Best Buy, Future Shop Accidentally Sold Fake iPad 2s in Canada

[Guest]

it might be these people who bought the tablet, take it out and put some clay in the box then bring it back and say they got cheated. How would the retail store know it since they did not see them open it.

 

[whatisupthere]

Proof. The iPad is magical and can take many forms.

 

[DawnTreader]

Wow. I thought that their return policy had change years ago when I bought that scrap metal in a Hard drive box and was told about the blocks of wood in Xbox boxes that people had bought their kids for Christmas...

 

[elcentral]

so they go to a store and get a ipad and in its place there is clay.
so what is the difference?

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]^^ ]until they get busted, the scammers are kinda stupid. I live in Canada, when you return something the take down all your information and stuff etc. just in case this kinda stuff happens. I had to show drivers license to prove my ID when returning a $400 tv[/citation]
and nobody has a fake id...

 

[tlmck]

This is not the first time Best Buy has been caught with it's pants down. I don't shop there anyway. Too many better choices.

 

[guardianangel42]

[citation][nom]tlmck[/nom]This is not the first time Best Buy has been caught with it's pants down. I don't shop there anyway. Too many better choices.[/citation]

Yeah. Basically I just go there to try things out before I buy on Amazon or Newegg. That or discover new things by wandering the aisles. I did buy an Insignia TV a while back and have been mostly satisfied.

 

[Guest]

It's still a tablet :3

 

[igot1forya]

Once back in '99 when I worked at Circuit City, some guy bought a DVD player and returned it the next day - when customer service opened the box they found a cinder block lol... the IDIOT would have gotten away with it had he not used his CREDIT CARD to purchase and return it with. If you plan to scam people, the least you can do is use CASH. Ugh!

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]JeTJL[/nom]Didn't Newegg accidentally sell fake core i7 processors a while ago?It wasn't Newegg's fault or Future Shop's fault that this happened. It's their supplier who gave them these fakes.[/citation]
This one was Future Shop's fault, they took the return without ever checking the contents. You never take a return without checking the contents to make sure everything is there.

 

[cookoy]

by fake iPads i thought something made in China from unofficial gray market channel. But a piece of clay, that's worse.

 

[srgess]

Ipad 2s ? what the fu.... If you enought to buy a product that is not on the market by the official store well you deserve those clam.

 

[classzero]

[citation][nom]zybch[/nom]At least a lump of clay is useful for some things, unlike the box's original content.[/citation]

Really? That's why everyone is trying to make a knock off, or "iPad killer." Really?

 

[kschen]

Not sure why they didn't open and make sure they were actually iPads being returned... I bought a Sony laptop more than a year ago at Best Buy and returned it unopened, and yet the customer service opened it and take out the laptop making sure everything was there.

 

[robochump]

Have to blame the people accepting the returned iPads and not checking the contents. It should be possible for Apple to track the missing iPads using the info on the box and disable them.

 

[__-_-_-__]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]^^ ]until they get busted, the scammers are kinda stupid. I live in Canada, when you return something the take down all your information and stuff etc. just in case this kinda stuff happens. I had to show drivers license to prove my ID when returning a $400 tv[/citation]
duh. FAKE ID?

 

[gm0n3y]

That's actually a pretty clever idea. So a couple of guys probably managed to get themselves a hundred or so free iPad 2s. Of course its only clever if they don't get caught.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Walmart said that while it is upset by the scam, it won't be changing policies at this time.

Right, they are so upset that they won't bother changing a simple policy which would have ensured this wouldn't happen to their own customers anymore. Really, what the hell Wal-mart?

 

[Guest]

if they all changed the policy then they would have to sell the product at 5% less or even more of a discount because the box is opened then. this would mean that they would lose even more $$$$

 

[Guest]

This is interesting I bought a laptop at my local Walmart in October and changed out minds. I took it back to Walmart it was still factory sealed and they opened the box and turned on the laptop. If more clerks were like his the scammers would not have a chance.