the sale of my xbox 360 didnt go according to plan

Thesnipergecko

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Well some of you may know from my other thread i had decided to sell my 360.

I boxed it all back up over the weekend ready to take down to Warrwick today.

Last night i was tidying my room, picked up the 360 box to take downstairs, carrying by the plastic carry handle on top of the box. Walked across my bedroom and out onto the landing.

Approached the stairs, stepped down onto the first step and *RIP* the plastic handle had ripped through the coardboard, it was almost like slow motion as i watched the first handle break away from the box, the jolt and twist and the box falling onto 1 support of the plastic handle proved to much and the rest of the handle gave way.

Xbox went crashing down the stairs in its box with all its contents. Stood at the top of the stairs with a plastic handle in my hand slowly coming to grips with what had just happened.

Walked down the stairs and collected the 360. Set it up and plugged it in.

To my amazement it powered up with a click click here and a pop pop there i thought "this isnt too bad" i then thought ill try a disc, not wanting to write a game off aswell i put in a old DVD, Disc wouldnt read, the drive made some nasty sounds at me.

So a word of advice, DO NOT MESS WITH THE UNKNOWN FORCES OF THE XBOX 360 GODS!

Something tells me they dont want me to sell it. So that was my night. Going to see if i can get a replacement, if not then ill have to splash out on a Core system to replace my Premium :(

Thanks for reading.

Paul ...
 
when i carried my brand new core home with the plastic handle I was very worried it wasn't up to the job of carrying the weight, so I decided to carry it with both hands like someone would a baby.

Unlucky by the way :(
 
Am very sorry to hear this..
I would have been very gutted myself if this had happened to me.


But why are you going buy another one if you were going sell the one you had?
 
chaparral said:
Am very sorry to hear this..
I would have been very gutted myself if this had happened to me.


But why are you going buy another one if you were going sell the one you had?
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Ill claim if i can, if not then everything will be up for grabs on MM soon :p

edit: or i could get another one as most people said i probably would in my other thread anyway :p

Paul ...
 
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Buy a premium and take the duff one back, say it was like that when you took it home. Then sell both of the new ones.
 
Unlucky Paul :(

I agree with Mr Spew though.....If it looks ok i'd send it back to MS and chance my luck of a replacement....I swear they dont check the ones you send back........Both faulty ones i have sent, they have sent the replacement within hours...I can tell by the delivery and dispatched times...They must just rapidly check the thing and send a new one ;)
 
Gutted for you.

But I don't quite get it... you were fed up with you xbox so you decided you would sell it but because the handle broke and it got binned down the stairs your taking it as some kind of sign and your now going to shell out for a replacement :confused:
 
:S unlucky dude.

I remember when i was little when i dropped my megadrive II down the stairs..still worked though. Ah new gamfangled technology!
 
lordrobs said:
Gutted for you.

But I don't quite get it... you were fed up with you xbox so you decided you would sell it but because the handle broke and it got binned down the stairs your taking it as some kind of sign and your now going to shell out for a replacement :confused:
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Shelling out for a new one will be at the bottom of my list, if i decide i want another one.

If i can get a replacement then i will.

Paul ...
 
When i bought mine the handle had already come out of the top on one side with a rip in the box, i was going to give it a good checking when i got home but knocked the 360 over with my backside when setting it up!!! works fine tho.

Unlucky mate.
 
Thesnipergecko said:
everything happens for a reason right?
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The reason in this instance being a poor quality handle :p I would always carry something of value in both hands, and not rely on a handle. You live and learn eh ;)
 
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