hot like gumby dammit

Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume. Truth be told, the clay was a better deal.

"It really saddens Future Shop that people stoop to be this opportunistic and make money is this kind of organized way."

Is Future Shop some kind of robot that speaks broken English?

And refers to itself in the 3rd person?

What kind of incompetent idiot puts returned items back in stock without inspecting them first?

This is just lame. I mean, if you are going to do something like this at least carve a a fake screen and message on the modeling clay!

Gaumond: This happened to me once when I was a kid. I got an SNES game for my birthday, Donkey Kong 2 I think. When I opened the gift it was madden inside the box.

Similar thing happened to me on Christmas when I was 7. My last gift was a box of Lincoln Logs, which I didn't open for.a few weeks because I was busy playing with my other gifts. When I finally did open it, there was nothing but a dead hamster inside. Seriously, who gives a 7 year old a dead hamster for Christmas?

apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume.

So what do we do about it?
Oh yeah, don't buy Chinese.
In other words, don't buy anything.

So, why didn't the stores check to verify that the boxes contained what they were supposed to contain?

Mock26: This is just lame. I mean, if you are going to do something like this at least carve a a fake screen and message on the modeling clay!

That's the plain mean....I like it!

rebelyell2006: So, why didn't the stores check to verify that the boxes contained what they were supposed to contain?

I'm guessing the store clerks were in on it. That or the scammers resealed the packaging to look unopened.

rebelyell2006: So, why didn't the stores check to verify that the boxes contained what they were supposed to contain?

Because the package probably appeared to be sealed and untampered. I bet the thieves have brand new seals to place on the boxes after they replace the iPad. The thieves probably also replaced the unit with an amount of clay equal to the contents of the box. Somewhat brilliant plan if you think about it.

FTFA: "Customers don't expect to receive this kind of product from Future Shop, so it's a very serious matter and something we are addressing right away for anyone who has been impacted," spokesperson Elliott Chun told CTV British Columbia.

To the Romero-copter!

Mock26: This is just lame. I mean, if you are going to do something like this at least carve a a fake screen and message on the modeling clay!

Probably had a shrink-wrap machine. I agree, pretty brilliant.

Wouldn't it be nice if employees actually did their jobs? Unfortunately ... oh, nevermind ;)

Heck, the clay will probably be more useful and last longer.

/DroidX2, baby; DroidX2!

//Even the Woz is getting fed up with that crap 1980's Siri program and is touting Android.

A few years ago, I was at the Fry's on northeast side of Atlanta. I picked up a second guitar controller for Guitar Hero 2 PS2. After making the hour drive back home to Douglasville (on the far west side of Atlanta), I opened the box and discovered that it was empty. Words could not describe how livid I was. A now 45-minute drive was made back to Fry's to have a discussion with them. The minimum-wage returns clerk tried to pass the whole things off as me trying to scam the store. It took my wife explaining to a manager (while I stood there looming) that we didn't just make an 80 mile round try just to scam the store and that if he didn't figure out where the guitar went to and soon that someone was going to get an empty box crammed somewhere uncomfortable (like the back of a Volkswagen).

/Got the guitar and an apology.
//I can intimidate the shiat out of people when angry

Came for p-p-p-powerbook. Leaving happy.

DarthBart: A few years ago, I was at the Fry's on northeast side of Atlanta. I picked up a second guitar controller for Guitar Hero 2 PS2. After making the hour drive back home to Douglasville (on the far west side of Atlanta), I opened the box and discovered that it was empty. Words could not describe how livid I was. A now 45-minute drive was made back to Fry's to have a discussion with them. The minimum-wage returns clerk tried to pass the whole things off as me trying to scam the store. It took my wife explaining to a manager (while I stood there looming) that we didn't just make an 80 mile round try just to scam the store and that if he didn't figure out where the guitar went to and soon that someone was going to get an empty box crammed somewhere uncomfortable (like the back of a Volkswagen).

/Got the guitar and an apology.
//I can intimidate the shiat out of people when angry

You sure you didn't grab the box for an air guitar?

I'd take the clay.

Perfect gimme on a scam opportunity for anyone who actually bought an ipad at this store.

