If Kotaku is the charming, sexy ubermensch of the Gawker network, our brother site The Consumerist is the absorbed yet still sentient fetus that was cut from our side, pickled in brine and stuffed on a jar on our trophy shelf.

Nevertheless, they have an interesting email from a reader up, detailing his frustration with Microsoft's XBox repair service... specifically, the inanity of Microsoft selling XBoxes under warranty in countries and territories that Microsoft can't ship fixed XBoxes back to.

Quite a few of our unluckier Kotakuites have probably thrashed an XBox or two, so if you've ever been in the same boat, maybe you can go over and give Jorge some advice on how to resolve his problem.

Puerto Ricans Can Buy XBox But Can't Get One Repaired [Consumerist]

Contact information for this author is not available.