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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 5:32:06 GMT -6
Sooooooo as you all should know I've been eagerly awaiting the release of Fable 2 ever since it's announcement, and as some of you know I've been having some family/work/school issues.
To be simple my Dad is sickand so I have to leave college to get a full time job. The JobCentre (I guess our version of welfare) are supposed to pay for this training I need to get a liscence to be a security guard. I even had a letter garunteeing me a job. They said no, after three weeks of bull**** they caved in yesterday. I book the course, they pay for it.
Exellent I should be working by the end of October, except....I can't find anywhere to book it. Ah well, I'll look later, I have other prorites.
So I go to the store meet my gf and purchase a copy of Fable 2 each. Get home excited as hell switch on my xbox....
Just guess what happened....I dare you....
****ING RED RINDS OF DEATH!!!
I nearly broke down into tears, and I'm not even exaggerating. My emotional spectrum has been so up and high "you can get a job, bu not yet, heres fable, but I'm broke f you"
LUCKILY FOR ME my brother has his own 360 and kindly offered it for me to play whilst my girlfriend abuses her recent quisition of buying a 360 to use the receipt to replace mine today. So I played Fable till 2am, woke up tried the security thing again, no go. Went to play Fableto kill some time...
BUT NO!! THE DISC IS ****ED! My brothers xbox has now scratched up Fifa 09 and Fable 2. I only played Fable 2 from....like....6/7pm till 2am. Ok thats longer than I thought but still! Now the game keeps crashing everytime I load it.
SCREW MICROSOFT!
I phoned up the customer support to try and get my bros 360 replaced, but no....because it's pre-owned (bought legit through Gamestation) they won't do anything. I asked to go further they sent me through to a supervisor only for her to repeat the same **** over and over. I hung up out of anger.
So now I have Fable 2....which is all scratched, and no xbox till tonight which out of fairness I will be sharing with my brother.
How can the company I love so much **** me over so badly?
It's like one of those relationships were you get beaten but you stay because everyone else is **** in comparison.
**** mirosoft.
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Post by JFK on Oct 22, 2008 11:35:11 GMT -6
buy new so you have warranty's
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 11:43:37 GMT -6
wow, such an insightful reply there. Mine was new my bro's wasnt he couldn't afford a new one.
Turns out her assistant manager is a prick and won't swap the consoles because he "knows it's mine"
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Post by Leonard Fox on Oct 22, 2008 11:54:50 GMT -6
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 12:22:03 GMT -6
Yeah I'm not stupid enough to move my xbox whilst it's on, it's a genuine fault but my bro's xbox has been swapped for a new one in the store. Meanwhile I've just finished my new repair claim and shall be sending it off for like...2-3 weeks tomorrow, providing the codes come through.
**** sake........
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Post by Leonard Fox on Oct 22, 2008 13:00:07 GMT -6
Yeah I'm not stupid enough to move my xbox whilst it's on, it's a genuine fault but my bro's xbox has been swapped for a new one in the store. Meanwhile I've just finished my new repair claim and shall be sending it off for like...2-3 weeks tomorrow, providing the codes come through. **** sake........ Keep reading. It explains that moving it isn't the only thing that causes the scratched disc. Just giving you an option in case your brother couldn't get his repaired, but apparently he can, so that's good.
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Post by Philip Burns on Oct 22, 2008 13:09:16 GMT -6
I have friends with similar happenings. buy used and you get what you paid for. always register your console upon receiving it.
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Post by JFK on Oct 22, 2008 13:58:33 GMT -6
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 14:11:10 GMT -6
HA! That is priceless Paul.
Yeah i did read on a little, thanks for the effort and thought Adam. Just figured I'd blindly trust the company that ass-raped me. Apparently theydon't repair it they just give you a new one, and a free month gold so...eh...I'll have to beg my bro to play Fable on his.
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 14:13:12 GMT -6
and...
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Post by Xavier Williams on Oct 22, 2008 14:53:01 GMT -6
Yeah.. you're mad NOW while the bruises are fresh... but when Gears 2 comes out... you'll be back on your knees...
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 22, 2008 14:54:39 GMT -6
Ahem...time for my Angle impression..
"It's true, it's true"
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Post by Angel on Oct 22, 2008 15:09:44 GMT -6
and... So you know, i'm putting this on t-shirt. I just wanna ask, I bought an X-Box new, and when it gives me the red ring of death, what do I do?
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Post by Xavier Williams on Oct 22, 2008 15:10:31 GMT -6
Send it back... and get a a new one... and deposit one piece of your soul into the disc tray...
