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Florida teen finds rocks in Nintendo DS box

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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.

All I got was a rock.

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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Re: Nintendo Dsi...nah, I'll take some rocks...

That is bad. I dont know who I felt worse for the boy or the mom who had to feel like crap about it. I'm glad that Wally world finally wised up and refunded the price but some extra.

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Re: Nintendo Dsi...nah, I'll take some rocks...
I just read this! Can you believe those people? I'm glad they wised up, too. But I gotta wonder who was behind the memory stick filled with porno.
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Re: Nintendo Dsi...nah, I'll take some rocks...
I'm thinking that it must be an employee or someone that has access to such things. If they have a shrink wrap maching in the back, it wouldn't be hard to seal something back up again after tampering with it.
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