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"Bought a Gamecube yesterday.....it was broken."

Yesterday I purchased a black Gamecube from a store I will not name, but the first letter of the store's name is 'A'. Anyway I got home opened it up, at which point had noticed no problem, I set it up, put mario sunshine in it, (still have noticed no problems), after I played sunshine i deemed it necessary to play Metroid at which point I pressed the reset button(don't know why, was still trying to work out how to use it), but as I pressed the reset button it got stuck, at which point I noticed the disfigurement of the cube. In my excitement to play the thing I hadn't noticed an earthquake sized crack in the cube's plastic shell, running from the reset button all the down the side of the damn console, also on the back there where significant chips out of the cube's casing, great quality. Due to this event I instantly packed the cube up in it's box and in doing so I beleived that due to the hassle this has caused me I deserved to keep the control pad. So I took the cube back where it came from excluding a controller which they failed to noticed and got a new cube with a controller, so I have saved a good £24.99 as I gained an extra controller:) so in the end things are better but it was still extra hassle. Damn Arg** , I can just see it now, a trainee just left school working in the warehouse(or bit in the back of the shop where they magically get everything from), and aimlessly cobbing the cubes around in a lethargic manner, stupid trainee. Still I got an extra controller:)

I think prunes help.

muuuuuust beeeecomeeeee reeeguuulaaar.......

az_00_uk wrote:
> Azul wrote:
> Whitestripes wrote:
> Shame you didn't learn to write.
>
> Your jibes at some of the more philistinic newbies are hilarious.
> Honestly.
>
> You say I am a newbie yet I have been registered here 224 more days
> than you have, it's just that I actually have a life away from the
> computer screen:)

this changes nothing your status is Newbie now accept it like the rest of us once did, just post more and you will become a regular.

Josh8899 wrote:
> az_00_uk wrote:
> Still I got an extra controller:)
>
>
> grrrrr :P
>
> but didn't you show them they receipt? Couldn't they have found out
> that it was missing from that? or didn't you take it? you must have :S


Firstly, when I packed the cube up in it's box, I did so by sticking all the wires and leaflets/books etc. down the side to give the impression of 'lots of paraphernalia', and ensured the cube itself was easily accessible without having to remove the wires/ scart etc.

The controller comes as standard with the cube as do the leads and stuff so on the receipt it says nothing about a controller it just says gamecube.

So because of my carefully placed leads and mains adaptor it appeared to be cluttered with bits and they didn't even think to notice.

So, the fact that the cube was quiet severly damaged and my stratigically placed wires earned me an extra official controller, perhaps I might try it again:) Accidentally on purpose crack the cube's casing and claim my self another extra controller:P

(Please note I didn't accidentally on purpose crack the cube's casing this time, it was genuinely falling apart as it came out the box, but it's just a thought for the next time.)

That controller trick was sly.

az_00_uk wrote:
> Still I got an extra controller:)


grrrrr :P

but didn't you show them they receipt? Couldn't they have found out that it was missing from that? or didn't you take it? you must have :S

Whitestripes wrote:
> A huge block of text is difficult to read.
>
> Just put some blank lines in every now and then.

Ok, I will take this into account:) It's just I get a little carried away when typing on the internet, more often than not I get typing and forget to include the all important blank lines, which infact make it that much easier for the human eyeball to read. Stupid lazy eyeballs:P

A huge block of text is difficult to read.

Just put some blank lines in every now and then.

Can I not be forgiven for making a few grammatical errors? It's just I can't always see it to be necessary nor practical to read my own post letter by letter after I have written it, so long as you get the point I am making, surely it doesn't matter? As Edgy said, it's hardly as if I am typing in txt lng izit? Of course, if I was writing an important piece of work I would write how I usually would, but this isn't an important piece of work is it? It's the internet isn't it? I am sure you will and have come across people who use their English Language skills worse than what I do.

Bottom line = This is the internet, not a GCSE or A level or any other type of exam.

I have noticed that every time I insult your ability, your writing gets better.


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