Lawrence's Profile

Member since May 5, 2005

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    Lawrence Manuel

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    United States of America

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  1. Comment - New Shipments of Xbox 360s En Route

    (Dec 1, 2005 - 7:56 PM)

    It's so funny that everyone blames it at the company that created it and never the shippers the stockers or the sales people that handle it after it's sent to them. When a person goes on a plane and their luggage is all torn up or ripped they usually and most likely blame the guys that they watch toss boxes and suitcases around down below before the plane leaves. Do those people every ask for their $400-$1000+ plane ticket back just because their underwear came down separate to their suitcase? Has anyone ever worked a stockroom before? Because if you have, you'll see that a lot of electronics aren't handled as gentle as possible before it hits sales floors. Because your friend's XBOX doesn't work, let's all go on the net to see that others are having problems too so that we can say, "Oh geez, it's a worldwide epidemic." Most of all XBOXes, PS2s, PS3s, PSPs, are built at low cost factories overseas. So someone is bound to get something from a bad batch or mishandled hardware due to underpaid workers trying to meet sales demands. Buy 10 Xboxes and see how many out of the 10 don't work. That's a fair enough ratio to go by. But to hear from 10 different people who purchased a single xbox and the one they purchased doesn't work is not a good metric to go by. Ask 10-20 random people who bought XBOX360s, not just the ones that had problems with them. Under 1% is not even a speck worth worrying about from Microsoft. If it was something like the iPOD scratch problem which affects all iPOD Nanos and iPOD Video then that affects ALL of those owners but it's all a matter of how well you take care of your unit. If you paid more then a few hundred for a game system, shouldn't you be a little more careful with it.

  2. Comment - Microsoft 'Maxes' Out Your Photos

    (Sep 14, 2005 - 12:27 PM)

    I had the same issue on my end. It seemed like a double install process. I was looking to be wowed only to be disappointed.