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Question about Walmart's return policy....

evil ways

Member
Ok so a few days ago my US launch PSP died when attempting to downgrade it to play PSX games. Everything went fine until it was performing the 1.50 flashing and it got bricked.

Now I'm planning to buy a new one but my girlfriend tells me to go buy it at Walmart, why is that? Well she wants to go with me a few days later and take back the bricked PSP so I can exchange it for another one. Bottom line, she wants her own PSP as well, a free PSP.

My question is, how risky would this be to pull off and what are the steps Walmart takes with exchanges? Do they just ask for the reciept, check the box and give you a new one? I just want to know if it's worth all the hassle. Any answers would be appreciated.
 

mollipen

Member
evil ways said:
Now I'm planning to buy a new one but my girlfriend tells me to go buy it at Walmart, why is that? Well she wants to go with me a few days later and take back the bricked PSP so I can exchange it for another one. Bottom line, she wants her own PSP as well, a free PSP.

So, wait...

You already bought a PSP. You bricked it. You buy a new PSP at WalMart, bring it home, put the bricked one in there, return get, get a new PSP.

You have two PSPs, you paid for two PSPs. Where does the "free PSP" come in exactly?
 

evil ways

Member
I'm going to buy another PSP either way to play Castlevania, plus never got to finish GTAVCS and MGSPO. It won't be free to me, but for my girlfriend, and that will be paid to me along the way in several different ways :D . Plus she's been buggin' me since forever saying that she wants her own PSP.
 

therapist

Member
yea good luck ...they will check the serial number for sure.

Unless you can find a retard working the returns - which happens pretty often - around here at least.

Either way - if they tell you its the wrong serial number and you bitch at them enough for screwing it up (i.e ask them how they can possibly **** up scanning a barcode).

Just dont let up - they will give you one eventually.

You COULD try switching the serial numbers if thats possible , i wouldnt know ive never really had any problems with my psp...

OR you could be a real bastard and do what i did.

when i bought my psp i went through about 6 psps to find one without a dead pixel.

They just let me open boxes and check it,then open another if i didnt like it.

so technically while doing so you could switch your bricked psp in there at some point for a new one and be like yea thats the one i want.

When i was doing that they never scanned one barcode so id say its entirely possible - and let us know how it goes :)
 

blayne IV

Member
I have three ... THREE PSPs :D

3PSPs-1.jpg
 

Ravager61

Member
I once returned my broken, 18 month old Xbox to Walmart Not only did I get a new one but, since the price had dropped 100 bucks since the launch, they gave me $100 cash.

They messed up on that one.:D

Definately depends on the employee.
 

Bildi

Member
evil ways said:
I'm going to buy another PSP either way to play Castlevania, plus never got to finish GTAVCS and MGSPO. It won't be free to me, but for my girlfriend, and that will be paid to me along the way in several different ways :D .

You're a sucker.

*whipcrack*

:)
 

mrkgoo

Member
shidoshi said:
So, wait...

You already bought a PSP. You bricked it. You buy a new PSP at WalMart, bring it home, put the bricked one in there, return get, get a new PSP.

You have two PSPs, you paid for two PSPs. Where does the "free PSP" come in exactly?

Instead of having a dead psp and a working psp, he has two working psps.

But this is so dishonest. If you broke it because of something you tried to do against warranty...
 
I can't believe you're even asking about this. What's the worst that can happen, they call your friggin' parents? Don't be such a pussy.

PS: crime, even minor bullshit pussy crime like you're squeaming about, makes chicks wet.
 

DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)
Thanks to Nintendo, you can't do it... Nintendo developed a nice little point-of-purchase system ID program that prevents folks from pulling off the little thing you are trying to do, and Sony is one of the companies that pays for the Nintendo-run service.
 

AlternativeUlster

Absolutely pathetic part deux
When I dropped my DS Lite on the ground and the touch screen stopped working, I returned it to Wal-Mart (where I didn't buy it from so no receipt and without any packaging) and said that I bought it through them and I wanted a new one. I did it without any problem and got a new DS within 15 minutes. I heart Wal-Mart's exchange program.
 
A friend of mine did this with -3- bricked PSPs about a month back at Circuit City, all without incident. You might want to consider doing it there.
 
You should change the thread title to be more accurate: Question about how easy it is to rip off Walmart

I mean, you bricked your PSP. I know that just plain sucks, and anyone would be tempted to try and get a new unit without dropping another $250 just because the stupid firmware flashing went wrong.

And yet, you are asking how to scam a PSP from Walmart. I don't care who it's for, that's what you are asking to do. I'm not a defender of big corporations, but the number of people on this board who have not only done this but are encouraging it is a little frightening.

You do something not covered under warranty, it screws up your game system, you pay for it. That's the bottom line. You knew it was against warranty. You knew the process carried a risk.

Go buy a new PSP, flash the firmware or not, and enjoy it. Or give it to your girlfriend for Valentine's Day. Don't post on a gaming message board asking for advice on how to rip off a retailer, even if it does have a retarded return policy. Low class, man.

AlternativeUlster said:
When I dropped my DS Lite on the ground and the touch screen stopped working, I returned it to Wal-Mart (where I didn't buy it from so no receipt and without any packaging) and said that I bought it through them and I wanted a new one. I did it without any problem and got a new DS within 15 minutes. I heart Wal-Mart's exchange program.
You seem like a stand-up guy. I've got two words for you: Personal Responsibility. Put down your precious DS Lite long enough to go find some.

