R.I.P. I Am The Anton's Xbox 360

[I Am The Anton]

Just called, and as I expected they were no help. Some guy from I don't even fuckin know where was "helping" me and kept saying "oohhhh this make me so depress, I would give you free repair if i could and free game too!". Yeah thats nice, give me a call when you can do that buddy, until then fuck microsoft. I'm not paying another $140 (plus shipping) to have a console I just paid $400 for 4 months ago repaired (when in all honesty I would never ever see the console I shipped to them ever again,  I would get some POS refurb).

Its just ridiculous how so many people have fucking problems with this system, its almost like its by design just to make an extra $140 from each console sold. I'm gonna try to pull some kinda return scheme at a walmart or something to see if I can get a new one, if not I guess more drastic measures will be taken.

BTW, the Xbox 360 still works wonderfully as a $400 paperweight.

[I Am The Anton]

Dude, I'm pretty sure they'll repair it for free or give you another one, cuz it's THEIR fuck up...

exactly. They got real good customer service here in Northamerica,id imagine its the same in Italy too
have u called them yet?

I don't live in Italy............I'm in the US lol

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Just called, and as I expected they were no help. Some guy from I don't even fuckin know where was "helping" me and kept saying "oohhhh this make me so depress, I would give you free repair if i could and free game too!". Yeah thats nice, give me a call when you can do that buddy, until then fuck microsoft. I'm not paying another $140 (plus shipping) to have a console I just paid $400 for 4 months ago repaired (when in all honesty I would never ever see the console I shipped to them ever again,  I would get some POS refurb).

Its just ridiculous how so many people have fucking problems with this system, its almost like its by design just to make an extra $140 from each console sold. I'm gonna try to pull some kinda return scheme at a walmart or something to see if I can get a new one, if not I guess more drastic measures will be taken.

BTW, the Xbox 360 still works wonderfully as a $400 paperweight.

Just don't give up, man...Trust me, it'll work if you keep at it.

[I Am The Anton]

Just called, and as I expected they were no help. Some guy from I don't even fuckin know where was "helping" me and kept saying "oohhhh this make me so depress, I would give you free repair if i could and free game too!". Yeah thats nice, give me a call when you can do that buddy, until then fuck microsoft. I'm not paying another $140 (plus shipping) to have a console I just paid $400 for 4 months ago repaired (when in all honesty I would never ever see the console I shipped to them ever again,  I would get some POS refurb).

Its just ridiculous how so many people have fucking problems with this system, its almost like its by design just to make an extra $140 from each console sold. I'm gonna try to pull some kinda return scheme at a walmart or something to see if I can get a new one, if not I guess more drastic measures will be taken.

BTW, the Xbox 360 still works wonderfully as a $400 paperweight.

Just don't give up, man...Trust me, it'll work if you keep at it.

I'm filling out a form with the Better Business Bureau right now.

[Black_Smoke]

Just called, and as I expected they were no help. Some guy from I don't even fuckin know where was "helping" me and kept saying "oohhhh this make me so depress, I would give you free repair if i could and free game too!". Yeah thats nice, give me a call when you can do that buddy, until then fuck microsoft. I'm not paying another $140 (plus shipping) to have a console I just paid $400 for 4 months ago repaired (when in all honesty I would never ever see the console I shipped to them ever again,  I would get some POS refurb).

Its just ridiculous how so many people have fucking problems with this system, its almost like its by design just to make an extra $140 from each console sold. I'm gonna try to pull some kinda return scheme at a walmart or something to see if I can get a new one, if not I guess more drastic measures will be taken.

BTW, the Xbox 360 still works wonderfully as a $400 paperweight.

the update problem affected 1% of 360 owners,u were just unlucky which sucks,i still think they should repair it for free though

[I Am The Anton]

I'm sorry but you can't believe any statistics MS puts out. THey also say only 3-5% of xbox360s have had any problems. I've hardly ever heard of anyones 360 lasting more than about 6 months. Theres a thread on the xbox.com forums with 9 pages worth of people saying their xbox's were bricked after the update.

The 360 is a great system, but its made like shit (whether this is on purpose or not I don't know)

[Black_Smoke]

I'm sorry but you can't believe any statistics MS puts out. THey also say only 3-5% of xbox360s have had any problems. I've hardly ever heard of anyones 360 lasting more than about 6 months. Theres a thread on the xbox.com forums with 9 pages worth of people saying their xbox's were bricked after the update.

The 360 is a great system, but its made like shit (whether this is on purpose or not I don't know)

yea but 9 pages on the xbox forum compared to how many xbox 360 have been sold is still a very small percent, ive had mine since launch and havent had any problems with it , it does suck alot that they wont repair it for free,what did they say when u told them what happened?

[I Am The Anton]

Well first of all i'm not blaming the update as much for the 360 fucking up as much as i'm blaming the fact that its still just as defective as it was at launch. They basically said theres nothign they can do unless I pay them, which I will not do. If it had actually lasted as long as a $400 system should have, I would have no problem paying for repairs. They just really need to figure out how to correct whatever is wrong with the 360 because its really a faulty system.

[Black_Smoke]

Well first of all i'm not blaming the update as much for the 360 fucking up as much as i'm blaming the fact that its still just as defective as it was at launch. They basically said theres nothign they can do unless I pay them, which I will not do. If it had actually lasted as long as a $400 system should have, I would have no problem paying for repairs. They just really need to figure out how to correct whatever is wrong with the 360 because its really a faulty system.

yea thats bullshit they wont reapair it for free,so what are u gonna do now? just go without a 360? there might be some places locally that can fix it for cheaper,where abouts do u live , i always thought u were from italy for some reason lol,are u at least italian?

[I Am The Anton]

Nope not italian lol

All I can think of is taking it to walmart and saying it was a gift or something and hopefully get a new one. If that doesn't wok all I can do is hope the BBB can get something done (i've heard of people going to the BBB and getting theirs fixed for free, along with a free game lol). And if THAT doesn't work I guess i'm screwed.

Thank god my Dreamcast is still going strong.

[Black_Smoke]

yea try walmart,if u complain enough they will usually let u exchange it haha and yea the dreamcast was a dope system

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^^I think he's pretty familiar with Wal-Mart's policy.

[jeromechickenbone]

Yeah I made a thread a while back about my 360 going kaput.  Not sure if it was attributed to an update or not, it just quit working.  I had bought my 360 from Wal-Mart and went and exchanged it no problem.  But I had my receipt.

[I Am The Anton]

Yeah I made a thread a while back about my 360 going kaput.  Not sure if it was attributed to an update or not, it just quit working.  I had bought my 360 from Wal-Mart and went and exchanged it no problem.  But I had my receipt.

Yeah I don't think it was the update that messed mine up, I just think the system is made poorly. I bought mine at walmart but taking my receipt would make it less likely that I could get a new one than just going i nthere saying i got it recently as a present lol.

[jeromechickenbone]

Yeah I made a thread a while back about my 360 going kaput.  Not sure if it was attributed to an update or not, it just quit working.  I had bought my 360 from Wal-Mart and went and exchanged it no problem.  But I had my receipt.

Yeah I don't think it was the update that messed mine up, I just think the system is made poorly. I bought mine at walmart but taking my receipt would make it less likely that I could get a new one than just going i nthere saying i got it recently as a present lol.

When did you get it?  Walmart is usually pretty good about exchanging straight up.  Now a refund would be difficult.  You can also try going to another wal-mart and if it doesn't work, try another technique at another wal-mart and so on.