Another one bites the dust...

Well in the middle of modding my lambo in midnight club LA last night my PS3 turns itself of!? I don't panic but coolly turn it back on and the game loads then it shuts off again, oh no! Turn it back on green light only not green and blue eject disk yellow light then flashing red light after it turns itself off again. Shut it off at the main power and then tried again this morning, dead.

She was a launch 60GB and we shared many good times but alas she is now dead. I'm outa warranty and it will cost me $350! to have it "fixed". This ... the big one and is the first time I've ever had a product of this kind go out like this:( I hope the BRAVIA does not die as well.

So to those that have had similar, how long did it take to get fixed? I would normally just buy a brand new one but I'm saving my coin for other things.

She? What is her name?Ultrabeatdown55

She? What is her name?Ultrabeatdown55

I call mine Sonya:oops:

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Mine died saturday night same thing. Why is it going to cost so much? I already called sony (mine is a launch system as well) and it will cost me $190.95 canadian and take about 2 weeks. I just hope I get my 160gb hard drive I put in back, I can't find the original 20gb drive I must have lost it. They had better send me back one with backwards compatability too, I wish they would send your system back instead of a refurbished one but what can ya do?bundymatic

It's a good service. I got a 60gig and my game stuck inside it back and it took about 8 days (a week pretty much). Not sure about the HDD though.

Sorry to hear it man, it sucks when a system fails of its own volition basically due to hardware shortcomings that is no fault of the consumer and we have to pay for it. I remember the controller slot in my PS2 stopped working I called Sony and they wanted to charge me nearly the price of a system to fix one controller port. If mines fails on me I doubt I will pay the price of another system for something that is not my fault.Sepewrath

Yeah I'm now thinking that why should I reward SONY by getting straight back on the bandwagon and getting it fixed at my own cost ($350 Australian!) or buying another system. As I said I am saving my money for other things so I might just sell all my games and drop out for a few months.

Thanks to all :)

I have seen multiple posts on these boards as well as the playstation.com boards that people have been able to complain enough and ask for a supervisor in order to get their repair done for free. I can't swear that these people are all being honest, but I would have to assume that at least some are. I would try that. I know that a lot of companies will eventually bend/break if you complain enough. Say something like you'll just sell your console and your games and buy a 360 because they have a longer warranty on their system or something along the lines of that. Companies never want to lose customers.

I can speak from personal experience for my cell phone. The battery died on me, and they wanted me to pay a $50 deductible to pay for a new phone (I have the insurance.) I complained enough and I called a couple times until they waved the deductible. Best of luck, man, because noone should ever have to pay that price to have their console fixed.

because your living in a more expensive country maybe , or its ps3 is more expensive to make, so they add the charge to consumers 90 bucks is what would fix a wii for me in the us lol i never had problem with ps3 yet hopefully i dont ,i have a 07 60 gb lol, and i dont want no 80 160 or 40 or 20 lol