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I think this is my first post here, but i want to tell you CAGs what luckily happened to me a Christmas or two ago. Well, my grandparents bought me Mario Party 4 and wrapped it up for me to open at Christmas, which I did. When I did open it, I found it was still in Amazon's pre-packaging, with SIX copies of Mario Party 4.

I kept one, sent one to my cousins, and traded the other sealed four at Target for Metroid Prime, Spider-Man: The Movie, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, and X-Men: Next Dimension. (Though I've traded all of those games in since then.)

Has this happened to anyone else, where Amazon or another company that sells game gave you a package of more than one?
 
EBgames sent me 2 copies of BF:1942 last year. They sent me an email asking me to please send one back since they goofed. They said they would not charge me for the second copy since it was their error, but would offer me a 10% off coupon if I sent it back. I decided to send it back because I wanted to continue doing business with them and didnt want to have my account flagged or anything.. maybe I was just a bit paranoid. They ended up sending me a $25 coupon for me sending it back so it came out good in the end...
 
You need to find some subtle way to find out how your grandparents were billed. Start a conversation about the cost of living and the cost of luxuries. If they complain about the unholy cost of videogames you may have cause to feel some serious guilt.
 
I remember someone talking about getting a double-order of Rogue Ops when they were $3 at EB.com. Unfortunately, I have not experienced such wonderment myself.
 
Yeah, maybe they were confused and hit submit six times. I know one time I was ordering from Amazon and their ordering process was slow as all hell. When I submitted it, it didn't look like it worked, so I hit back, and I tried it again. A few minutes later I checked my account activity and saw both transactions went through. Maybe this, or they mistankingly updated the quantity to 6.

Hopefully, for your grandparents sake, it was an Amazon error. I know I wouldn't be able to sleep if my Grandparents paid 300 dollars on a video game.
 
he said it happened two christmas` ago. My grandparents dont remember my brothers name. WTF are you thinking they`ll remember how they paid for it.
 
I can see why this happen i think this was the BIG TRU problem when their xmas shipping was running so far behind

they was probally so buzzy getting the items out they didnt see the mishap
 
[quote name='WildWop']I remember someone talking about getting a double-order of Rogue Ops when they were $3 at EB.com. Unfortunately, I have not experienced such wonderment myself.[/quote]

In the case of that title they were probably hoping it would go unnoticed so that no overly honest person would return the accursed thing.
 
I bought something from TRU.com a couple years ago and it came with a copy of Pokemon Yellow, which was new at the time. I kept it.
 
Amazon.com use to screw up orders all the time back in the day ('99-01) for me. I got the wrong game once and they told me to keep it (Spyro 2, I think) and they'd ship out the "real" game that I ordered. They screwed up another order of mine back then, but I forgot what they screwed up.
 
When I received my Megaman Anniversary pre-order from Capcom (one on PS2 and one on GCN), they sent me another box with one more GCN version in it. Then, my credit card was charged for 4 games!! So I had to call and explain what happened, hoping they'd believe me.

What happened was I had originally ordered 2 on the GCN - one for me and one for my boyfriend - but then we decided what was the point? We should have one of each. So I emailed customer service and they cancelled that one and I put in a new order for one copy on each system. Even though they said it was cancelled, obviously it wasn't - but then they only sent half the cancelled order!

It was really bizarre, and took a period of almost 2 months to fully resolve it (returning it, waiting for the credit). They charged me just days after I received the games, but it took over 3 weeks after they received the item to put the credit through. Really aggravating. I practically know Capcom's customer service phone number by heart now :?
 
Ive never had my order screwed up by Amazon, but I did manage to order Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle Earth when they had a pricing error and had it for $20.
 
I ordered Arc the Lad from EB back a month or two ago when it was 9.99. When the box arrived, it contained a Gamecube Broadband adapter instead of Arc the Lad. I was going to keep it, but I decided to take it to an EB store and exchange it for Arc the Lad there. No coupons, no loving, not even a thank you for saving them 25 or so dollars, *shrug*. Some you win, some you lose.
 
I'd like to mention to the OP that you're an asshat. In stealing from the company by not sending the extra 5 copies back.. you're a semi-asshat. By illegaly (fraud) returning those copies to Target, you're a total ass-hat.

Didn't your mother teach you any morals?
 
