[quote name='Liquid Anubis']My cousin called me minutes ago (waking me up) and told me that our new super Wal-Mart had Elites behind the display case for sale. I went last night around midnight to buy some things and swung by the electronics area, and I didn't see any Elites at all. So I guess they must've brought them out this morning for sales. How much do they get fined? Is it a flat fine, or a fine for ever 360 sold before the street date?[/QUOTE]
No one is going to get fined over it. Here's how the conversation would go.
Microsoft Lawyer: So, our records show that your stores sold 17 "XBox 360 Elite Systems" before the street date of April 29th, 2007. At a fine of $5,000 per unit, that comes to $85,000.
Wal*Mart Lawyer: Okay, we'll send a check out this afternoon. Oh, and we'll need a Return Authorization.
MSL: What?
WML: Well, this was a rather costly mistake and we'd perfer not to chance it again - so we need an RA to return all existing Microsoft and XBox products to you. Also, we'll need to go ahead and cancel all of our existing orders for your products.