Best Buy: Confusing, but good, experience

[KCChiefsMan]

So my Xbox 360 just got the RROD this afternoon. Luckily for me I purchased the product replacement plan and it was still within that time frame. So I go down there to Best Buy, he checks out the 360 and confirms that it's f*cked up. So he gives me a new 360 plus a $100 in store credit card. I am very confused why they gave me that, because this is now my 3rd 360. I purchased my 1st one with the replacement plan, that broke and got a new one a year and a half ago, bought a new replacement plan then for $40 and that is what I just used today. So last time I had to spend $40 for the new plan, this time I get a new plan for free plus $60 more. I don't get it, but I like it, I'll take it. I didn't ask him why because I didn't want him to change his mind.

Can you see how this can boggle someone's mind?

[Valiant]

Has it gone down in price??

[rockymtnchief]

Go buy some lottery tickets. Hurry!

[KCChiefsMan]

Has it gone down in price??

yes, but the last time it was down in price from when I first bought it and I still had to pay for the new replacement plan.

[BigMeatballDave]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth...

[RJ]

If someone gave me a Best Buy gift card I would sell it for ten cents on the dollar before I would walk into one of their stores.

I am not a fan.

[TJR1486]

So my Xbox 360 just got the RROD this afternoon. Luckily for me I purchased the product replacement plan and it was still within that time frame. So I go down there to Best Buy, he checks out the 360 and confirms that it's f*cked up. So he gives me a new 360 plus a $100 in store credit card. I am very confused why they gave me that, because this is now my 3rd 360. I purchased my 1st one with the replacement plan, that broke and got a new one a year and a half ago, bought a new replacement plan then for $40 and that is what I just used today. So last time I had to spend $40 for the new plan, this time I get a new plan for free plus $60 more. I don't get it, but I like it, I'll take it. I didn't ask him why because I didn't want him to change his mind.

Can you see how this can boggle someone's mind?

You probably paid $399 for your last one, and $299 for your new one. They give you the money back that you paid for the system when you bought it as a gift card. Since you got a new 360, you still had $100 left over. (If that makes sense)

[Buck]

If someone gave me a Best Buy gift card I would sell it for ten cents on the dollar before I would walk into one of their stores.

I am not a fan.

Let me know when you get one then.

[RJ]

Let me know when you get one then.


You got dibs.

[stlchiefs]

You got dibs.

Seconds!

I can start a side business of turning gift cards on Chiefsplanet!

[Kyle DeLexus]

You got dibs.Can I take the dibs from the charger fan? I need a new laptop mine just ate a bullet, the best deal I've found is at bestbuy.

[88TG88]

You've had 3 360s take a dump on you and you went back and got another one. Sounds like you need a PS3 stat.

[BryanBusby]

You've had 3 360s take a dump on you and you went back and got another one. Sounds like you need a PS3 stat.

I've heard they got a lot more reliable since they started shipping them out with the new Jasper chipsets. Microsoft still fails though.

As for a price drop, I haven't heard of one. if you want to make something out of the rumor mill though, sometime this fall the current Elite bundle will replace the Pro bundle.

[KCChiefsMan]

You've had 3 360s take a dump on you and you went back and got another one. Sounds like you need a PS3 stat.

the second one cost be $40, the third one cost me $40, the next one will have gained me $60 because I got that $100 reward card if it breaks within 2 years from now. That's better than buying a PS3 and re-buying all of my games.

[Dayze]

same thing happened to me; 3 360's in 3 years.

finally bought a PS3 after the 3rd was replaced. tried selling the new 360 but I'm thinking of just keeping it as an 'extra' system since my PS3 is the primary console.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Xbox sucks. It really does. Good games, exclusive titles, all shot to hell by the worst manufactured console in the history of gaming.