I dont have my warranty, what should I do?

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#1 ninjasRuLe711
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My 360 got the horrid 3 red lights of death, but I dont have a warranty so what should I do.
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#2 jacksheets
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Call 1-800-4MY-XBOX and fork out the cash to have it fixed.  I think it's $139.99.
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#3 gac8666
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Yea paying the $140 straight cash is really your only other option.
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#4 jacksheets
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"straight cash"?

 

uhh.. 

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#5 macrules_640
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Yeah you might want to fork out the money to fix it.
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#6 dawowzy
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"straight cash"?

 

uhh..

jacksheets

Someone let their cash out of the closet, ey? 

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#7 zaman48
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yep, it'll cost you $140 or $150 or whatever the amount of money is, but hopefully you'll get another warranty after they repair it (how much does that cost again?)
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#8 dawowzy
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Suck up to the people at Customer Service or whatever. Tell them your someone in your family died and your low on money and Xbox 360 is the only thing holding you back from suicide.

Maybe they'll give you a discount. 

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#9 nscrnut329
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or try taking it back to walmart
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#10 Tertuel
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buy a new xbox 360. swap out your bad one for the new one. return it 30 minutes later. Of course, you'll have to come up with the 400 plus 50 for tax. you shouldnt have to pay to have a DEFECTIVE product fixed.

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#11 Tertuel
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*to be fixed
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#12 gac8666
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[QUOTE="jacksheets"]

"straight cash"?

 

uhh..

dawowzy

Someone let their cash out of the closet, ey?

haha.  Randy Moss a WR in the NFL got fined for squirting a ref with a water bottle and he got fined like 50 grand or something.  So he told a reporter "I dont give a F**k, I will pay that straight cash" 

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#13 kakishi1
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Or, or, or... say that when ur 360 broke u tried picking it up, but sense it was so hot it burnt ur hand, and ull sue them if they dont fix it, lol idk, my friends broke also and hes not sure if he wants to play the "straight cash" to get it fixed.
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#14 jacksheets
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buy a new xbox 360. swap out your bad one for the new one. return it 30 minutes later. Of course, you'll have to come up with the 400 plus 50 for tax. you shouldnt have to pay to have a DEFECTIVE product fixed.

Tertuel


Bad idea.  Most stores check serial numbers on returned electronics.  You can get in some serious trouble attempting this.

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#15 Tertuel
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the serial number is only the actual 360 itself. I looked all over the box and it was only on the 360. worked like a charm.
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#16 tacubano
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when i bought my 360 they took the number from the machine and wrote it in the receipt so i u would wanna return i, the number on the receipt should match the one on the console...so no swap....don't know if u lied or the person who u returned to is very stupid
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#17 ps320071
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tell them u brought it last april
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#18 ps320071
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i mean last july
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#19 gac8666
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The people at my Walmart dont search crap. The key is to go to a customer service people not electronics, because the customers service people have no idea about serial numbers, or Xbox 360s.
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#20 gamekingpin
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buy a new xbox 360. swap out your bad one for the new one. return it 30 minutes later. Of course, you'll have to come up with the 400 plus 50 for tax. you shouldnt have to pay to have a DEFECTIVE product fixed.

Tertuel

Sure except in the real world we have a thing called a serial number.

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#21 pjhtiger44
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Sell it on ebay. i did that for mine.  i forgot how much i sold it for but it was over $100 console only.  then buy a new console only on ebay.  you'll lose money of course but probably not close to $140.
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#22 gamekingpin
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The out come may depend on how long you have had you 360 but this is what you do,  call 18004myxbox and after they take you through the regular troubleshooting you tell them , in a firm but professional tone, how highly disappointed you are about this console that you spent your hard earned money on.  If the Rep that help you that answers the phone ask to speak with a supervisor and do the same thing.  The worst case is you may still have to pay but you may get a free game out of the deal.  I had my first 360 for a year and a month and they didn't charge me and I got a free wireless controller.
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#23 937697
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Yea paying the $140 straight cash is really your only other option.gac8666

Go to ebay there are repair services for $40 bucks... it pwns

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#24 Pest-619
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Suck up to the people at Customer Service or whatever. Tell them your someone in your family died and your low on money and Xbox 360 is the only thing holding you back from suicide.

