Bad idea to buy a pre-owned XBox from EBGames?

[aphex]

Anyone have any experience?

 

[spaceman]

just request the cleanest copy they have...thats what i always do.

 

[NakaNaka]

And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

 

[Actaeon]

Why not get this bundle?

You're going to buy Halo2 anyway 🙂.

Or you can get this.... and pick up halo2 later

As far as I know, Pre-owned/Used Xboxs don't come with the games.

Or you can buy one from FS/T.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

Don't know, but you can tell by looking at the cd tray.

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

No, you will need to power up the unit and eject the dvd tray. The differences between the trays will determine which drive you have.

 

[Blayze]

for the price difference I would just get a new one. The used ones at my EB are like $129 and the bundles are $149.99.

The new bundles don't use the Thompson drives so you want have to worry if you got one or not. Although not all Thompson units are bad. I still have one from launch that works great.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Actaeon

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

No, you will need to power up the unit and eject the dvd tray. The differences between the trays will determine which drive you have.

any place that tells you how what the differences look like?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Actaeon

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

No, you will need to power up the unit and eject the dvd tray. The differences between the trays will determine which drive you have.

any place that tells you how what the differences look like?

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[rh71]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Actaeon

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: NakaNaka
And try not to get a Thompson drive, if possible.

Will it show that on the bottom?

No, you will need to power up the unit and eject the dvd tray. The differences between the trays will determine which drive you have.

any place that tells you how what the differences look like?

copy shortcut for this link if it doesnt' work:

http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/...ps_thomson_samsung.jpg

And all new xboxs should not have the thomson drive any longer. Maybe there's a production date somewhere on the box/serial ?

 

[Anubis]

No, you will need to power up the unit and eject the dvd tray. The differences between the trays will determine which drive you have.

any place that tells you how what the differences look like?

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SWEET

mines a Samsung

 

[rh71]

i still have the thomson drive and it works fine, btw... not the best for modded boxes of course. 😉

 

[Falloutboy]

as long as you can return it if it doesn't work on live (i've seen a few that were banned sold at EB)

 

[IndieSnob]

Absolutely do not buy pre-owned consoles. I picked up a pre-owned ps2, brought it home, and it would freeze after about 10 minutes. Exchanged it for another, and it too had problems. I went back and demanded that I could trade it back in towards a new, which they bent on for me. Another guy in my building had the same problems with refurbs from there. The price difference is so minimal it's not worth the risk of having a 15 day warranty versus the retail warranty.