I would at least want to see what's on the disc.

Tprpa412: I would at least want to see what's on the disc.

Flannel poo on monster wheels with a mullet?

Same difference, really.

Tprpa412: I would at least want to see what's on the disc.

Apparently, it's blank.

After closer inspection of the plastic that was wrapped around the game case I found scotch tape. I can only assume that someone purchased this game swapped the disk then returned it to Walmart.

OK, who does not inspect the packaging of new games, DVDs, and other small-but-attractive things to make sure it's actually new BEFORE they buy?

Ever since I bought an empty Tiger Woods '08 at Best Buy, I always open the package in-store.

/No, I didn't get a replacement

Doesn't Walmart have enough Redneck shiat already?

Benevolent Misanthrope: OK, who does not inspect the packaging of new returned games, DVDs, and other small-but-attractive things to make sure it's actually new BEFORE they buy accept it for refund?

FTFY

GreenAdder: Same difference, really.

No, Madden 09 is "Ghetto Shiat". This is obviously a misplaced copy of Nascar 09.

They bought a Madden game. They were gonna get ripped off no matter what.

I don't typically check the item before I leave the store to see if it's what I bought, but I also don't go running to The Consumerist BEFORE the store has a chance to let me exchange it. And what did he hope to accomplish by calling the store? Just get your butt over there, show them your receipt & the game, and exchange it.

God, I hate WalMart shoppers & stupid people. Oh wait--they're synonymous.

brigid_fitch: I don't typically check the item before I leave the store to see if it's what I bought, but I also don't go running to The Consumerist BEFORE the store has a chance to let me exchange it. And what did he hope to accomplish by calling the store? Just get your butt over there, show them your receipt & the game, and exchange it.

God, I hate WalMart shoppers & stupid people. Oh wait--they're synonymous.


I'm pretty sure even if WalMart refunds or exchanges the game, they already failed. A young boy already saw "Redneck Sh_t" and WalMart won't be able to fix that.

\Well, maybe for $50,000

I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

Redneck Slut?

/obviously drtfa

I once bought what I thought were rewriteable CDs and got them home to discover some dirtbag had substituted far cheaper non-rewriteable ones in the package. This was back in the days when the price difference was quite large. Ever since, I've vowed to turn in anybody I ever see shoplift, tag switch, or otherwise scam a business. That or follow them to their car and beat them to death.

I bought FEAR from Meijer and the disks had been replaced with blanks They replaced it no questions asked.

I bought a DVD (Chronicles of Riddick Dark Fury) out of the bargin bin and they had resealed it so good that it looked professional. Only reason I figured it out after was because of the big fingerprint on the play side of the DVD... and the security seals had been neatly sliced.

Was lucky that there was nothing wrong with it and only paid $5 for it :)

Tprpa412: Ever since I bought an empty Tiger Woods '08 at Best Buy, I always open the package in-store.

/No, I didn't get a replacement

I bought an empty Tiger Woods '08 DS at MicroCenter and got a replacement. They added me to their 'open boxes every time and check in store' register list, but took me off after a year or two.

FTA: Michael's story shows the importance of always opening your purchases in the store to make sure that the product you paid for is the product you received.

No, it shows that Wal-Mart sucks in that it won't pay its employees enough to do a competent job. It is their job to ensure that what is returned then put back on the shelves is the actual undamaged product. If Wal-Mart won't do that, then they shouldn't put returns back out on the shelves. I guess what you pay for at Wal-Mart.

Reminds me of what happened when I bought a used music CD (back when I bought them religiously) at Blockbuster Music (before they became Warehouse Music). I got home, inserted the disc into the CD player, pressed play...

...and polka music started playing.

And no, it wasn't a polka album. The disc cover matched the case cover, but someone had obviously wiped the CD and burned a polka album on it.

I got my money back, thankfully, but that was one of the weirdest moments I had ever encountered.

get_to_the_chopper: I bought a DVD (Chronicles of Riddick Dark Fury) out of the bargin bin and they had resealed it so good that it looked professional. Only reason I figured it out after was because of the big fingerprint on the play side of the DVD... and the security seals had been neatly sliced.

