Comments on: Xbox 360 Pro 20 GB – Refurbished

By: M. Ray

M. Ray — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:35:39 +0000

Dont buy this product. I bought this and paid for the two day shipping. Well the two day shipping took 6 days. Then when I finally got it one of the controllers was broken and the customer service department told me I would have to send the whole -box and everything it came with back and they would refund me my money and I would have to buy another one. You are much better off buying a new xbox 360 arcade or a playstation 3.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Son Of The King

Son Of The King — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:29:51 +0000

The XBO360 is an awesome system & I love it, it is so cool! But the thing that I dread MOST about the 360 is that Red Ring of Death, beacuse of it I couldn’t play my 360 for years! I tried to fix it through the video showing me how to fix it and it still didn’t work! So $400 was wasted for me to just use the 360 for 3 years instead of a life time!

Rating: 4 / 5

By: Swamiji CH

Swamiji CH — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:24:55 +0000

It seems that Amazon has absolutely no idea, when this item will ship. When I ordered, it was listed as being in stock, the next day; the next day, it was listed as being in stock, with a processing time of 1 to 2 days; the following day, my game was shipped, and the xbox was listed as ’shipping, when available*’; I then rechecked, online, to see that availability was listed as 1 to 2 months!

*I called Amazon, and was informed that my xbox would ship on the 1st of March. Seems, however, that I was being conned, since the followup email didn’t corroborate, that fact.

In short, it seems that Amazon is depending upon units going bad, being returned/refurbished, so they can snap them up & sell them. This is my first really bad experience, with Amazon. Hey, AMAZON! If you don’t have it, don’t list it!! Okay?
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Troy E. Lawicki

Troy E. Lawicki — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:27:13 +0000

I not only recieved my xbox360 over two weeks late, I also didnt recive the second wireless controller or the 20 gigabite hard drive, the live headset or the silver live. Card…. Overall I am completely displeased and I would like to be contacted so I can find out when I will recieve the missing components..thank you and please respond back!!!
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Earl Wilkerson

Earl Wilkerson — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:57:31 +0000

Great console and Microsoft. I am not a complete Microsoft detractor, but have to say the companies overall response to the RROD issue is nothing short of pathetic. If more people would stop buying their consoles, perhaps the steep decline in sales would force an acceptable fix – not the present one: send your console back to Microsoft for “repair” (replacement). Add to that, the alleged replacement of products with equally defective to those returned, forcing the customer to send their system back to Microsoft once more, and you have a serious situation that does nothing to help the reputation of one of the worlds largest companies.

If you are one of the rare few who purchase a new XBOX 360, whether it be new, used, refurbished, etc. that do not have an issue with the console experiencing this extraordinarily frustrating death, then I wholeheartedly congratulate you. I consider my self a very casual gamer, running my system for a few hours here and there in a very well-ventilated and air-purified environment, and have melted it down in less than 2 months.

The Playstation 3 is certainly more expensive, but don’t buy in the hype about the superiority of the XBOX 360. They are both “next-gen” consoles, with a great game selection, sleek looks, great online capabilities, and HD graphics (although the Blu-Ray – as featured on the PS3 – is the high-definition DVD standard). The extra $100 you’ll spend on the PS3 will certainly be less than what you’ll have to spend to replace your XBOX 360 after it dies out of warranty.
Rating: 3 / 5