Has anyone purchased a 360 at Costco?

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I'm planning on purchasing my 360 in the VERY NEAR FUTURE and planning on getting it at Costco. Due to the fact of what I've heard about there return policy, incase if anything went wrong. Has anyone returned there 360 at Costco?? I know I can prolly get it a little cheaper somewhere else using coupons or codes, but I like knowing that if something we wrong, I will be covered. (Or atleast I hope.) Also, I am thinking about returning the game that comes with it (I believe PGR3) to Walmart in exchange for another game. (Can it be done?? If so then I don't know which game I might get... maybe Oblivion, or just get Credit and wait for Dead Rising.. whenever it comes out.)

So all in all my questions are...

- Has anyone purchased a 360 from Costco and was able to returned it already opened (Due to any problems with the system it self.)

- Has anyone "Exchanged" there copy of the Game that came with the Bundle for another Game at Walmart.. (Since Walmart doesnt ask for Receipt.)
 
Walmart does ask for a receipt, especially on video game items. You MIGHT be able to get by with a nice manager, but typically they won't allow it without a receipt.
 
[quote name='mmn']Walmart does ask for a receipt, especially on video game items. You MIGHT be able to get by with a nice manager, but typically they won't allow it without a receipt.[/QUOTE]

I could of swore that you could exchange something without a Receipt, but can't get Cash for it...
 
Yeah, I did a huge exchange at WalMart this past January after getting a lot of games during an EB Christmas sale. I remember the WalMart store credit was around twice what I paid for the games at EB.

Unless they changed it, the only limitation is two returns without receipt per year, and of course they have to carry the item.
 
[quote name='Koggit']Yeah, I did a huge exchange at WalMart this past January after getting a lot of games during an EB Christmas sale. I remember the WalMart store credit was around twice what I paid for the games at EB.

Unless they changed it, the only limitation is two returns without receipt per year, and of course they have to carry the item.[/QUOTE]

/\ Total retail fraud /\
 
[quote name='Koggit']Yeah, I did a huge exchange at WalMart this past January after getting a lot of games during an EB Christmas sale. I remember the WalMart store credit was around twice what I paid for the games at EB.

Unless they changed it, the only limitation is two returns without receipt per year, and of course they have to carry the item.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's after Xmas when nobody has a receipt. I think the rules are slightly different then.

Like I said, anyone is welcome to give it a shot, but I know they don't allow it. Target, however, does - they just require you to get an item from the same department (so if you return DVDs unopened without a receipt, you have to get something from the electronics area - no clothing or sports equipment or whatever).

If you don't want the games bundled with the 360 at Costco you're probably better off just trading them 1 for 1 with someone here at CAG who has a game you want. I'm sure you can find whatever you're looking for without having to go through the hassle of returning it to a store.
 
1. I bought a 360 at costco and typically with all electronics you can take it back for up to 2 years if defective.

2. You can just buy a 2 year warranty from MS for $60, the flyer for it will be inside the box.

Personally the costco pack seemed like a good deal because I wanted an extra controller and was interested in PGR. Without that interest you're paying more for the bundle than you would for the MS warranty.
 
I bought the Costco pack because of the Play and Charge kit included as well as the game plus extra controller. Basically I got the controller and warranty free for the price.
 
[quote name='Sarang01']I bought the Costco pack because of the Play and Charge kit included as well as the game plus extra controller. Basically I got the controller and warranty free for the price.[/QUOTE]


See that's why I'm leaning towards Costco, knowing that it pretty much comes with a Warranty if anything goes wrong with it, without having to pay for it.
 
[quote name='Richlough']/\ Total retail fraud /\[/QUOTE]

How so? I didn't buy them with the intent to return, and never told WalMart that I purchased the items from them...
 
[quote name='Koggit']...after getting a lot of games during an EB Christmas sale. I remember the WalMart store credit was around twice what I paid for the games at EB.
[/QUOTE]

Explain how this either true or untrue .

If it's true , it sounds like retail fraud to me .
 
I don't feel the need to explain. What's not clear? I got games that were purchased from EB's Christmas sale (I think they were 2 for $20 or something like that), and ended up returning more than half of them to WalMart, who had a higher price than I paid. What part of this is fraud?
 
[quote name='xtchuh']- Has anyone purchased a 360 from Costco and was able to returned it already opened (Due to any problems with the system it self.)[/quote]

You can return it as long as it has everything that it originally came with, and that it's within two years.

