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the starter pack was a Mad Catz brand and included:
4 gb advance cases (why those were included i have no idea)
2 DS game cases
cigarette lighter adapter for car
DS hardware carrying case
extra stylus
the case is of decent quality, though it's just an empy shell to put your unit in... no pockets for headphones, games etc. the rest of the stuff is passable, but nothing great. i certainly wouldn't have paid $20 bucks for it otherwise.
i think xenomorph really got to the heart of the matter when he suggested looking at the receipt to see how it was rung up. maybe it was just the manager's decision to sell the units like they did... but i'm convinced he could have sold me the unit individually if he wanted to. i guess the point isn't whether he was allowed to, it is whether or not that is a good business practice.
maybe tomorrow i'll call EB and see if they still have "one more unit left". that might shed some light on the situation.
just to clear things up... i just walked in to all these stores, didn't call ahead to any of them. the sticking point is that they probably forced me to buy several high-margin items in order to buy a product that was intended (and marketed by nintendo) to be available for 149.99 with no strings attached.
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