Post by: Logic5 on October 26, 2003, 09:13:07 AM
Heres the email I sent them, I encourage you to send similar messages to nintendo.
"You guys are ripping your loyal lifelong nintendo fans out of $$$ by putting that planned and organized worm in our gamecube, at first I thought it was just my gamecube that had this problem, but now that I look around on the internet it appears that this error is no accidental problem with the manufacturer. All my friends are having the same problems as I have experienced, I have called the nintendo crap repair line and all I get is the option of sending it in for $74.95 and have it "repaired". Why should we be expected to pay 75 dollars for a factory defect which you guys planted on purpose for no good reason?
As I have said we are and hope to be in the future loyal nintendo fans, we havn't bought any other non nintendo console in our lives.
You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC, I dont know of how many Saturday nights I have spent in agony over my crippled and lifeless gamecube.
This describes our problem.
I am getting the usual "not reading Disk" error message on my gamecube. The laser and motor appear to be working...the message appears on all games after a few minutes of play, some right away, yet if I open up the cover and close it again, play resumes fine as normal, unitl it does it again.
Yours truly
Nintendo Fan Association"
Post by: mouse_clicker on October 26, 2003, 09:17:29 AM
Post by: seven_chaos on October 26, 2003, 09:18:20 AM
And c'mon, why the hell would Nintendo perpously plant a bug into their console. ITS NINTENDO! O and its the INTERNET, everything you read should be taken with a grain of salt. Another point you should take in to consideration, is that PS2s are very crappy systems, all the people I know that bought them (recent and old) have had to get them repaired. Just stop and think and let the anger subside and you'll see the light.
Post by: Piposan on October 26, 2003, 09:26:15 AM
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Post by: Cap on October 26, 2003, 09:52:49 AM
either way, nintendo must believe in the quality of their system, as i believe they are the only console with a one year warranty out of the box.
Post by: joshnickerson on October 26, 2003, 10:31:53 AM
What makes you think we want to be associated with YOU? I've never had a problem with my cube. The only cube I've ever known to malfunction was the display at Wal-Mart, and that was because little kids were slamming the damn reset button constantly (which I've noticed most stores have now disconnected)
Post by: Doerr on October 26, 2003, 11:05:58 AM
THE GC errors are so miniscule compared to PS2 errors it is no where near the amount of PS2s. I doubt 1% of GC owners are even infected with this.
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Post by: ClockworkTomato on October 26, 2003, 01:45:55 PM
this slander thread should be closed. im sorry but id bet this person doesn't even own a GC. i see thread just like this in xbox forums as well. what a joke, they cant all be defective.
Post by: Berny on October 26, 2003, 01:46:04 PM
Post by: Zach on October 26, 2003, 01:49:31 PM
By the way, I have Owned my cube sinc launch and only had a problem when my cousin tripped a cord and knocked it off the table.
Post by: yellowfellow on October 26, 2003, 03:49:53 PM
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You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC, I dont know of how many Saturday nights I have spent in agony over my crippled and lifeless gamecube.
such melodrama and bull... and the only time i fire up my GC on a saturday is usually either four in the morning in a drunken stupor or well, never.
Post by: Lasanga_man on October 26, 2003, 06:06:43 PM
His post is real bizarre, "You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC", but he does bring up a good point: Why should I have to pay more than half the price of a new gamecube for a factory defect? Nintendo will not give me a free new one, what should I do?
Post by: seven_chaos on October 26, 2003, 06:22:45 PM
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Originally posted by: Lasanga_man
Now back up the flaming just a little bit, I have the same problem and I have already contacted nintendo, they told me that I would have to pay 75 dollars to fix it. You keep telling him to contact nintendo and get a "free new one", when he already told you he contacted nintendo and told him he would have to pay 75 bucks! It might have been more than a little bit cheesy, but how about reading all of his message before giving him useless suggestions and flaming the crap out of him you idiots? Have you people no soul?
His post is real bizarre, "You guys have ruined so many lives by planting that bug in the GC", but he does bring up a good point: Why should I have to pay more than half the price of a new gamecube for a factory defect? Nintendo will not give me a free new one, what should I do?
Whats bizarre about his post is the fact that he states that Nintendo planted a bug in the Gamecubes on purpose to make a profit. Look deep down in your hearts of hearts and you know that Nintendo would never do anything like that. Its pretty stupid to think that to begin with. My intention with a response was to only shed light on the subject from my point of view, if other people flamed then thats there problem. As I said before, its the INTERNET, take everything you read with a grain of salt.
Back to your question. I would call again and tell them your woes, just dont tell them its broke and it needs fixing. The reps at Nintendo are actually very nice and if that dont work
then just wait and buy a new gamecube with the Zelda bonus disc.
Post by: PIAC on October 26, 2003, 06:37:15 PM
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Post by: Mario on October 26, 2003, 07:03:36 PM
Wait, why am i replying to this topic. Oops i just did. Damn i wish you could post pics in this forum, a lame joke just went to waste.
Post by: KDR_11k on October 26, 2003, 08:07:29 PM
Post by: Shift Key on October 26, 2003, 10:32:20 PM
And 1% is a huge number when considering the number of consoles that have been sold. I'd say it would be about 0.1% and that's conservative. Unfortunately the vocal minority seem to over-emphasise their problems. And Nintendo is not around to exploit people.
As for the MP "game bug," I think that was in the NTSC version and fixed for the PAL version. *insert sigh of relief*
Post by: oohhboy on October 26, 2003, 11:44:32 PM
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