What are used 360's going for on eBay? Would it be financially sound to buy a new system + warranty for yourself. Have this thing repaired and then sell it on eBay to recoup the cost plus a little extra for you? Just an idea...
On 11/28/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now this is getting ridiculous. > > I decided to bite the bullet and pay for the repair and drop another $60 for > the two-year warranty. > > Another 30 minutes with "Max" (the automated help system) and another 20 > minutes spelling "Jim" to some cheap foreign labor and we get down to the > nitty gritty. > > +) I can get it fixed for $140. > > +) MS will NOT sell an extended warranty for a repaired/replacement product. > These come with the standard, completely sub-par, 90-day warranty and that's > the only option. > > +) MS does NOT provide a shipping box (that's only for warrantee customers) > and I HAVE to send it via UPS. So add in the cost of shipping to the deal. > > +) MS does not tell you what was wrong with the system - regardless of the > problem (your fault, their fault, addressable, whatever) you pay and that's > that. They may choose to replace your unit with a refurbished one at their > discretion regardless of the problem. > > So my choices become: > > +) Spend $140 + shipping to get a likely refurb unit with only a 90 day > warranty. Since my current unit only lasted six months I'm definitely not > confident in a previously broken replacement. > > +) Spend $300 + extended store warranty to get a new system with a > reasonable warranty. This just pisses me off because I've already spent > $400 on this thing - which will essentially be thrown away. > > +) Sell what I can (games, controllers, etc) for as much as I can, swallow > the cost of the unit and all my Live! purchases (around $200 or so in total) > and just become an XBox hating curmudgeon. > > Right now, with all the Christmas spending on our minds (including, > frustratingly, several 360 games we didn't even get the chance to try) that > last option seems to be the way to go. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
