Buying a pre-owned xbox 360 from gamestation

[cheesemp]

I decided today was the day to get a 360.

I looked up on gamestation and they where selling old 20Gb pro's for £110.

So I went in and traded in about 60-70 PS2/Xbox games I had in cupboard for ages for £65~ pounds. I was then hoping to buy said pro only to be told it £139 in store and the manager wouldn't budge.

So I put the trade in on to a trade in card and left.

Any ideas how I can get a reduction to the online price? I wouldn't be complaining if it was a tenner but £30 is taking the micky.

(Before any says buy a 60Gb model I only want one for cheap to play against my brother occasionally).

Edit:

Just been looking on the site - Its £110 here but £130 here but I can't see any difference?

[Yosh]

Originally Posted by cheesemp

I decided today was the day to get a 360.

I looked up on gamestation and they where selling old 20Gb pro's for £110.

So I went in and traded in about 60-70 PS2/Xbox games I had in cupboard for ages for £65~ pounds. I was then hoping to buy said pro only to be told it £139 in store and the manager wouldn't budge.

So I put the trade in on to a trade in card and left.

Any ideas how I can get a reduction to the online price? I wouldn't be complaining if it was a tenner but £30 is taking the micky.

(Before any says buy a 60Gb model I only want one for cheap to play against my brother occasionally).

Edit:

Just been looking on the site - Its £110 here but £130 here but I can't see any difference?

Most likely a mis price on the site.

Oh and you should get a 60GB, my guess is on a used product you will get a limited warranty, and the 20GB version ala Xenon are seriously prone to RROD, for a few £'s more you could go for a 60GB and because the products are used try to locate a Jasper revision which is the latest one 12.1a rating on the little while sticker, or if you cannot find one, ask them to look out for a 14.2a Falcon revision, although the latter is still prone to RROD it does not seem to be so frequent.

In the long run you will be safer buying a 60GB.

[cheesemp]

Is a 60gb really worth it? I only ask as I've only got to find £70 to buy a 20gb. I'm not even sure if they have 60gb preowned (Certainly don't appear on line). If that really is the case I'll have to wait until christmas when I move and free up a big fuel bill as I just can't find £100+ at the moment.

Am I right in saying all HDMI enabled xbox's are relativly rrod free?

Are all arcades built this way? Is that a cheap route (I can then hard disk up at a later date).