at 11 (BUT THEY OPEN AT 11????)
SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? BE FRIENDS WITH THEM OR ARRIVE AT 11 TO WIN SOME CARDS!??!!?!?! geeze.
LOL really? I already spent 1 hour at the other one (which wanted to help me cheat but couldn’t ifgure out how hahhaa) and now here they didnt even follow the rules? I got mat at them a bit.
and i said - um, but this ends at 12? and I just went to the other one and no one showed up so tehy sent me here!
And they said sorry, that’s that or wahtever
and then i literally raised my voice them a bit (just cause, i part-own this company! 😂 you know?) and tehy said they need to ask me to leave
nad i said, no. its fine. i’m sorry. but what is going on, why won’t you guys let me join this pull party??? it’s supposed to be three lucky winners?
and they sadi, well, sorry. you missed it. its over.
and i said like - no! the rules are online. pull it up! It said it ends at noon
and they said - we arledy pulled the winners.
and i said what the heck? WHy did you break the rules?
On the webistes - in the terms nad conditions it says noon, so i stopped by hte first one the other gamestop, and then they told me to come here and now i’m here! like over an hour ago waiting!
THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT “I DIDNT WIN”
AND I SAID YOU BROKE THE RULES!!!
AND THEY SAID: HOW? EVERYONE ALREADY WENT’ THATS EVERYONE!!!
AND I SAID “SO WHAT!? I DONT MATTER!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!”
ITS SUPPOSED TO BE WINNERS AT NOON!!”
lol - right? I’m just getting annoyed to see my favorite company drop the ball like this? And then these guys are so rude and not even following the rules or explainign anythinggggg. What is this friday disaser if its freaking pokemon friday every friday, how do you not know its your first ever party too? its like just such mayhem and disorganization.
So then they said they can just give me a free pull. They said they already gave away the first two buy they can just give me the pull for free- that’s three. And if i wanna give htem my number i can register t and get the pull.
and i just said “YOU SAID THERE WERE GOING TO BE THREE LUCKY WINNERS!?!” and left.
(uugh but i’m just like, i dont even care anymore, i already got 36 new pokemon cards, right? plus those QR codes i guess i try one day, but i dont care, right? i guess you can make money off of it? so thats why?)
Even my friend was texting me today, saying he saw the pull party advertisement online!
My friend who LOVES AMC AND GAMESTOP and he’s even more obsessed with their social media than me.
(no joke he’s like buying AMC daily almost hahahahah) - lol, of course he knew of the party. but he was like, “they just pull cards, right? like online?” but i dont even know? I dont get it.
So, he said he may go check out the next pull party, too (but he said he may wait till theres one here and we can go together for a gamestop event or sometihng. lol. Let’s see! We didn’t talk long, but i’m like - eh, idk if i’d fly into town all hte way for that hahahah. but. youknow, maybe? I mean, maybe they’d be nicer if it were two people… then we only need one more to freaking win, right?
Idk i just really envisioned this liek 20 peopel all like “yay!!!” and like 3-2-1-PULLLL!!! HAPP YNEW YEAR - and then like a big grand reveal and everyone’s like whattt the ffffff you got a charizard!? you know? hahaha like whati’ve seen at the gaming conventions. So, this was NOT THAT.
and then the staff was rude to me and said it was over and they were like, “you weren’t here when we announced it! sorry” - but what hte heck are these rules??” and you ended the party like 10 minutes into openingthe store? that is not fair.
And on my way there to the second gamestop, I noticed these advertisements/public service announcments up onthe screen.
The first image was some hats with lids and it said 74 in th corner, liek they always said on the pp show. And they had lots of hats in a rainbow.
So i stopped to see waht was next and it was the hot dogs in the car. :( it made me think of hte sign i saw by the bus stop in venice.
This is two times now that “don’t forget animals/children in lost cars” motif warnings didn’t match up with the seasons. So they are just leaving these advertisements/annoucements running indefinitely?. It makes no sense and I dont’ know why they haven’t even noticed this. None of hte staff and/or the bus bench people at the venice one above ( i mean, that makes more sense. its not as easy to replace… but those digital screens are virtual so you can change it in a click? I dont get it. seems like an oversight or not)
THESE WERE MORE NOTES OUT OF ORDER BUT STILL
OH YEAH hhahahah one guy was complianing how the prices keep changing OF THESE PACKS OR SOMETHING, lol so you guys need to tell your staff NOT to complain - or quit changing prices hahaha. “owner mindset” for all, right? hahah idk.
You can order extra special packs from the website, like over the phone you then scan the things and get special packs on the website. and some specific stores have extra specific features.
4. He said the deliveries come through the back, through storage (duh hahaha) they said its crowded in the storage so they need to just make sure they can load thigns back there for the big drop tonight? some guy delivering things. idk. pull party suplpies proably geeze. what the heck.
5. they just said the website dictates whether something is aroudn? Idk idk. idk. and you have to find it on the website with the cards or codes or something from your pulls, when you pull or idkkkk. its so confusing??? why do they make it so confusing???
they dindt even explain it or have any party vibes or clarity.
after that i just walked out.
I really don’t know what that was. Like. hahah what??? I feel like I need some time to process… but. One thing is for certain. I know the vision of RCEO and how great this company can be. Especialllyyyy if they can figure out their events hahahaha omg that was so strange. and now i’m like omg. hahahah you guys. need. to host. something? or just stop hosting events hahaha. really. no offense. but. like. that’s going to lose you customers so fast. advertising a party andthen its like? cheated and then lame? idk. i want to show up to sometihng fun.
Okay - now we are waiting for freight traffic. Once it clears up they’ll pick up speed and continue. This trip is flying by. And then, idk i guess tomorrow i’ll show up and say hey and see how its going. I didnt even sign up yet (cause i’m not 100% sure i’m gonna go) so, i dont wanna over commit… there are a few other things that are worth checking out in this city, but i’m sure they won’t mind if i arrive last minute. RIght? We’ll find out. I just don’t like to sign up for things i’m not sure i can go to only since then you get put on their list of peopel who didn’t show up and you stand out like a let down hahha. so, just wait and see if you can go - and then everynoe lik e wow! cool, glad another person is here…. (and if not, all good, peace)
Overall Event Review Elabortes:
Venue (5/5) - i love gamestop. Its cozy, and i’m sure it’ll be even better in the future (minus all their freaky stuff, it’s still a good atmosphere and its fun to play games)
Food (5/5) -i brought my own water hahaha. but, no food there - as expected (though surprising still for a PARTY.. no decorations)
Speaker Content (2/5) - Eh. They knew a lot about the store and lots of discounts hahaha. But not about the Pull Party.
Networking (1/5) - not really, but only in teh shy way cause of course playing pokemon is so fun but it just wasn’t too welcoming, so. you know. whatever.
Likeliness to Return (4/5) - YES!!! I love gamestop and I want to go to more of their events hahha. duh. But… this was super uncoordinated hahaha. I dont know what… is a pull party? But i do think it’d be interesting to attend more events - i didnt even realize they have manyyyy. (but also, i’m not much of a gamer - just like the stock)
Until next time, I wish you the motivation and success to search for opportunities around your area. Search and explore: Who is out there giving talks? There are new things happening all of the time.
Find relatable or interesting topics you like and check them out! Maybe even something hosted at a cool venue, if there’s no other reason to go. Let’s see what you can learn and discover not too far from home. 😊
