Florida teen finds rocks in Nintendo DS box

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

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.

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[Ms. Squirrel 11]

LOL@ the PSP porn pics

[fozzie 41]

the look on the kids face must have been priceless. Mommy #######!

[Nagishkaw 510]

The kid was between a rock and a hard place.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

This happens a lot - more than you think.

If you buy something like this (electronic/big ticket), OPEN the box while you are still in the store, examine it to make sure it's the right thing. Check the serial number if it has one (compared to what is on the box/receipt).

Especially if your at Best Buy - they have a habit of returning "returned" merchandise to the shelves, and what happens is that the original buyer either swaps out the item for a broken/different one, or puts "bricks" in it.

Few stories:

Guy buys a WD Hard drive (280 gig) - opens the box - ends up being a 10 year old 30mb drive. Best Buy says call WD, WD says call Best Buy.

Guy buys PS3, takes it home, opens it up, plays for one hour, it breaks, tries to take it back, serial numbers don't match, Best Buy claims he is trying to swap out unit.

[Arun+Catie 1]

This just makes me so proud to be a Florida native! lol

At least these "disgruntled" Walmart employees who don't give a rip aren't going around and shooting people....