Wal-Mart Offers Consumers $10 Gift Cards After Brawl Snafu

Jan. 19 9:14 AM by Lynxara

I didn't follow this story as it was breaking since I had no idea it was going to lead anywhere so gloriously stupid, but here we are. It's time for a symphony of incompetence, as conducted in Kotaku links.

For a brief period last week, Wal-Mart appeared to be offering Super Smash Bros. Brawl pre-orders at the ridiculously low price of $19.82. This was a mistake and now Wal-Mart is offering a price closer to the title's usual MSRP.

Where things get stupid is how Wal-Mart dealt with their error. Folks who pre-ordered the Brawl at the reduced price, got e-mails informing them that their order had been forcibly canceled. People were obviously upset at this, so Wal-Mart decided to make nice by... offering the folks who had their Brawl pre-orders canceled a measly $10 gift card.

Yeah, that's an awesome way to compensate someone who thought they were going to get a new copy of one of the most anticipated games of 2008 at a $30 discount. I wouldn't be angry at all.