This made my day and Wal Mart ignored the problem

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I have had the same problem at walmart and target and i was talking to a manager both times who them put the figures back out. The manager at kmart even had the nerve to add a oh well

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May 1, 2013 13:00:41 GMT -5 Ben - #6 Munchie said:

I notice them both in your sig, was it you?

This made me giggle in a evil way.

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I was at Target last month, a guy returning an Elite with a Basic figure (think it was CM Punk). Staff meticulously checked the item, spotted the discrepancy, and raised the alarm. But guy was an ass, claiming he bought the switcheroo in the first place. After arguing 5 min, staff gave in due to "customer is always right" and also guy was becoming aggressive. Sad but true.

[StephMcMahonFan]

May 1, 2013 14:53:22 GMT -5 RybackV1 said:

davenice where was this? I know your close by me. I kinda need that Santino lmao..

Sorry I didnt see this earlier, it was at Chelmsford Wal Mart in drum hill.

[StephMcMahonFan]

We got Wal Marts attention on the facebook page so any comments on there are welcome.

[hbchris]

For a while I always brought this stuff up to customer service, but with the exception of one TRU manager, no one has cared, and the stuff ends up back on the shelf the next day, so I've sort of given up. Recently I was at a TRU Express and had stumbled across some repacks, and I wasn't gonna say anything, but right then the manager asked me if she could help me with anything, so I told her what was up, and she pretended to take the items off the shelf. (I forget what it was, but I think it was also a CM Punk...maybe an Elite 16...that had been swapped.) I went back a few days later, and the figure was back on the shelf, and the same manager approached me and again asked if she could help me with anything. So I told her nope, but pointed out I was the same guy from a few days before and asked why the bogus product was still out on the shelf. She made up some excuse about how it would be marked down if anyone tried to buy it (but of course the price tag was still full price).

So I've kinda given up on that, although depending on my mood, I might tear off the UPC code so they can't sell it or will acknowledge that it's damaged. I kind of want to get a stamp that says "Swapped Product" that I can just apply to every repack I see, or something...

Not that it's the retailer's fault, but by knowingly selling used, repacked product, they're nearly as bad as the original repacker.

This whole topic just gets me irked, since in my area, there is, as a general rule, more repacked Elite product on the shelves than real Elites. The repacker always snatches stuff up immediately after it comes in, thus ensuring that I pretty much have to order all my Elites online or hope to find them when I'm out of town.

I can't wait to see what sort of Ryback repacks start showing up in the coming months. /sarcasm/

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atleast the guy gave you a belt with the CM Punk figure



I see NO problem with this

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On my old phone I took a picture of a Christian figure inside of a Defining Moments Macho Man package. But I dont have the phone or the SD card anymore. I thought it was funny in the moment, but someone probably for whatever reason bought it.

[RybackV1]

May 1, 2013 20:57:31 GMT -5 @kingofmacaroni said:

atleast the guy gave you a belt with the CM Punk figure



I see NO problem with this

You don't see any problem with it at all? Like that they put a basic figure with a dull belt in an elite package.

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Walmart has a policy that they will not go after you as long as you take 25 dollars or less worth of merchandise. Apparently it is more cost efficient to let them go then prosecute them and send people after them. oh.... And you have to between 18-65 to be pursued for anything over. It is their new 2013 policy but it has been all over the news so how can you expect them to want to stop this? It never will because according to their policy it is not cost effective to stop it.

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I could not edit my post above.... But yea essentially this is all on the stores like walmart. They chose not to fix the problem so what can we do?

[T]

Pretty poor customer service that is.

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May 1, 2013 23:51:51 GMT -5 @gopherextreme said:

Walmart has a policy that they will not go after you as long as you take 25 dollars or less worth of merchandise. Apparently it is more cost efficient to let them go then prosecute them and send people after them. oh.... And you have to between 18-65 to be pursued for anything over. It is their new 2013 policy but it has been all over the news so how can you expect them to want to stop this? It never will because according to their policy it is not cost effective to stop it.

