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Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Cc_Hairy » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:37 pm

A passionate gamer by the name of Nathaniel purchased an Xbox 360 at launch. After working reliably for over two years, his faithful console companion finally kicked the bucket. It was then that he faced a major quandary. Should he send it in for repairs or attempt to fix it himself? The obvious answer would be send it in for repairs but Nathaniel's 360 was not like yours and mine. Oh no, it was special. "Was" being the key word.
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Nathaniel's Xbox 360 was his trusty traveling companion. Throughout their joint adventures, Nathaniel acquired several signatures from notable members of the gaming community, all collected directly upon his console with permanent marker. Signatures from several members of the Rooster Teeth Productions staff shared space with signatures from members of the Xbox 360 team and also staff from Bungie Studios. He even had custom artwork by Rooster Teeth Comics artist and Halo fan artist Luke McKay on it.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by renesis » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:54 pm

That sucks for him. :(
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by AMMO » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:00 pm

Microsoft sucks.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Tuck » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:09 pm

Yet another xbox 360 fails. What's new?
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by skinthinner » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:15 pm

What an idiot...

I would have bought a new one and kept that one where it belongs...as a collectors item.

What, he didn't have the money for a new one that second..well save up for a week or two...

I feel for him, but wow...stupid move to trust any customer service group.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by austin » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:22 pm

AMMO wrote:Microsoft sucks.
AMMO wrote:Me. Love my 360. :D
Tha fuck?

You love your god damn 360 so much... WHY DONT YOU MARRY IT. :owned:
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Gr|m » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:03 am

he never said they couldn't clean it, even though it was obvious enough that he didn't want it cleaned off. that sucks major balls, microsoft should give him some money or something
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Obi Juan » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:20 am

He should have scotch guarded it.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by joe » Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:35 am

i read about this and had 2 reactions:

a) it's probably company policy to clean the cases as one step of the repair procedure, especially if they use stickers or dry-erase markers to label the machines while they are in the repair location.

b) if the case was so important he should have borrowed someone else's case to send his in for repair

however it still sucks and i feel bad for him.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by bl4nk » Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:41 am

You can't swap cases without opening the console, and he was afraid Microsoft wouldn't do anything to it if it had been opened.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by AMMO » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:14 am

classic wrote:You love your god damn 360 so much... WHY DONT YOU MARRY IT. :owned:

I'll take that into consideration.
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Hunt3r » Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:40 pm

AMMO wrote:
classic wrote:You love your god damn 360 so much... WHY DONT YOU MARRY IT. :owned:

I'll take that into consideration.
WELL I WON'T LET YOU HOW DOES THAT FEEL?

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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Wulfsauce » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:46 pm

Suposedly Microsoft is working on it,
so im thinking they'll do something to make up for it
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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Delinquent » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:01 am

Tuck wrote:Yet another xbox 360 fails. What's new?
RTFA. It's not a fail in hardware, actually has nothing to do with the 360, it's just microsoft in general.

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Re: Another Gamer Screwed by Microsoft

Post by Wulfsauce » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:15 am

Update to the story;

Bungie is currently working on something for him.
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