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Man guts 360, returns it for full refund

Posted Nov 27th 2007 12:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

So, let's say you opened up the Xbox 360 pictured above. Would you consider it to be a working console? Apparently that's what the fine customer service folks at an unnamed electronics store thought, as the above 360 was returned and accepted, rewarding the ~~customer~~ thief with a full refund. Upon closer inspection (by a learned scholar in the electronics department), it was discovered that the console in question had been completely gutted and subsequently stuffed with paper and the innards of a medical textbook. The cables in the box had been switched out as well, replaced with a standard computer VGA cable and an old printer cable. Granted, we're sure the console looked satisfactory with the faceplate attached, but even someone who knows nothing about electronics would find it odd that the rear A/V and power ports were empty. The fact that there were no controllers or hard drive in the box might have served as a red flag as well.

The thief may have gotten away with a 360, but we can rest assured that his console guts look as ugly as sin in the entertainment center.

[Via Joystiq]

PS3 thief settles for Xbox 360

Posted May 3rd 2007 5:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Fan stuff

What is it with people demanding new gen consoles at gunpoint? A Blockbuster video in the UK was recently robbed. A young man held up the two female store clerks at gunpoint, demanding that they give him a Playstation 3. Upon informing him that they didn't stock the console, he settled for an Xbox 360 instead. He also swiped several Xbox 360 games on the way out as well as money from the register. No one was injured, though it took the police 20 minutes to arrive because they were directed to the wrong Blockbuster.

Frankly, we probably would have asked for a Wii. Seriously, those things are hard to find.

[Thanks, slimbloke]

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