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Post by Leonard Fox on Oct 22, 2008 16:16:32 GMT -6
and... So you know, i'm putting this on t-shirt. I just wanna ask, I bought an X-Box new, and when it gives me the red ring of death, what do I do? Yeah, all you can do is send it back, or use it as a paper weight.
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Post by Jimmy Zane on Oct 22, 2008 18:33:19 GMT -6
Dude!! same thing happened to me TWO YEARS INn A ROW with Madden 09!! I was pretty pissed BOTH TIMES!
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Post by Ron Gibson on Oct 22, 2008 22:55:50 GMT -6
THE NEW MADDEN CURSE!!!!
Anyways... warranties are cool. I'm actually hoping the mine breaks so i can get me a new 60gb with lego indiana.
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Post by JFK on Oct 23, 2008 7:39:21 GMT -6
They don't replace the hdd fyi
When my unit died (not the ring of death but the dreaded error 37 hardware failure even worse) I called them up they sent me a box I packed the broken one up 2 weeks later I got a new one back (made in june of this year new) and a month free of LIVE
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Post by Cyrus Daniels on Oct 23, 2008 8:38:17 GMT -6
The red ring thing is the only reason I dont buy or even intend to buy an X-box, and with our economy in the tubes and me still being a student, I cannot afford a PS3 so PS2 it is then, ah well at least I can still play Lego Batman!
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 23, 2008 8:49:44 GMT -6
why would you want to buy a George Forman grill?
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Post by Leonard Fox on Oct 23, 2008 10:48:12 GMT -6
George Foreman grills rock.
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Post by Xavier Williams on Oct 23, 2008 14:24:13 GMT -6
George Foreman grills rock. QFT
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Post by destroyyou555 on Oct 24, 2008 0:39:28 GMT -6
You do not talk bad about the lean mean grilling machine Xavier.
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Post by Spike Kane on Oct 24, 2008 5:41:01 GMT -6
"It's so good I put my name on it!"
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Post by Falcon on Oct 24, 2008 9:43:50 GMT -6
You'd buy a George Foreman grill because
A: It makes a mean hamburger
B: It makes a mean grilled cheese + meat sammich
C: It fries BACON
D: It does not give you the crappy RED RING OF DEATH.
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Post by Leonard Fox on Oct 24, 2008 11:20:46 GMT -6
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Post by defunctlies on Oct 25, 2008 18:12:11 GMT -6
On a related note: Fable 2 is sucking my life away.
And I've red-ringed once before, just before Burnout Paradise and DMC 4 came out (which sucked), but I managed to get it sent of and then sent back within a fortnight under warranty.
But recently I have come up with several new slogans that I feel the 'big three' companies should bring out:
Sony: 'Boning you in the ear every step of the way' or 'Delays, delays, delays' or 'This slogan has been delayed until 2009' Microsoft: 'We're assholes, please stop reminding us' or 'No! We won't shut up about Halo!' or 'This slogan has suffered an illegal error' Nintendo: 'Anybody remember when we made original games?' or 'Raping Mario for all he's worth since 1991'
And something that's popped into my head...
Sarah Palin: 'Making humanity take a good long look at itself' or 'Dodging those important issues one wink at a time'
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Post by Xavier Williams on Oct 31, 2008 15:46:36 GMT -6
I ALMOST had a red ring, I turned it on and RED RING!!!!! I turned it off, and tried again... Red Ring...
But, I unplugged my power core and moved it and I plugged it in and next thing you know, it worked... this close to Gears 2, can't afford a RRoD
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Post by Jimmy Zane on Nov 1, 2008 11:47:52 GMT -6
Yeah, I think they got a damn Mario everything....
Mario Kart Mario Music Mario face humping.....
Has anyone seen the Wii Music commercial?? They are playing the damn MARIO SONG!!!
GEEEEEEEEZUS NINTENDO!
They are riding Mario's nuts, like all the College Gameday jackasses ride the SEC's nuts!!
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Post by Leonard Fox on Nov 1, 2008 12:38:06 GMT -6
Yeah, I think they got a damn Mario everything.... Mario Kart Mario Music Mario face humping..... Has anyone seen the Wii Music commercial?? They are playing the damn MARIO SONG!!! GEEEEEEEEZUS NINTENDO! They are riding Mario's nuts, like all the College Gameday jackasses ride the SEC's nuts!! Mario kicks arse. They could make a game called Mario's Watching Grass Grow Extravaganza and it'd sell.
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