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PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS"

Posted by kdawson on from the making-good dept.

Toxicgonzo writes "Amazon has given a European PS3 owner a 20% refund for removal of the PS3's OtherOS feature. (We recently discussed hacker Geohot's efforts to restore this feature.) The owner cited European law Directive 1999/44/EC — which states that goods must (1) comply with the description given by the seller and possess the same qualities and characteristics as other similar goods, and (2) be fit for the purpose which the consumer requires them and which was made known to the seller at the time of purchase. How many other European PS3 owners will follow suit? If Amazon forwards the bill to Sony, how will Sony respond?"

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  1. Heh by Pojut · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cue the complainers who didn't even know their PS3 Fat could do this in the first place.

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    1. Re:Heh by theaveng · · Score: -1, Troll

      >>>people who had no idea they could even do this suddenly demanding a refund.

      I certainly would. Any opportunity I have to cause financial damage to the corporations that raped taxpayer wallets for 1500 billion dollars (TARP plus Bailout bills) (almost $14,000 per American home), I am going to take it.

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    2. Re:Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Tell that to Saddam Hussein.

  2. Re:Car analogy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Better analogy

    You buy a car, then one day you take it into the dealer and find out they put in different spark plugs. It has no real effect on you, but you get nerdragey and bitch about it because that's what nerds do.

  3. Re:Car analogy. by socsoc · · Score: -1, Troll

    Then stop overpopulating.