I received the dreaded Red Rings of Death (RROD) when I turned my Xbox video gaming console on one day. When I saw those red lights, I felt like everything in my world dropped. First thing that popped into my mind at this moment was, "what am I going to do now? I'll be bored! It's the end of the world as I know it! I miss being a nerd!" I didn't even see this one coming. There were no warnings or indications of this. I was playing my Xbox fine the other day. Even now with the RROD, my Xbox doesn't sound any different than when it was in optimal condition. Fans are working. No beeping sounds. No unusual sounds. I used the internet to investigate what I observed with my Xbox. Microsoft's official Xbox website never told me how to specifically solve my problem. "Youtube" videos happen to show many temporary solutions, and even definite solutions. Microsoft never shows any of this. They just direct you to check indicator lights, unplug stuff, and turn something on again. It never tells you what the problem actually is. They only call the RROD a "General Hardware Failure." Ultimately, all of this leads to Microsoft taking your money for repairs on your console. I found out myself that the problem may be something about the processing chip over-heating through time. I've had a problem with my Xbox before. The Xbox I have now with the RROD is actually my second owned Xbox! But I won't get into what the first Xbox problem was that I had. Microsoft's support was no different then. Microsoft should practically say, "If you want to spend hundreds of dollars on an entertainment device that will just break on you eventually without a warranty covering workmanship, then go ahead and buy my product." I took the initiative to start the process of having Microsoft repair my Xbox console. I only did this with confidence because my Xbox was still under a three year warranty for RROD problems. Actually, I found out that my Xbox was just over its warranty time by a couple of days. Did Microsoft plan for my Xbox to secretly shutdown with the RROD problem just in time? I'm not the only one that has had this problem. Statistics say that over thirty percent of Xbox owners have had this situation happen to them before. That's plenty of people. The internet proves this because most everyone reports to the world on the internet about problems like this. I have to eventually succumb to Xbox's conspiracy, and hand them over more of my money in order to fix my Xbox. This situation is compared to simply throwing bills in the trash, or creating my own flame with my bills. If I go out and buy a brand new Xbox, it will be another unit sold in Microsoft's numbers game with Sony. Whoever sells the most units are the individuals on top of the market. Sure it's cheaper to pay Microsoft over one hundred dollars to repair my console than buy a brand new console between two hundred and four hundred dollars, but I just can't afford that right now. Not after I've bought two Xboxs in my lifetime within a five year period! I continued to feel the pain. I was already missing being that trained killer in Washington DC that is mad about his daughter's fictional death. Or what about that guy from the vault with no name that wanders the future wastelands of America in search of a way to make the world a better place? Those are all experiences that I was missing out on. My Xbox count of games played were well over three hundred games, and I loved to keep the count going month by month with my game rental service. For my Xbox's failure to stop those experiences from happening gave me the nerdy pain I've never felt before. Just sheer brilliant interactive entertainment for all us nerds out there. No worries. The amazing wife I have suggested me to try this local person she saw on one of her visits to a local flea market located in a gutted bowling alley. This local person in question claims to fix Xboxs. I had confidence that he could do it after viewing "Youtube" videos of peopling fixing their Xboxs. I knew I could have fixed my Xbox myself, but I'm too lazy to do that. Yes that's right. I also do other things besides playing video games. I wanted to give this local person a try at fixing my Xbox for me. I went over to this flea market. The Flea Market had twenty or more rooms in it. It seemed to be a bowling alley that simply had walls put down in it to create several rooms. My wife told me that the Xbox repair guy would be located in the very back of the flea market. I really wanted to bring my concealed handgun in there with me, but there was a sign on the entrance door that said, "firearms prohibited." I really wanted to get my Xbox repaired in this sketchy place, so I proceeded. It was very easy to find where this Xbox repair guy resided. There was a big yellow sign in front of his space that said, "Xbox 360 Repair". I went in there to do business thinking that I would pay no little than Microsoft would charge me for console repairs. In the end, I came out of there smiling and feeling relieved. This was because this Xbox repair would cost me no more than twenty five dollars. It would cost me this much either way because this was the basic diagnostic fee. This was the fee that would pay for the guy just to look at my Xbox to determine whether it could be repaired or not. If it could be repaired, it would be repaired, and would not cost any extra. What a good deal. Now I can look forward to gaming in Xbox greatness very soon. That Gamefly rental game I have sitting by my TV won't have to go too long before I play it. I can't wait to finally save Washington DC, and make the world a better place by purifying that radioactive water in the wastelands. Bottom line is that you should not be like me and let Microsoft rip you off with your Xbox repairs. This goes the same for Playstation owners because they also have similar problems. See if people out in town can fix your console instead of letting the company that made your console fix it. This is not any different than your car repairs. Everyone knows that it's cheaper to get your car fixed elsewhere than at the dealership that you bought the car from. Xbox Support would have cost more, and taken longer by weeks to repair my Xbox. I only had to wait a couple of days, and paid no more than twenty five dollars to get my Xbox repaired by someone local in the community. Support your local community by giving that guy at the flea market a try, then you may be gaming in no time.