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Kid gets phone book instead of PS3 for Xmas

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:11 am
by froggyboy604
Posted Dec 27th 2007 2:29PM by Donald Melanson
Filed under: Gaming

It's certainly not the first time we've seen someone open the box to a pricey gadget only to find their hopes and dreams dashed by some unscrupulous individual that's swiped the device and replaced it by something similarly weighted but decidedly cheaper, but it just wouldn't be the holidays if we didn't bring you another account of the same wrong-doings happening again. This latest one comes to us from Thousand Oaks, California where one kid opened the box to the PlayStation 3 he got for Christmas and found a phone book in its place of his desired console. What's more, the PS3 wasn't bought on eBay or out of someone's trunk as you might expect, but at the local EB Games, where the kid's parents are apparently now doing their best to get things sorted out.

Source:: http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/kid- ... -for-xmas/

The parents should of open the box before leaving the store to make sure if everything was in there.

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:51 pm
by Hikari
Again? Some sad losers are always doing this, every single Crimbo. Still, serves him right for not getting a Wii instead.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:59 pm
by XtC
I would be soo angry, That would really piss me off.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:31 am
by froggyboy604
If Sony and other company uses Plastic boxs which are made of see through glass or plastic. This problem will be less common unless people can make a fake looking ps3 or put a broken one inside and stick it in the seethrough box.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:28 pm
by Hikari
I could quite easily make a fake PS3 out of a cereal box, but these people are probably dumber than me if they're sad enough to do that.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:49 am
by SetoTK
Certainly more valuable than a ps3, a real bargin that

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:09 am
by froggyboy604
Yes, He can phone up people now.