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| I also preordered mine from amazon in august and i have also received a Bullsh*t email about stock problems! |
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| I'll wait for the January sales. If people are prepared to pay double buying from ebay then that's their choice, they werent forced. Patience truly is a virtue. ~NNova |
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| Hi Andy,
Could i be so bold to ask your opion on the sale of Xbox 360's on eBay?
I am on of the lucky ones to get my 360 from Game. I sold my old Xbox and 21 games on eBay for £180 to help pay for 360 and get some new titles. Once I saw i could sell it for £500 I placed it on eBay. This will allow me to now buy what I really want, a PC. I have had a number of emails from people saying I am ruining kids xmas by doing this and it in unethical.
Have you a take on this?
Regards
Julian |
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| Personally it's up to the conscience of the individual in my opinion. If you can have it on your conscience that you denied a genuine customer a console just so you can make a profit then it's up to you. I know a lot of people couldn't have it on their conscience, but then again a lot of people could!
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| Julian-
If any parent is giveing you that line then they are a lowsey parent. There was prior knowledge of a shortage (this is how console releases 1 month before Christmas work) so anyone who was not prepared (you had MANY options of preordering availible) then tough. No if you promised you kid an XBOX and now can't deliver, then HAHA, that's what you get... except for the unfortunates who ordered through amazon.uk - to which I really am still rather shocked.
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| To comment #3 -
Do what you want m8 nothing unethical about it.
You wouldn't give up your place in a que at a pub for example, if people futher back in the cue were crying they were thirstier than you.
If you need a PC then sell the 360 for what you can get, afterall it's a sellers market ATM with the shortages and Xmas so near.
It's your choice
Good Luck
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| Please inform watchdog of your problems, they will deal with it and show Amazon up for what they really are if enough people get in touch, to do this, follow the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/contact/
It's the only way we will get dealt with fairly.
Good luck
TT |
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| look mate you cant go around blaming amazon for this.... they said what happened and it cane be helped... with around 300,000 306s on the shelf you could have told your self that the pre orders would be limited... even if you got dumped into the right warehouse they would still have run out... if u didnt notice they have no 360 in stock atm and still pre orders to fill... meaning that they would have run out of stock any way... |
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| That is true, amazon fuc**d up, thats all there is to it... i personally have to wait until february the 21st.
but theyv ran out of stock.... its not entirely theyre fault.
im sure microsoft could made more in the time span they had.
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| Typical..Americans want all the xbox 360's for themselves..and forget the other regions.
MS does not make the parts...people like samsung/ati/IBM do.
And if you remember apple left the IBM fold because IBM was too preccupied making xbox 360 chips.
There are limited resources out there.
Now is it really your contention that All these companies should have built new factories ...just so everyone could have got their xbox 360 on the first day and then closed the plants right after everyone was happy. No, i didn't think so.
SO what's a fair compromise...
Just what MS chose to do. Release to different markets...and release consoles in a steady stream...
Talk about impatience and the intransegence of the young gamer today. eesh!
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| Well I never pre ordered my XBOX 360 an just went to game in bristol at 8am and brought the Xbox 360 so I guess Im just one luck Guy...Never waited outside for hours just turned up and presto got....Hope that all makes you feel better
XBOX 360 Online Gamer |
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| Maybe this is why, take a look at their production line...
http://www.xbox360-offers.co.uk/xbox360_factory.asp |
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