We received the pictured (and alleged) internal memo from a reader today, one that was designed to politely ask all EBgames and Gamestop employees who would like to remain employees to keep their online traps shut.

I'm a manager at a EB/Gamestop location and recently we recieved this great little scare notice to pass around the store. Basically it's been sent in response to all of the news about the PS3/Wii Preorders, as well as to scare employees off from buying PS3's and selling them online.

You can click here to see it full sized, but the gist of the internal communication is that employees should obey corporate communication guidelines and keep manager hearsay and company policies offline. Meaning, sending in memos like this and having us post them will most likely get you canned.

With EB/Gamestop employees generally being game enthusiasts, its not uncommon to see them posting all manner of info on message boards, often raising the nerd ire of their fellow posters. This more often than not means bad press for the company and their oft-considered slimy policies.

More rumor-mongering after the jump.

And in addition to a story about bootleg games that you posted a week or so ago. Recently we received a shipment from the home office of "resurfaced" dvds, which contained MANY bootleg movies that were taken in on trade, and reshipped out. When we contacted upper management regarding the selling of bootleg DVDs, we were given the same response of when bootleg Game Boy Advance games were taken by accident by an employee, "Does it look real? Well then you might as well [sell] it."

That's depressing, if true, and the exact reason I will absolutely never buy a pre-owned Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS game on eBay or at my local specialist shop. Buyer beware, kids. Make sure you ask to inspect your games and discs before handing over your hard earned allowance and/or salary. Michael McWhertor

Gamestop Knowingly Selling Counterfeit Games? [Kotaku]

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