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Dead Xbox

Most Xbox 360 owners are probably well aware of the term “red ring of death” either because they’ve actually experienced it or they have a friend who has.

It took my first Xbox 360 four whole months to die on me. I was sitting there minding my own business playing Oblivion and all of a sudden I hear this LOUD knocking and then a very loud Bang..red ring of death..and when I use caps for LOUD I’m not just trying to be dramatic it sounded like all the insides of my system were about to come flying through the box. It scared the crap out of me and then when I realized what happened I just wanted to cry. I was just at a good part in my game. Damn it!

So I called Xbox Support most likely somewhere in Bangalore, India. Super Fantastic! He was hard to understand and useless. I asked him where his call center was located and he told me that he could not give me that information? Why? I really wish US companies would hire people in the US. It boils my blood especially since I work in Tech Support.

So, anyway he told me they would be sending me a coffin for my Xbox and that it would be replaced free of charge. Aren’t I lucky!

It took a long hate filled 6 weeks until I received my new “refurbished” Xbox. Oh and I forgot to take out my Oblivion game like an idiot and so I lost my game.
It cost me 60 bucks (for the game) and 6 weeks of no gaming.

A few months later Xbox actually changed to a three year warranty or should I say they were forced to change because their system is crap and was released and shipped before they had a stable product.

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