Man, so weird. I love the opening sentence to the OP though. "He thought he was buying madden 09, not redneck shit." lol Derrrr.

hahaha that sucks, hope it never happens to me.

Redneck shit lol...i dont think the madden games are that bad!

After getting scammed on e-bay buying some GBA games, I know check my game the minute I exit the door. I figure, if I can show them the receipt that says has a time from like 5 minutes ago, they will probably believe me when I bring it back and tell them the box doesn't contain what I bought. Also, if you are in a small store, they'll remember you so it will be quite obvious.

While I certainly cannot condone everything Wal-Mart does, think about this for a second.

1. If they were selling an open game -- would you not want to look inside first? (Unless it was resealed without the security tape -- in which case I doubt I would buy a $60 game).

2. If they were selling a secured game, then didn't the switch probably occur elsewhere?

3. This could be a scam. It seems to me often things on the cosumerist site are usually too over-the-top to be true (kind of like Dear Abby).

Mike from Morgantown

wait he did get his copy of madden i mean isnt madden = to redneck shit?

j/k