He had a launch Xbox 360 with notable signatures from the gaming community, like people from the Xbox 360 team staff and the Bungie staff. Well, his Xbox died and he had to send it in. He left a special note to give him back the same console. Well they gave him back the same console, but somebody took the time to clean all the signatures and artwork right off! Heres the link http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2008/02/28/another-gamer-screwed-by-microsoft/
Fake, he bought another 360, put a bit of marker on it, then scrubbed it.Shadow_op
If you pay closely enough to the article, you will see what I see. Where they circled the picture saying that they tried clean it off. It is just to the right of the Xbox360 logo that stis on the top of the console (when horizontal). If you look at the pictures with the signatures, there doesn't appear to be any signatures in the spot that the ''smudge'' appears to be. So where did this 'smudge' come from if there were no signatures there? Did it really rub that far? Doubtful. But I also doubt that this person is lieing. I'm thinking that they did not try to clean his console. They reiceved his console, and shipped him a different one. I don't think they would go through that much work to clean the console. I just think its a different console than the original he sent in.
Man, what a PR hit. MS is already floundering in public perception, and the gaming media seems to be forming a feeding frenzy. Kotaku, et all will be all over this.
Anyway, it really sucks for the guy, but there's no way I'd've entrusted MS with something that had so much sentimental value.
OH MAN THAT MEANS A COUPLE MILLION MORE PEOPLE WONT BUY THE XBOX. Darn!
Nocturnal15
Ha. I'm not saying that. But MS is having a rough time getting any good news out this year, and whether it's stuff like this or bigger stuff like RROD and DRM issues, they seem to keep shooting themselves in their collective foot.
OH MAN THAT MEANS A COUPLE MILLION MORE PEOPLE WONT BUY THE XBOX. Darn!
wanizame98
Ha. I'm not saying that. But MS is having a rough time getting any good news out this year, and whether it's stuff like this or bigger stuff like RROD and DRM issues, they seem to keep shooting themselves in their collective foot.
Well then we are the idiots for buying their console then arent we?
Then again if that were my 360 I would never send it in, I would just buy a new one and keep it in a glass case or something because a lot of those signatures would definitely mean a lot.
Well then we are the idiots for buying their console then arent we?
wanizame98
OH TOUCHE!!!!1
LOL I dont know if you are being sarcastic or serious. However I dont mean to sound like a jerk if I am. Its just that theres sooo much bashing towards the 360 (some of it well deserved like RROD) however its basically destroying the competition in various aspects (xbox live + extensive game library) as well as people are still buying the console. So Microsoft must be doing something right.
Why not just keep that one in the box and go buy another one if it was so sentimental? I know I would have. You wouldn't get a guitar signed by the Beatles or the Rolling Stones and then take it around to gigs and play it. Your sweat would more than likely rub the signatures off. That was stupid of him to send it in. But hey, his console works, right? :lol:!!!
@Nocturnal15: I agree to some extent. I mean, I'm tired of Sony fanboys who trolls forums and rip endlessly on a product they clearly know little about. For example, "XBOX 360 ROFL MORE LIEK SHOOTERBOX 360 U HAV NO OTHER GAME JENRAYS(SP???)." But on the other hand, I'd hate to see the 360 die the death of a thousand cuts. I'm not saying they're in serious trouble, especially since MS can actually lose money on their games division and continue on pretty much as long as they want; but lately it's been a comedy of errors, and I'm wondering if they plan to start dealing with all the nagging problems. Those issues make the weird little stories of poor service (like this one) seem that much worse. IMHO, obviously.
Why not just keep that one in the box and go buy another one if it was so sentimental? I know I would have. You wouldn't get a guitar signed by the Beatles or the Rolling Stones and then take it around to gigs and play it. Your sweat would more than likely rub the signatures off. That was stupid of him to send it in.EnderSR388
I had one of my pool sticks autographed by Mike Massey and I still played with it all the time. Eventually the oils/sweat rubbed it off. I honestly didn't care too much. Haha. I still have one of the shafts and 3 cue balls autographed. So i'm good.. But I wouldn't have used it if it really meant that much to me.. I would think this person would have kept it if he didn't know 100% if he was going to get the same console back or not. Logically speaking..
Ya i read that article. I'm not sure whether they sent him a new one or actually cleaned it, but either way he got screwed. If I were that connected to my system I'd be battling Microsoft. That is bad customer service.
Secondly, who the hell would have their "heros" sign a console that they know has a good chance of dying on them?! Whatever happened to just using an autograph book? Why not have them sign your Halo 3 case?
Thirdly, bad customer service? Maybe. But, I suspect as busy as they are they don't have time to take special requests.
I don't buy it. I think this kid is trying to get his 15 minutes of fame. Microsoft in no way would take the time in wipeing down a console that was brought in for repairs, especially if it has a note, obvious personal value, etc. When you bring a car in to get serviced they don't fix the problem and wash your car as well.
good job microsoft...they really do care about their customers...hey i know lets support them and all pay double the list price for xbox live so we recieve even more kindness and love from your truly...microsoft...they are so sweet
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