GAME in serious trouble

Have just spoken with a former GAME employee and he said the following:

Tonight 12 of the 13 stores (all except Galway) are occupied by staff who today could not get confirmation from PWC that they will be paid. They won't know until Friday morning at about 1.30am if they're going to be able to pay their mortgages, childcare, insurance & services bills this month. My thoughts are with them.

He also said:

1) All staff in Irish stores were convinced that the stores would remain trading because the majority of Irish shops were profitable.

2) Staff members including managers were officially told on Friday that they were in administration but that it looked good for their stores. Before this, despite centralised problems getting and passing on new stock, it was business as usual for staff, who were confident that as they trade profitably when they have stock, they would be sold as a going concern. They received no communication from their bosses whatsoever about the state of play before this. One major player tried to take them over but their bid failed to impress creditors. Then on Monday lunchtime an email was sent to each store pulling the plug. They were informed that PWC are calling the shots. Store staff did not sell or trade thinking they were closing, they traded on the basis they still had jobs.

Just one more thing and I'll stop - which I'm finding hard to do on this subject because i hate seeing this happen again and again to hard working young people...

On one occasion, I brought back a faulty DS but didn't have the receipt. The Blanch people went out of her way to help me find proof of purchase on their system. While I was there getting sorted, I saw them refuse a refund to a very obnoxious guy who had bought an XBox up north, didn't have a receipt or proof of purchase, and was missing some stuff out of the box. Have never heard such abuse being thrown at kids. They even offered an exchange if he'd buy the missing bit which would cost a fiver which I thought was generous. I remember thinking that I'm glad that's not my offspring he's shouting at because I wouldn't have been able to stop myself. After the ?'man' finally left, still shouting threats, the youngster was visibly shaking but remained composed. I asked her if she was ok, she said that they got that kind of thing all of the time but you don't get used to it. I hope they all find new jobs where they will be appreciated instead of having to put up with that treatment.