iPod Replaced With Meat

ABC News (ABCNews.com ^ | December 29, 2005

[RayChuang88]

HAWAII, Dec. 29, 2005 — Rachel Cambra couldn't wait to see the look on her 14-year-old son's face when he opened a very special present on Christmas morning.

The Mililani, Hawaii, woman had saved up to surprise her son with what he wanted most for the holiday, a new Apple iPod with video.

Surprised he was, and so was Cambra. When her son opened the box for the high-tech toy, he discovered the iPod that should have been there wasn't. It had apparently been replaced with some kind of mystery meat.

[RayChuang88]

Methinks somebody either did a very nasty joke or someone inside the Wal-Mart distribution warehouse deliberately switched a real iPod and all its accessories with something that weighed the same so it escaped scrutiny by Wal-Mart managers or security.

If I were Steve Jobs I would personally try to contact the family in question and send by FedEx overnight to the family a brand new iPod 30 GB along with a US$100 iTunes Music Store gift card gratis.

[Darkwolf377]

No desert til you eat your iPod.

or:

It plays all your favorite songs, AND it tastes great, too!

[martin_fierro]

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[Theresawithanh]

I'll bet the mystery meat was spam.

A sad but funny and very wierd story.

[A.A. Cunningham]

some kind of mystery meat.

[lewislynn]

If I were Steve Jobs I would personally try to contact the family in question and send by FedEx overnight to the family a brand new iPod 30 GB along with a US$100 iTunes Music Store gift card gratis.

It should be Walmart, not Steve Jobs sending the iPod.

[Nateman]

Remember those Wendy's commercials that said "Where's the beef?" Now we know!

[Prime Choice]

If I were Steve Jobs I would personally try to contact the family in question and send by FedEx overnight to the family a brand new iPod 30 GB along with a US$100 iTunes Music Store gift card gratis.

Lovely thought, but I think it should be Wal-Mart doing the offering. They sold the product.

I doubt Bill Gates would offer anyone a free X-Box if they cracked open its container and found chopped liver.

[patriciaruth]

In years to come it'll be a great family story.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This story has Hawaii written all over it.

I know. I grew up there.

[Sender]

mmmmPod? iCow? iDinners? Maybe it IS a video iPod, and it's playing a dinner. Press pause.

[papertyger]

Lovely thought, but I think it should be Wal-Mart doing the offering. They sold the product.

EEERRT. Wrong answer.

Apple refers to all of their vendors as "resellers" for a reason ;o)

[Blueflag]

Let's see ... The product is shipped, from the factory in a shrink-wrapped box.

Did thay buy one without the protective cover?

I think I smell a finger in the Wendy's burger, or a family prankster.

[tubebender]

From the story...

He says Cambra will be given a new iPod for her son from the very next shipment the store receives.

[Prime Choice]

Lovely thought, but I think it should be Wal-Mart doing the offering. They sold the product.

EEERRT. Wrong answer.

Oh?

Quoting from the article:
Dan Fogleman, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, said it did appear that the package was sealed and has contacted Apple about the matter.

He says Cambra will be given a new iPod for her son from the very next shipment the store receives.

No one from Apple was available for comment.

[SamAdams76]

Something smells fishy about this story.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Something smells fishy about this story."

A meat product in apple packaging is something that truly has carnal ap-peal...

[justt bloomin]

Sue the hell of out Wal-Mart.

[/sarcasm]

[decal]

"Sue the hell of out Wal-Mart."

I dunno - I'm starting to think this is exactly what Someone Out There wants to have happen.

I bought a prepaid cell phone at W*M yesterday that had also been tampered with (lucky the clerk caught it).

I live in TX, not HI.

I've seen other posts in the W*M threads in here recently complaining of the same thing. Has anyone heard of someone organizing this sort of sabotage recently?

[justt bloomin]

Here's some new pics:





And, a video here:

http://www.local6.com/news/5710517/detail.html