Teen Opens PlayStaion 3 Box, Finds Phone Book Inside!

[EuPHoriC PoisoN]

Teen Opens PlayStation 3 Box, Finds Phone Book Inside!
$500 for a phone book at a video game store


A Camarillo, Calif. teen dreamed of getting a popular game for Christmas, and he got it, almost. 13-year-old Brandon Burns tore the gift wrapped box to find that his parents got him a PlayStation 3. But when he opened the sealed box what he found was a yellow telephone book.

He says was amused by the whole thing.

His parents weren't amused. They spent $500 for the PS3 and say they plan on taking the phone book, the box, and their receipt back to the Thousand Oaks mall store where they bought it.


Sources:
Story - MyFoxWGHP (http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5319635&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1)
Video Report - Fox11 (http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=A3A320AC9F6F61BB033EBD3DF9AB62DE ?contentId=5315425&version=8&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1)

[Veritas347]

Wow that ridiculous i bet one of the employees at the mall did it! :eek:I'd be pissed if that happened.
Although there is a video on youtube about a mom pranking a kid into thinking he got a wii its quite funny:D

[Brighton X]

:D OMFG that's hilarious!!!! :D

I wish I could see the look on the parent's face when the kid took the phone book out of the box!

[blum3]

I'd be so pissed. That's crazy. How could you not know that something wasn't right.

[v0lum3]

I'd be so pissed. That's crazy. How could you not know that something wasn't right.

You'd be surprised how clueless parents are when it comes to video games... where do you think all these twelve year olds get Halo and Call Of Duty from?

[Burner110]

wow that must suck but its still funny and im happy my PS3 box actually had a PS3 in it.

[Anti Hero]

Haha, thats pretty funny..

I'd be pretty upset if I thought I was getting a expensive console and instead getting a phone book.

[D3AD ROMANC3]

it happened in England except, instead of a phone book there was 10k :) they reported it to the police what noobs, i would of just taken the money and brought a ps3 ??

[tenaciousdave]

Shit. There would need to be some bricks in the box too just so it would actually have the right weight. What clueless fools.

[XXXJUICEDXXX]

This has happened with the I Pods also. People are opening them (sealed) and no I Pod is inside. Instead there is a heavy small book and a note with cut out letters pasted on a paper then copied. note says something about " stop wasting time with this mindless media device and read a book" I seen this on the news the day after christmas. There was 3 confermed cases in germantown maryland usa's walmart.

[EuPHoriC PoisoN]

This has happened with the I Pods also. People are opening them (sealed) and no I Pod is inside. Instead there is a heavy small book and a note with cut out letters pasted on a paper then copied. note says something about " stop wasting time with this mindless media device and read a book" I seen this on the news the day after christmas. There was 3 confermed cases in germantown maryland usa's walmart.



JUICED - If you can find the stories from Germantown, please, please, please post them with links. I have family in Germantown. It'd be fun to send it to them just to see if they've read it.

[hulkingbubba65]

I suppose thats what they get for buying a PS3:p.

[XXXJUICEDXXX]

JUICED - If you can find the stories from Germantown, please, please, please post them with links. I have family in Germantown. It'd be fun to send it to them just to see if they've read it.

Girl Gets Bizarre Surprise Instead of iPod

Last Edited: Friday, 28 Dec 2007, 8:41 AM EST
Created: Friday, 28 Dec 2007, 8:41 AM EST

A little girl thought she was getting an iPod for Christmas but ended up getting a rude surprise, a note. (MyFoxDC) MyFoxDC Reports


A little girl thought she was getting an iPod for Christmas but ended up getting a rude surprise. She got the box but when she opened it up, she found a surprising switch: the iPod had been replaced with a bizarre note.

The note reads in part "Reclaim your mind from the media shackles."

Jay Ellis, the girls father, returned the ipod to the Germantown, Md. Wal-Mart store where he purchased it. The store manger told him that another customer returned an iPod with a similar issue.

MyFoxDC attempted to reach Apple for a comment, but got no response.

• Watch the report from MyFoxDC


is under the fox 5 washington dc web site.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=C31177810AD8C11AEB6032A14CE9A5A6 ?contentId=5335536&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

[EuPHoriC PoisoN]

Thank you very much! As soon as I can dig up their email addy, I'm def sending this story to them!

[graf1k]

Fingerprint the phone book. The perp was probably dumb enough to throw his personal phone book in there. Dumb shit....

[james0017]

The look on their faces must have been priceless :D

[justcallmeChill]

what a bummer for that kid....Sony sucks, as i watch my sony tv and type on my sony vaio...lol

[NATERZ]

Wow that would really suck. I sit here and laugh thinking about the whole thing but then realize that if it happened to me I would be really pissed off and probably breaking stuff at the moment.