Maybe they'll give you a discount. 

dawowzy

 

Am with him that's you best option I might try that one myslef one day :P

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#25 gamekingpin
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the serial number is only the actual 360 itself. I looked all over the box and it was only on the 360. worked like a charm.Tertuel

Are you saying you did this,  Oh tell me all about it, because I doubt that you turned in a defective 360 with a different number from the reciept and they did not check it.

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#26 pjhtiger44
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1800myxbox SUCKS!!!!!  majority of the time you talk to some middle eastern who speaks hardyly understandable english and cant understand that Shreveport is not the same as Sleebepoat.  heres what youll get: 

 

'ello, my name es Dan (he doesnt tell you hes from Dirkadirkastan.)  rabble rabble rabble xbox 360 rabble rabble.  may i get your neme, iddrass, end xbox 360 serial nombar. rabble rabble rabble. 

 

he will then go on with troubleshooting tips on the xbox 360 website and then transfer you and then you start over with 'Bobby' from Dirkstan.  there, i saved you 30 minutes to an hour.

 

try the walmart thing first and go from there 

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[QUOTE="Tertuel"]the serial number is only the actual 360 itself. I looked all over the box and it was only on the 360. worked like a charm.gamekingpin

Are you saying you did this, Oh tell me all about it, because I doubt that you turned in a defective 360 with a different number from the reciept and they did not check it.

my friends have done this, many people do this.  walmart highers special ed employees and they barely know how to do their job right.  they do not check the serial numbers inside the box and on the receipt.  they just assume you did it honestly.  and if they do say anything be like oops that must be the wrong one.  no way you can get in trouble.  and if your using the swap method use cash becuase they can trace credit card information down they line if they needed to.
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#28 gamekingpin
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[QUOTE="Tertuel"]the serial number is only the actual 360 itself. I looked all over the box and it was only on the 360. worked like a charm.jeffrow925

Are you saying you did this, Oh tell me all about it, because I doubt that you turned in a defective 360 with a different number from the reciept and they did not check it.

my friends have done this, many people do this.  walmart highers special ed employees and they barely know how to do their job right.  they do not check the serial numbers inside the box and on the receipt.  they just assume you did it honestly.  and if they do say anything be like oops that must be the wrong one.  no way you can get in trouble.  and if your using the swap method use cash becuase they can trace credit card information down they line if they needed to.

 I still dont buy it.  Its always a friend or a friend of a friend never the person telling the story.

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#29 flavian2
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the serial number is only the actual 360 itself. I looked all over the box and it was only on the 360. worked like a charm.Tertuel

mine says it on the box

 

 

Should have bought it from cosco like me - great warranty

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#30 t0x1csn1p3rxx
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go see if you have a hillbilly neighbor with a sledgehammer...if you do, ask him to fix it

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#31 t0x1csn1p3rxx
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go see if you have a hillbilly neighbor with a sledgehammer...if you do, ask him to fix it

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#32 hacknslash12
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Try taking it to walmart. They are stupid and rarely pick up on that warranty sh*t
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#33 patrick5152003
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just call 18004myxbox. my friend got his 360 off ebay, got the 3 rings of death, and he's still sending his in and getting it fixed for free.
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#34 nscrnut329
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I work at walmart. If you don't have a receipt for the 360 you CAN'T exchange it without a reciept, at my walmart anyways. I tried taking mine there to exchange it and without a receipt you can't do it, due to the price point of the electronics device
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#35 IONz
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Suck up to the people at Customer Service or whatever. Tell them your someone in your family died and your low on money and Xbox 360 is the only thing holding you back from suicide.

Maybe they'll give you a discount.

dawowzy
tried it. didnt work.
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#36 dawowzy
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[QUOTE="dawowzy"]

Suck up to the people at Customer Service or whatever. Tell them your someone in your family died and your low on money and Xbox 360 is the only thing holding you back from suicide.

Maybe they'll give you a discount.

IONz

tried it. didnt work.

Mail them your suicide note...eh?

I dunno. I was just kidding about the whole thing anyway. Unless it really did happen, then you could try it.

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#37 scriptwrite
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Sell it on ebay. i did that for mine. i forgot how much i sold it for but it was over $100 console only. then buy a new console only on ebay. you'll lose money of course but probably not close to $140.pjhtiger44

I hope you mentioned on the ad that it didn't work.