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Stolen 360?
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AkaMrMike
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15. April 2007 @ 13:21 |
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I was thinking of buying a 360 off of ebay, but I was wondering what would happen if I was to get one that was stolen and go on live with it? Would Microsoft be able to detect that serial or other number to tell if it was stolen?
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15. April 2007 @ 13:43 |
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i dont think so,
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15. April 2007 @ 16:28 |
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most likely not..
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15. April 2007 @ 16:55 |
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If it's new I wouldn't worry about it. It it's used someone could probably find out if they were looking hard enough if the previous owner took it on Live.
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15. April 2007 @ 17:57 |
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Well any internet device has a mac address and it can be traced to an IP so if whoever had it stolen from had their mac address and reported it to say Microsoft and the police I am sure it would not be very hard to find. If all those requirement are met is another case.
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Blasterjk
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15. April 2007 @ 23:13 |
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I would be leary about buying one on e-bay. The 360 has a code encrypted number that serves as its identity, XBL does not ban the ip or mac ip as alot have stated, they ban the specific number of the box. Very easily a box on e-bay could be fully functional yet banned from XBL. So post the question to the seller everytime if it were banned or not.
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nazza2310
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16. April 2007 @ 08:30 |
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I know someone who has a stolen xbox because i saw them get it and xbox live is working fine for them and nothing happend and its been 3 months
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16. April 2007 @ 09:53 |
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Originally posted by Blasterjk:
I would be leary about buying one on e-bay. The 360 has a code encrypted number that serves as its identity, XBL does not ban the ip or mac ip as alot have stated, they ban the specific number of the box. Very easily a box on e-bay could be fully functional yet banned from XBL. So post the question to the seller everytime if it were banned or not.
tbh if a seller was selling a stolen xbox that was banned from live i dont think they would be stupid enough to admit it
Currently on my 7th PS3 and 4th Xbox, gotta love technology.. This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. April 2007 @ 09:54
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BryanNH_3
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17. April 2007 @ 08:54 |
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Of course a mac address caN always be hidden or masked ... Proxy Servers do this quite well!
MS isn't that in the dark about things - they would block your xBox by its serial number, the part that cannot be changed, not by the MAC addess. If I use a different wifi adaptor, I have a different mAC address - if I use a proxy server on my network, then the proxy server is making the requests to the internet and relaying them to my computer or xBox, thus a different MAC address anoce again. The xBox serial number on the other hand doesn't change and is embedded.
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theridges
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17. April 2007 @ 10:21 |
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i dont think you have anything to worry about.......
the question is how much cheaper is the one on ebay going for when you can go into almost anystore these days and grab a brand new one off the shelf?
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AkaMrMike
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17. April 2007 @ 18:46 |
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I went ahead and bought it the auction ended at 140, and that is for the premium with everything included.
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theridges
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17. April 2007 @ 19:12 |
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let me see the link to that auction thats crazy...
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Arkadiy
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17. April 2007 @ 20:36 |
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New or Used?
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theridges
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17. April 2007 @ 21:51 |
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even if its used...140 +shipping is still a steal.....
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AkaMrMike
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18. April 2007 @ 04:12 |
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It is used of course otherwise I would be the one stealing ;)
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