Expert 360 advice needed (not a game request thread)

Basically i bought an Xbox off ebay(yes i know), months pass, game hours fly by and everything is just peachy. However, the other day, just randomly without warning I get the 3 red rings of death. I have done nothing out of the ordinary and treated it with the greatest respect (note: is was in mint condition when i bought it). So my question is simply what the hell do I do? I'm not going to buy another one, afterall this issue is clearly microsoft's fault. But...because I bought it second hand, I assume I am not covered by warranty?

If the case is that microsoft will do nothing for me then I will never (and i mean never) buy any microsoft product every again. They create a notoriously faulty machine and do nothing...pathetic. Anyway, maybe i'm jumping the gun. Any advice is most welcome.

yeah i never mistreated the 5 or 6 xboxs i got that i had to send back since feb 06 in so you didnt get ripped off on ebay if youre afraid of that (i bought a cooler for less than 20 bucks and have had the current one for a year with no problems)__carwreck__

will I have to pay to send them back...? Also I have never noticed the xbox being even slightly warm before...

I bought a second hand 360 and it died on me. Called microsoft and they just transferred the warranty to me. They didnt need a receipt or anything. Just give them a call I bet they will fix it no problem.

Oh and be prepared to be patient with the phone rep, they're not the sharpest knives in the drawer.