Best Buy Charging $30 Extra for "Updated" Xbox 360
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[quote]Best Buy has apparently come up with an imaginative way to increase its profits on Xbox 360 sales: Busting the systems open, installing the latest system update and then charging 30 bucks extra for the "service."
A Consumerist reader named Bryan sent in a photo of the "updated" Xbox 360 for sale at his local Best Buy, where an employee named Kim had cracked open the unit, put it online and downloaded the latest system update - a process that involves little more than plugging it in, turning it on and pushing a button.
"They are taking brand new Xbox 360 Elites and opening them and updating the system software, and as you can see in the photo, charging people $29.99 for a service that is available for free!" he wrote. "Do they discount these units after they have opened them? Nope, full price for all. I don't know if Microsoft is aware that Best Buy is tampering with the seal and replacing [it] with a Best Buy branded 'Inspected By'."
As you can see from the photo, the "Best Buy Inspection Sticker" isn't exactly top-notch professionalism at work. In fact, if the situation was reversed and the customer had taken home a new 360 and then tried to return it in this condition, he'd probably be refused because he wrote all over the freakin' box.
No word on whether this is a nation-wide Best Buy thing or just something put together by one enterprising store, but I can say for certain that this is far from the only over-priced "service" Best Buy offers to customers who don't know any better. It's far from the worst place in the world to shop, sure, but take the lesson: If you are a buyer, you'd best beware.[/quote]
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[url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95180-Best-Buy-Charging-30-Extra-for-Updated-Xbox-360[/url]
I would understand if it was hacked firmware, but that's Best Buy for you - finding new and creative ways to rip non-tech savvy people.
(Ironically the laptop I'm typing on is from Best Buy, though. They recommended me some $2000 Sony multimedia piece of shit and a laptop bag that didn't even fit it I got it.)
I wish they would offer a service where they could pre-playtest the system for me. I'd love to have someone open the box, play some cod4 for a few hours, and then package it up and tack on extra fees. Now [b]that's[/b] something I'd pay for.
Doesn't this also void the warranty since they open up the console?
lmao
[QUOTE=markfu;17657141]Doesn't this also void the warranty since they open up the console?[/QUOTE]
The box, not the console.
Ah, rate me bad readings.
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What the
i gotta say that's pretty clever
Shit I wish I knew dumb people that'd be willing to pay me to do something that's done automatically.
Reminds me of this:
[img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/6b54001253394863389.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Diet Kane;17657431]Reminds me of this:
[img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/6b54001253394863389.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Dick Squad
This is especially sad since on every 360 game disk there is a firmware update.
If you need Best Buy to install a firmware update for you, you're probably going to need them to play Gears of War 2 for you, too.
Olawd wat a chore that is to turn on an xbox. Well BestBuy totally fucked up
Best Buy is just too fucking stupid now.
I don't think Best Buy is the stupid one if this is making them money.
[QUOTE=Kappa169;17656997][img]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/images/display/60056.jpg[/img]
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change your source to this:
[url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95180-Best-Buy-Charging-30-Extra-for-Updated-Xbox-360[/url]
[QUOTE=Diet Kane;17657431]Reminds me of this:
[img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/6b54001253394863389.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
:cawg:
[QUOTE=Diet Kane;17657431]Reminds me of this:
[img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/6b54001253394863389.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
That was in zimbabwe mind.
THIS JUST IN! It cost $100 to enter best buy now.
No.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;17658310]THIS JUST IN! It cost $100 to enter best buy now.[/QUOTE]
If you enter the store and then leave before you pay, what do they charge you with?
Stealing? :raise:
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;17658571]If you enter the store and then leave before you pay, what do they charge you with?
Stealing? :raise:[/QUOTE]
Grand Theft Oxygen
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;17658310]THIS JUST IN! It cost $100 to enter best buy now.[/QUOTE]
If you pay the doorman 100 dollars he'll unlock the door for you.
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