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MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EU
MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EU
Maxconsole - May 15, 2008
Submitted by Animate (241) at 8:23PM PST on May 15, 2008
Microsoft's new 199 Euro's Xbox 360 packs with 2 games and 2 wireless controllers are in fact OLD machines. After opening 10 of them, they found that the machines have been converted to new and all have non-falcon motherboards, old Hitachi 47 or Samsung MS25 drives and the repair center sticker on them.
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1Neisan posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 9:43AM PST on May 16, 2008. RE: MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EUDon't quote me for accuracy, I'm not as familiar with retail business practice... especially in Europe.
However, it sounds more like retail store had some supply of refurbished units build up in stock that needed to be pushed. Given the bundle, it would not be surprising.
The news is not really specific in details -- like, is this an official Microsoft bundle? ...or is it only available in specific stores.[ Lurker ] [ Level 12 ] [ Rank: 926 ]bids
1Sanderson1 posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 7:09AM PST on May 16, 2008. RE: MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EUbids
1andrewdski posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 9:25PM PST on May 15, 2008. RE: MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EUbids
1mrahaju posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 8:56PM PST on May 15, 2008. RE: MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EUbids
21Animate posted on Xbox 360 (Xbox 360) at 8:23PM PST on May 15, 2008. Article: MS Selling Old 360's as 'New' in EUMicrosoft's new 199 Euro's Xbox 360 packs with 2 games and 2 wireless controllers are in fact OLD machines. After opening 10 of them, they found that the machines have been converted to new and all have non-falcon motherboards, old Hitachi 47 or Samsung MS25 drives and the repair center sticker on them.[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]
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This is obviously a cheap sell off of old repaired 360's bundle, as normally the 360 costs 250 euros on its own and this has 2 games and 2 wireless controllers included. Its just someone being completely stupid and ether not reasing the probable disclaimer or someone trying to ignore it to create a bit of internet attention for themselves.