I just returned my Xbox 360 and bought a PS3

This is from my thread that had been deleted; due to it being posted in the wrong section
I have compiled my posts:
http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=909102863&topic_id=25757954

POST1
I know this isClasic (they won't let me spell it correctly)story, but I bought a Xbox 360 premium pack yesterday (Saturday, July 7, 2007) and when it started up the 'rings of death' smiled at me,

I was so mad, I called the Xbox 360 support number to swear at them, stupid robot voice thing wouldn't transfer me to the call centers they have in India.

I just returned it back and bought a PS3, I know it don't have any games right now that I am interested in, but its better then having a paper weight that has a red smile. I know that it comes with a three year warranty, but what will I do if it breaks after that? So I hope this story will help you make an educated choice on which console to buy, I understand that the PS3 is financially out of reach for many, but it may save you in the long run.

Just so you know I can price match the price of the PS3 if it changes in the next 90 days

POST2
Many would flame me for this action and call it untrue

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If a product worth over 500 dollers, ( i price matched it for 399, some small store was selling it for that much,) is broken out of the box, what message does the product tell me?? i bought a controller too with it, i returned it back also

POST 3
When I buy a product, I expect it to work out of the box; I understand many would wait weeks to get the thing fixed, after you bought it brand new,

I first wished to purchase a Xbox 360, as i said before, I enjoyed playing Xbox 360 games at public booths, i did research on the two consoles, like many consumers, i wished to go for the best priced thing i could get, I found a store selling it cheap, i took the flier and price matched the product at a respectable retailer, and purchesed the product. I found the product defective out of box, i do not wish to send my money down the drain, i decided to get something pricer, but more reliable. Product life and reliabity are my most major concerns when purchessing electronic devices

Post 4
Rainbow six was not available at the location of my purches, right now i just play vice city and San Andreason it, the load times in both the games has improved, though visually the are the same, I will wait for a little while to price match the system when it gets cheaper, and use those funds to buy Godfather or some other games, many here have suggested

Post 5
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That was a concern for me, a company that couldn't even make a working product, how will their customer service be??

I have experienced waiting on hold to costumer service reps, I have waited for hours before for many companies, even if i bought extended warranty, i would have to wait for hours, This would be an unnecessary hassle for me

Continuation:
Many here have some sort of corporate locality, I admit I do purchase things based on their brands, I even avoid some brands( no-name, etc) But when it comes to electronics, I try to purchase the one that is the best priced, as I did with the Xbox 360. But it failed to operate out of the box, therefore I returned it.

I understand I was just one bad apple, and this does not happen often with xbox 360's. I will continue to purchase Microsoft products like vista etc.

I have a question for you.

Why should we care what you did?

Blogdeathtrap90

Agreed. There's a reason why GS introduced blogs people, and that post definately belongs in one, not here in SW.

My launch 360 was dead on arrival. MS call center was very professional and easy to get through to, they got me a new box quickly, and I've been able to enjoy the amazing titles that the 360 has.

Also, if it really was broken as soon as you got it, you could have returned it to the store and gotten a working unit in no time. Therefore, I assume you are either lying or you are a very angry person if your first thoughts were to call a customer care number to curse someone (whom has done nothing to you) out.

As for buying a PS3, good for you? That is hardly thread worthy.

Blog thread.

i posted this here cause a disscussion was occuring in the prevous thread,
i expected critism for my fast returning and purchase of a PS3,

i got mine for 659.99, and i can price match the new price when it drops,

i posted this here cause a disscussion was occuring in the prevous thread,
i expected critism for my fast returning and purchase of a PS3,

i got mine for 659.99, and i can price match the new price when it drops,

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

POST 3
When I buy a product, I expect it to work out of the box; I understand many would wait weeks to get the thing fixed, after you bought it brand new, akhiluppal

Same here, especially if I paid a lot of money for it; the thought of questioning whether or not something so expensive would work shouldn't even cross the mind.

