Street Fighter IV Mad Catz Standard Edition FightStick, PS3

Just bought the SFIV Mad Catz fight stick for my PS3. Had to travel over 2 hours to grab it at a Gamestop store, the only store in the Chicagoland area that still had one left. Got quite lucky it seems, because this one was a pre-order and the guy never showed up.

Or maybe, not so lucky. Right out of the box, the controller was completely busted. It seems that mine has a defect that causes the joystick to keep getting stuck. Here are some videos to show exactly what I mean: