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Title: what a bargain!
Post by: zoozoo on January 25, 2009, 07:01:59 AM
So my xbox gets the red ring of death so i take it back to bestbuy/geeksquad. I had like 10 days left on my waranty. The geek squad guy tells me to go pick any xbox i want. But there are only 60gig ones and my old one was a 20. He lets me take the 60 gig without paying anything! He frogot to take out the games that came with it but he took out the cords because i only brought my consle and hard drive. I made out like a bandit without paying anything! :D
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: skernsk on January 25, 2009, 09:28:50 AM
No worries, Karma will make all right once again.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Getback on January 25, 2009, 09:52:41 AM
No worries, Karma will make all right once again.

LOL, I have found that to be true.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: mechanic on January 25, 2009, 09:55:49 AM
Yeah but in the mean time enjoy the games. Karma usualy has a hangover on sunday mornings.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: sluggish on January 25, 2009, 10:16:42 AM
He'll probably lose his job over this.  But it's OK because you got a couple free games!  YEAH!!























(stealing's wrong mmkay?)
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: ariansworld on January 25, 2009, 10:54:21 AM
So my xbox gets the red ring of death so i take it back to bestbuy/geeksquad. I had like 10 days left on my waranty. The geek squad guy tells me to go pick any xbox i want. But there are only 60gig ones and my old one was a 20. He lets me take the 60 gig without paying anything! He frogot to take out the games that came with it but he took out the cords because i only brought my consle and hard drive. I made out like a bandit without paying anything! :D

I had a buddy that took the stuff (office 2007) he got off of Microsoft club live back to Best buy.  He would get $400 of store credit.  He was one crazy SOB.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: CAVPFCDD on January 25, 2009, 10:55:50 AM
He'll probably lose his job over this.  But it's OK because you got a couple free games!  YEAH!!

maybe won't lose his job, but it's retail so he will have to make up the difference, so i hope that makes you feel good zoo!  :devil

unless they really stink at keeping inventory, which i doubt
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: mechanic on January 25, 2009, 11:11:16 AM
Nah they most likely wont even notice.

Karma on the other hand is going to take something away from you for it.  Just take care of that kitteh in a basket, and watch out for finger nails in your cheerios

Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Fishu on January 25, 2009, 12:45:49 PM
What karma... or rather what bad did I ever do to deserve all the crap from karma! Karma owes me good things big time!
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: mechanic on January 25, 2009, 02:37:01 PM
no no Fishu, you have it all wrong sir, undeserving persons may spend the later years of their lives doing bad stuff without having to worry about it. I'm with you there, i rekon, although i deserved half my life for sure so far. Karma is training us to be serial killers.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Serenity on January 25, 2009, 03:06:31 PM
He'll probably lose his job over this.  But it's OK because you got a couple free games!  YEAH!!























(stealing's wrong mmkay?)

Doubt it. To a big store like BestBuy, the difference between a 60gig and a 20 gig is nothing. If it were 120, MAYBE there might be ramifications, but I still doubt it. As for the free games, what do they care? Once they hand you the new one, its a write-off to them.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: sluggish on January 25, 2009, 03:10:10 PM
Doubt it. To a big store like BestBuy, the difference between a 60gig and a 20 gig is nothing. If it were 120, MAYBE there might be ramifications, but I still doubt it. As for the free games, what do they care? Once they hand you the new one, its a write-off to them.
Work retail much?
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: mbailey on January 25, 2009, 03:16:53 PM
Maybe the person that let him take it was a Manager trying to keep a customer satisfied by providing good customer service, and gave him the extras to show same. I know its rare now adays, but i hold out hope its still out there.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Treize69 on January 25, 2009, 03:19:50 PM
Maybe the person that let him take it was a Manager trying to keep a customer satisfied by providing good customer service, and gave him the extras to show same. I know its rare now adays, but i hold out hope its still out there.

I vote newhire with no knowledge of what he's supposed to be selling.

You know, the typical Best Buy employee.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: mbailey on January 25, 2009, 03:23:16 PM
I vote newhire with no knowledge of what he's supposed to be selling.

You know, the typical Best Buy employee.

Or that......yea probably that    :rofl
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: REP0MAN on January 25, 2009, 06:09:43 PM
No worries, Karma will make all right once again.

....usually in the form of an enlarged prostate.

Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Fishu on January 25, 2009, 08:49:27 PM
Maybe the person that let him take it was a Manager trying to keep a customer satisfied by providing good customer service, and gave him the extras to show same. I know its rare now adays, but i hold out hope its still out there.

My Saitek X45 broke once, a plastic ring at the base of the stick detached from the body. So I returned it and they sent back an another stick, which seemed to been used, possibly a returned stick that had been repaired. I immediately checked the same plastic ring and well, didn't it already show signs of breaking apart from the body, halfway detached. I returned it too, they apologized it and sent a brand new X45, along with Morrowind CD, which seemed to be a bit out of place. I suppose they added it to the package to make up for the trouble. Morrowind is one of the best games ever, although HOTAS is no use with it ;)
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: Serenity on January 25, 2009, 09:05:05 PM
I have a friend who sent in a 360 after the red-rings. They sent him back a completely different one saying they had just refurbished it.
Title: Re: what a bargain!
Post by: avionix on January 26, 2009, 10:51:18 AM
Took a cable back to Best Buy along with a couple of other items.  Didn;t realize it till I got home, but htey had credited me for soemthing I kept from that purchase.  They must not have payed attention when checking of the items I returned.  Of course, neither did I.   :D