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Old 04-28-09   #1 (permalink)
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Jodi Wykle knew her son would be thrilled when she gave him a new Nintendo DS for his birthday.

Instead, he was rocked.

According to WTSP-TV, the confused teen opened up his gift only to find bunch of stones and a rolled up Chinese newspaper in place of the popular handheld.

All I got was a rock.

Needless to say, mom was equally stunned.

"When he opened it, he was pulling the seal off, my sister-in-law carries a pocket knife and she opened it and that's when he pulled it out and it was Chinese newspaper and a bunch of rocks," she explained.

The troubling discovery prompted the Florida woman to contact the local Wal-Mart where she bought the curious box and complain, but reportedly workers there told her it wasn't their problem and that she should contact Nintendo instead. Of course, Nintendo told her roughly the same thing, leaving mother and son with a $138 box of rocks.

"They don't want to do nothing. They want me to keep the box of rocks. I'm not buying a box of rocks for $138," she said.

Amazingly enough, however, Wal-Mart soon caved after learning that the same box of rocks had been previously returned by another disgruntled customer. How exactly it made it back onto store shelves remains a mystery, but for her troubles, Wykle was given a full refund and a $20 gift card.

It's not the first time Wal-Mart has gotten into hot water for selling a questionable handheld. Earlier this month, a PSP system bought at a different Wal-Mart store in Florida was found to contain a memory stick filled with pornographic images.
Source: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/p...ds-box/1308945

This is funny, and sad at the same time.
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That's funny, at least they got a refund.
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I knew before reading it that it would be at Walmart.
It is Walmart's fault, as they never inspect the item being returned, it's ridiculous.
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HAHAHA thats is hilarious. Didnt it happen with a ps3 and phonebooks?

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Its a scam, by who, who knows.
Buy item, reseal and return it for refund. Next customer gets screwed.

Many have gone to jail for that type of scam and Wal-Mart has been hit for that before.
A Mom and son recently went to jail for that same type of scam!
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Thats why I dont buy anything like that from Wal-mart. I hate that place and most employees are jerks.

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I knew before reading it that it would be at Walmart.
It is Walmart's fault, as they never inspect the item being returned, it's ridiculous.
the problem is a lot of the returned items should not be hitting the shelf's again, at least at the walmart i work at they ask whats wrong with it, if something is its claimed and the store gets a refund on it. most consoles, and pc's they claim when returned for whatever reason. that's my store at least who knows with some of em.

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I hate that place and most employees are jerks.
Because people who work hard while only earning minimum wage with no benefits should be expected to have a huge smile on their face

That aside, Walmart sucks
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