man if you thought getting a box of batteries was weird...

[ESCOBEN]

the lovely people at EA instead of sending me my empty box to return my drums, they send me a box of what appears to be a plastic bag filled with what i hope is water and sand. it included no paperwork just the paper to send to me and the return papers.

http://i36.tinypic.com/20z5pj9.jpg
does that look big enough to fit the drum heads? not even a guitar if i took it apart.

http://i33.tinypic.com/2lb007n.jpg
i do really hope this is water and sand and not some sort of cancer giving chemical drain from your scooters (which im guessing would be where the other guy got batteries).

View My Video (http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=23r79d1&s=4)

and heres the back of the mystery liquid.

so i put this crap in the back yard in a flower bed all nicely taped up.

thanks Kundan Kumar from EA and sending me this box of crap, douche.

[Stealth3dsniper]

thats odd when i got a box it was huge did u check the address? Maybe another package sent to u on accident.

[ESCOBEN]

nope its all EA my name was on the delivery address and return address was to EA. i just sent a message to EA also id just like to see the HMX team see what super douches the people at EA are. now this doesnt make me hate HMX like that other guy. if i didnt have my RB1 set still id be pissed, tho i did love the new RB2 drums. ive already waited 2 weeks.

[Stealth3dsniper]

kinda looks like blood which would be really odd

[ESCOBEN]

it could it be the blood,sweat, and tears of the people at EA doing fine work?

lmao

but seriously what the hell man? what are they doing at EA smoking rocks?

[Stealth3dsniper]

have u checked whats under the bags? put some gloves on and lift them up if u haven't if u want to

[ESCOBEN]

yeah nothing but filler paper and a cardboard piece with nothing taped to it

[Stealth3dsniper]

weird call ea

[ESCOBEN]

i sent them a message with the pics if they dont email me or address me about it ill call them. they have one day till i call

[Stealth3dsniper]

ill be checking back

[ESCOBEN]

i dont know if this happens because i didnt want to pay 125 just to get a new set then they refund me when i send it back. if i had paid the 125 and got this i would have been super pissed. anyways ill update this with anything when it comes up.

[ExpertDrummer]

Eww,thats:
-Awful
-Icky
-Disgusting
-Sick

[ESCOBEN]

now imaging your niece trying to play with it because it looks like a toy they sell at toysrus having to tell her to stop because you dont know what that is. that is a heath hazard. thats why i put it outside

[Stealth3dsniper]

its in bags that where sealed air tight so it is something harmful i guess im trying to think of what could be in rock band instrument that looks like that

[ESCOBEN]

only thing taht would fit in the box is a drum pad just one. its got 2 openings where it looks like hoses connect into it so you can fill it with whatever the hell is in it.

[ExpertDrummer]

Haha LOL did you get my other post?!(#12)

Jeez,this is STILL a mystery

[PanteraOpeth]

It looks like a big bag of used toner from a printer or what have you..

Or a giant Capri-Sun.

[ESCOBEN]

Haha LOL did you get my other post?!(#12)

Jeez,this is STILL a mystery


yeah thats what i was saying my niece thought it was like a big ball of colored water or something.

id like to find out what the hell it is but no way am i gonna open it.

[ExpertDrummer]

yeah thats what i was saying my niece thought it was like a big ball of colored water or something.

id like to find out what the hell it is but no way am i gonna open it.

LOL,DONT...OPEN....THE...BAG!!! hahaha what if it is something rare and you didn't know like in most movies.Haha highly doubt it.

LOL @:
-Awful
-Icky
-Disgusting
-Sick
AIDS!!
Sorry,having to much fun because this thread is hilarious.Mysterious red stuff.Were you just staring at it when you first saw it?

[ESCOBEN]

when i saw the box i went "i ****ing knew id get ****ing batteries i ****ing knew it" then when i opened it and went "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck"
\
they gave me a number to call and that was it. so now i gotta call. but there closed now.

[Agentespio]

Rock Band mystery story of the year.

I'm on the edge of my seat!

[ESCOBEN]

after i get this all settled and im pretty sure ill have to dispose of it ill get some gloves a mask and goggles and open it and see what the hell it is. could take a sample and get it tested. if its hazardous i could make demands to EA could i?

[PanteraOpeth]

I'd be surprised if they don't send someone to your house to get it themselves. Whether it's hazardous or not, it shouldn't have been sent to you.

If it's hazardous I think you'd have a lawsuit of some sort.

[ESCOBEN]

its EA im lucky if they even send me my drums, let alone expect them to come out here and get it. if it is hazardous the last thing id want to do is give it back. the thing about a lawsuit is besides me getting something from them sending **** like that in the mail when others have to get there stuff from them THEY WILL send exactly what they ask for. they wont let it happen again. i hope it doesnt come to that though.

[ExpertDrummer]

OoooOoOooh scary stuff here.I wouldnt touch it or leave it outside were the sun is.

