ps3 is dead - anybody else had any probs with their's

jonshaw_uk said:
if sony wont do anything then im not going to be impressed
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Shouldnt blame Sony - they always tried to block imports for this very reason -and get slaughtered for it - and as soon as a fault occurs they get slaughtered for that too , pretty stupid really

Im sorry a unit has failed so quickly, but thats the risk taken when importing
 
will post up later after i have rang them and see what they say - otherwise i will be contacting the guy i bought it off and go through paypal as he said it was international warranty
 
One of the guys I work with imported a 60 gig from Canada, you'll get on fine with the phone reps until they ask you for the serial number and then that's you out of luck unfortunately. It's a risk you take when importing.

He managed to arrange sending his back to the people he bought it from for a swap in the end.
 
In this day and age we have never been more connected. Why do multi-national companies stick to this regional guarantee malarky? We should be free to buy our products and use them anywhere said company has a presence.
 
ic1male said:
In this day and age we have never been more connected. Why do multi-national companies stick to this regional guarantee malarky? We should be free to buy our products and use them anywhere said company has a presence.
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So that counts Sony out of Europe then. ZING!
 
sonys customer services is so much better than the competition. It took me ages, in fact four phone calls to cancel my £39.99 generic online service
 
I would guess the reason why their lasers seem to fail so much is they tend to (PS1 aside) dabble in new laser technologies and try to churn them out on a budget. The PS2 and PS3 were the cheapest DVD and Blu-ray players respectively on the market when they were released, the result of this is a huge amount of affordable, untested, technology circulating the market, it's unsurprising they tend to have teething problems.
 
Smeg0rz said:
sonys customer services is so much better than the competition. It took me ages, in fact four phone calls to cancel my £39.99 generic online service
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Oh ho, he's being clever using Green. Microsoft use Green. It's so witty.
If Xbox Live is generic then what is PSN?
As for 4 phone calls, it took me 1.
 
NokkonWud said:
Oh ho, he's being clever using Green. Microsoft use Green. It's so witty.
If Xbox Live is generic then what is PSN?
As for 4 phone calls, it took me 1.
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But its the wrong shade of green! Maybe its a reference to his (green with) envy of you and your single phone call attempt.
 
Looks like my laser's dodgy too - machine is freezing when playing blu-rays and requires a physical switch off. Games don't seem to be affected.

With the 60 gb being discontinued, where will I stand on getting this changed? It's only 3 months old! Should I try Sony first, or the high street shop I bought it from?

Cheers.
 
I'd definitely try Sony first, they're very good at getting replacement consoles out. A shop may not have 60GB stock and you'd end up with a 40GB console at a guess.
 
the joys of importing hardware that has no warrenty protection over here. You take your gamble - sometimes it pays off sometimes it don't.
 
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