so i went to Best Buy yesterday to exchange it, knowing that i'd bought the "protection plan" the last time around, only to have them tell me that they no longer can just give you a replacement 360 at the store but have to send it into microsoft — with the plan, you simply get a refurbished one quicker than waiting around for 4-6 weeks... so i dropped $80 on a protection plan that simply gets me a refurbished 360 in a week or two? ugh... wasn't too happy about that, and thought it kind of sucked ballsack to be honest.

i ended up grabbing an Arcade for $200 and will use that for the next week or two until i get my black elite back -- then i'll just pack it back up and return it to Best Buy and get my money back. bastards.

i'm not even sure anymore, but i think this will be either my third or fourth 360... unbelievable.