Comments on: Xbox 360 Shortage in U.S. until Spring http://cybernetnews.com/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-131449 Ryan Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:18:11 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/#comment-131449 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-131405" rel="nofollow">Ethan wrote:</a><blockquote>Or… you can be like me and buy an xbox from Costco, lifetime return warrenty, and return a broken xbox 360 2 years after i purchased it there for a full cash refund (with receipt) and saved $100 because of the xbox 360 price drop since when i first bought it</blockquote></div> Costco's return policy is absolutely insane. I don't understand how they can afford to do it. Ethan wrote:
Or… you can be like me and buy an xbox from Costco, lifetime return warrenty, and return a broken xbox 360 2 years after i purchased it there for a full cash refund (with receipt) and saved $100 because of the xbox 360 price drop since when i first bought it

Costco’s return policy is absolutely insane. I don’t understand how they can afford to do it.

]]> By: Ethan http://cybernetnews.com/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-131405 Ethan Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:21:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/#comment-131405 Or... you can be like me and buy an xbox from Costco, lifetime return warrenty, and return a broken xbox 360 2 years after i purchased it there for a full cash refund (with receipt) and saved $100 because of the xbox 360 price drop since when i first bought it Or… you can be like me and buy an xbox from Costco, lifetime return warrenty, and return a broken xbox 360 2 years after i purchased it there for a full cash refund (with receipt) and saved $100 because of the xbox 360 price drop since when i first bought it

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-131384 Ryan Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:04:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/#comment-131384 It seems like the number of problems people have been having with the Xbox 360 has been getting even worse lately. That would really suck if the warranty ran out when it happened. It seems like the number of problems people have been having with the Xbox 360 has been getting even worse lately. That would really suck if the warranty ran out when it happened.

]]> By: Max http://cybernetnews.com/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-131359 Max Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:42:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/02/14/xbox-360-shortage-in-us-until-spring/#comment-131359 "The other thing that crossed my mind is the number of defective consoles that people ship back to Microsoft. It’s possible that the overwhelming demand during the holidays combined with the number of replacement consoles they’ve had to send out is causing the shortage." That's the only reason I haven't wanted to get a 360. I read an article that puts the failure rate at 30%, which is astronomically high. I think the PS3 and Wii failure rates are under 1%. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/xbox-360-failure-rate-30-says-retailers-271487.php “The other thing that crossed my mind is the number of defective consoles that people ship back to Microsoft. It’s possible that the overwhelming demand during the holidays combined with the number of replacement consoles they’ve had to send out is causing the shortage.”

That’s the only reason I haven’t wanted to get a 360. I read an article that puts the failure rate at 30%, which is astronomically high. I think the PS3 and Wii failure rates are under 1%.

[gizmodo.com]

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