For the record, this isn't some "new 2013 policy" because its not policy at all. Stores go after whoever they want whenever they want. Pressing charges costs nothing, and Walmart isn't prosecuting anyone because that's not how courts work. It's been a rumored policy for years but its never been true. They wouldn't tell people about it if it was.

[BoJack Hogan]

I saw an Elite 11 Punk in an E16 Punk package. I thought about buying it, but the hands had been replaced and it came with the George Steele shirt. All you can do is laugh. I've been saying this for awhile. They are never going to do anything, especially at Walmart. Stop giving yourselves aneurisms saying that they need a team address this miscarriage of justice. Think about this, a team (or even one guy) specializing in wrestling figures for the sole purpose of catching people who return the wrong wrestling figure.

Scammer: I'd like to return this
Return staff: Hmmm, this looks like a WWF figure. Richard! Can you come here for a moment?
Richard: Yeth mam. (Takes out a magnifying glass and inspects figure) A HA! You thilly perthon, you foolishly attempted to path off an Elite 6 Thee M Punk ath an Elite 20 Thee M Punk, with no vac metalized WWE title to be found. I'm plathing you under thitithenth' arretht.

But seriously, return staff are trained get unhappy people out of their store as fast as possible whilst maintaining the drone-like trance that they enter to survive another humdrum workday at retail. Hiring toy experts or holding training sessions complete with videos and charts of all different WWE superstars and their figures seems a bit outrageous. Nothing will ever change.

[BØRNS]

The store does not care. It's an action figure. Wal Mart doesn't care about an action figure or two, and the employees won't care unless it affects their paycheck. Just being realistic.

[PJ]

We all know my stance on scalpers and I always found people who do this 100 X worse

[PudgieTheSheep]

I suppose it isn't too much to ask for someone to know the difference between a basic and an elite. Even one guy in the shop would be enough. Especially when they have people teaching them the differences.

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May 1, 2013 22:40:07 GMT -5 RybackV1 said:

May 1, 2013 20:57:31 GMT -5 @kingofmacaroni said:

atleast the guy gave you a belt with the CM Punk figure



I see NO problem with this

You don't see any problem with it at all? Like that they put a basic figure with a dull belt in an elite package.

well it's the same person in the package and belt, only punk

[PJ]

May 2, 2013 6:48:15 GMT -5 @kingofmacaroni said:

May 1, 2013 22:40:07 GMT -5 RybackV1 said:

You don't see any problem with it at all? Like that they put a basic figure with a dull belt in an elite package.

well it's the same person in the package and belt, only punk

yes it's the same wrestler, but a used figure with 20 poa instead of a new figure with 27 poa.

[StephMcMahonFan]

May 2, 2013 1:17:51 GMT -5 BoJack Hogan said:

I saw an Elite 11 Punk in an E16 Punk package. I thought about buying it, but the hands had been replaced and it came with the George Steele shirt. All you can do is laugh. I've been saying this for awhile. They are never going to do anything, especially at Walmart. Stop giving yourselves aneurisms saying that they need a team address this miscarriage of justice. Think about this, a team (or even one guy) specializing in wrestling figures for the sole purpose of catching people who return the wrong wrestling figure.

Scammer: I'd like to return this
Return staff: Hmmm, this looks like a WWF figure. Richard! Can you come here for a moment?
Richard: Yeth mam. (Takes out a magnifying glass and inspects figure) A HA! You thilly perthon, you foolishly attempted to path off an Elite 6 Thee M Punk ath an Elite 20 Thee M Punk, with no vac metalized WWE title to be found. I'm plathing you under thitithenth' arretht.

But seriously, return staff are trained get unhappy people out of their store as fast as possible whilst maintaining the drone-like trance that they enter to survive another humdrum workday at retail. Hiring toy experts or holding training sessions complete with videos and charts of all different WWE superstars and their figures seems a bit outrageous. Nothing will ever change.

this made laugh haha