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

-CMG-

unless you buy the store warranty which seems pointless now that ms offers a 3 year warranty on 360 stores won't accept consoles back once they have been opened.

i posted this here cause a disscussion was occuring in the prevous thread,
i expected critism for my fast returning and purchase of a PS3,

i got mine for 659.99, and i can price match the new price when it drops,

akhiluppal

The discussion you are getting here is that not many people care about what you did or didn't buy. I don't start a new thread everytime I buy a game or system....

[QUOTE="-CMG-"]

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

-Renegade

unless you buy the store warranty which seems pointless now that ms offers a 3 year warranty on 360 stores won't accept consoles back once they have been opened.

I know of no major store where you cannot exchange a system for another if there is a defect. And his was *supposedly* bought at Wal-Mart. They most definitely have an exchange policy for defective items.

Enjoy your console with no games. :DBigDaddyPOLO

Even if the PS3 has no games right now (It does, and multiple AAAs), the PS2-PS1 lineup is much better than the 360s.

[QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Enjoy your console with no games. :Dlibthegod

Even if the PS3 has no games right now (It does, and multiple AAAs), the PS2-PS1 lineup is much better than the 360s.

I don't buy a new, expensive console to play games that could be played on much cheaper hardware.

[QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Enjoy your console with no games. :Dlibthegod

Even if the PS3 has no games right now (It does, and multiple AAAs), the PS2-PS1 lineup is much better than the 360s.

Enjoy your console with no games. :DBigDaddyPOLO

[QUOTE="-CMG-"]

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

-Renegade

unless you buy the store warranty which seems pointless now that ms offers a 3 year warranty on 360 stores won't accept consoles back once they have been opened.

OMG - And your not to bright either. What kind of crap storre wont take back a defective item within 30 days of purchase? Target does it, Best Buy does it, Walmart, Circuit City, EBGAMES, GAMESTOP.

All of them do it. Besides he admits they took it back. he took it back and they gave him a PS3. Go post somewhere else.

This thread is crazy. He buys a product and calls the company to get it serviced. Goes through all that frustration and he just bought it. A NOOB would not do that and only someone informed would call the warranty company. Its all silly - no one would do this.......I understand it dying and taking it back for a PS3 but not calling M$ for them to repair it. The whole post has no credibility. Its Fanboy sillyness.

This kind of post always happens with new accounts. Its always so convenient these things.

[QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Enjoy your console with no games. :Dkungfuchaos

Hush. You barely any games, and most aren't out, or on 360. Accept it.

[QUOTE="-Renegade"][QUOTE="-CMG-"]

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

SpruceCaboose

unless you buy the store warranty which seems pointless now that ms offers a 3 year warranty on 360 stores won't accept consoles back once they have been opened.

I know of no major store where you cannot exchange a system for another if there is a defect. And his was *supposedly* bought at Wal-Mart. They most definitely have an exchange policy for defective items.

every store in America has a 30 or 90 return policy...he could have swapped it out for another 360 if he had chose to

[QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Enjoy your console with no games. :Dkungfuchaos

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="-Renegade"][QUOTE="-CMG-"]

You are lying.......You just bought the console - Why would you call M$ instead of just going back to the store and exchanging it if it was a couple of days old.

This thread is BS or your not to bright.

Warrior_Poet

unless you buy the store warranty which seems pointless now that ms offers a 3 year warranty on 360 stores won't accept consoles back once they have been opened.

I know of no major store where you cannot exchange a system for another if there is a defect. And his was *supposedly* bought at Wal-Mart. They most definitely have an exchange policy for defective items.

every store in America has a 30 or 90 return policy...he could have swapped it out for another 360 if he had chose to

Not sure why you quoted my post, since that is the same thing that I wrote...