At GameStop, they actually allow (or allowed, this was many years ago) employees to borrow games and try them out. It helped them give better opinions on titles and provided a little perk to keep employees happy. The store had a shrink-wrapping machine to reapply the wrap after you brought the item back.

And yes, they were sold as new games, not used, when they were brought back.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if this is due to internal cheating rather than a failure to check returns.

Over the years I've had multiple purchases at Fry's that were apparently new but on careful inspection were used. The reason I don't think these were unchecked returns is that when things are returns there they are marked differently on the shelf. Once even it caused a problem at return because the serial # on the board didn't match the serial # on the box but they did eventually take it.

I even got one person there who admitted what's going on: Insiders with an item that failed who swap it with a new one off the shelf. Generally it simply means an extra trip to exchange the defective item.

Obviously, it could be more of an issue with items that can't be returned once opened.

WAL-MART shoppers apparently don't understand when to use a period and start a new sentence what's wrong with them I like monster trucks and Budweiser.

Walmart will take back any piece of shiat you bring in.

Lowe's will take back Behr paint if you try hard enough.

This game, Cheney, Halliburton, Enron, the Bush cabinet, Madoff, the investment banking industry...

The moral of the story is, if you get screwed, don't complain, cause they'll blame you. So steal everything you can get your hands on and you'll be rich and people will kiss your ass and you'll get to live in a nice apartment with an ankle bracelet.

And free games.

Redneck shiat sounds like an improvement over the same Madden shiat every year plus free roster update.

I pre-ordered Battletoads at Gamestop once and they gave me Mario Kart Wii instead.

Arxane: And no, it wasn't a polka album. The disc cover matched the case cover, but someone had obviously wiped the CD and burned a polka album on it.

"Obviously"?? I'd say that's the least likely explanation. You can't wipe a pressed CD.

No way, Redneck Shiat is way better than Madden. Suckers who return it don't know what they're missing.

"Michael's story shows the importance of always opening your purchases in the store to make sure that the product you paid for is the product you received"

Right... I'll make sure to spend 10 minutes opening everything I bought and then trying to put it back in the original packaging when I'm done. That's the whole point of return policies, so I don't have to do that.

Why is everybody always pickin on me??



Just pathetic, Jethro.

Dear Consumerist,

I never thought this could happen to me ...

Riche: I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

Actually, their policy is that you can only return 3 items per year (or for life, i can't remember) without a receipt. They track it by your driver's license number.

FTA: Late on On Saturday night we went to our local Walmart to get an xbox360 game for our Son.

grammar nazi Frowns Upon These Shenanigans.

bass555: Redneck Slut?

/obviously drtfa

Nope, "Redneck Slot"

It is a game based on Riverboat Casinos. You start by collecting your welfare check and then you have to drive your '84 civic to the riverboat before the rest of the rednecks do so you can get a nickle slot machine. Then, when all of your money is gone, you complain about the economy and people that have more than $5 in their bank account.

Riche: I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

The Walmart I used to go to only allowed 3 returns a year. You had to submit a drivers license so that they could keep track.

BlippityBleep: grammar nazi Frowns Upon These Shenanigans.

I liked this: "it was late and he couldn't the game"

I hate it when I can't the game.

achtungpv: Riche: I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

Actually, their policy is that you can only return 3 items per year (or for life, i can't remember) without a receipt. They track it by your driver's license number.

Oops, already posted.

And if you don't drive you're SOL. I had to bring my husband or mom if I needed to return something.

achtungpv: Riche: I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

Actually, their policy is that you can only return 3 items per year (or for life, i can't remember) without a receipt. They track it by your driver's license number.

Actually no, I have returned way more than 3 items in a year's period with no hassle whatsoever and I never keep my receipts.

So what was actually on the disc? Journalism is dead.

outatime: BlippityBleep: grammar nazi Frowns Upon These Shenanigans.

I liked this: "it was late and he couldn't the game"

I hate it when I can't the game.

He accidentally the whole thing?