[quote name='Koggit']I don't feel the need to explain. What's not clear? I got games that were purchased from EB's Christmas sale (I think they were 2 for $20 or something like that), and ended up returning more than half of them to WalMart, who had a higher price than I paid. What part of this is fraud?[/quote]

It's fraud on the reasoning that you bought games at a discounted price at one store, and returned them to another store making money on this, when the second store didn't sell them in the first place.
 
No, that doesn't make it fraud.

Perhaps they had a net gain, perhaps a net loss, but it was certainly fair either way considering WalMart explicitly allows returns of purchases made at other stores, so long as it's a registered item in their system.
 
Gah. Lying to Wal-Mart is fraud. If you buy the games at another store and return them to Wal-Mart, that is fraud.

Wal-Mart actually limits no-receipt returns to 3 a year, I believe.

I highly doubt that they knowingly accept anything that was purchased at another store.
 
[quote name='Koggit']No, that doesn't make it fraud.

Perhaps they had a net gain, perhaps a net loss, but it was certainly fair either way considering WalMart explicitly allows returns of purchases made at other stores, so long as it's a registered item in their system.[/QUOTE]


umm...no that is in fact fraud...tell you what, if you don't think that it is wrong to do that, next time tell walmart you bought these somewhere else...in fact tell them you bought them somewhere else for half of what they are giving you in credit...it they don't have a problem with that, then none of us here at CAG should...
 
[quote name='Koggit']Yeah, I did a huge exchange at WalMart this past January after getting a lot of games during an EB Christmas sale. I remember the WalMart store credit was around twice what I paid for the games at EB.[/quote]

You bought games at EB, and then "returned" them to Walmart to gain credit more than what you originally paid for. The only reason why Walmart gave you money back is that they thought that you bought the games there.

[quote name='Websters Dictionary']
Main Entry: fraud
Pronunciation: 'frod
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fraude, from Middle French, from Latin fraud-, fraus
1 a : [SIZE=-1]DECEIT[/SIZE], [SIZE=-1]TRICKERY[/SIZE]; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : [SIZE=-1]TRICK[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

If you would rather call it Deceit, or Trickery, I would surely accept that as well.
 
Lying from Trakan, deceit from Sonderiaom, fraud from Soonerdo... you guys are unbelievable.

Have any of you ever been to a WalMart after Christmas? They basically advertise that they accept returns without a receipt, encouraging people to return their unwanted Christmas gifts -- just to get customers in the store. They want people to bring their gifts in to exchange.

Honestly, I can't believe how you guys are reacting. It's ridiculous. WalMart's policy is to accept products that were purchased at other stores, under the condition that they sell that exact SKU. What I did is explicitly allowed by both retailers (EB and WalMart). Nothing I did constitutes fraud. I did not lie, I did not abuse any loophole, I abided policy and no party was affected negatively.
 
Maybe the fact that they advertise their return policy after Christmas. Why else would a store advertise their return policy? Feel free to look for anything that specifies the product has to be purchased from WalMart, though.
 
[quote name='Koggit']Maybe the fact that they advertise their return policy after Christmas. Why else would a store advertise their return policy? Feel free to look for anything that specifies the product has to be purchased from WalMart, though.[/QUOTE]

you need to stop advertising the fact that you're ignorant.
 
[quote name='Koggit']Lying from Trakan, deceit from Sonderiaom, fraud from Soonerdo... you guys are unbelievable.

Have any of you ever been to a WalMart after Christmas? They basically advertise that they accept returns without a receipt, encouraging people to return their unwanted Christmas gifts -- just to get customers in the store. They want people to bring their gifts in to exchange.

Honestly, I can't believe how you guys are reacting. It's ridiculous. WalMart's policy is to accept products that were purchased at other stores, under the condition that they sell that exact SKU. What I did is explicitly allowed by both retailers (EB and WalMart). Nothing I did constitutes fraud. I did not lie, I did not abuse any loophole, I abided policy and no party was affected negatively.[/quote]


NO NO NO! You are completely moronic. Wal Mart says that because at Christmas many people get a lot of gifts that they don't want and don't want to ask for the receipt. Knowing this, customers will be less reluctant to purchase from Wal Mart. They don't want people to bring in shit they paid less for and get a gift card for it, because it does affect their profit margin, which is exactly what they don't want.

Keep trying to defend your actions. It would be different if you got a game as a gift and assumed it was from Wal Mart and took it back there without the receipt, however, you knowingly did what you did, which makes it REALLY bad.

