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Christmas, Help
Posted: 12-08-07 15:50pm
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I hate shopping right now. The only thing
I want to to get the bf is an XBOX 360 but
they cost so much, Does anyone know of a
place to buy them cheaper than average?
Used and refurbished items are fine as
well.
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Ingi
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Posted: 12-08-07 16:12pm
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I would advise anyone NOT to get the Xbox
360. We've already had to send ours back
once to be 'fixed'. They all have hardware
errors and they are a ticking time bomb as
to when they'll break.
If I could do it again, I'd get the
Playstation3 - it has blueray (xbox
doesn't, you have to buy the add on to
play your movies), plus it is free to play
your games online with your friends. Xbox
charges.
We wish we wouldn't have bought the Xbox
now 
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 12-08-07 16:17pm
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YEah PS3 is cool... when i worked at
Toshiba we got to mess around with them,
plus my cousin has one.. the graphics are
AMAZING and it isnt made by Microsoft
which is why the XBOX is a POS.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 16:53pm
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Prices are still crazy though. I am going
nuts because I want to get him something
he will love but ugh.
Christmas is driving me nuts
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The Mrs
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Posted: 12-08-07 16:55pm
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I suggest buying him the Xbox 360 arcade
version. It's cheaper, and unlike the
older version without a hard drive, it
comes with a memory card with more than
enough space on it to save all the games
he would want to. The only difference
between it and the more expensive versions
is that it can't play regular xbox games
(I'm assuming because the chipset for that
is in the hard drive, which it doesn't
have), and a smaller memory capacity
(which he'll never miss, and if for some
crazy reason he does if he one day decides
to upload his entire music collection onto
his xbox, then he could always go and fork
over the 99 bucks for a hard drive
later).
We are currently on our sixth xbox 360.
Yes you read that right. Some lasted a
day, then over heated right away and were
exchanged, others looked like they were
running fine until 7 months later when
they too got the "can not read disk"
error. However, if you ever have a
problem after 90 days of purchase (before
then you can just take it back to the
store and exchange it for a new one), xbox
will send you a box with paid shipping and
they will repair it for you free of
charge. While waiting for the last one to
be repaired, my husband broke down and
just bought an xbox 360 arcade version to
tie him over during the waiting period
(lol... I know, he's a dork). It
supposedly does not have the same
problems, and so far we have had no
problems with it and we've had it about
two months now. It also is sooo much
quieter than the other versions, and the
actual console looks cooler to me as it is
solid white without the silver tray. Oh,
and did I mention it's a lot cheaper?
...get one 
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 18:37pm
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He hates the playstations. He said he
would go for the PS3 but those cost way
more. I am looking into it for now and we
will see how it goes.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:20pm
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I am on to another idea. He loves the
Anaheim Ducks and I was thinking about
getting him a signed jersey.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:21pm
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Sounds like a good idea! At least you
wouldn't have to risk it breaking!
I don't know what to get DH this year.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:30pm
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He is giving ideas only the xbox is about
300. I can get teh jersey for about 170
or a signed mini helmet for 140.
Do you think the jersey or the helmet
would be better?
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:39pm
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I'd think the Jersey would be better put
to use than a mini helmet (unless he will
just display the Jersey)
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:50pm
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Well the jersey is the new style which he
isnt too fond of. My dad gave him an
older style jersey last season so he can
get that one signed as well.
I ended up going with the helmet though.
The main reason is the helmet is signed by
the entire 2007 championship team and the
jersey was only signed by part of this
years team. The same signitures from the
helmet on any jersey were going for over
700 so he better like it. 
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:51pm
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yep we had the 3 red ring of lights
hardware malfunction with our 360 too
i just got travis a new one a few days
ago. i wouldnt get a 360 or a ps3
get him a Wii
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:56pm
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He def. would not like a wii. He refused
to use the one at the house he was sitting
a few months ago because he thinks they
are lame.
I know he will like the helmet. I am also
going to get him an air-soft gun closer to
christmas.
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 12-08-07 19:58pm
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lol if i got a game system it would be a
Wii because they seem to have several
games that can give u a good workout.
**Wii would like to play...**
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 20:06pm
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I know, but at the same time I think we
need to get outside more (just not right
now with the rain) I have a playstation 2
that i need to get from my dad's house.
He can live with that.
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Posted: 12-08-07 20:06pm
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| iridescent_opal
wrote: | | He def. would not like a
wii. He refused to use the one at the
house he was sitting a few months ago
because he thinks they are lame.
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he has no idea what he's missing!
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-08-07 20:26pm
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I do! If he gets stuck on games he can
play for hours. He could go through an
entire season of baseball on his old xbox
in no time. Trust me, I don't miss it.
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Posted: 12-08-07 22:20pm
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My fiance wants a wii so bad. But i can't
find 300$ to get him one. So he's going to
have to wait till income tax time. I can't
wait to get one though. It's really good
fun for the whole family. We play our
friends quite a bit. We bought a ps2 and
have never touched it since. I hope it
isn't the same with the wii. I like the
wii though cause you get up, and are
active.
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blackcat34
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Posted: 12-08-07 22:50pm
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I've heard that they fixed the "ring of
fire" on the Xbox 360.... alot of ppl
prefer them over other consuls... if you
have an older one and you get the ring of
fire send it in and they will replace it
with the fixed version.... I cant help out
to much with this area, I have not
purchased a game system since the N64 was
out... I try to avoid them cuz I'd get
hooked and become a zombie...lol...
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 12-08-07 23:10pm
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whats the *ring of fire*?
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