Gaming Someone's giving away a red ring 360 on craigslist

[Recorderdude]

hey, guys. So I saw this on my local craigslist:

Xbox red ringed (place)

Date: 2011-04-05, 6:14PM EDT
Reply to: [do you think i'll let you guys get it?

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My xbox got red ringed, and I bought another. This doesn't include any chords/games/controllers...just the broken console. Which has red ringed once before idk if it can be fixed. Call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX

would it be worth it to pick this up? can it be fixed easily? thanks.

EDIT: Also someone else local is giving away 2 PSPs and 360 games to "people in need"...I wonder how needy I could sound

 

[MFDC12]

giving away? as in giving for free? i dont see any reason not to pick it up. if it can get repaired you get a 360, if it doesnt you can still sell on ebay for some money

i havent done a rrod repair, but they dont seem too hard (maybe execpt reflow, but that still doesnt look too hard)

man i wish people gave that kind of stuff for free round here haha

 

[Joe88]

depends on how bad it is rrod
some boxes take very little effort to get working and will keep working
while others are as stubborn as a mule

anyway its probably gonna need a reflow

 

[Recorderdude]

Hey, OK. I guess it couldn't hurt.

I emailed the guy but he hasn't got back yet - he did say to call him though. I might try that.

And if I DO claim it, be assured that I'll be trying to fix it.

 

[Unoalpho]

pineapples ?

indeed

 

[Nujui]

Is my xbox like the lucky one? I've had it for like 3 years and it's never red ringed.

 

[Joe88]

Is my xbox like the lucky one? I've had it for like 3 years and it's never red ringed.

that really depends how much and how long you use it at a time
it happens over a long period a time due to constant stress (heat) mainly from the gpu

 

[The_Hulkster]

My first box went RRoD in under 30 minutes. Guess that was just bad luck.
Got a new one though

 

[Mangofett]

My first xbox (2007) red ringed after 6 months... but that was with some intense gaming. 5+ hours a night in hot Florida weather.

 

[yifan_lu]

Wow, I wish I live where you live.

 

[Thanatos Telos]

I found it!!!
Shouldn't have included the description.
http://lancaster.craigslist.org/zip/2307573217.html