How many HOURS (yes hours) are you putting on the X360? [Mobile/Archive]

electrictroy

11-18-2005, 02:43 PM

Let's say I bought it off Ebay for $600. And let's say I get paid $5/hour (after taxes). So I spent 600/5 = 120 hours - aka 3 weeks!!! - to earn that X360.

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Okay now how many Hours did *you* spend on the X360?
Was it worth that much time spent at hell, er, work???

shipwreck

11-18-2005, 02:46 PM

So this is basically just a thread to find out how much people make an hour?

RAMSTORIA

11-18-2005, 02:47 PM

So this is basically just a thread to find out how much people make an hour?

no its another annoying thread related to a past annoying thread...

zewone

11-18-2005, 02:48 PM

20 hours.

electrictroy

11-18-2005, 02:49 PM

So this is basically just a thread to find out how much people make an hour?

WRONG. You don't have to list the dollar amounts. Just the hours. (Thought that was obvious.)

shipwreck

11-18-2005, 02:50 PM

WRONG. You don't have to list the dollar amounts. Just the hours. (Thought that was obvious.)

Well, since we know an X360 costs $400 for the premium version and that's most likely the version anyone on this site would buy and no one here would buy a $600 X360 off of ebay, then $400/#hours = hourly wage of CAG's.

zewone

11-18-2005, 02:51 PM

WRONG. You don't have to list the dollar amounts. Just the hours. (Thought that was obvious.)
But then you can do the math to see how much a person makes.

$400/20 hours = $20 an hour

Cornfedwb

11-18-2005, 02:52 PM

electrictroy

11-18-2005, 02:55 PM

Well, since we know an X360 costs $400 for the premium version and that's most likely the version anyone on this site would buy and no one here would buy a $600 X360 off of ebay, then $400/#hours = hourly wage of CAG's.
WRONG AGAIN. Some people are spending $1000 (yes they're nuts, but that's what they paid). Some are only spending $300. So no, listing how many hours you had to work tells me *nothing* about your income. (And frankly my darling, I don't give a damn.)

What this post is REALLY about, is to make people think about how much time they are wasting earning this console. Time is more valuable than money. Once it is gone, it can never be replaced.

troy

zewone

11-18-2005, 02:57 PM

What this post is REALLY about, is to make people think about how much time they are wasting earning this console. Time is more valuable than money. Once it is gone, it can never be replaced.
Who are you to say that someone is wasting their time with their life? Couldn't someone say, you are wasting your time by posting such trash on a internet message board? Because you know, once it is gone, it can never be replaced.

electrictroy

11-18-2005, 02:59 PM

You are 100% correct. "Time wasted" is just my opinion. (shrug) You disagree. That's fine with me.

Cornfedwb

11-18-2005, 03:02 PM

WRONG AGAIN. Some people are spending $1000 (yes they're nuts, but that's what they paid). Some are only spending $300. So no, listing how many hours you had to work tells me *nothing* about your income. (And frankly my darling, I don't give a damn.)

What this post is REALLY about, is to make people think about how much time they are wasting earning this console. Time is more valuable than money. Once it is gone, it can never be replaced.

troy

If you had 100 people reply honsetly to your question and you then figured their hourly wage based upon a $400 price point, I'd venture to say you'd be 90%+ correct.

And I make salary.. so if I were to be buying one there would be no real way to answer your question.

shipwreck

11-18-2005, 03:04 PM

If you had 100 people reply honsetly to your question and you then figured their hourly wage based upon a $400 price point, I'd venture to say you'd be 90%+ correct.

And I make salary.. so if I were to be buying one there would be no real way to answer your question.

Well, you could divide your yearly salary by 54 weeks (assuming 2 weeks paid vacation) and then divide that by however many hours you typically work in a week. This isn't a topic about video games at all, it's a topic about math!

Kayden

11-18-2005, 03:07 PM

Assuming I get one for retail it'll be about 425 with tax. I spent an hour setting up 3 laptops (which actually only required about 5 minutes of serious attention) and sold them for $150 each. 3x150= 450. So I spent 15 minutes earning my Xbox 360. (I got the laptops from work since they were just going to throw them out and then I sold them to GGs co-workers. I don't know why, but they're willing to pay $150 for 5 year old 350mhz laptops with dying batteries.)

If you go by my actual wage... 425/14=30 hours. However, you have to compensate for income tax, so 30/.75= 40 Hours. So, one week.

electrictroy

11-21-2005, 11:33 AM

(I got the laptops from work since they were just going to throw them out and then I sold them to GGs co-workers. I don't know why, but they're willing to pay $150 for 5 year old 350mhz laptops with dying batteries.) It's called stupidity. You can get a brand-new laptop at Best Buy for about $200. Free w/ a msn contract. I'm afraid I'd have to be honest - "Yeah I can set this up for you, for $150, but you'd be better off buying a cheap, but brand-new laptop."

troy

Kayden

11-21-2005, 12:15 PM

It's called stupidity. You can get a brand-new laptop at Best Buy for about $200. Free w/ a msn contract. I'm afraid I'd have to be honest - "Yeah I can set this up for you, for $150, but you'd be better off buying a cheap, but brand-new laptop."

troy

I didn't know they were that cheap... I figured itd still be about 600. I'm honest about the condition of the laptops though. They're decent machines, but by no means top of the line.

kakomu

11-21-2005, 12:35 PM

After this we should ask people how much they're spending on just their Xbox 360 consoles (not the games). I can't wait to see THOSE answers!:bouncy:

Snake2715

11-21-2005, 02:05 PM

What about also calculating hours spent in line etc...
So total hours invested to get the system at launch..

I cant answer until Tuesday morning..

thagoat

11-21-2005, 02:11 PM

lets see, my unemployment check for 2 weeks is about 600 bucks so it should work out nicely. SIKE! if i work about 60 hours, that should cover it. also, my walmart order has been approved(you know, the one withe the fourhundred dollar shipping!)

electrictroy

11-21-2005, 02:46 PM

I didn't know they were that cheap... I figured itd still be about 600. I'm honest about the condition of the laptops though. They're decent machines, but by no means top of the line.

Yeah. I said stupidity but it's actually ignorance. They don't know how cheap laptops are. I got one for my niece, minus the MSN contract, she only paid $25. Of course it's only ~1000 megahertz with barely-enough ram to work, but still better than an old work laptop with failing batteries.

Kayden

11-21-2005, 03:21 PM

Yeah. I said stupidity but it's actually ignorance. They don't know how cheap laptops are. I got one for my niece, minus the MSN contract, she only paid $25. Of course it's only ~1000 megahertz with barely-enough ram to work, but still better than an old work laptop with failing batteries.

500mhz with 386mb ram and 20gb HDDs. They run Windows 2000 just fine.

alex2792

11-25-2005, 09:24 PM

3 1/2 hours

coolbrys

11-25-2005, 09:39 PM

With the eBay money, plus with what my family put into it, it took about...

17 hours.

Metal Boss

11-25-2005, 09:43 PM

I'm not giving my hard earned money to microsoft, especially since the xbox 360 is a joke.

b0bx13

11-27-2005, 04:20 AM

I'm not giving my hard earned money to microsoft, especially since the xbox 360 is a joke.
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Brak

11-27-2005, 09:44 AM

I'm not giving my hard earned money to microsoft, especially since the xbox 360 is a joke.

Whoa. I've never read that on the Internet before.

mmn

11-27-2005, 01:11 PM

I'm not giving my hard earned money to microsoft, especially since the xbox 360 is a joke.

Sweet. One more 360 left out there for someone else who does want one. Thanks.