Seriously.
 

gwiz210

Member
evil ways said:
Mission Accomplished!!!

jesse2pspnf0.jpg


Now to rest up and save my strength for wednesday. :D
Is that your girlfriend in your icon and that pic? Shes startin' to become a little porker isnt she :lol
 

Bluecondor

Member
No offense man, but with this line "The whip may crack, but I'm not the sucker, she is and a good one too.", an avatar of your gf licking a dual shock, and the fact that you just took a picture of her licking the new PSP makes you the prototypical example of the following term:

"wang-wagging:

A catch-all term that covers various forms of egregious and self-serving boasting about one's sex life - particularly when such boasting occurs over the internet.

Like the famous Supreme Court quote about pornography - wang-wagging is something that is difficult to define, but easy to recognize when one sees it. There are a few basic types of wang-wagging

Type One (Bragging to One's Friends):

For instance, whenever dudes are hanging out in an informal setting talking about their sex lives, wang-wagging will inevitably occur as one or more of the dudes in the conversation feels a competitive desire to exaggerate the details of his sex life - so as to "one up" another member of the group or to attain some form of status in the group.

Type Two (Bragging on the Internet):

Wang-wagging is particularly prevalent on the internet - especially on message boards, where male posters often go to great lengths to make exaggerated claims about their sexual prowess, and to denigrate the sexual prowess of other posters.

Type Three (Subtle):

In my opinion, dudes who feel the need to bring-up the fact that they have a girlfriend (or post about their girlfriends), even in conversations (or threads) that have nothing to do with sex - are engaging in a form of wang-wagging. By bringing up one's girlfriend in an irrelevant context, it is as if one is saying "Hey! I need others to acknowledge that I am cool/sexy/virile enough to have a girlfriend - so I am going to bring her up and talk about her - even though she has nothing to do with the topic of our conversation."

Type One (Bragging to One's Friends):

"Ya - your girlfriend Jill is hot, but she's kind of plain. I'm an f-ing wild man in the sack! Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Canada and had hot passionate sex with two nymphomaniac super-models on the shore of Lake Onatario? Man - they were begging for for more of me - but I had to go back to my hotel....."

Type Two (Bragging on the Internet):

"My record for ejaculations in one day is eleven. I don't understand dudes who can't regenerate more than six times a day. You all need to start taking more Vitamin B or something."

Type Three (Subtle):

Person A: "Wow - GTA" San Andreas is a great game."

Person B "Ya - I know - my girlfriend and I play it all the time - usually right before we have sex. She loves to hijack cars and kill the Ballas. It's like an aphrodisiac."

by The Professor Nov 29, 2004

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wang-wagging
 

gimz

Member
actually you can just buy a new one, exchange your brick one to walmart to get one, then return it without opening the box, now you will have a brand new PSP without spending any money :D

Christopher said:
is there a return policy on the girlfriend :\

and LOL
 

evil ways

Member
:lol

Yeah the next step will be me taking shirtless pics of myself and boasting about how many times a day we have sex or how wild our swinger parties are.

And yeah, sorry she's not an anorexic model or a big tittied japanese girl, but I love her just the way she is.
 

Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
gwiz210 said:
Is that your girlfriend in your icon and that pic? Shes startin' to become a little porker isnt she :lol
Christopher said:
is there a return policy on the girlfriend :\
mj1108 said:
:lol :lol

She looks like she had been bricked before as well.
I remember when posts like these weren't tolerated.
 
evil ways said:
:lol

Yeah the next step will be me taking shirtless pics of myself and boasting about how many times a day we have sex or how wild our swinger parties are.

And yeah, sorry she's not an anorexic model or a big tittied japanese girl, but I love her just the way she is.

Yea, pay no attention to them. She's beautiful, and you're lucky.
 

Umino

Because certain people need something to talk about.
evil ways said:
:lol

Yeah the next step will be me taking shirtless pics of myself and boasting about how many times a day we have sex or how wild our swinger parties are.

And yeah, sorry she's not an anorexic model or a big tittied japanese girl, but I love her just the way she is.

You should have loved your PSP the way it was.
 

bdoughty

Banned
PhoenixDark said:
Yea, pay no attention to them. You have a girlfriend, they have the friction from their hand.

Just had to edit that a wee bit.


P.S. Classy move taking the high road. Most people who be less cordial toward anonymous morons attacking your girl on a message board. You love her for who she is and that is all that matters.
 
bdoughty said:
Just had to edit that a wee bit.


P.S. Classy move taking the high road. Most people who be less cordial toward anonymous morons attacking your girl on a message board. You love her for who she is and that is all that matters.

I agree. Love is a beautiful thing. I feel sorry for some people in this thread
 

Umino

Because certain people need something to talk about.
Oh get off it. I have a gf too and I know that it's not a good idea to post a pic of her on GAF because these guys are like jackals.
 

shuri

Banned
Rules of the internet #41234 - When you post pics of your girlfriend nearly fellating a handheld on a gaming forum, expect no mercy.
 

Umino

Because certain people need something to talk about.
jesse2pspnf0.jpg


Make sure she doesn't eat one. There's no way you could return it to WalMart after that.
 
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