Although they don't say what brand this was, a MP3 player bought from Wal-Mart came preloaded with porn.

Apparently a father gave his 10-year-old daughter a Christmas present that would make Santa blush. Now Daryl Hill wants to know why an MP3 video player he bought at a Wal-Mart in Sparta was preloaded with pornography and explicit songs.

Hill bought three of the players as Christmas presents for his children. He said one of the devices had apparently been returned to the store from a previous owner who loaded sex clips and songs with lyrics about using drugs.

“Within 10 minutes, my daughter was crying,” Hill said Thursday. “I wish I could take the thoughts and images out of her head.”

Hill questioned why Wal-Mart Stores Inc. would sell used merchandise as new, which he said violates its own policies.

A company spokesman said in an e-mail to WSMV-TV of Nashville that stores are not supposed to return opened packages to the sales floor and that the matter was under investigation.

Hill said he declined Wal-Mart’s offer to replace the MP3 player. He said he has already bought his daughter a new one and is hanging onto the controversial one until he talks to a lawyer.

I don’t blame him, Wal-Mart needs to do a better job at checking their returns. They say they have a policy on it, but for some reason the policy was not followed.
This is a remoinder that we all need to make sure we check our purchases to make sure the package has not been opened or played with.

I have no problem getting a deal on a returned or reboxed item. Heck, I jsut got a smoking deal on a Tivo Wireless adapter that was an open box and it worked fine. But I was told ahead of time it was an open box and that it still came with a warranty.

A lot of places rebox and resell returned electronic equipment. Nothing wrong with that, but I bet Wal-Mart makes sure something like this doesn't happen again!