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Old 12-27-2007, 01:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Kid gets phone book instead of PS3 for Xmas



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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.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/27/k...-ps3-for-xmas/
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Old 12-28-2007, 06:33 AM   #2 (permalink)
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As long as it's a nice phone book, i'd be hard pressed to choose between a PS3 and a nice phone book.

You wanna see pissed, wrap a PS3 up in an Xbox360 box and give it to the kid. You might get tears
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Old 12-28-2007, 09:49 AM   #3 (permalink)
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With all the overheating issues a lot of 360s are having, there will be tears soon enough...
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Old 12-28-2007, 11:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Ha, merry xmas. Maybe santa will really give you a PS3 if you're extra good next year.
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:02 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Ha, merry xmas. Maybe santa will really give you a PS3 if you're extra good next year.

some parents can be real pricks...eh?
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:10 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Maybe he can go outside and play.
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:24 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Looks like someone gave him the same shirt I bought myself.
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Old 01-04-2008, 08:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Santa's fake and the Grinch is REAL??? NOOOOOO!!!!!!
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Old 01-04-2008, 08:20 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Looks like the kid will be able to look up someone who cares.
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Old 01-04-2008, 09:05 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Baraka: HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh, snap.
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Old 01-05-2008, 04:21 AM   #11 (permalink)
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DAMNIT Baraka you beat me to it!

"Give the kid a quarter, he can call someone who gives a damn."
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Old 01-05-2008, 08:29 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:07 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I had something similar happen to me, it was a product that I purchased at straight from the store. The manager was awful when I tried to explain and return it.
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