A Messed Up Story. Console Gamer's worst nightmare.

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

blog itspliffstar12

LOL. All that writing and someones comes up with a clean simple answer "blog it"

Sucks for you.

WOW that seriosly sucks so right now your stuck with nothing :o

since you already have 360 games you'll want to get a 360 again but wait awhile and get one of the new ones that doesnt RRoD as much

How ironic when a PS3 game flops F3, suddenly everyone's 360 RROD :roll:Erik_Lensherr

Yes, because those two things are definitely related.:roll:

See, I can do it too.

How ironic when a PS3 game flops F3, suddenly everyone's 360 RROD :roll:Erik_Lensherr

This was before Fallout 3 thank you.

I don't really care for that game anyways. I liked Fallout 2 but I have a computer to run F3.

Sorry to dissapoint you though. I'm neither a fanboy or a loyalist. I just like games and tech period.

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

partytimekegs

how can i say this to you...

How ironic when a PS3 game flops F3, suddenly everyone's 360 RROD :roll:Erik_Lensherr

How interesting, every time Erik_Lensherr posts he's trying to create fanboy wars.

Troll much?

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

partytimekegs

I know rrod is a problem but your story sounds like complete BS. OH YEAH guess what happened to me last gen, I bought a ps2 and straight out of the box it hada DRE! Sony wouldn't fix it so I returned it for another! And again DRE, I did this 7times before I got one that worked and 2 weeks later DRE! Hey guyz Ima telling the truth, TRUE STORY. /Sarcasm

This isn't evn worth the new topic button.

[QUOTE="partytimekegs"]

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

imelitenow

how can i say this to you...

Or he could also stop rolling it in a towel when he plays it.

[QUOTE="imelitenow"][QUOTE="partytimekegs"]

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

wizardwd

how can i say this to you...

Or he could also stop rolling it in a towel when he plays it.

THAT glassbox isn't helping it either:P

That is a sad sad story, which NO gamer should have to endure.

*pat on the bakc* there there, save up and get a PS3.

that sucks for u. i had luck with my 360 i'm on my second one.

i bought insurance from gamestop. i had to wait like 5 min for them to get them to replace it. i called up gamestop asked if they had any they said no. so i had to call another gamestop they had one i drive to the mall. tell them the person starts telling me how i should call up microsoft for the replacement...... i'm like why did i buy insurance from gamestop just to find out that they send it out.... i made them replace it.

RROD out of the box twice? I call BS:|FirstDiscovery

360s may get RROD fast but not that fast:|

[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]RROD out of the box twice? I call BS:|imelitenow

360s may get RROD fast but not that fast:|

Somebody is looking for attention BAD

you give up to easily.

you sell it to your friend after 1 call to MS? jeez, at least call a few more times and talk to a superviser before you throw your money away.

Any RROD stories on SW I take with a grain of salt. Your story is hard to believe even down to the managers joke. If it's true thats crapy odds and bad luck. If your lying it wouldn't be the first here on SW.demoralizer

fixed

Okay. So I was there when the second wave of 360's came out. It was amazing.. first game was NFS:MW. Had a hell of a time.

First 360 fries about 9 months after I bought it on multiplayer GRAW.

I had purchased an extended warranty from Microsoft when I had first bought it. Now they were saying I never had one. Funny.

So feeling screwed and dehydrating from the want of Saints Row.. I had to get a new one. So yes, to my ignorance, I went out and got another.

Shortly after, about three or so months, a letter from Microsoft comes in the mail. I open it and can you imagine what it says? "Your extended warranty is coming to an end. Update your existing warranty to prevent damage to your investment!" Blah blah blah. Confused for a moment I read the serial.. which matched exactly to the first 360 that had fried. Wow, oh #%@#^#@, wow. So I call in and complain.. and they said all they can do is just replace it. Too pissed off to do anything serious about it I just send it in and sell it to a friend. Shortly after that.. my second one fries. This time it was really, really early for it to happen.. and I had bought a Gamestop warranty just in case MS tried to screw me a second time.

