[quote name='A Gamer']True. I think one of my refurbs was a Nov 2006 box, so that one still has a few months on it for the RRoD.
However, the point is that for the same number of tickets, and some reselling, you could get a new one. Not only would you have a new console (as opposed to a refurb), a full warrantee, you would also have a 'cooler' chip-set (smaller chance of RRoD), an HDMI video out (for convenience) as well as a bigger HDD or some additional games.
From a strictly 'value' perspective, the console is way over-ticketed. Considering that it is street value of about $100, it should list at around 10,000 to 15,000 tickets. Even if you look at the retail cost (about $250 at Amazon), it should still be under 30k tickets.
If you are willing to settle for a refurb, you could get vista, resell that, buy a 'new' refurb on eBay and walk away with about $70 cash for half the tickets.
Or, you could order the two controllers, the Charge and Play Kit and Too Human (for under 15k total), resell those and get a refurb. Plus, you could do this by max'ing 4 accounts in about a week... Yep... Console for one week of anagrams... Much quicker than max'ing a single account for close to 2 months (and hoping the console is still available then -- prizes tend to come and go).
Any way you look at it, 55k tickets for a refurb is way too high...[/QUOTE]
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