/probably a crooked distributor anyway

DarthBart: A few years ago, I was at the Fry's on northeast side of Atlanta. I picked up a second guitar controller for Guitar Hero 2 PS2. After making the hour drive back home to Douglasville (on the far west side of Atlanta), I opened the box and discovered that it was empty. Words could not describe how livid I was. A now 45-minute drive was made back to Fry's to have a discussion with them. The minimum-wage returns clerk tried to pass the whole things off as me trying to scam the store. It took my wife explaining to a manager (while I stood there looming) that we didn't just make an 80 mile round try just to scam the store and that if he didn't figure out where the guitar went to and soon that someone was going to get an empty box crammed somewhere uncomfortable (like the back of a Volkswagen).

/Got the guitar and an apology.
//I can intimidate the shiat out of people when angry

Wow. You intimidated a Fry's flunky.



Seriously, Sweet Cheeks... you're proud of that?

This is the first image that popped into my head of you eating a cookie:



/Fricking tard.

//Now go supersize my fries, Beeyatch.

///Cheers!

This happened to me with a video card once at a CompUSA. I didn't have a problem getting a new one and from what I could tell they had been having this problem for a few days with various other items in the store.

when i worked at best buy it was policy, at least at my store and time, to send many high end items directly back to vendors. apple was one of them. if an apple product was returned it went right off to apple. other products were junked out or sent to "devo". its not getting put back on the floor. sealed and unopened items were an exception in most cases, but not all. it was really left to the MFG to decide. after all a combination of insurance and payments from the vendors helped to offset losses. the only excuse is laziness, or somebody being in on the scam.

of course there was a high number of scams and a high number of people wondering why i phoned the police. an honest person would want it investigated too. a common practice was people buying hard drives or video cards and replacing them with duds, then trying to return them. the customer service person isn't a tech, but i am. i had the tools. it takes maybe 30 seconds to a few minutes to hook a drive up and read the diag info. this includes the MFG date. of course in most cases i didn't even have to go that far. it was either dirty, old, different model, serial number missing or not even the same MFG as the box. hell i remember a kid trying to return his new video card that was actually a serial controller, said he wanted something faster( nice way to blow your lie). some would try and shrink wrap the box too, but they always used the wrong wrap and or wrapped it wrong. in addition to broken or missing seals. hard drives, like all else, are shipped in a static shield bag that is sealed. suspect items were often opened.

now here was a good scam. a customer would buy and pay for a product in cash. video cards, MP3 players, small DVD players, game systems and other small/expensive hardware was often used. the customer would give somebody the receipt or they would return later. they would grab the same item off the shelf and "return" however this isn't exactly a new scam and there are several ways to prevent it, but it takes effort.

the most amusing LP opps was when a manager decided to have a sale on digital cameras. these were small and expensive. they stuck them inside a locked security cage. only one problem. human hands could fit in the holes with no problem and the cameras were small enough to come out as well. i pointed this out to at least a few others and 2 managers. oh, they also placed this in an area with a bad view for the security cameras and little employee traffic.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: DarthBart: A few years ago, I was at the Fry's on northeast side of Atlanta. I picked up a second guitar controller for Guitar Hero 2 PS2. After making the hour drive back home to Douglasville (on the far west side of Atlanta), I opened the box and discovered that it was empty. Words could not describe how livid I was. A now 45-minute drive was made back to Fry's to have a discussion with them. The minimum-wage returns clerk tried to pass the whole things off as me trying to scam the store. It took my wife explaining to a manager (while I stood there looming) that we didn't just make an 80 mile round try just to scam the store and that if he didn't figure out where the guitar went to and soon that someone was going to get an empty box crammed somewhere uncomfortable (like the back of a Volkswagen).

/Got the guitar and an apology.
//I can intimidate the shiat out of people when angry

Wow. You intimidated a Fry's flunky.

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Seriously, Sweet Cheeks... you're proud of that?

This is the first image that popped into my head of you eating a cookie:

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/Fricking tard.

//Now go supersize my fries, Beeyatch.

///Cheers!

You should see me on my bad days. I kick puppies and steal Thin Mints from Girl Scouts. And forge entries into the Special Olympics so I can always be first in the 100-meter tard flop.

Remember when Foxconn just made so-so motherboards? Sigh....

whatever, these clay tablets will last longer than an iPad

DarthBart: And forge entries into the Special Olympics so I can always be first in the 100-meter tard flop.

Jimmy!

I hope nobody biatching about Foxconn are typing this on a keyboard or consumer device of some sort.

Begoggle: apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume.