I bring the RROD 360 to Gamestop.. return it.. and go home.

Out of the box RROD. Hard Drive failure.

I go back and return it. Of course, the employees look at me weird as if I had violated the system or something. (Because you know.. Gamestop isn't exactly a great place.) I get my new 360 and rush home.. tired and wanting to play some Rainbow Six.

Bingo. Once again.. RROD right out of the box.. this time a general hardware failure.

I once again bring the system back to Gamestop.. where I get hassled and joked about. (The manager was making really strange sexual comments about me having relations with the 360 too hard. By the way, she must have been at least 55 or so. Eugh.)

I bring it home and finally one that works. Thank god.

Months later again.. it eventually happened. Another fried 360. However, this time my Gamestop warranty was over but this is when all 360s became extended warranty regardless of buying the warranty or not.

I call up MS and they say that I don't have a warranty.. again. Except this time.. I have no back up and I don't have the money to do this crap all over again. About six months before this I had bought a PS3.. then ended up selling it because I never played it RIGHT before my 360 went RROD. I was truly.. screwed.

I sold the dead 360 for 100$ to my friend who was going to sell it on Ebay.

A couple days later he called MS and they replaced it. WTF?

Never again.. will I trust a single cent to Microsoft. I don't have near the amount of patience to mess around like this again.

And yes, I know this all sounds really rediculous. Most of my friends still have their first and we treated them just alike. Oh well though.. I'll just end up getting a PS3 pretty soon when I come across the money.

partytimekegs

I have a similar less tragic story where they said my warrenty was out of date (2 years and 6 months baring in mind). Then we go through a painstaking conversation with some foreign customer service... "How will you pay the £40?" "Maestro" "What's Maestro"

So seeing as my mum isn't going to pay with American Express, and definately not a Visa card she bought me a brand new one.

MS sucks... Still, at least this'n works.

If this breaks I will see what I can sue 'em for.

hope you have future luck finding a more reliable system

i remember when the psp first came out, i had to return it three times until i could get a "lesser" broken model

lucky for me, i don't play the 360 enough for me to worry about it crashing... on the down side, i wasted well over $400 just to play bioshock, rsv, kameo and halo 3 because i thought "what the hell, maybe it will replace my pc" wrong

at the same time, there is a lesson here.. don't put up with the run around

i got the run around all day today by time warner road runner.. after enough **** i'm now saving over $100

[QUOTE="imelitenow"]

[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]RROD out of the box twice? I call BS:|FirstDiscovery

360s may get RROD fast but not that fast:|

Somebody is looking for attention BAD

i want to attention!

*does a little dance*

*shakes head*

I just don't get people like you that put up with that stuff...

My bro 360 crashed after 10months, we gave M$ one chance...got a brand new one off the warranty, 2 days later - its fried

Got it fixed again, sold it - he got a PS3....wam bam thank you mam easy that.

RROD out of the box twice? I call BS:|FirstDiscovery

It's possible... I mean the 360 is flawed TO BEGIN WITH. Why is it not possible that somebody is unlucky enough to get two bad consoles from a bad company.

Ok. What can I say.EuroMafia

2 RROD's out of the box.. I find that hard to believe.Dr_Snood

Don't. I have worked at the fine company that was giving him those systems. Before MS started sending 'fixed' systems back to gamestop with a refurb notice on the box, there were many systems that were refurb with no sign of showing. Not only that, those systems were often used to replinish warranty covered consoles that came in. It was an unhealthy cycle which ultimately ended with Gamestop no longer selling warranties for about 1 year.

Don't give up on Microsoft, its not their fault, buy a new Xbox360AgentA-Mi6

No way. If he has experienced such awful customer service, why the hell should he go back? No game on the planet is worth putting up with all that headache.

TC, what you are describing is just awful to have happened. Hopefully you will find some restitution in your PS3 purchase in the future.