Absolutely Ridiculous....

*Edits* I'll keep you guys posted on my situation as some of you seem to be interested in how long the process takes so just scroll down and check my other posts:

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Some of you might remember me from a few weeks back talking about how I was gonna send my xbox for repair since it has been lightly scratching my discs (Which didn't break them, but worried me). Well, anyway, I got my "repaired" console back tonight so I went to turn it on and BOOM! I was burned by the Red Rings of Death... This really sucks, I mean, I'd rather my system scratch my games than not work at all. Apparently Microsoft gave me a "refurbished" system (which, I would assume means they just flipped me the proverbial middle finger).

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The first console's repair took 4 weeks total (to get there any back). Here's hoping this one is shorter.

Some of you might remember me from a few weeks back talking about how I was gonna send my xbox for repair since it has been lightly scratching my discs (Which didn't break them, but worried me). Well, anyway, I got my "repaired" console back tonight so I went to turn it on and BOOM! I was burned by the Red Rings of Death... This really sucks, I mean, I'd rather my system scratch my games than not work at all. Apparently Microsoft gave me a "refurbished" system (which, I would assume means they just flipped me the proverbial middle finger).theheavydrinker

damn dude....i sent mine in and it just got there today...hopefully i dont get a bad one like that :(...man what r u gonna do?give it back to them and wait another 3 weeks?

Aw man, I feel for you. This is coming from a real Xbox 360 enthusiast, so you probably know how serious I am...Tigerman950

Yeah. I have a lot of fun with my 360 too... I'm thinking that many of the games I play are multiplatform (though some aren't) but maybe if a Playstation is pretty much guaranteed not to break, I'll sell my games and console and get a PS3 (though I'd have to have to spend all that money). Oh well. I guess I'm gonna call Microsoft and see what they say.

[QUOTE="Tigerman950"]Aw man, I feel for you. This is coming from a real Xbox 360 enthusiast, so you probably know how serious I am...theheavydrinker

Yeah. I have a lot of fun with my 360 too... I'm thinking that many of the games I play are multiplatform (though some aren't) but maybe if a Playstation is pretty much guaranteed not to break, I'll sell my games and console and get a PS3 (though I'd have to have to spend all that money). Oh well. I guess I'm gonna call Microsoft and see what they say.

Man are you sure you wanna do that? Then you'll have to miss out on Halo 3 and Gears of War, two insanely good games.

Some of you might remember me from a few weeks back talking about how I was gonna send my xbox for repair since it has been lightly scratching my discs (Which didn't break them, but worried me). Well, anyway, I got my "repaired" console back tonight so I went to turn it on and BOOM! I was burned by the Red Rings of Death... This really sucks, I mean, I'd rather my system scratch my games than not work at all. Apparently Microsoft gave me a "refurbished" system (which, I would assume means they just flipped me the proverbial middle finger).theheavydrinker

Brief update on my situation, guys:

I called Tech support again this time got one of those people with those names you don't want to try to spell or say. She said since this is second repair that I should send the power brick in with my console.

I had a hard time convincing her that the console was Dead on Arrival and she kept making sure I knew that "microsoft will refuse to repair consoles that have been tampered with." Anyway, I'm in a better mood right now since I'm believing this false sense that I'll get a newer model (why else would they ask for "the brick"), but we'll see when the time comes again.

Guess I'll have more Mario Galaxy / Trauma Center: New Blood time than I thought.

Why doesn't Microsoft give everyone a new system that had RROD instead of a referbish one which will get the RROD again.

My has yet to get the RROD, but it will since I got it in Feb 2006. If Microsoft gives me a referbish system, I am forgetting about Microsoft and the Xbox 360 and focusing on the other systems that are out.