Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:47:00
Red ring of death strikes at my heart
*sigh*
It’ll be damn near a month before I see it again...but we had planned a second box for upstairs anyway so Donna can play when I’m hogging this one, which is almost all the time. Guess that’s about to happen...in about 15 minutes. By the way, in case anyone was wondering, it was Command & Conquer that killed it. I really thought Bioshock would be the one, but it lived long enough to let me finish that game, so some small comfort there.
Donations can be made in it’s name to me. :)
*UPDATE*
Well that was an adventure. The bitchy clerk at Walmart apparently didn’t want my money. I suppose this is just another confirmation of why I rarely shop there.
“I’d like to buy an Xbox 360 Premium system.”
“Whassat? We got the black one and the white one.”
“Umm...(pause and stare at her) The Premium system? The one with the wireless controller and smaller hard drive?”
“We got the black one or the white one.”
“Are you kidding me? OK, look, the white one? It comes in two kinds: Core system, which has a wired controller and no fancy extras, or the premium system, with a wireless controller and hard drive and so forth. I want that. I looked it up online and this store has them in stock.”
“I dunno what you saw on the computer but we ain’t got that. And I don’t appreciate you giving me shit about it.”
“What the hell? Are you crazy? I want to buy this system from you and you swear at me? You’re lucky I’m not in the mood to stand around and wait for your manager, because I would totally tell him how useless and rude you are. Instead I’ll just buy this at Target. Fuck you.”
And I left. I tried Gamestop, figuring I’d patronize a gamer-centric store, but that idiot told me Premiums with HMDI weren’t being sold yet and didn’t even have a SKU. So I just went to Target and bought the thing that the Gamestop guy says doesn’t exist. Build date of 7/23/2007 with HDMI and a new heatsink. Here’s to hoping it lasts longer than the others. :)
When my other one comes back, Donna gets it as her very own, with all the bits and parts from this system. And now my credit card is bursting at the seams. I don’t care. Must have 360. :)
Posted by JimK at 04:47 PM on September 08, 2007
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#2 Posted by Buzzion 
on 09/08 at 08:05 PM -
So I just went to Target and bought the thing that the Gamestop guy says doesn’t exist.
I’d have gone back to gamestop with it knocked on the door and said “See this? Yeah fuck you idiot.”
That’s why I never seek assistance from the people at those places. No I don’t give a shit if you think I’m buying a good game or a good movie. No I’m not interested in your preferred customer cards. No I don’t want to hear about what else is coming out.
#3 Posted by gcanter on 09/08 at 08:13 PM -
I know the feeling. That just happened to me.
I was forced to go cold-turkey for the last 2 weeks; just when Bioshock got to my doorstep from gamefly too…
#4 Posted by Harley W Daugherty on 09/08 at 09:31 PM -
that shit is why i stick to PCs
this is my system im looking to buy...
#5 Posted by Christian on 09/09 at 12:44 AM -
Yep, once again the high quality help at the Wal-mart drives off another potential customer because they are so freaken stoopid. This is what i deal with on a daily basis, and why I have total job security. I mean, please. If their people could actually stock music and videos, why hire my company to do it for them? Plus, when I’m there, I get to field all the customer questions about almost everything in the department, even things that don’t make me money, like phones or television cables.
And thank you for shopping at you Wal-mart Supercenter!
#6 Posted by chrisbg99 on 09/09 at 03:30 AM -
When I go to Wal-Mart I tend to avoid asking for help aside from when I absolutely positively need it.
Them people are dumb but it doesn’t stop me from shopping htere.
Also sorry for the death of your 360. I’ve heard there is a trick that can fix it I’ll see if I can find it. Though that won’t do you much good as you’ve already sent it out.
#8 Posted by EMalachi on 09/10 at 03:14 AM -
All I can say is HAHA. ^.^
I work at Gamestop, we’ve had the new systems w/ HDMI for about a week now. And I hear that the 360 repairs are facing a bit of a backlog. Think 6-8 weeks instead of 3-4.
My housemate’s 360 just died. His second failed 360. Gonna have to borrow a friend’s system for Halo 3.
#9 Posted by cashin on 09/11 at 10:24 AM -
I work at wal-mart and I tried so hard to work in electronics so I could actually, you know, assist customers. But eff that, I guess i’m thrown into the deli, can’t wait to leave, interview next week.
My 360 died about a week ago, red ring finally caught up to me, it was a launch Box to. I had a warranty at Best Buy so I was able to swap it for a new one same day, except the new one is “The black one” as Wal-mart would say.
#10 Posted by Chico Choko on 09/11 at 11:19 AM -
It’s not as bad as you think, took about two weeks total and they shipped me a brand new replacement.
The only bad thing about it is I bought World of Warcraft to pass the time and now I can’t stop playing the damn game!
Level 39 Tauren Hunter, LOL…
P.S. Never stand your 360 on it’s side like that, that is the main air intake you are blocking.
#11 Posted by miguelito on 09/11 at 08:13 PM -
I absolutely refuse to ever shop at Wal-Mart.. and I could give a rat’s ass about the whole “they don’t give benefits” crap.
I won’t shop there because it’s the worst store in history. Everytime I’ve been in one it’s been packed, dirty as hell, broken things all over the place, and they hire the slowest, most stupid people in the world.
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Right there with ya buddy. Sent my baby off on Tuesday, and hope to have it back before the 25th. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Our condolences on your loss.