You need to find some subtle way to find out how your grandparents were billed. Start a conversation about the cost of living and the cost of luxuries. If they complain about the unholy cost of videogames you may have cause to feel some serious guilt.
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Well, before we traded them in, we checked first to see if they had paid for six copies, but they had only paid for one.

They sent me an email asking me to please send one back since they goofed.
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Had Amazon sent me an e-mail telling me they screwed up, I would have sent the copies back to Amazon, but they didn't send us an e-mail or mention it at all.

Didn't your mother teach you any morals?
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It was her idea to take the other copies back to Target. :p

Why is it illegal to return games that are sealed and that I won't use, just because Amazon screwed up and didn't do anything about it?
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']I'd like to mention to the OP that you're an asshat. In stealing from the company by not sending the extra 5 copies back.. you're a semi-asshat. By illegaly (fraud) returning those copies to Target, you're a total ass-hat.

Didn't your mother teach you any morals?[/quote]
How is he frauding anybody. Think about what your saying. They were given to him as a gift, he didnt purchase them himself. Therefore he nor his grandparents are frauding anybody. This kinda of thing happens, now if he were a good customer he would have sent the extra copies back to amazon, there is no fraud here. Fraud is intentionally ripping someone off for your own personal benefit, no one did this here, so he is not obligated to do anything but what he decides to do with the games. Mistakes happen, deal with it.
 
[quote name='KingDox']one time in my order of fries at Carls JR I got an onion ring.[/quote]

Was this intentionally funny 'cause when I read it I was cracking up and shat my pants!
 
I bought a Dreamcast at launch from amazon, with some other games and stuff as well.

They sent me two separate packages, both with my entire order in them.

I sent one back, stealing 200 dollars worth is a little much.
 
Damn Grave that was my burritto, I was short one!!

OT: You a compusa employee? Looks like a comp shirt and sign in the background.

During the TRU sale I bought around 30 games and a LCD screen; one of the cashiers forgot to ring up Road Kill for Xbox. I didn't even know about it until I got home and noticed I had it and she didn't ring it. Thought about going back to pay for it, but figured she might get in trouble and that $10 wouldn't kill TRU.
 
i was at a blockbuster that was closing, i bought some ps2 games to trade and bad company on dvd. he didn't ring up bad company, didn't realize until a month later, when i was reading the receipt. all it saved me was 3 bucks.

i was at BB and the guy gave me like 15 fox preview dvds cuz i had bought some other freebies and said i was going to use them as cases for used purchases, that saved 15 cents.

if a place like taco bell screws up and gives me extra, i'm not saying anything, they screw me enough that if they screw themselves i'm not doing anything
 
I was playing blackjack at Atlantic City and this dealer paid me and the guy next to me, even though she won. I had around 6 cards and it was late and looked like she was about ready to go home. It was around a $15-$50 bet...can't remember exactly.

And BTW, I despise how McDonald's ALWAYS jips me off in fries. Every time I get a large or supersize, it seems like the same amount that I would get in a McValue fry when I pour it out. Damn cheap bastards!!!!!
 
[quote name='KingDox']one time in my order of fries at Carls JR I got an onion ring.[/quote]

HAHAHA! Lol, man thanks, I needed that. A similar thing happen to me one time at burger king, I think? I ordered some regular fries and they accidently threw in a few "shake em' up cheezey fries" or whatever. LOL I can still remember the commercial where the kid kept shaking the fries and the whole damn place was like bouncing up and down.

I'd like to mention to the OP that you're an asshat. In stealing from the company by not sending the extra 5 copies back.. you're a semi-asshat. By illegaly (fraud) returning those copies to Target, you're a total ass-hat.

Didn't your mother teach you any morals?
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Dude, I think you call everyone an "ass-hat" who does stuff like this, but really this time he shouldn't be called an "ass-hat" becasue he didn't really do anything bad.. What the hell is an "ass-hat"? I just picture like someones big ass in like a dr. suess hat or some fucked up thing.
 
[quote name='smalien1'][quote name='KingDox']one time in my order of fries at Carls JR I got an onion ring.[/quote]

Was this intentionally funny 'cause when I read it I was cracking up and shat my pants![/quote]

No, it wasn't funny.
 
[quote name='smalien1'][quote name='KingDox']one time in my order of fries at Carls JR I got an onion ring.[/quote]

Was this intentionally funny 'cause when I read it I was cracking up and shat my pants![/quote]

I like! I Like!
 
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