Ok I recently bought an xbox 360 from the other bay, was faulty "open tray error" Easy fix so i made a best offer expecting a counter offer and the rest of the hull-a-balloo, to my suprize the offer was accepted within minuets.
The seller told me the xbox used to work just fine and that it only had open tray error.
So the thing arrived and i opend it up to find very perquliar goings on..
!st of all the guy had superglued the magnet that holds the dvd to the spindel motor. So i asked him about that and he claimed that he had seen a "fix" on youtube and had tried it.
Any way i hate you tube tutorials they are often bull so i belived him, and then i proceeded to remove all the super glue. Then i tried it again using one of my magnetic dvd holder downers so the case could stay off the dvd player. and noticed the motor was not really spinning fast enough so i checked it and again that was all stiff and messed up full of glue too..
So I spent some time losening that up and oiling it to a point where it span fast enough and got a "play DVD" message.. Now i was sceptical. so i emailed him again and asked if he had flashed or replaced the dvd drive. Again he said he had not and then went on to add that his friend tried to fix it too and did nit know what his friend had done but he would call him and check..
When he contacted me back he said that the drive was original and not flashed. So i bought a new dvd motor thinking that it was still stiff so probably still an issue.
Any way that arrived and again was play dvd error. So again i asked and told him he should just tell me straight up about any issues he had with the box. he insisted it was fine and just open tray error.
So i bought a new lazer for it and loe and behold play dvd. So i checked xbox live and the box was apparantly banned some where in 2010 or sooner for hardware modifications.
Whilst all this was going on i was updating my xbox forum about the situation. and out of no where this guys "father" arrived. to try and rectify the issue. He was telling me how his son had told me everything and how he would refund me any way and that i could keep the xbox. I told him if he didnt want the xbox back that i would accept a partial refund so he didnt end up out of pocket for the shipping costs to me, Any way he was being prety insistant that i was wrong about what was the issue with the xbox and posted links to a webpage regarding the open tray error. and said his son's live account had once been banned but never the console. he also stated a few other things and asked me to counter them.
I pointed out all the facts about the console and asked him how could the issue be if his son was telling the truth. I also pointed out that by supergluing things together the dvd drive had had a open tray error which is easier to sell compared to the play dvd error.
I stated that he had no way to know what was true other than by going from what his "son" was saying. and that personally i wouldnt really care provided they stood up and admitted what had happend.
he took that prety badly did not state any way how the console could have been banned for so long, did not adress any of my points he asked me to counter and said that i was accusing them of deliberatly doing something to get a sale. and that he would now refund the money when i sent the xbox back.
I said fine but im not sending it back untill you outline the conditions in the resolution center otherwize i can send it back and end up with no evidence that you agreed to it..
So now im getting my money back but No one stood up and admited what they had done. He may or may not be the persons father. he may or may not beluieve what he was saying was true. But no matter what any one said the console was banned a long time ago for hardware modification The drive was superglued together which just happend to emulate a easy fix. and when teh facts were presented the attitude of the person changed entierly and they stoped responding.
Honestly i couldn't care less about the money. But i do care about disshonest sellers who refuze to change theiere story even when all the evidence coontradicts them.
I dont think this post truely portrays how agrivated this makes me.
But i had to outline what happend and try to keep it family friendly.
The seller told me the xbox used to work just fine and that it only had open tray error.
So the thing arrived and i opend it up to find very perquliar goings on..
!st of all the guy had superglued the magnet that holds the dvd to the spindel motor. So i asked him about that and he claimed that he had seen a "fix" on youtube and had tried it.
Any way i hate you tube tutorials they are often bull so i belived him, and then i proceeded to remove all the super glue. Then i tried it again using one of my magnetic dvd holder downers so the case could stay off the dvd player. and noticed the motor was not really spinning fast enough so i checked it and again that was all stiff and messed up full of glue too..
So I spent some time losening that up and oiling it to a point where it span fast enough and got a "play DVD" message.. Now i was sceptical. so i emailed him again and asked if he had flashed or replaced the dvd drive. Again he said he had not and then went on to add that his friend tried to fix it too and did nit know what his friend had done but he would call him and check..
When he contacted me back he said that the drive was original and not flashed. So i bought a new dvd motor thinking that it was still stiff so probably still an issue.
Any way that arrived and again was play dvd error. So again i asked and told him he should just tell me straight up about any issues he had with the box. he insisted it was fine and just open tray error.
So i bought a new lazer for it and loe and behold play dvd. So i checked xbox live and the box was apparantly banned some where in 2010 or sooner for hardware modifications.
Whilst all this was going on i was updating my xbox forum about the situation. and out of no where this guys "father" arrived. to try and rectify the issue. He was telling me how his son had told me everything and how he would refund me any way and that i could keep the xbox. I told him if he didnt want the xbox back that i would accept a partial refund so he didnt end up out of pocket for the shipping costs to me, Any way he was being prety insistant that i was wrong about what was the issue with the xbox and posted links to a webpage regarding the open tray error. and said his son's live account had once been banned but never the console. he also stated a few other things and asked me to counter them.
I pointed out all the facts about the console and asked him how could the issue be if his son was telling the truth. I also pointed out that by supergluing things together the dvd drive had had a open tray error which is easier to sell compared to the play dvd error.
I stated that he had no way to know what was true other than by going from what his "son" was saying. and that personally i wouldnt really care provided they stood up and admitted what had happend.
he took that prety badly did not state any way how the console could have been banned for so long, did not adress any of my points he asked me to counter and said that i was accusing them of deliberatly doing something to get a sale. and that he would now refund the money when i sent the xbox back.
I said fine but im not sending it back untill you outline the conditions in the resolution center otherwize i can send it back and end up with no evidence that you agreed to it..
So now im getting my money back but No one stood up and admited what they had done. He may or may not be the persons father. he may or may not beluieve what he was saying was true. But no matter what any one said the console was banned a long time ago for hardware modification The drive was superglued together which just happend to emulate a easy fix. and when teh facts were presented the attitude of the person changed entierly and they stoped responding.
Honestly i couldn't care less about the money. But i do care about disshonest sellers who refuze to change theiere story even when all the evidence coontradicts them.
I dont think this post truely portrays how agrivated this makes me.
But i had to outline what happend and try to keep it family friendly.
. People putting stuff up on other bay 'cause the bin was full :nuts:
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