I did return it, and it worked for a little while after i took out the harddrive and put it back in, i put in forza 2 and it got to the xbox 360 logo and these red checkers came up, it froze, i did the other things the computer voice, from their support told me to do, but it failed, i just took it back to walmart and returned it,

[QUOTE="kungfuchaos"][QUOTE="BigDaddyPOLO"]Enjoy your console with no games. :DWarrior_Poet

I can price match the product within 90 days of its purchase, if i bring a flyer proving it that it is cheaper there

this is the complicated way of saying "i'm stupid"

don't confuse yourself in the process next time.

i posted this here cause a disscussion was occuring in the prevous thread,
i expected critism for my fast returning and purchase of a PS3,

i got mine for 659.99, and i can price match the new price when it drops,

akhiluppal

This is from my thread that had been deleted; due to it being posted in the wrong section
I have compiled my posts:
http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=909102863&topic_id=25757954

POST1
I know this isClasic (they won't let me spell it correctly)story, but I bought a Xbox 360 premium pack yesterday (Saturday, July 7, 2007) and when it started up the 'rings of death' smiled at me,

I was so mad, I called the Xbox 360 support number to swear at them, stupid robot voice thing wouldn't transfer me to the call centers they have in India.

I just returned it back and bought a PS3, I know it don't have any games right now that I am interested in, but its better then having a paper weight that has a red smile. I know that it comes with a three year warranty, but what will I do if it breaks after that? So I hope this story will help you make an educated choice on which console to buy, I understand that the PS3 is financially out of reach for many, but it may save you in the long run.

Just so you know I can price match the price of the PS3 if it changes in the next 90 days

POST2
Many would flame me for this action and call it untrue

http://img368.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0031mi5.jpg

http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0036ug4.jpg

If a product worth over 500 dollers, ( i price matched it for 399, some small store was selling it for that much,) is broken out of the box, what message does the product tell me?? i bought a controller too with it, i returned it back also

POST 3
When I buy a product, I expect it to work out of the box; I understand many would wait weeks to get the thing fixed, after you bought it brand new,

I first wished to purchase a Xbox 360, as i said before, I enjoyed playing Xbox 360 games at public booths, i did research on the two consoles, like many consumers, i wished to go for the best priced thing i could get, I found a store selling it cheap, i took the flier and price matched the product at a respectable retailer, and purchesed the product. I found the product defective out of box, i do not wish to send my money down the drain, i decided to get something pricer, but more reliable. Product life and reliabity are my most major concerns when purchessing electronic devices

Post 4
Rainbow six was not available at the location of my purches, right now i just play vice city and San Andreason it, the load times in both the games has improved, though visually the are the same, I will wait for a little while to price match the system when it gets cheaper, and use those funds to buy Godfather or some other games, many here have suggested

Post 5
[akhiluppal

That was a concern for me, a company that couldn't even make a working product, how will their customer service be??

I have experienced waiting on hold to costumer service reps, I have waited for hours before for many companies, even if i bought extended warranty, i would have to wait for hours, This would be an unnecessary hassle for me

Continuation:
Many here have some sort of corporate locality, I admit I do purchase things based on their brands, I even avoid some brands( no-name, etc) But when it comes to electronics, I try to purchase the one that is the best priced, as I did with the Xbox 360. But it failed to operate out of the box, therefore I returned it.

I understand I was just one bad apple, and this does not happen often with xbox 360's. I will continue to purchase Microsoft products like vista etc.

i returned my ps3 for a xbox360.

My launch 360 was dead on arrival. MS call center was very professional and easy to get through to, they got me a new box quickly, and I've been able to enjoy the amazing titles that the 360 has.

Also, if it really was broken as soon as you got it, you could have returned it to the store and gotten a working unit in no time. Therefore, I assume you are either lying or you are a very angry person if your first thoughts were to call a customer care number to curse someone (whom has done nothing to you) out.

As for buying a PS3, good for you? That is hardly thread worthy.

SpruceCaboose

If it ain't broke, why fix it?

We'll it is broke fix it.

How do you even konw that e3 and next year hasnt happened yet has it.