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those cheeky bastards at microsoft have just told me that i'm not entitled to the 3 year warranty because i didn't get the ring of death.

i was playing gta iv and the drive made a crazy crunching sound, so i switched it off and when i turned it back on it just keeps saying 'open tray' with whichever game i put in. apparently i'm just out of warranty so this is going to cost me £65, which they wanted to charge me for before sorting it out.

looks like i'm going to have to wait 3 weeks now to continue the adventures of nico bellic.

gutted.

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Fix it and chip it and pirate everything. And then buy another xbox to play on live with.

And a PS3.

THAT will show them.

i'll just have to play on my wii in the meantime... :(

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all these suggestions are great. maybe i should have posted here before i shelled out £65 and told them what the legitimate problem was.

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use a friends receipt. i did last time rrod'd. If you go into a busy enough store ie Game in the Trafford Centre, they don't even bother to test whether it's rrod or another fault. result

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use a friends receipt. i did last time rrod'd. If you go into a busy enough store ie Game in the Trafford Centre, they don't even bother to test whether it's rrod or another fault. result

You have to be careful about this because the date is stamped on the console, so they will be able to check if it is out of warrenty or not.

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Manufacture date is irrelevant. It's purchase date they start counting from.

If you wander into a shop to return a 360 and you had a receipt saying it was purchased 3 weeks ago and then they check the case markings and it says 2005, they obviously know you would be lying. Manufacturing date is relevant because it would either mean the shop could sort it or you have to go to MS to get it fixed.

I know GAME are supposed to check the warranty dates and seals to make sure they match up with the correct batches and to prove it is actually in warranty. While some people may get away with it, how stupid will you look if they catch you out?

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I know GAME are supposed to check the warranty dates and seals to make sure they match up with the correct batches and to prove it is actually in warranty. While some people may get away with it, how stupid will you look if they catch you out?

Who cares? Play the stupid card and walk out with it. They are hardly going to call the police and drag you off to prison.

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Fuck off, fraudster.

:wub: If mine died and Microsoft wouldn't fix it unless I paid, I'd certainly make it RRoD, especially when the common video fault isn't covered (no output), nor is one segment of the ring, which is also pretty common. GAME get replacements from Microsoft so it costs them bugger all.

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If you wander into a shop to return a 360 and you had a receipt saying it was purchased 3 weeks ago and then they check the case markings and it says 2005, they obviously know you would be lying.

How do they obviously know? My April 2006-bought Premium had a date of Dec 2005 on it. My March 2008-bought Elite had October 2007 on it. It's perfectly conceivable that some shops might still have old stock.

I've seen new original silver DSes (with the Metroid Hunters demo) for sale recently, and that's what, 2004? 2005? If I bought one today I'd get a year's warrenty regardless of the date on the unit.

It's up to the shop or MS to prove you *didn't* buy it when you say you did, not up to you to prove you did.

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If you wander into a shop to return a 360 and you had a receipt saying it was purchased 3 weeks ago and then they check the case markings and it says 2005, they obviously know you would be lying. Manufacturing date is relevant because it would either mean the shop could sort it or you have to go to MS to get it fixed.

The manufacture date has got nothing at all to do with anything.

Now, if they have a record of serial numbers of consoles that they've sold on the other hand...

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i just switched it on again to make sure it's fucked and it's flashing the full red ring now. does this mean i can call them and get it sorted for free?

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Dude, my 360 had never red ringed once since I bought it then one day I turned it on and got a black screen and no sound. I called up on day one and explained the problem and my 1 and a half year old machine was gonna cost £60 to get sorted out. I called back 2 days later and told the service line it sometimes did a red ring and sometimes didn't and got it sorted out for free.

Just lie

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i just switched it on again to make sure it's fucked and it's flashing the full red ring now. does this mean i can call them and get it sorted for free?

Sadly no, it just means you've not got the AV connector plugged in. Not that I'd be paying no 65 fucking pounds to Microsoft mind you. Hit it with a hammer till it red rings.

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After having the nerve to dare use my 360 as a DVD player, inserting a 360 game into the damn thing results in the extremely useful message "To play this disc, put it in a Microsoft Xbox 360 console."

Needless to say, I've booked it in for counselling, though the psychologist will probably have to shout to be heard over the creaking, shrieking and grinding now built in, free of charge, to the 360's disc drive.

Thank you, Microsoft.

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