
Originally Posted by
shufty84
Not had one die myself but a friend is on his 4th ps3 due to lense burn out. you could always find broken ps3 on ebay that has a different problem, query them about the drive working before their failure and replace it yourself. it's not guaranteed ofcourse, i've always trusted Sony to repair my faulty playstations. one instance, when my original playstation failed under warranty, they gave me a temporary one to play on while they fixed my broken one. they then returned mine and had no record of a temporary playstation being given to me.
So it could work out well.