Xbox 360 Fanboy

Hey, do you think it would be a good idea to have them ship me a coffin despite my xbox 360 being completely fine right now? The reason I say this is that in case my 360 decides to crap out on me closer to Halo 3 I would want to get it shipped out there ASAP to get it fixed, so if I can save a few days of them shipping the coffin then maybe I would save a few days and get it back before Halo 3 comes out.

Is that something they would let me do, or do I HAVE to send in a 360 if they give me a coffin right away? Just trying to plan ahead here.

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@ erivera3

If they send you a coffin, they expect your 360 to be coming soon too. They don't like leaving "tickets" or "service requests" open like this because it a) leaves a backlog in their system and b) when someone looks at the overall performance of the team, an open ticket that is taking 3 or 4 months to "resolve" greately increases their average and makes them look worse.

Those are 2 of many reasons why they wouldn't want to let you have a coffin.

You COULD try calling them (or doing it online thru the new sit [but be sure to register your 360 at http://service.xbox.com/servicehome.aspx]), get them to ship the box to you, and then once it shows up, either thru the site i just gave you, cancel the repair by calling them and telling them you don't need the repair anymore because your box is fine (or again, you can cancel it online).

That way you COULD be left with a box, the only problem is...the next time you have a service request, they'd want to send you another box...

There's also the fact that service centres (at least here in Canada) get switched somewhat often. In the almost 2 years that the 360's been out, I've had 2 different locations, and my friend had another location different from my 2. So really, you wouldn't even know if that was the right location for you to be sending your box...and you wouldnt want that.

So really, I don't think there is any good way for you to be left with a box...sorry.

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@22 erivera3, No It Expires if they don't receive it within a month.

THE DEMO ROCKED!!!! WOW, Can't believe how Great that Demo Was!!! I'm Now more then ever interested in this game!!

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Fair enough, thanks for replying DjDATZ, I just have to pray that my 360 either bricks NOW or doesn't brick ever again!!!

Thanks for the help on the matter, I will have to take super care of my 360 until I get to halo 3!

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I finished the Download and then XBLM Went on the fritz and it won't let me play, this sucks!

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@17, when I got my coffin , I kept my 360 around for a few weeks anyways because I could still play XBLA games and I could sometimes get it to read discs... when it stopped reading discs altogether, I sent it in.
but I'm not sure how long they'll allow you to keep your support ticket open without actually sending your unit in.
also, don't bank on your unit breaking and maybe it won't (a knock wood kind of thing)

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Damn, I wanna try this but when I try to download the new update It gives me an error. Pretty annoying... hopefully it will work later on.

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@ erivera3 again.

I actually broke my previous unit on purpose. I was getting read errors on the disc, with the drive obviously being the problem...so what did i do? i left my 360 on for days on end with the disc spinning in there and that eventually "almost" killed it. and then i reported it, got this new unit at the end of june...and with it being the beginning of august now, that unit is now bricked.

you want to hear my genius idea? If your 360 bricks close to halo 3, just go to walmart, buy a new one on your credit card, and return it when you get your 360 back. that'll give you a change to try out an elite too! :P lol

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That's what i'll do if mine fucks up close to the release date of Halo 3. But with this new unit...I don't see how it could. lol

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@ DjDATZ

Walmart will let you buy a 360 and even play it and then return it for full money back? How long can you keep it for if you do that?

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"Walmart will let you buy a 360 and even play it and then return it for full money back? How long can you keep it for if you do that?"

No. Not knowingly. But if you tell them it bricked in the first 30 days, they'll gladly take it back.

Of course, this is SCAMMING walmart, but it's walmart. Who the fuck cares?

Their return policy on electronics is 30 days. (Here in Canada at least) So once you get to about 25 days, return it, go to another Walmart and buy another one.

PREFERABLY do this with cash, as they can't track that. Not that they will track it anyways. I've stolen games in different ways from walmart, more than 5 times, and my CC was involved but nothing came of it.

2 REALLY IMPORTANT POINTERS:
1) KEEP YOUR FUCKING RECIEPT! unless you want a giftcard for walmart valued at $400 US.
2) If they say "oh we can't give you that amount cuz its too big so we'll put it on a gift card" (that is if you bought it with cash and not a CC) argue with them and go as high as necessary to get your cash back. You paid with cash and you deserve cash back not some gay/lame giftcard that you'll never use.

I would say use Walmart instead of BestBuy (or Circuit City [we dont have circuit cities here in Canada so I don't know their procedures]) because here in Canada, BestBuy tracks the serial #s of their electronics (ex. controllers, wheels, consoles) and does not allow for nearly as much scamming as Walmart. At walmart, everything is more anonymous than bestbuy (at least thats the way it is here in Canada)

Send me an FR...GT: DjDATZ. And I'll tell you more.

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Thanks DjDATZ, yeah I will definitely send you a friend request, hopefully as early as tonight after work. My gamertag is Ebase131 if you want to add me. We can get some good games going while we discuss scamming big corporations haha.

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i am getting th same "Can't retrieve information from Xbox Live. Please try again later.
Status code: 807b01f7" message. although i can still go to the rest of the marketplace, just not the demos.

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erivera3 and MDJ2010:

So my good friend got the RROD, called it in, got his coffin, but decided one last time to see if the 360 would work (he'd sent us pics of his 3 ring death machine so we could verify it). Sure enough, the 360 worked flawlessly. He called in, embarressed about the whole ordeal, and they told him that his coffin would be valid for 30 days, after that, he would have to call it in again. So, he spent the next 2 weeks breaking his console by stuffing it in the freezer and then super heating it inside closed areas. Surprisingly, it RROD'ed again and he sent it off. He should get his repaired unit in the next week.

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@ Grindstone

So maybe I should order a coffin 30 days before Halo 3 release just in case? Interesting.

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@ erivera3:

You know you can add people through Xbox.com right? Cuz thats how I just added you...lol

If you ARE going to order a box, order it about on the 1st of sept or so.

@Grindstone: thanks for the second hand experience.

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Walmart also tracks serial numbers on units. It will print on your reciept. Also walmart policy is 3 items returned without reciept will flag you. You wont be able to return something without reciept for 6 months to a year after that. They track every return without reciept I took back a 2 dollar item that didnt work and they took my drivers license just to exchange it without a recipte so beware!

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Aight, thanks DjDATZ, I'll meet up with you hopefully tonight then for some Halo 2 action or something.

Thanks again for the advice on the box.

Ebase131

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I believe the correct term is "badassity."

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