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Buying a Used Xbox 360? Beware of Shipwrecked Consoles

So you want an Xbox 360 and you're thinking of buying used. Here are a few things you should know before buying a used Xbox 360. If you already did buy used and are having a problem getting on Xbox Live, your console could have been shipwrecked, if so there might be one thing you can do.
SeNiLe911 - contributor
Published: 53 days 22 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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Xiphos - 54 days ago
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I'd sooner buy a used condom.

Seriously, just buy it new.
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Jamie Foxx - 53 days 23 hours ago
1.1 - ^personally i think its just as risky buying a new one to be honest, hardware failure rate is atrocious
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SeNiLe911 - 53 days 20 hours ago
1.2 - It's not as bad as it was...
trust me, I am on my 7th or 8th, I'v lost track.

Buy new so if you do get the RROD then your covered for three years. Not going to get a warranty that good with any other console this gen.
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Jamie Foxx - 53 days 17 hours ago
1.3 - ^your SEVENTH or EiGHTH are you flipping kidding me?you have to wonder without
all the repeat customers like yourself what would 360s sales be?
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SeNiLe911 - 53 days 16 hours ago
1.4 - There is a 3 year warranty you know...
come on Jamie Foxx, you're smarter than that.
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Jamie Foxx - 53 days 15 hours ago
1.5 - my bad so you mean you got RROD eight times in three years
so you got a new one each time because you were under warranty.... so you only paid for a 360 console once? if so my apologies i misunderstood
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