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Trading in an xbox elite with rrod

  • 29-10-2010 11:29am
    #1
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭


    Got the dreaded rrod last night!
    Have an elite, 2 years old in sept past, just wondering as its out of warranty with pc world, if I traded it in with game, gamestop etc, for new slimline, do they actually check for this problem?
    Very frustrating as I have box, receipt, everything as new intact.
    I know microsoft offer 3 year warranty on them now, but can't new bothered waiting on it to be repaired etc!

    Any one any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    You want to trade it in without mentioning that it has this problem?


  • #3
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    You want to trade it in without mentioning that it has this problem?

    Thats the point of this thread, wondering if its matters to them or not, as in does the machine have to be in working order?
    Am I obliged to tell them, or would I be better selling machine for spares on adverts.ie (game only offering 90 euro on trade in)


  • #4
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    Gucky wrote: »
    Got the dreaded rrod last night!
    Have an elite, 2 years old in sept past, just wondering as its out of warranty with pc world, if I traded it in with game, gamestop etc, for new slimline, do they actually check for this problem?
    Very frustrating as I have box, receipt, everything as new intact.
    I know microsoft offer 3 year warranty on them now, but can't new bothered waiting on it to be repaired etc!

    Any one any ideas?
    The replacement process will take 2 weeks at the most and be completely free for you.

    If you try to trade in a broken console it will be detected as they'll test it beforehand.


  • #5
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Spoke to a console repair crowd, they have offered to repair for sixty euro.
    Game would trade in for one hundred and sixty, so basically one hundred extra for new slim line model.

    Still wondering though if it matters about rrod though?


  • #6
    hightower1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭hightower1


    Yes they will check.
    Yes you are obliged to tell them.


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  • #7
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    hightower1 wrote: »
    Yes they will check.
    Yes you are obliged to tell them.

    Goddam me and my conscience!


  • #8
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,348 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    They'll take the machine and leave it running for an hour before they accept it.


  • #9
    Smithzer
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭Smithzer


    Get Microsoft to repair it FOC its not that big of a task to send it off and it only takes about 10 days to get back.


  • #10
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    This thread will be closed since you are discussing the intention to defraud


  • #11
    .E_C_K_S.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭.E_C_K_S.


    Gucky wrote: »
    but can't new bothered waiting on it to be repaired etc!

    Any one any ideas?
    It would take around 3-4 weeks for the repair usually less. Just send it off and get it repaired!


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  • #12
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    WALSHY16291 wrote: »
    This thread will be closed since you are discussing the intention to defraud

    Sorry, perhaps its been worded a bit iffy, but Im (seriously) not.
    Merely wondering if it mattered or not if it had the rrod, as I am unsure if they actually sell these consokes back to the public (where a broken one is of no use) pr they go back to microsoft/broke down for parts or even sent to WEE.


  • #13
    Lab_Mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭Lab_Mouse


    Why would they buy a banjaxed xbox off you?:confused:


  • #14
    niallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭niallon


    They test consoles in store. You can only trade in a working machine.

    Don't go next door near a "repair guy" because you have a free repair available from MS. Be patient, the trade in price of the consoles won't change. Two weeks you'll have your new X Box!


  • #15
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    niallon wrote: »
    They test consoles in store. You can only trade in a working machine.

    Don't go next door near a "repair guy" because you have a free repair available from MS. Be patient, the trade in price of the consoles won't change. Two weeks you'll have your new X Box!

    Lol, Strangely enough the guy I was thinking of taking it to is in your neck of the woods :pac::pac::pac:


  • #16
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Lab_Mouse wrote: »
    Why would they buy a banjaxed xbox off you?:confused:

    See the post above your comment?


  • #17
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Why spend a single euro getting it fixed by some hobbyist when you can get it fixed for free from Microsoft? It's almost no effort to arrange the fix, and then you just wait for 10 working days and it'll be back and will either be a new motherboard, or a refurbished console. Either way, it will be like new with no RROD and then you can sell it to a shop or try sell it privately.

    Any other idea you're even considering isn't worth it.


  • #18
    Mperrozzi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭Mperrozzi


    If you really want to trade it in,

    Search towel trick on YouTube and it will work for 4-5 days after doing it.


  • #19
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,529 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Mperrozzi wrote: »
    Search towel trick on YouTube and it will work for 4-5 days after doing it.

    Don't do that. Imagine a family who have been scraping together a few euros here and there to afford an xbox for their kids at Christmas. They go down the second hand route, and the console is knackered by Stephen's Day.

    Get it fixed properly.


  • #20
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    yea I think that towel trick is a really sly way alright.
    OP sounds like you just want to upgrade to the new xbox.
    why don't you just buy the slim now, send your xbox off to be repaired and when it comes back sell it. you'll prob get more..


  • #21
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Ups collecting tomorrow guys, official repair from microsoft!
    Elite will do me now, until it goes again lol!


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