Re: [Xbox] CoffinWatch '08 - It lives! Well, not the original?

mine is coming back with the same S/N, and they told me i don't have to worry about the drm stuff and have it transferred, although, we'll see, i should of put a mark on it somewhere

i just really want mine back, because it lasted so long to begin with

PSCG Cleveland wrote:

  Actually, on the console case they do (aka Box) but not on the outer product packaging.  There's a little cutout to look in at the S/N barcode and Mfg Date for inventory reasons, etc. but that's it.  MS gave up real early on the concept of tagging boxes with what's inside and trying to keep them matched up - smart move.    But let's say you give me a VIN # off a car.  I can take that # and go look up vehicle history records.  I can also, primarly, get a decoder and then tell you when it was made, what model, what options, what came with it, what size gas tank, etc, etc.    So here, since they've flipped the S/N from what we sent them to what we're getting back (confirming it's NOT our original console) we can't use any kind of decoder or lookup even at MS to determine what it should be.  Honestly, with all the junk inside and people who've modified them with case changes, etc. I would LOVE it if I could punch in a # and get a little report of the Mfg Date, what model it was (to see if it's been messed with) what was in it (say, in the case of a DVD-ROM drive changeout?) and stuff like that.    Then I'd know what's coming, instead I guess I'll just sit here bouncing around like a kid at Xmas trying not to wet myself guessing what Santy Ballmer has put in the magical FedEx box!    I still say my money goes on a mish-mosh POS from '06 parts they were talking about making from the leftovers! LOL  On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:48 PM, PRoPHeTiZeR <prophetizer@wrup.net> wrote:   

hmmm, for some reason i thought they had mfg dates on the box itself  PSCG Cleveland wrote:  Sadly it's impossible to tell. I could take a S/N from most any PC or a VIN on a car and find out what it's made of. 360's - Nada! The serial # on this replacement sucker tells me it's a replacement but doesn't even come close to indicating when it was manufactured, etc. They randomly issued batch #'s so you can't even look at the S/N and guess when it rolled off the factory floor. I went to see the warranty on this replacement and it has no start date but now says June 1st, 2008 for an expiration     

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