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AAAARRRGGHHH!

Oh children, imagine my frustration as I leave the sanctity of my home, go to my favorite video game place, pick up a copy of Street Fighter IV and F.E.A.R 2 for my Xbox 360 and return home. I was a little kid again! I LOVE new video games day! I rush up the stairs, throw my keys on my table and turn on my beloved Xbox 360. But what’s this? Doth my eyes deceive me? It couldn’t be?

You got it. Three red lights of doom! 

My poor Xbox. =(

Frustrated, but still optimistic, I took my Xbox to the store I bought it from. I had expressed my fear of the red ring of doom to the store clerk at the time of purchase and he assured me that with a mere 30 Jordanian Dinars (about $45), I could get my xbox up and running again in as little as 3 days. Sold! This time however, the clerk that was there told me it would cost me 85 JDs to get it fixed! Ugh. Fine, whatever, I’ll see you in three days. “Actually, it should take about a month to get this back to you”. Ok, now I started getting pissed and I let the guy have it in a firm but diplomatic fashion. I commented on how they just fed me a load of crap when I first came just so they can sell me an Xbox (it was this comment that made 2 people right behind me look at each other and walk out the store. Serves ‘em right!).

So I called my trusted (albeit kinda shady but in a good way) video game store where I buy my games from and they had told me that since I was a loyal customer, they’ll try to bring the price down to around 60 JDs. Not much of a discount but hey, money’s money. The kicker though, was that the guy’s exact words were “Well, you know this will take a while to fix. I mean, you probably won’t get your Xbox back for another 3-4 days!”. He didn’t quite understand why I was laughing hysterically on the floor.

So, with a heavy heart, I left my Xbox there, got my receipt and made the drive of shame back to my apartment. Now, I’m sitting here, looking at the PS3 my sister’s classmate had lent me while he was off to college and wondering what to do next. 

It’s really a shame. The plan was to have a long night of SF4-ing and write my first review. Ho hum. Bleh. That makes me a sad panda. =(