So what do we do about it?
Oh yeah, don't buy Chinese.
In other words, don't buy anything.

Or not be a sheep and decide you have to have a gadget because you saw people standing in line for them on TV, especially when you realize that you can do all the things on the gadget that you can already do on your cell phone and your lap top and your desktop and your Nintendo, your Xbox....
Just a thought.

ecmoRandomNumbers: They screwed over Best Buy? More power to 'em.

No, scammers ultimately screw over other consumers. There's nothing noble about it.

In this case, the guy would have been screwed if the TV station hadn't taken on his cause. Imagine how many others similar things have happened to and they weren't as fortunate.

Teen Wolf Blitzer: "It really saddens Future Shop that people stoop to be this opportunistic and make money is this kind of organized way."

Is Future Shop some kind of robot that speaks broken English?



Saddens people future really Shop Future that stoop opportunistic be- and way organized of make kind is this money!!!

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apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume. Truth be told, the clay was a better deal.

Were they on their break? They're supposed to be making my sneakers.

Shyla: Begoggle: apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume.

So what do we do about it?
Oh yeah, don't buy Chinese.
In other words, don't buy anything.

Or not be a sheep and decide you have to have a gadget because you saw people standing in line for them on TV, especially when you realize that you can do all the things on the gadget that you can already do on your cell phone and your lap top and your desktop and your Nintendo, your Xbox....
Just a thought.

Aren't just about all the things you've listed made in other factories in the same region with the same crappy conditions? Aren't a couple of them even made by Foxconn (I thought Nintendo and MS were connected)?

So your advice is... well kinda pointless really. Either stupid or trolly.

Shyla: Begoggle: apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume.

So what do we do about it?
Oh yeah, don't buy Chinese.
In other words, don't buy anything.

Or not be a sheep and decide you have to have a gadget because you saw people standing in line for them on TV, especially when you realize that you can do all the things on the gadget that you can already do on your cell phone and your lap top and your desktop and your Nintendo, your Xbox....
Just a thought.

Right. I'm a sheep simply because I want an iPad. Not because it has 10 hours of battery life, is easier to lug into and around work than my laptop, keeps me from draining the battery on my phone, and also doesn't need wifi like my laptop. I bet you're wearing a scarf right now, aren't you?

Teen Wolf Blitzer: "It really saddens Future Shop that people stoop to be this opportunistic and make money is this kind of organized way."

Is Future Shop some kind of robot that speaks broken English?

If you watch the video, there was nothing ungrammatical about the spokesman's comment. Whoever transcribed it for CTV messed it up by typing "is" instead of "in."

Posters claiming bags of modeling clay in Android boxes are better in 5...4...3...

Dairy King: Shyla: Begoggle: apachevoyeur: Nearly 920,000 Foxconn employees slaves create this product and others we consume.

So what do we do about it?
Oh yeah, don't buy Chinese.
In other words, don't buy anything.

Or not be a sheep and decide you have to have a gadget because you saw people standing in line for them on TV, especially when you realize that you can do all the things on the gadget that you can already do on your cell phone and your lap top and your desktop and your Nintendo, your Xbox....
Just a thought.

Right. I'm a sheep simply because I want an iPad. Not because it has 10 hours of battery life, is easier to lug into and around work than my laptop, keeps me from draining the battery on my phone, and also doesn't need wifi like my laptop. I bet you're wearing a scarf right now, aren't you?

I'm at home, in bed, on my iPad, and I'm wearing a friggin' scarf because it's COLD tonight and wasting gas when warm clothes are handy isn't the way I grew up. That said, I'd like to have this guy's portable Xbox and desktop PC because it would sure come in handy on those long flights.

Teen Wolf Blitzer: Gaumond: This happened to me once when I was a kid. I got an SNES game for my birthday, Donkey Kong 2 I think. When I opened the gift it was madden inside the box.

Similar thing happened to me on Christmas when I was 7. My last gift was a box of Lincoln Logs, which I didn't open for.a few weeks because I was busy playing with my other gifts. When I finally did open it, there was nothing but a dead hamster inside. Seriously, who gives a 7 year old a dead hamster for Christmas?

The hamster was alive on Christmas day. You shouldn't have waited so long to open your surprise gift.

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Please mark that disgusting smut NSFW next time

/reported

JPINFV: Came for p-p-p-powerbook. Leaving happy.

Seconded.