3 Red Lights

The time comes in every Xbox 360 owners life when he must hold back the tears as the dread 3 red lights flicker on the console until freezing and not abandoning there position on the console. My day came a couple of weeks ago, during a multiplayer Call Of Duty 4 session. As it happened, the anger and pain emerged through the facial expression on my face. My broken heart splintered beyond repair.

Then, i contacted Xbox, got everything read to be sent off until…

You can’t use your Xbox Box for delivery

What? Then what could i use. Looking around the house, i found an Avon box, yep, a cheap cardboard Avon box, which i filled with layers upon layers of newspaper until the console was placed on top, and covered in even more layers of newspaper. Then, a couple of rolls of sellotape later, it was complete. Im sure the UPS courier thought i was joking as i handed over the large brown 8kg box, which looked like it had been sellotaped so as to contain a beast about to emerge from the top. Thankfully, he took it and off he drove, down the cul-de-sac for which i live and then back down the road.

Now, the two weeks have passed an i checked my Xboxes repair status on the UPS tracking service and i get a rather confusing message.

THE PACKAGE WAS MISSORTED AT THE HUB. ( http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=upsyb3.jpg )

Huh? How can you missort the giant brown beast of a delivery box? That’s is the question. Thankfully, it was rerouted and i should recieve my Xbox in the next couple of days. Now, i will finally be able to play Grand Theft Auto IV and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 which i have not yet had the liberty to play. Well, at least i can play now. Oh damn, I’ve got GCSE exams to revise for…