3 Year Xbox cover.

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Can anybody confirm that this is relevant to South Africa?

If I buy a Xbox will it be covered?

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Bm
 
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Q: How does this warranty differ from your existing warranty?

A: Currently, any Xbox 360 is covered by a one year manufacturer’s warranty (two years in some parts of the world). If the console is out of warranty, there is a charge to have it repaired. It then comes with an additional one year repair warranty. With these changes, there is effectively a three year warranty with no charge for repair for general hardware failures indicated by the three flashing red lights error code which displays on the console.

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The way I understand it is that if your console fails with the 3 red flashing lights your console will be fixed (within 3 years). If however your DVD player (for example) breaks and not the 3 flashing red lights error it will only fall within the 1 year warranty and you would need to pay for the repair.

Only certain component failures fall under the 3 year warranty.

http://www.xbox.com/en-ZA/support/systemuse/xbox360/resources/warrantyfaq.htm
 
Yes it covers us as benitok pointed out....

A bonus about being in South Africa is that they don't repair here they just replace so as long as you have the 3 red light error you are covered.
 
Basically if it RoD's.

Although I imagine with the class actions suits being lodged, and the action in the Netherlands, we'll probably see a change to a full 3 year warranty in the not to distant future.
 
It is also unusual to have a repaired product carry a one year warranty. Usually you're lucky to get 90 days.
 
GavinMannion said:
Yes it covers us as benitok pointed out....

A bonus about being in South Africa is that they don't repair here they just replace so as long as you have the 3 red light error you are covered.
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Even better is that once you get your return number you can swap it out. No one actually checks if it is broken. Could be something else wrong altogether.
 
I reckon in about a year I will take mine back with a "problem". Hopefully by then they've resolved it in later models.

Although I have had mine for almost a year with no issues. 4 of my friends have broken though.
 
I have now had mine for a week, and played for hours and hours upon end. So far I have had no problems, especially with overheating, I have made a point to check the box after each session to see if I can feel something, and the cover is cold, and on the back its not really that hot, also checked every disc I put in, no scratches so far. So dont know if they fixed it, or if I am just not checking correctly, but so far I am 100% happy, only need gears of war to be a little bit more happy
 
Nice - check trading places, I find there's quite a fe GoW's around these days.

What's the manufacture date of your unit BTW?
 
doobiwan said:
Nice - check trading places, I find there's quite a fe GoW's around these days.

What's the manufacture date of your unit BTW?
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Man I have no idea, I'll check and let you know. Maybe mine was assembled by a new employee that wanted to impress he's boss

Another question, uhm where might I stumble upon these trading places? Living in centurion, close to me I know of one, and I think its only for ps2 games
 
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Trading Games

Go to any BT Games store. They will pay you in store credit for old games and you can buy second hand ones cheaper there as well.
 
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