*Before I continue, I'm a Wii owner looking into purchasing an XBOX360 at a later date. Once I move, I'm throwing some money into making a nice entertainment center and I wanted a 360 to be a part of this. My knowledge is not as awesome as a 360 owner, so don't laugh at me if I mess up the facts ): Anyway:
So I'm browsing eBay and I'm browsing through their XBOX360s, out of pure curiosity. There's nice-priced consoles, say like in the $220 range that look pretty nice, work fine, so on and so forth, but then I see these RIDICULOUSLY priced consoles, like $32. $51. $60. I read up on them and it's just the XBOX360 console only. Understandable...but it's red-ringed.
From my understanding, most redringed consoles have heatsink damage and are usually unrepairable - you've got to send a RROD console to Microsoft for repairs.
Now, what's the reason for a seller to sell an RROD'd console? If a seller purchases it, what's he supposed to do with it? What are you supposed to do with it?
If you bring it to a ma-and-pa gaming store, yes they'll probably clean up the heatsink and whatnot, but what are you supposed to do with it post-repair? Not play on Live because Microsoft will catch and ban you for it? Or...is it just a conversation piece?
I really don't understand >_> If it's as easy as getting it repaired and playing the XBOX360 like normal, then why doesn't EVERYONE just buy broken 360's with the intent of repairing them?
So I'm browsing eBay and I'm browsing through their XBOX360s, out of pure curiosity. There's nice-priced consoles, say like in the $220 range that look pretty nice, work fine, so on and so forth, but then I see these RIDICULOUSLY priced consoles, like $32. $51. $60. I read up on them and it's just the XBOX360 console only. Understandable...but it's red-ringed.
From my understanding, most redringed consoles have heatsink damage and are usually unrepairable - you've got to send a RROD console to Microsoft for repairs.
Now, what's the reason for a seller to sell an RROD'd console? If a seller purchases it, what's he supposed to do with it? What are you supposed to do with it?
If you bring it to a ma-and-pa gaming store, yes they'll probably clean up the heatsink and whatnot, but what are you supposed to do with it post-repair? Not play on Live because Microsoft will catch and ban you for it? Or...is it just a conversation piece?
I really don't understand >_> If it's as easy as getting it repaired and playing the XBOX360 like normal, then why doesn't EVERYONE just buy broken 360's with the intent of repairing them?