Today I received a notice from Purolator on my door stating that my XBOX360 had arrived from Microsoft. Quite impressive turn around time considering that I shipped my old system off on Feb 9th. (Not counting the time spent waiting for Microsoft to send a box that wasn't sent)
Now before I praise Microsoft too quickly, I will point out that the new unit I received isn't exactly a new unit. In fact, it's what Bill Gates has dubbed a "Certified Microsoft Replacement Console". In laymens terms, it sounds like they received my system with the RROD and dumped it in a repair pile, then picked one of the refurbished units and sent it back the same day. I was also sent a free 1 month XBOX Live membership "as a gesture of appreciation".
I fired up the system, and it seems to work fine, now I have a good 30 minutes of system updates to sit through. (I expect updates for each game that I own as well) One area that was covered for me was the registration/warranty info, as Microsoft provided a letter stating that they would automatically cancel my old registration/warranty, and activate my new console.
All in all I'd say the return time was much quicker than last time, and only time will tell if the fourth time is the charm.
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