Posted on 12/28/2015 6:26:44 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
The Lundy family was in shock Christmas morning when their son opened a PS4 box and found a fake console inside.
But the joy was quickly ripped away when he opened the box and inside was a wooden model of a PS4. The fake PS4 perfect fit in the packaging that wasn‘t tampered with. On the underside of the fake were scribbles and a profane message.
The Lundy‘s went to the Saugus Target to try and make things right. It‘s the store they say Santa‘s elves got the console since they can‘t make electronics in the North Pole. After talking with the manger inside, the Lundy‘s returned the fake console.
"They not only gave us a new game system but they also gave us a $100 gift card as well as an additional game that the original game that was supposed to be in the box. Couldn‘t have been any kinder," said Kristin.
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Could quite possibly have to now. Sorry I just don’t trust people
When working for the Air Force....I was the guy who’d go to transportation to pick up the pallets of hardware ordered and review everything before signing a single document. We had a pallet from the Frankfurt airport arrive (from Chicago)...and I made them break the pallets up and as we moved them around....there’s this one with a Sun monitor ($1,200 item) which didn’t shift right as we moved it around on the floor. I forced them to open the top and here was a piece of wood there. I think it happens more often than the transport folks would admit.
Back in like 99 I bought a computer motherboard at best buy. Package was shrinkwrapped and it was on the dhelf. Hot it home, opened it up and found chunks of wood.
I figured I just lost a couple hundred bucks as there was nooooo way the store would believe me.
I went back anyway and of course they didn’t believe me. But the manager’s eyes about popped out of his head when he opened two more packages off the shelf and found chunks of wood.
Needless to say he apologized. And I went home with a real motherboard after they found one in their inventory.
Why would they talk to the manger inside the store, wouldn't make more sense to talk to the manager?
A translation by an illiterate?
Yes.
“Manger” was in the original story. The proofreader must have been on vacation.
Since stores will often allow limited time returns of supposedly unopened shrink wrapped merchandise with no questions asked, the scam could have been happening at the perpetration of other customers who had access to a shrink wrap machine.
If engineering this packaging I’d want to add special security properties to the shrink wrap, or do something else to make re-shrink-wrapping difficult.
She's excused.
She has no pupils. But that’s just a minor flaw...
Excellent call!
Sweet scam.
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And an old one too.
I’d let her school me.
Journalism school dropouts and those who flunk out are always able to find work with a local TV news station.
My ps4 is like a piece of wood, I can’t get it to start or format and install from a USB stick. All I did was drive to British Columbia. I don’t think it likes socialist provinces.
I’ve yet to be shipped any wood though.
Oh THAT sucks royally. I had PS 1, 2 and 3 but joined the PC gaming Master Race a couple years back. Love the power and modability/ hate the config and other issues that go with it though.
I’ve traditionally owned pc, I still have one though it’s gaining age heh. I may buy another if star citizen looks good.
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