KnackChap Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 WE JUST KNEW it wouldn't go smoothly. Shortly after our Xbox 360 went to the mass-grave of RROD failures, when playing the mediocre Halo 3 :rofl2: :rofl2: , we sent it off to Microsoft for our free repair. We packaged it nicely. Dusting off the original retail box from mothballed storage, we carefully placed the 360 in, coupled with the PSU and a substantial amount of original packaging. We also left the chrome 360 plate on the DVD drive - this was a Core unit which we had customised with a chrome DVD tray to make it appear to be a Premium SKU - Core units were the only consoles available in shops on day one. We finally received our repaired 360 unit back in the post today. But things were slightly amiss. First, the console came packaged in a cardboard box. Gone was our original retail box and packaging, instantly removing a substantial amount of resell value. Secondly we noticed our beloved chrome DVD tray had disappeared in favour of an original off-white plastic plate. The swines! Most importantly though, our heavy, expensive Xbox 360 power supply was nowhere to be seen. Microsoft, having written off a billion dollars obviously needed to recoup as much money as it could on each console repair, and so has resorted to filching INQ property! Lastly, and possibly the most humorous part of this debacle, is the fact that the console wasn't correctly repaired. The Core unit had been suffering from an intermittent RROD, which is what we had specified in the repair form to Microsoft. Instead, they've 'repaired' the DVD drive, which, though bloody noisy, never gave us any problems. Microsoft, if you're reading this, please return our items as soon as possible http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...ws-inq-xbox-360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 ^^ :rofl2: That is hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivioner Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 awesome article very funny.. Nice find KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastAvenger Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 hahahaha thats hilarious. hope that doesn't happen to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouchyFever Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Be afraid....very afraiddd..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeno Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 lol da psu n repair prob is funny but they tell u tat dont send ur 360 in its original packagin coz we arent gonna send da f**kin thing bak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot-Drake-Pixel Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 WE JUST KNEW it wouldn't go smoothly. Shortly after our Xbox 360 went to the mass-grave of RROD failures, when playing the mediocre Halo 3 :rofl2: :rofl2: , we sent it off to Microsoft for our free repair. We packaged it nicely. Dusting off the original retail box from mothballed storage, we carefully placed the 360 in, coupled with the PSU and a substantial amount of original packaging. We also left the chrome 360 plate on the DVD drive - this was a Core unit which we had customised with a chrome DVD tray to make it appear to be a Premium SKU - Core units were the only consoles available in shops on day one. We finally received our repaired 360 unit back in the post today. But things were slightly amiss. First, the console came packaged in a cardboard box. Gone was our original retail box and packaging, instantly removing a substantial amount of resell value. Secondly we noticed our beloved chrome DVD tray had disappeared in favour of an original off-white plastic plate. The swines! Most importantly though, our heavy, expensive Xbox 360 power supply was nowhere to be seen. Microsoft, having written off a billion dollars obviously needed to recoup as much money as it could on each console repair, and so has resorted to filching INQ property! Lastly, and possibly the most humorous part of this debacle, is the fact that the console wasn't correctly repaired. The Core unit had been suffering from an intermittent RROD, which is what we had specified in the repair form to Microsoft. Instead, they've 'repaired' the DVD drive, which, though bloody noisy, never gave us any problems. Microsoft, if you're reading this, please return our items as soon as possible http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...ws-inq-xbox-360 :roflroll2: Funny stuff KC and not necessarily true. But it does remind me of CHOR bazaar. You leave your XBOX unattended and M$ will remove it's spares and sell around you in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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