You're not helping your cause at all. Every post you make just makes you look worse. You commited fraud, and I'm pretty sure what you did is a crime, though you'll likely never get in trouble for it.
 
[quote name='xtchuh']I'm planning on purchasing my 360 in the VERY NEAR FUTURE and planning on getting it at Costco. Due to the fact of what I've heard about there return policy, incase if anything went wrong. Has anyone returned there 360 at Costco?? I know I can prolly get it a little cheaper somewhere else using coupons or codes, but I like knowing that if something we wrong, I will be covered. (Or atleast I hope.) Also, I am thinking about returning the game that comes with it (I believe PGR3) to Walmart in exchange for another game. (Can it be done?? If so then I don't know which game I might get... maybe Oblivion, or just get Credit and wait for Dead Rising.. whenever it comes out.)

So all in all my questions are...

- Has anyone purchased a 360 from Costco and was able to returned it already opened (Due to any problems with the system it self.)

- Has anyone "Exchanged" there copy of the Game that came with the Bundle for another Game at Walmart.. (Since Walmart doesnt ask for Receipt.)[/quote]
You probably have to have everything that it came with including the game to return/exchange it.
 
To be honest, I don't have a problem with what Koggit did. What I find appauling is that people are defending WalMart. A place that if when one of their older senior employees dies, they collect an insurance policy that was taken out on them (also known as a dead peasent clause). A place that routinely(sp?) accepts and even encouragement of sexual harrasment. And a place that causes all the great mom and pop places near you to shut down and then end up working for WalMart, for less pay and no chance of health insurance.
 
[quote name='Koggit']Lying from Trakan, deceit from Sonderiaom, fraud from Soonerdo... you guys are unbelievable.

Have any of you ever been to a WalMart after Christmas? They basically advertise that they accept returns without a receipt, encouraging people to return their unwanted Christmas gifts -- just to get customers in the store. They want people to bring their gifts in to exchange.

Honestly, I can't believe how you guys are reacting. It's ridiculous. WalMart's policy is to accept products that were purchased at other stores, under the condition that they sell that exact SKU. What I did is explicitly allowed by both retailers (EB and WalMart). Nothing I did constitutes fraud. I did not lie, I did not abuse any loophole, I abided policy and no party was affected negatively.[/quote]

I'd like you to walk into Wal-Mart and do another return. This time though, make it clear that you bought the games(s) from EB, and not only did you buy them from EB, but for half the price that Wal-Mart is currently selling them. After that, tell them you're doing it just to get the credit, and see what they say. I have a very hard time believing that they'll accept the return. I'd also like to see where in the policy it states that they take returns on items that haven't been bought in the store.

[quote name='HumanSnatcher']What I find appauling is that people are defending WalMart.[/quote]

I don't think anybody is really defending Wal-Mart so much as trying to show this guy that it is indeed fraud.
 
I don't think it matters what price you buy it at. It's fraud regardless. There isn't anything in the rules about other stores because Wal-Mart is assuming that people wouldn't be so underhanded as to try to defraud them. I'm not defending anyone but Wal-Mart's business practices aren't an excuse for committing fraud. I don't think a judge is gonna give a damn about that stupid peasant clause. It's like saying it's ok to committ a hit and run on a jay walker. Two wrongs don't make a right. If you don't like Wal-Mart's business practices, stop buying there. Don't defraud them.
 
[quote name='depascal22'] I don't think a judge is gonna give a damn about that stupid peasant clause. It's like saying it's ok to committ a hit and run on a jay walker. Two wrongs don't make a right. [/quote]
That's one of the best analogies I have EVER heard!
 
[quote name='DT778']You probably have to have everything that it came with including the game to return/exchange it.[/quote]

ON TOPIC, that is correct. Anything bought as a set at Costco needs to be returned as a set. However, if the person checking it out doesn't notice the missing materials, then it is possible to return it but that is very unlikely.

OFF TOPIC however, I do not defend walmart. I hate them. But I as well recognize that it is illegal to do what you have done, innane justification or not. Would you do the same thing to any other store? Such as buying a $5 game from Circuit City and "returning" it to, say, KayBToys to garner a $45 profit from it? I bet you would. There is absolutely no reason why Walmart would take the game you had given them if they knew that you had bought it anywhere else, especially if it was at a loss of what they sell it for. You are a yellow-bellied thief for what you do/did. I am thankful that the group you represent, the small-minded leeches of this site, is so small.
 
[quote name='Trakan']I'd like you to walk into Wal-Mart and do another return. This time though, make it clear that you bought the games(s) from EB, and not only did you buy them from EB, but for half the price that Wal-Mart is currently selling them. After that, tell them you're doing it just to get the credit, and see what they say. I have a very hard time believing that they'll accept the return. I'd also like to see where in the policy it states that they take returns on items that haven't been bought in the store.[/QUOTE]

It's not as if I saw WalMart's prices and bought games then returned them when they came in. It wasn't done "just to get the credit," for all I knew the games were worth LESS at WalMart than my mom paid at EB. Why would I tell them otherwise? Whether you like it or not, WalMart condones what I did, and does in fact encourage it since they lose nothing but gain a potential customer.

Unless something new is brought up, I'm done with this thread. The argument's just cyclical, we're simply repeating ourselves at this point because nobody's view has changed. You believe I'm Satan, I believe you're on a high horse, we've both expressed what we believe and that's that.
 
[quote name='sonderiaom']ON TOPIC, that is correct. Anything bought as a set at Costco needs to be returned as a set. However, if the person checking it out doesn't notice the missing materials, then it is possible to return it but that is very unlikely.

[/QUOTE]

But at the same time, couldn't I purchase a used copy of the Game and return it if I need too... (I doubt I do need to return it since I do take VERY Good care of my systems... My org. NES that came with Mario/Duck Hunt still works...)
 
[quote name='Koggit']It's not as if I saw WalMart's prices and bought games then returned them when they came in. It wasn't done "just to get the credit," for all I knew the games were worth LESS at WalMart than my mom paid at EB. Why would I tell them otherwise? Whether you like it or not, WalMart condones what I did, and does in fact encourage it since they lose nothing but gain a potential customer.

Unless something new is brought up, I'm done with this thread. The argument's just cyclical, we're simply repeating ourselves at this point because nobody's view has changed. You believe I'm Satan, I believe you're on a high horse, we've both expressed what we believe and that's that.[/quote]
Haha. Well, dude, I don't think you're Satan. I'm not trying to look as if I'm on a high horse here. I really don't care what you do in your personal life, that's your business. I was just trying to inform you that what you are doing is fraud and that Wal-Mart doesn't condone it. Didn't mean to offend you or anything, I was just throwing my two cents in on the discussion.
 
[quote name='xtchuh']But at the same time, couldn't I purchase a used copy of the Game and return it if I need too... (I doubt I do need to return it since I do take VERY Good care of my systems... My org. NES that came with Mario/Duck Hunt still works...)[/quote]


Very true. So long as all original components are included with the return, it's all good. So yeah, it's theoretical to just get a used game from somewhere, so long as it's the same game that you had originally bought it with, ya know?

And not that I doubt you take good care with it, but there is always the chance for something bad to happen to it.
 
[quote name='sonderiaom']Very true. So long as all original components are included with the return, it's all good. So yeah, it's theoretical to just get a used game from somewhere, so long as it's the same game that you had originally bought it with, ya know?

And not that I doubt you take good care with it, but there is always the chance for something bad to happen to it.[/QUOTE]


It's just with all these 'Talks' about peoples 360 going down the crappers within days got me thinking. But at the same time they might of taken very crappy care of there system. (I remember seeing one site one time that a guy with a modded xbox was trying to figure out why his xbox couldn't turn on, only to realize that a small roach somehow got in there and fried one of the boards....) Well back to subject, I just like KNOWING that I will always have a backup plan if worse comes to worse.
 
On Topic here...

I bought that exact same bundle at costco... however, i didnt want PGR3, so the next day, i went back to Costco and returned the unopened game (no receipt) to costco for cotsco credit. You could probably exchange it for the game you do want there if they have it, but they didnt have the one I wanted.

Yes, you do have to return things as a set at costco, but if at any point or even if their system shows that they have that item you can return it.

Their system does show the X360 at a stand alone price, but thats not the question, you just want to take it back because its defective, well, then yes you can do that by just taking back the console only.
 
[quote name='s4alex']On Topic here...

I bought that exact same bundle at costco... however, i didnt want PGR3, so the next day, i went back to Costco and returned the unopened game (no receipt) to costco for cotsco credit. You could probably exchange it for the game you do want there if they have it, but they didnt have the one I wanted.

Yes, you do have to return things as a set at costco, but if at any point or even if their system shows that they have that item you can return it.

Their system does show the X360 at a stand alone price, but thats not the question, you just want to take it back because its defective, well, then yes you can do that by just taking back the console only.[/QUOTE]

You just made my day... Thank You Very Much...
 
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