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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    08/26/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    damn u MS,

    Xbox 360 Fallout 3 Edition? damn u guys get all the cool looking consoles!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/26/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    I'll call it "Office Space Mod".
    [xspblog.com]
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    Image of Salen Salen
    08/26/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    Wow. It's like you can buy post-modern art on E-bay now. I bet these piece is called "Man vs. Red Rings, 2 out of 3 falls, 10 round limit".
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    Image of duckmouth duckmouth
    08/26/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    Ha, the questions that buyers have asked (and the seller's answers) are pretty funny:

    Q: i am very interested in purchasing a xbox 360. If by chance i was not satisfied with your item would you accept returns?
    A: Im sorry, due to the 100% satisfaction guarantee, no returns are accepted
    Q: Does the XBOX come with a microsoft warranty, as i think there are a few people on here selling dodgy one's. !!!! i ain't seen any as yet though.
    A: The warranty is now up sadly, luckily the xbox has genuine faults, nothing dodgy here lol :D
    Q: As it was bought in 2006, was it bought at the end of 2006, as in is it still within the three year RROD warranty? Also has the console been registered online with Microsoft?
    A: The date says 18th January 2006, so sadly it has just gone out of warranty, it would have been an easy fix as well,,
    Q: Would you say this is less an xbox 360 and more a work of art?? Thanks debby
    A: I think the angles it has created do symbolize a part of our very nature, yes it is rather arty i agree
    Q: Has the ventilation modification meant that this can no longer be used on Live?
    A: Sadly the ventilation has made the xbox too powerful for xbox live, :(
    Q: Hi, I am very interested in the xbox, but can you tell me have you had any over heating issues,lol. This is the tidiest looking xbox I have seen in a long time. Cheers, Jason
    A: Hi This xbox runs so cool that we use it as air conditioning but then there was a fire problem, thankfully it has been fully restored to by professionals to a professional condition, , nicceee :D
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    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    08/26/09

    @duckmouth: Excellent post! I am going to have to come up with my own for kicks.

    "Sir, Inquiring about your Xbox. Is it rather tasty? It looks like of the inside of a Klondike bar or ice cream sandwich and it has made me very hungry."
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    Image of qamulek qamulek
    08/26/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    This is why modding a console is dangerous. This guy probably didn't mod his console, but bad things like this can happen if you do mod a console.
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    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    08/26/09

    @qamulek: This is also why throwing the 360 out of a chopper into a volcano is dangerous. This guy probably didn't do that but bad things much worse than this can happen if you do throw a 360 out of a chopper into a volcano.
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    Image of PhatsMahoney PhatsMahoney
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    I would actually like to see that as a case mod
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/26/09

    @PhatsMahoney: I'd say it's fairly easy to do it yourself...
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    Image of sander_dutch sander_dutch
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    That's what happens when somebody tries to turn a 360 in a Foreman Grill.
    Everybody knows you need a cell processor to safely build a Foreman Grill
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    08/26/09


    @sander_dutch:
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    Image of G1bblets G1bblets
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    Did you try and case mod that 360 you had cause I think it BRICKED
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    Image of the7k the7k
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    I honestly thought this was a case mod.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    08/25/09

    @the7k: Yeah, falloutesque?
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    Image of TheVegetarianBurgerKing TheVegetarianBurgerKing
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    Now its looks are of the level of it's performance.
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    Image of KylenX KylenX
    08/25/09

    @TheVegetarianBurgerKing: [www.dailymotion.com]

    When I first saw that 360, it reminded me of this PSP. But then I noticed that the 360 is actually dead, whereas the psp just got a case mod. A very SEXY case mod at that.
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    MrBionic promoted this comment Edited by KylenX at 08/25/09 9:52 PM KylenX was starred KylenX was unstarred
    Image of MrBionic MrBionic
    08/26/09

    @KylenX: That is something special. I wish I were so creative.
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    Image of Isentropic_Storm Isentropic_Storm
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Let's fire up the 360!"
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    Violent St. Cannon ([k]) promoted this comment Isentropic_Storm was starred Isentropic_Storm was unstarred
    Image of I Am Error I Am Error
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    "But faulty is the new fashion now days so you may become super trendy."

    LOL.

    I think I'm going start listing/selling crap (on eBay) that does not work to well or at all and use this lines in the item description.
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    You know what it needs... duct tape. Duct tapes the cure-all.
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    Image of Skyman747 Skyman747
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    ""But faulty is the new fashion now days so you may become super trendy"

    At least in Microsofts case it is.
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    RexMaximus promoted this comment Skyman747 was starred Skyman747 was unstarred
    Image of Nanaue Nanaue
    08/25/09

    @Skyman747: Oh my. Someone's bitter, aren't they?

    I'm not going to try and defend the 360 from those who refuse to look at it in any way but as "faulty," but it just seems like bad taste at this point to continue the defamation of Microsoft over a product that they have outright acknowledged has technical problems that have a rather high probability of occurring to the consumer's own console.
    And no, I will not argue over the Wii. I'm so tired of the prophet and profit made by an incredibly shallow product.

    Regardless of that, it's interesting that he's not trying to get more for it. I've seen people try to sell a PS3 for thousands of dollars, so why not a broken 360 for about a hundred?

    It also seems like he was a bit premature in trying to fix the problem himself. I understand wanting to avoid the hassle of sending it in and waiting a few weeks for a return, but you should just go with company policy if you know you can't do it yourself. Is the policy for repaired 360s different in the UK?
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    Image of relic1980 relic1980
    08/25/09

    In reply to Distressed-Look 360 Up For Sale on eBay
    I am sure you can still play games like "Hit The Pedestrian From 5 Floors Up". The only problem is that you can only play it once (or twice, if the cops don't arrive fast enough) ^_^.
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    Image of HELLSRIDER is watching anime HELLSRIDER is watching anime
    08/25/09

    @relic1980: Well you could also turn it to some more pieces and then throw them quickly before the cops arrive, then you could enjoy 2 minutes of fun with it!
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