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Adventures in Tech Support IV: The Wait

Published Friday, April 21, 2006 by Mike A. | E-mail this post

When I was at the UPS office, I received a tracking number with which to track the progress of my poor dead Xbox-shaped baby. According to UPS, my Xbox 360 touched down in good ol' Microsofty Texas on April 19th, and arrived at the probably-outsourced Repair Center in McAllen, Texas yesterday afternoon. Woo, right?

I suppose. However, there's one little hitch: how do I know when she's coming back?

I mean, I know I won't be getting the same one back. That's not how it works, at all. I've said my goodbyes, taken out the hard drive, and given it a well-deserved goodbye hug. Not really.

The point I'm trying to make is that I don't have a tracking number for the replacement console, so I have no idea when it'll be arriving. If they're efficient (and they might be, since they're not actually Microsoft) then I project it'll be here somewhere around next Tuesday or Wednesday. But that's an awfully long wait, isn't it? Isn't it?!

Until then I've been regaling myself with games of console generations past, by which I mean the Gamecube and PS2. Guitar Hero is still awesome fun, despite the fact that I'm stuck on the last three songs of Expert Mode and I mostly play it to hear the cover of Ziggy Stardust. That is a really awesome song.

Previous Chapters:
Chapter I: The Shocking Revelation
Chapter II: The Phone Call
Chapter III: The "Box"

Labels: Adventures in Tech Support, Xbox 360