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Xbox Users Too Impatient for Class Action
Danilo Campos writes "I got a little irritated when Microsoft wanted me to pony up $80 to repair my out-of-warranty Xbox for a hardware failure that is very, very well-known.
Slashdot recently reported a class action aimed at solving this very problem. That will take too long and cost everyone too much. The only ones who'll be better off are the lawyers.
I have instead organized a polite, respectful request by Xbox owners that Microsoft repair or replace any afflicted systems at their own expense. Join the call, won't you?"
Isnt the warranty inside the box? How can you read it if it is inside the box and you have to buy the item to read the warranty? This issue wich you seem to take the 'you had a choice' bullshit reasoning stance-used mostly by people brainwashed by the right wing- on is not as simple as you make it out to be. In fact in my contracts class in law school we spent over a week talking about this using some gateway cases. Unlike with software the UCC applies to this since it can be considered a 'good' so you should look up the UCC sometime and see what it says about warranties. Also if the issue is a deffect in the product that the company knows of it gets even more complicated. So thanks for your brain-dead comment. People can enter into contracts but if the contract goes against the law it isnt going to be valid in court. so instead of talking shit educate yourself.
Wouldn't it be cool if sony offered a competitive xbox upgrade? "Send us your broken XBOX and we'll send you a PS2 for the same price Microsoft wants to charge you to fix it!"
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When I bought f-zero, the game kept randomly crashing, so I called nintendo and they said it was a known problem with a certain batch of systems. It was like a year after I bought it too, but they fixed it for free, I don't even know if it was under warranty. They just fixed it, fed-ex shipping and everything, it was awesome.