[Fooruman]

Holy hell, I wouldn't leave it outside in your back yard. I'd seriously advise calling a has-mat team immediately. That's some scary looking stuff!

[ESCOBEN]

its not in the sun its in the shade, its the only place i can put it. the garage has kittens in it and i dont want them to some how get into it.

[njerald]

What you got there is a bag-in-box (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag-in-box) bladder of something. Odd that it doesn't appear to have any labeling/printing on it.

It could be as harmless as concentrated beverage syrup - the stuff that restaurants hook up to soda fountains to make Diet Coke, etc. Can't see the second nozzle from your pic, but maybe it looks like this one? (http://www.neli-vyskov.cz/en/images/sirupy/bag_in_box.jpg)

OTOH, the liquid could very well be hazardous - e.g., Wikipedia mentions "BIB is also used to dispense sulfuric acid for filling lead-acid batteries in garages and dealerships." Yours doesn't look like battery acid, but still... :eek:

[davidshek]

For those of you who missed the original batteries thread, it's here:

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47348

[Billkwando]

This is the best thread ever.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1596168518_53e41e2c8d.jpg

[ESCOBEN]

What you got there is a bag-in-box (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag-in-box) bladder of something. Odd that it doesn't appear to have any labeling/printing on it.

It could be as harmless as concentrated beverage syrup - the stuff that restaurants hook up to soda fountains to make Diet Coke, etc. Can't see the second nozzle from your pic, but maybe it looks like this one? (http://www.neli-vyskov.cz/en/images/sirupy/bag_in_box.jpg)

OTOH, the liquid could very well be hazardous - e.g., Wikipedia mentions "BIB is also used to dispense sulfuric acid for filling lead-acid batteries in garages and dealerships." Yours doesn't look like battery acid, but still... :eek:

i dont remember my pepsi having sand with it. now that i think about it, it could just be a weight or something but they hell you ship me a weight for if the box cant even hold the drums to ship back if i took it out? so it couldent be that. when they ship anything they have to label what there shipping especially when its hazardous. even then its prohibitied being shiped to civillians. im gonna call later and im gonna ask them to tell me what the hell it is. if they say "oh we dont know" im gonna call shinnanigans. how do you not know what you shipped someone from your warehouse?

[ESCOBEN]

just called there sending me out a new box to send my drums in. im still gonna get the liquid tested.

[ExpertDrummer]

just called there sending me out a new box to send my drums in. im still gonna get the liquid tested.

Did you ask them about the big "¿ mystery bag ?"
Haha I am STILL laughing.

[MDJR2k7]

My parents make wine. and that looks alot like a big bag of wine!
I could be wrong but that really looks like a bag of wine. Wierd:p

[ExpertDrummer]

My parents make wine. and that looks alot like a big bag of wine!
I could be wrong but that really looks like a bag of wine. Wierd:p

...I SOLVED IT!!This what happened at EA.Some employees were sneaking and drinking wine and when the Boss came in,they threw it in a box which was shipped to you:p!

GUYS!!! GUYS!!! MY XBOX JUST CAME!!!!! TOTAL OF 12 WEEKS AND FINALLY CAME!!!!! YESS!!! RB2 ALL DAY!!!

[ESCOBEN]

if it was wine id be thanking them instead of thinking i gotta call homeland security lol. at this point i dont care i just want my drums to work. now i gotta find someone to buy my RB 1 drums and guitar i have no need for a wired set.

[Caedrus]

This thread is full of win. Not gonna lie.

[ExpertDrummer]

This thread is full of win. Not gonna lie.

....or are you lying about not gonna lie?....lol:p

[ESCOBEN]

well the joke is now between me and my friend, they send me another thing like this imma take a dump in the box and mail it back. it will contain a letter that says "you send me your **** and ill send you the same back." I have also thought id make a demand for a free brand new drum set and guitar. if the demand doesn't work then a pooping i will mail.

[onduvalst]

You should really call who ever they shipped it through and report it. I'd be freaking out.

[Agentespio]

Alright, so I stayed up all night shocked and terrified for the next day, when I read the paper and hear some guy just wanting to play Rock Band but died from radiation poisoning.

Luckily that hasn't happened... yet ;)

So, any luck?

[afterstasis]

i never really come into this forum, but perhaps i need to start.

wow.

[Isaac9er]

Whoa! You need to find out what it is. You can't leave us all hanging!!!

[ESCOBEN]

Alright, so I stayed up all night shocked and terrified for the next day, when I read the paper and hear some guy just wanting to play Rock Band but died from radiation poisoning.

Luckily that hasn't happened... yet ;)

So, any luck?

sadly no :( no big pay out for me yet. they **** up again imma ask for the guitar too for screwing up 2 times. actually im playing on the old ddrums right now. i put no fail and played almost easy and it seemed to knock something back in. when i get the box ill still want the new ones tho.