Designer Builds Coffin For Xbox's Suffering RROD

angry tapir writes "The Xbox 360 RROD coffin was created by Aussie designer Alexis Vanamois, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It's the ultimate final resting place for 'bricked' Xbox 360 consoles that have suffered the Red Ring of Death; it even has a cavity for your controller!"

Comments

Re:Controller?

[semifamous]

If your console is dead, why would you still need the controller?

What do you mean, you're going to buy a new one? People are really stupid enough to buy a product with a failure rate this high? And to buy it repeatedly no matter how many times it fails?

Wow. People are dumb.

Re:Controller?

[theaveng]

>>>As you say, this is theft.

I don't consider it theft when I'm dealing with (1) a scam artist that knowingly sells defective product (2) a dishonest corporation that sells defective products like the X360 with ~33% failure rate, or (c) a corporation like Bank of America that stole 1500 billion in bailout funds from our wallets. I don't consider taking money from Known Thieves to be stealing, just as I didn't cry when Saddam Hussein was hung dead.

As for the serial number issue, I was not aware of that since I never bought a new Xbox.
In that case I'd probably deal with an online retailer like amazon rather than Microsoft
- they don't scan the numbers.
Worst case I use Step 5 (dispute the return with the credit card). Proof of return == refund.

Re:Controller?

[theaveng]

P.S.

I also don't consider it stealing when *THEY SCREWED ME FIRST* with a defective product which they KNOW is defective but refuse to fix. That's why I silently Cheered when Toyota's President got drug in front of Congress. He deserved to be raked across the coals for:

- selling engines that died prematurely at 20-30,000 miles and then refusing to honor the replacement warranty
- selling cars that drove by themselves and killed passengers, while insisted it wasn't their fault
- selling Priuses with faulty batteries that died prematurely and cost adopter $4000 to replace, even while said battery was under warranty

They way Toyota has acted since 2000 reminds me of Ford during the 1970s (remember the exploding Pintos?). If a corporation Screws you, I consider it acceptable to screw them right back.