Almost dead xbox... resell value?

[JiggerJay]

On the upside, this has convinced me never to buy a pre-owned xbox, ever.

This.

I dread to think how many knackered 360's are on the pre-owned market as anybody can get an overheating console working for long enough to pass a 2 minute quick test in a shop. When I see the condition of some pre-owned stuff I wonder why the hell the shop has bought them in and who in their right mind would buy them anyway. When you couple this with the cracking bundle deals you can get to secure a brand new minty fresh console it really seems a no brainer.

Luckily you get a 3 month warentee from the shop itself!

[Lonely Angel]

I'd only ever buy a pre owned console from cex. Game is gooseberry fool.

[JiggerJay]

I'd only ever buy a pre owned console from cex. Game is gooseberry fool.

But CEX are gooseberry fool! I have bought preowned stuff from them before to find it was incomplete or scratched to buggery.

[deadpopstar]

Yeah, tis true about the warranty but is still a buggerance to have to drag faulty stuff back to the store to get sorted. I could never use a pre-owned controller etc either what with all that toe jam and dead skin gunk floating around the sticks!

[Lonely Angel]

Yeah discs. But they spend like 20 minutes testing a console, compared to Game who are just YH LUKS GUD and gives you money.

[Fatal Exception]

On the upside, this has convinced me never to buy a pre-owned xbox, ever.

This.

I dread to think how many knackered 360's are on the pre-owned market as anybody can get an overheating console working for long enough to pass a 2 minute quick test in a shop. When I see the condition of some pre-owned stuff I wonder why the hell the shop has bought them in and who in their right mind would buy them anyway. When you couple this with the cracking bundle deals you can get to secure a brand new minty fresh console it really seems a no brainer.

I traded my failing Xbox in at Gamestation

Never buy a second hand one.