Who actually opens sealed merchandise before they leave the store?

If I'm somplace relatively far from home where I don't shop very often I will check some things once I get to my car so as to avoid a potential long return trip. Otherwise I'll wait until I'm home and cut out all the unpacking-repacking hassle.

I just hope all the PC games I have bought months and months ago, and never opened yet, function properly if I ever get around to them.

I bought a modem from Walmart once, in shrink wrap, and had the damnedest time getting it to work with Linux. I pulled the modem, and couldn't find a US Robotics/3Com logo on it anywhere, and it looked substantially different from the picture on the box. I returned it, told the returns clerk that it had been swapped, and saw it on the shelf a week later.

Riche: I have a LOT of issues with Wal-Mart, but I have to say I've always been impressed by their no bullshiat returns procedure.

"You don't like it? Got a receipt? OK then. Here's your money back."

Hell, a lot of the time you don't even need the receipt!

Heh. I've returned 3 consecutive purchases of the same $39 General electric counter-top broiler and gotten a free replacement each time. Price is right, and the broiler kicks ass as far as cooking goes (as long as it lasts), but the model is a lemon and keeps breaking. Last time I didn't even have a receipt; they just swapped it out.

I suppose it helps that I spend $500-$1,000 there each month....


brigid_fitch [TotalFark]: God, I hate WalMart shoppers & stupid people. Oh wait--they're synonymous.

Ah, yes. Another I-Hate-Walmart Fark attention whore ($5.00 per month is actually a fairly cheap price for that). OK, troll, tell us what is stupid about saving money? And what is smart about not doing so?

/I see lots of expensive cars at my Walmart
//Gee, i wonder how their owners can afford them?
///Hmmmm.... maybe they are................ thrifty?

Sum Dum Gai: At GameStop, they actually allow (or allowed, this was many years ago) employees to borrow games and try them out. It helped them give better opinions on titles and provided a little perk to keep employees happy. The store had a shrink-wrapping machine to reapply the wrap after you brought the item back.

And yes, they were sold as new games, not used, when they were brought back.

I work at GameStop (yay for us gamer ladies!) and we only allow employees to rent the used games, not the new display copies. The store you knew about was doing it wrong ;)

FTFA: We purchased the game then went on home it was late and he couldn't the game so he waited until Sunday afternoon.

When he opened the game all I heard was "WHAT IS THIS" and he ran to me and showed me the game and to my surprise this is what I saw see attached photos.

Wow, I feel a whole lot worse for the kid now that I realize his dad went full retard before writing this letter.

GreenAdder: Same difference, really.

8/10.

The problem with rednecks is, though they may like football, they don't understand the chess match that it is. And that's exactly how I describe football to assbags who assume that it's for idiots (like I just assumed that all rednecks don't understand chess-like manuevering, 'cos I'm an asshole). Anyway, when you really dig deep into game planning, etc, it really is a strategic battle of wit and will, topped off with a couple 225 lb. defensive ends rushing like locomotives for the sole purpose of possibly hobbling you for life.

God I love football...

strathmeyer: So what was actually on the disc? Journalism is dead.

It was blank. Reading comprehension is dead.

My parents bought me an RC helicopter from Walmart for Christmas last year and when I opened it, it was broken and smelled like an ashtray.

Just another reason they suck as a store.

tbyte: Arxane: And no, it wasn't a polka album. The disc cover matched the case cover, but someone had obviously wiped the CD and burned a polka album on it.

"Obviously"?? I'd say that's the least likely explanation. You can't wipe a pressed CD.



QFT - you just got a factory mistake. I've never had a mislabeled/mispackaged CD, but I have a few 45 RPM records where the sleeve and labels don't match the music that's actually on the record.

bookman:

/I see lots of expensive cars at my Walmart
//Gee, i wonder how their owners can afford them?
///Hmmmm.... maybe they are................ thrifty?

I saw a Hummer H2 at the Walmart near me one time, in a handicapped spot. I remember thinking...if you can even get in and out of that vehicle Im pretty sure you arent handicapped...