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I've received 2 Zune HDs 32 GB from Amazon. I only purchased 1 and got charged for 1. I kept them both. I've also received 2 wood chippers from Amazon, when purchasing only 1. Kept them both. So far I've gotten $500 of free stuff from Amazon.

When Wal-Mart had a glitch in their system, I purchased 4 games from them online and did a store pickup. Spent $18 on each game. 3 games at $79 each and 1 at $59. Pretty much got $225 for free.

It feels good being bad.







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I'm sure spurgeonryan would have rather traded in those games to be in the shoes of Justin Verlander.



spurgeonryan said:

Back in December I picked up Pikmin 3 from Amazon. Sadly, when I opened up the Wii U in January of this year and put the game in it had some sort of malfunction where it would not go off the title screen. I called up Nintendo eventually and told them the problem. To expedite the process I begged for them to just give me the game as a digital download. They refused, said it was against their policy. So instead they emailed me a code so that I could send the game in and they would replace it. It would only take a week or so.

Well I could not be bothered to do that so, nearly 3 months later I decided on this method. Someone else can take it in to Nintendo when they purchase it used from whatever store it was that I traded it in at.

Now I used that money, plus the peasant change I got for The Conduit and Heathcliff: The fast and the furriest to re-buy Pikmin 3.

Am I a bad person for doing this, or would you do the very same thing? Don't lie! This is the internet, we will never meet you in real life, so you have nothing to hide.

Nintendo offered to replace the copy but instead you waited tree months and then traded in a faulty copy? That's not being a bad person, that's just being plain stupid!



Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
soulfly666 said:

Why wouldn't you just return it to Nintendo? It would have saved you money, more game trading, and screwing someone else over. I vote dick move but meh it isn't like it is that big of a deal. I don't do stuff like that because I would feel terrible if a child bought or received it all excited, and it ruined their day as I am getting old...LOL

@bolded: Increases the value in the system, thus rendering the first to points as moot.

Not getting what you mean here^

@Italics: Such weakness old man.

LOL, hey, hey, I'm not THAT old...  :)





You're a bad person and stupid ;)

Nintendo offered to exchange the disk and you should have done that. They probably shipped a faulty disk to Amazon, therefore they should have to deal with the additional costs.

It's bad for the buyer (I think he can exchange it, but that's bad for the shop). Maybe the shop can get a new disk from Nintendo.

And you paid more in the end because you had to trade in more games.



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I don't know about bad person but you are  a stupid person. Ringing up Nintendo? Why? Just send it back to Amazon for a replacement copy! You have a 28-day guarantee with the retailer that the product is working. It's the retailer's responsibility to replace it.

You wasted your time and money because you don't know how shops work.



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Somewhere, a parent saw a game for cheap and decided to give to their son. He don't have much money, so he knows that will be the only game his son will play for a long time. The kid knows that too, and when he recieved the game, he gonne straigh way to play it. Than BAM! The game is broken. He thinks on complain with his dad, but he doesn't want to bothers his dad, that already has so much to worry about.

He shed a tear, but tells nobody about his pain. Even worse, he can't ask for this game again in the future because theirs parents think he already owns it. When you go sleep at nigth, remember this is all because of you >:-



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KylieDog said:

You don't still have Second Son though, so all you've done is bought Ground Zeroes for £43.


Thats one way of looking at it.

I prefer my way. £43 for both!



                            

KylieDog said:
Carl2291 said:
Reminds me of my situation today.

I bought Infamous Second Son for £50 at release. Got the platinum the other day. Went to trade today and got £35 back. Ended up buying Ground Zeroes for £27.99 and they gave me a £7.01 credit note.

Essentially, Ive exploited them and payed a combined £43 for Second Son and Ground Zeroes, brand new.

I feel dirty.


You don't still have Second Son though, so all you've done is bought Ground Zeroes for £43.

I look at it as you rented Infamous  Second Son for 15 pound.



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