KENT, OHIO- "Well, this guy in a blue hoodie walked into the Exchange, smelling of marijuania," stated on-looker Bill Friedel. "He had this pile of random games, everything from PlayStation 2, to Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64. He also kinda had this crazy, dazed look in his eyes. I remember pulling my daughter closer as he passed."

CD Game Exchange is a new and used music and game store, on 59 in Kent, Ohio, and they buy cds and games for cash or trade-in.After dropping off this pile of old games on the counter, he walked over to our Anime DVD shelf, and just browsed for awhile," commented CD Game Exchange employee Ed Brently, "I remembered him from past visits... he seems to normally try to cause trouble, saying we are 'ripping him off' when he tries to trade his stuff in."

"So I go in all smiles, with my pile of games," said Donny Douglass, 23 of Kent, Ohio. "I was in a good mood, and looking forward to an honest trade. After I dropped off my games at the counter, I decided to browse the Anime, to see if they got anything sweet in lately. Of course I wasn't going to buy anything, I was going to opt for the cash on my trade-in. I was heading to the movies after my visit, to go see The Chronicles of Narnia again. It was gonna be a good day."

"I started looking over his games, and as usual they are all really shitty in quality. He trades in NHL 2001... we have like five of those already," claims employee Brently, "and no one ever wants it. And one of the Nintendo 64 games he brought in had a smear of peanut butter on it. We can't sell that shit here. So after I surveyed all of the games, I offered him $15 in trade, or $8 in cash."

"I was finally called over to the counter, to hear my offer for all of my sweet games I was willing to trade-in, and when they told me '$15 in trade, $8 in cash', it was like a slap in the face," claimed Donny. "I had at least $20-$30 bucks worth of quality games I was offering to these bastards."

"So I told him how much we were offering, and he went all apeshit," Brently told us, "yelling at me about 'being scammed', and some crap about 'ruining Narnia' and such. Customers started slowly walking towards the exit, and I knew we'd have another incident with him on our hands. I told him 'man, be cool', and 'dude, I'm bending over backwards even taking half of this junk', but he wouldn't settle down. I almost jumped over the counter and slugged this guy myself, but I'm on probation at KSU, and didn't want to risk it. He eventually realized we weren't going to budge, took his money in defeat, and left. Asshole."

Donny reportly then exited the store with his $8 in cash, kicking over a trash can while he paced down the street in anger.

Said Donny: "I just hate being ripped off... those bastards got some sweet games, and I feel so used. They almost spoiled Narnia."

-EM

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