Jeez, you just can't make people happy these days

[bull]

It used to be kids would just play with the empty box their wagon came in. Now you can't even make them happy with a box full of rocks.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/florida-teen-finds-rocks-in-nintendo-ds-box/1308945

Florida teen finds rocks in Nintendo DS box

April 27 2:53 P.M.

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.

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.

[Forza]

Yeah, a box of rocks would piss me off too. On the other hand a PSP loaded with porn would have saved me a lot of time 

[Hemidog]

What can you do with a Nintendo that you can't do with rocks?

[mauve66]

i bought one of those digital photo frames and when i opened it the frame itself was gone but all the other pieces were there including the cord with the black box on it for power

[Brock Samson]

   i like this part... 

It used to be kids would just play with the empty box their wagon came in. Now you can't even make them happy with a box full of rocks.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/florida-teen-finds-rocks-in-nintendo-ds-box/1308945

Florida teen finds rocks in Nintendo DS box

April 27 2:53 P.M.

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.

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.

  that reminds me of a story from a NAMM event a few years back,.. (North American Musical Manufacturers) - kind of a SEMA show for muscians,.. anyhow,.. Roland had come up with some innovative studio in a small box, that basically replicated hundreds of studio presets and Amp Combos,.. and in it's market research focus groups said they wouldn't pay the money (allot) to buy it cause it was really, really light,.. only containing a few printed circuit boards and some soft touch buttons,.. so Roland/Boss added a heavy metal plate that boosted the mass of the product by a few Lbs...
But i digress,..  sorry for the hijack..

[dkn1997]

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.

I'm shopping at walmart from now on

[Foreman72]

   i like this part... 

  that reminds me of a story from a NAMM event a few years back,.. (North American Musical Manufacturers) - kind of a SEMA show for muscians,.. anyhow,.. Roland had come up with some innovative studio in a small box, that basically replicated hundreds of studio presets and Amp Combos,.. and in it's market research focus groups said they wouldn't pay the money (allot) to buy it cause it was really, really light,.. only containing a few printed circuit boards and some soft touch buttons,.. so Roland/Boss added a heavy metal plate that boosted the mass of the product by a few Lbs...
But i digress,..  sorry for the hijack..

thats retarded...it was too light huh whatever...customer's always right...

[Charger666]

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.

I'm shopping at walmart from now on

That makes two of us!

[Tilar]

   i like this part... 

  that reminds me of a story from a NAMM event a few years back,.. (North American Musical Manufacturers) - kind of a SEMA show for muscians,.. anyhow,.. Roland had come up with some innovative studio in a small box, that basically replicated hundreds of studio presets and Amp Combos,.. and in it's market research focus groups said they wouldn't pay the money (allot) to buy it cause it was really, really light,.. only containing a few printed circuit boards and some soft touch buttons,.. so Roland/Boss added a heavy metal plate that boosted the mass of the product by a few Lbs...
But i digress,..  sorry for the hijack..

thats retarded...it was too light huh whatever...customer's always right...

Reminds me of an old refrigerator that I put out by the road for sale. Worked ok, it was just old and wouldnt keep my beer down to 33 degrees like I like it.    Anyway, I put a sign on it that just said "Free". It sat out there for a couple days and finally my neighbor came over and told me that I should put a $50 price tag on it and someone would probably steal it. We laughed but I did just that.  I changed the sign to $50 and sure enough, next day I got home from work and it was gone. The mentality of some people astounds me. 

[Old Moparz]

Reminds me of an old refrigerator that I put out by the road for sale. Worked ok, it was just old and wouldnt keep my beer down to 33 degrees like I like it.    Anyway, I put a sign on it that just said "Free". It sat out there for a couple days and finally my neighbor came over and told me that I should put a $50 price tag on it and someone would probably steal it. We laughed but I did just that.  I changed the sign to $50 and sure enough, next day I got home from work and it was gone. The mentality of some people astounds me. 

LOL... 

People can be amazingly dumb.