Charlie Brown gets them for Halloween.
Posted on 12/26/2014 9:11:59 AM PST by lowbridge
Igor Baksht made a big Christmas purchase from a Colorado Walmart last Friday — a PlayStation 4 bundle for his 13-year-old niece.
But as he was about to wrap the box, Baksht opened it to be certain “everything was inside, that all the contents were inside, all the games were inside,” he told KMGH-TV.
Then he got a shock: “When I opened it, I said, ‘Oh my God.’”
Instead of a PlayStation 4, the box contained two plastic bags full of rocks, Baksht said.
The Stapleton Walmart where he’d made the purchase had closed, so Baksht tried a 24-hour one — but staff there said he had to go to the store where he bought the item.
So first thing Saturday morning, he went back — and got nowhere.
“He said they cannot do anything about it because they don’t have proof, how it came in, nothing,” Baksht told KMGH, adding that he called the store more than a few times, as well as the corporate office.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
I got ‘PS’ed&Stoned for Xmas!!
Someone swapped in the North Korean version.
What kind of rocks? Could it have been a cocaine or meth shipment?
It’s a common scam.
But something, weight the box with a brick or rocks, the return it for a full refund.
Retailers should open the box and do an inventory before issuing a refund. But, most don’t.
“it was a previously returned item and that it felt a bit heavy”
..and this is why I purchase from Amazon...not that this couldn’t happen...but when an item is returned it should have been checked by the employees...that’s why they need to be union and paid $15 an hr! (sarc/)
I buy new and make sure everything is in place on an item like that before I even walk out of the store...
We lived in Stapleton for 3 years, and I can confirm the Walmart in question is probably the worst in the world.
Several years ago I bought an ink cartridge for my printer at Walmart. When I opened it, I noticed the internal packing had been torn open. A quick look showed I had an empty cartridge in the package.
Someone had bought the cartridge, carefully opened it, took out the cartridge and replaced it with an empty one, reglued it shut, then returned it to Walmart for a refund.
I took it back, explained the situation and they allowed me to get a new cartridge.
Now I’ve learned to check the edges for any tampering before I buy one.
A box of rocks is a much better gift for a 13 year old than game station.
I purchased some fairly expensive software through Amazon a few years back. The box was empty on receipt. They issued a second shipment, no questions asked.
But paying three or four hundred beans for rucks is a bad deal.
That won't be good enough.
I purchased a jump-start battery from my local Walmart. The one I bought was the only one on the shelf and the packaging looked perfect.
When I got it home I discovered that the unit inside had been used extensively. There was significant wear on the plastic ears to which the battery clips attach and one of them was chipped off.
Someone had evidently used their unit extensively, purchased a new one, substituted the used one for the new, and returned the package for a full refund.
I was greatly disappointed in Walmart that they began the process of refunding my money (since they had no other new units) by suspecting ME. The issue was resolved pretty quickly when I described what I thought happened to a supervisor. I challenged them to check their records and IDENTIFY who the culprit was. Walmart should use video and other means to stop this fraud.
The Blaze is re-reporting an urban myth?
Figures.
I’m pretty anal about not buying anything that looks like its been opened or returned. I haven’t ever had this happen, but have bought something where all the internal packaging had been opened and small parts were missing.
Wal Mart might consider being just as anal when taking back $500 returns...as in look in the box themselves.
And not a very exciting one.
The way the headline read, I was hoping for a severed head.
A PS4 for his niece?
I wish he was my uncle.
Charlie Brown gets them for Halloween.
This is not an urban myth. When my son was working at Walmart he worked the return window a few times and twice came across this scam. Once a bag of dirt had been used and the other time it was rocks. He confronted the con artist both times and neither of them knew how the contents got into the box. One still demanded her money back. She did not get it.
One of my biggest pet peeves about the internet age is news headlines that are deliberately made uninformative in order to get more clicks.
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