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> Hello,
>
> I bought my Xbox in March 2003. For the last two months its been crashing
> (red light etc) so I've decided to get it fixed.
>
> I phone Xbox in the UK and the guy said it would cose £78 plus shipping,
> and
> seeing as how a new Xbox costs £90 and you get a free game with it I said
> that was pretty crap, and he agreed and said it was pretty awful.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get it fixed without spending a stupid amount
> of
> money on it. I've been reading on various forums tat the reason its died
> is
> that Microsoft were using Thompson harddrives now replaced by Samsung
> ones.
> My point being, if Microsoft acknowledge there was a problem, why do I
> have
> to pay to get it fixed?
>
> I've got the number for the Microsoft office in Reading UK, can anyone
> give
> me a name of who to either complain to or someone who can sort me out.
>
> Anyone else have similar problems??

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> Ours is a March 2002 model and it spends most of its life saying that the
> disk is dirty or damaged when there is absolutely nothing wrong with the
> disk....and often the video is jerky. Doesn't matter if it is an old or new
> disk...same problem.
>
> Probably have to replace the old bugger...
>
>
> "Stale Elvis" <Stale Elvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:17A800A7-6DD8-400A-A5DD-6A4E4C86D7DB@microsoft.com...
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