I guess it's like getting hit in the man area, funny to watch and funny if it doesn't happen to you but if it happens to you, then it's not so funny.

Do you think the phone book had better games though?:omg:

[Comon]

If I got a Phonebook, I'd be happy. It already has more uses then a PS3.

[RoAFie]

You'd be surprised how clueless parents are when it comes to video games... where do you think all these twelve year olds get Halo and Call Of Duty from?

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Volum3!

W/o Halo I wouldn't be the charming adolescent I am today!

[Burner110]

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Volum3!

W/o Halo I wouldn't be the charming adolescent I am today!

Im pretty sure nobody would be lol

[Stealth]

well you know sony products

[Khaos x3h]

If I got a Phonebook, I'd be happy. It already has more uses then a PS3.

Dude have you even read the headlines? The PS3 has a built in blu-ray player and some great games coming out soon.

[Comon]

Dude have you even read the headlines? The PS3 has a built in blu-ray player and some great games coming out soon.

Actually not really. Ive never felt the need to. Maybe I should check it out.

Im not gonna lie, the only reason why I would buy a PS3 is for Home.

[Razor]

Wow would that suck, even though i don't like PS3's that would still suck. expecting a PS3 and its a phone book. Get :owned: 13-year old:D

[angry]

HAHAHAHHA wish i was there to c his face lolz. :cool: :ninja: :eek:

[Mavren]

Short story to go along with this.

X-mas 2006, the wii was ever popular and hard to find. My one friend worked at a mall (in state college) across from EB games and was friend with the people who worked there. He was informed that there was a wii for sale and he grabbed it up for me. I told him I'd pay him the 250 and a finders fee. Well, he shows up here at my apartment in Mansfield and I get the box. I opened it up and there a giant fleshy dildo in it.

I was stunned...

He said "Do you like your wii?"

Apparently he got a display box there at the EBGames as well and stop at a porn shop on his way up to visit me. Well, even though I was sad, he did give me the real "package" and I had my wii in the end. Also a giant dildo...

*awkward*

[NATERZ]

I remember that happening Mavren. I also remember that you didn't play with your Wii for like 2 weeks after that. But you did walk funny. :omg:

Why is that?

[Burner110]

Short story to go along with this.

X-mas 2006, the wii was ever popular and hard to find. My one friend worked at a mall (in state college) across from EB games and was friend with the people who worked there. He was informed that there was a wii for sale and he grabbed it up for me. I told him I'd pay him the 250 and a finders fee. Well, he shows up here at my apartment in Mansfield and I get the box. I opened it up and there a giant fleshy dildo in it.

I was stunned...

He said "Do you like your wii?"

Apparently he got a display box there at the EBGames as well and stop at a porn shop on his way up to visit me. Well, even though I was sad, he did give me the real "package" and I had my wii in the end. Also a giant dildo...

*awkward*

Lol that was an awesome prank lol I would kick his ass if he did that to me

[RoAFie]

I remember that happening Mavren. I also remember that you didn't play with your Wii for like 2 weeks after that. But you did walk funny. :omg:

Why is that?

O_o

Well I can explain it...

First he got some :censored: :censored: :censored: mayo :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: kick in teh nuts :censored: :censored: :censored: elphant :censored: :censored: :censored: dog puke :censored: :censored: and that's why he walked funny.

[Burner110]

O_o

Well I can explain it...

First he got some :censored: :censored: :censored: mayo :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: kick in teh nuts :censored: :censored: :censored: elphant :censored: :censored: :censored: dog puke :censored: :censored: and that's why he walked funny.

LOL what?

[RoAFie]

LOL what?

You heard me. :mad:

lol.

[NATERZ]

O_o

Well I can explain it...

First he got some :censored: :censored: :censored: mayo :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored: kick in teh nuts :censored: :censored: :censored: elphant :censored: :censored: :censored: dog puke :censored: :censored: and that's why he walked funny.

Oh man. That made me laugh so bad. I am sitting in the library on campus and just busted out laughing. The guy sitting over there (<--------) totally thinks I am crazy now:you_crazy:

Great stuff:D

[Burner110]

You heard me. :mad:

lol.

LOL i guess I did :D

[xDJx Webbie]

haha that dildo story was a good one nice :D

i guess your buddy just didnt want you to mess up your wiimote and nunchuck cuz he knew what you were gonna do with them lol:p

[RoAFie]

haha that dildo story was a good one nice :D

i guess your buddy just didnt want you to mess up your wiimote and nunchuck cuz he knew what you were gonna do with them lol:p

O_o

Bow chicka...wait no.

O_o :sick:

[Burner110]

O_o

Bow chicka...wait no.

O_o :sick:

lol that was funny