Short/Sparks When Plugging in Airport Extreme

Just unboxed my new Airport Extreme to set up a streaming audio link from iTunes and sparks flew from the unit as I plugged it into a socket...The unit is slightly melted and burned and I got a tiny burn on my fingers pulling the unit from the wall. Yikes. Obviously I'm returning it to CompUSA tomorrow but has anyone has this trouble before??
Alan Goldsmith
Ann Arbor
eMac   Mac OS X (10.3.1)  

alangoldsmith, Welcome to the discussion area!
You must mean an AirPort Express.
Either way, it doesn't sound normal.

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