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"This Is Beyond A Joke"

So, Father Christmas gave me a copy of Metroid Prime 2:Echoes this morning.

Well.

As you may have heard me mention once or twice, my Gamecube doesn't work properly, but usually is fine.

Well.
I start up MP2, watch the opening sequence as Samus lands her ship on Aether.
Before I start playing "Fizzz crash buirn. AutoReseted"

I Hate The GC.

Of course.
I want the silver one anyway.
I'll go into Gamestation in Paisley - I don't like Paisley.

:D

That's pretty much what I did.

Traded the console in for the same console :D

munn wrote:
> Of course.
> I want the silver one anyway.
> I'll go into Gamestation in Paisley - I don't like Paisley.

Tell us how it goes :P

Yeah, they take down your name and address and ring you up if what you give them is faulty. So, er, good luck.

Yes, but they'll have a real problem if they phone up a random number looking for Richard Robertson who lives at Aston Lane, Lugton

But then I'll get shouted at for your broken GC.

It doesn't work when I know you're Maunders.
And you live in a "town" consisting of about 8 people 3 miles away from here.
In a street I know doesn't exist in that town.

Plus, I'll put in the wrong area code by accident.

yeah but they ask for ID with your address on it. So, like I say, good luck.

If you have the packaging and whatnot you could always take it back to HMV and say it was an unwanted Xmas pressie. As long as it doesn't look too shabby.

I dunno if it would work with hardware, but with games/CDs/DVDs you can just take them into HMVs after Xmas with no reciept and say they were unwanted presents but your parents told you they got it there, and they've always been fine with that. They were even fine with it when I was blatantly lying...

"Can I trade this copy of Starfox Adventures... Unwanted Xmas gift..."
"Do you have a receipt?"
"Erm, no, sorry"
"Okay, when was it bought?"
"About three or four weeks ago I think"
"Well, it hasn't been in stock for three months"
"Oh... Must've been about three months ago then"

HMV workers really don't seem to care.

Sibs wrote:
> HMV workers really don't seem to care.

Put yourself in their position, make a quick exchange with the customer, or go and make a fuss to the manager about it.