Jonathan's Universe

I’ve always wanted one… but I haven’t been in the position to be able to just shell out $400+ on it. Well I got one.. for free.

No, this isn’t one of thos scams a la freeipods.com. You could say the 360 was given to me as a gift. This is the story:

I was talking to one of my friends, Josh, and he flat out told me he was going to mail me his 360 for my birthday. Well, there’s a bit more to it. See, Josh had a 360 but it broke… so he went and picked up a new one. Unbeknownst to him (at the time of the new purchase) the broken 360 had an extended warranty on the exact condition it was suffering from. Knowing this, he offered to send me the broken one (plus 1 game!). I agreed. So after a few weeks of waiting (he’s located in Trinidad and Tobago), I finally received the 360. Actually, FedEx decided to toss it on the ground and leave, instead of handing it to a person after receiving a signature… since you know, thats what was paid for…. but I digress.

So, I plugged in the 360 and tested to make sure the problem suffered was consistent to the condition that Microsoft has universally agreed to fix for an extra 3 years (making my unit still overed). It was. The Red Ring of Death. So I contacted Microsoft and requested a repair. Just the other day, a mostly empty box showed up. In the box contained a strip of tape, some package padding, and UPS shipping label.

So now my next step is to pack the 360, put the label on it and ship it. Then wait for Microsoft to get around to fixing it.

Regardless if it is broken, I am extremely grateful. Josh sent me an easily fixable (by microsoft, anyway) xbox 360. He even paid for most of the shipping to get it to me. If he wanted to make some money, he could’ve sold it “as is” on eBay and made like $50.

I will update you as soon as Microsoft returns the unit to me.

Thank you, Josh!