Toy-swapping reaches Oz

[Sutton]

Yeah, the Kmart where I live will resell returned items a lot. It's pretty shit.

At the moment there's a deluxe Ratchet hanging around that's clearly been bought and played with - what possible excuse could you have for bringing it back besides if it's broken?

[griffin]

I think returns of opened product should only be for faulty items (which they are legally obliged to give a refund for), and if that is the reason for return, they shouldn't be re-shelving the item hoping to sell it to someone else.

[Sutton]

I think returns of opened product should only be for faulty items (which they are legally obliged to give a refund for), and if that is the reason for return, they shouldn't be re-shelving the item hoping to sell it to someone else.

Exactly. And if I was a kid and got that Ratchet as a birthday present, I'd be pretty upset knowing some other kid had already played with it before their deadbeat parents realised they'd run out of smokes and made them bring it back for a refund.

[SofaMan]

I think this may have actually been done in store since from recollection, the Wheelie/Sideways box set was on special for a very cheap price at Target recently whereas Bumblebee/Soundwave was not.

I reckon some sneaky bastard's decided to swap the toys around so that when it came to checkout time, the price scanned up as the cheaper Wheelie/Sideways pack but they managed to score Bumblebee/Soundwave instead.[/I]

+1

[SMHFConvoy]

but then again, changing it in store is pretty risky too, there's staff going all over the store these days

Yeah because staff are always so vigilant

Sorry that was rude. To be honest with staffing cuts... Staff can't be everywhere. Stuff like this is going to happen, especially if the department you're in is manned by two people and they're both busy with customers.

[Handsprime]

I'm gonna bring this post back up since there has been a worse case of Toy Swapping in Australia, behold:



The fact it's a cheaper toy, badly beaten, and stuffed in badly beaten packaging makes me really mad imagine someone who wanted Stinger and saw this? I hope whoever did this ends up either Breaking or losing his Stinger.

[UltraMarginal]

that really ticks me off! I have no words to describe how angry that makes me.

[CBratron]

Is that even a whole Bumblebee?

[UltimateGalvatron]

Is that even a whole Bumblebee?

No its only the back car kibble. So infuriating...

[Handsprime]

Is that even a whole Bumblebee?

Nope, I looked at it and it was missing a few parts.