Tamatha Tovar bought her son a late Christmas present over the Easter weekend, a brand new PSP from Wal-Mart in Manatee County, Florida reports myfoxboston.When 6 year old Eliso turned on the PSP for the first time however, the background had been set to a picture of a naked woman. Frightened he would be grounded Eliso ran to his mum crying to show her. Tamatha then found a memory card in the PSP filled with pornographic material which she claims is not hers and was already in the box.
In shock Tamatha phoned Wal-Mart asking to speak with the manager and explain the situation.
"I explained the situation and his response was, "well, bring the machine down and we'll let your son pick out a new game," Tamatha then continued to say "and I was like, no I don't think you heard what I said."
A spokesperson for Wal-Mart has said they are looking into what happened and they were concerned over the matter. Ms Tovar has told Wal-Mart she wants a new PSP to replace the one she bought and an apology from the company.
Cases like this are sadly not unheard of and it was only in March where Sony received bad publicity after a Kentucky man was accused of trying to persuade an 11 year old Humble girl to send him nude photos while they played games online together. Neowin's Garrett Dodd covered the story back in March.
Yeah, I mean... He HAVEN'T paid extra for porn. is this fair or what?
I'm more shocked the mum knew how to access the memory card.
but who'd put goatse as their background?
DON'T ask!! :| :|
Oh right; Fox news. :-/
I agree, I don't really see a big deal about this. Wal-Mart was dirty, and gave them a return product, bleh.
A small company I used to work for years ago purchased a Packard Bell PC from a popular electrical retailer in Australia. After a week of using it the thing died (motherboard). They ended up getting a replacement PC. A few weeks later we get a call from a woman who just purchase the same model PC from the same store and find all our company data on the PC. Needless to say the retailer was sued...
It does happen!
I once worked in a store doing repairs. It's funny when you're working on their PC and stumble upon their homemade porn.
This country is so screwed up.
She's eagerly awaiting her lawyers response to the possibility of suing for irreparable damages to her kid, plus false advertising, as the unit wasn't new.
Anyone else smell a lawsuit?
1. Her 6 year old son was put into a situation that she obviously did not agree with and was helpless to "protect" against.
2. She purchased a new PSP, but it may not have been new.
2a. If it was a Walmart issue, they need tighter policies on checking merchandise upon return and instead of putting them back on the shelf, they should be labeled as "clearance" items.
People should not be paying full retail price for something that has already left the store. Would you want / expect to pay full retail for a vehicle that was previously sold? I won't...
2b. If it was a Sony issue, they need tighter policies regarding equipment inspection and testing coming off the assembly line.
Accidents do happen, but the nature of it being an accident doesn't negate the responsibility of the party at fault. The child should get a brand new PSP in exchange for the old one / memory card, but since he likely wasn't traumatized over the incident, that's all he should get.
Why would she need a whole new PSP? She clearly understands the memory card had the porn on it. She doesn't want a free extra game, just an exchange? Isn't that kind of sketchy? Why do I get the feeling someone dropped their PSP or damaged the screen right before finding this magic porn?
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