Friday deal: Half price 360 controllers

Great news story... You can get almost anything at half price if it's 'not necessarily in new condition.' Here I was all excited by the headline...

So this place is sort of like Woot I assume.

nice, so for 25 bucks I can get a controller that's been abused and has various food debris stuck in the button wells? NICE!

$25 for a farted on controller. $40 for a Brand New Controller. Decisions , Decisions.

Who has wireless 360 controllers new for $40...? I only seem to find them for $50.

Plus, I don't think this is a bad deal. It's like buying used games, who cares.

Yeah this is not necessarily a great deal, imagine getting a messed up controller and how irritating it would be to return for a working one. You're better off getting a new one or at least getting a used one from a local retailer, that way you could dash out again if it was gimped.

BUYER BEWARE!!!!

I have been a stootsi shopper for over a year now and i have bought 3 items from them in the last month in their "Month of Gaming".

They have all been in poor quality and HEAVILY used.
They say open box, but these things have clearly been used and distressed.

The "quick charge kit" i got was in fine shape, but the battery that came with it had scratched to hell contacts, and you could tell it was used heavily. The battery was not even recognized by the charger and only last about 45 seconds in a controller.

The xplorer guitar i got from them was not badly distressed but it was clearly used, smelled a bit funky, and had a busted tilt sensor....

i could go on, but the point is, these "open box" gaming accessories are a serious gamble.

YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIPPING TO RETURN AND ARE NOT REIMBURSED FOR THE SHIPPING TO YOU.

bottom line is this: i spent around $80 (including shipping) on these broken items, spent around $25 returning them, and only got credited $60.

($80-60)+25= $45 in shipping, and nothing to show for it.

In their defense, all previous non-"open box" items i have bought from them have been great, but these open box "deals" are simply headaches waiting to happen.

Thanks for the heads up grant.

and also, if you're going to use these controllers to stick up your ass for "Rez trance vibration goodness", you're going to want them to be clean.

+1 xenocidic. I needed a good laugh.

During an average day of gaming, I probably grab my nuts about 50 times and pick my nose a few times. This is pretty standard for most guys I think. So if you buy a controller from here, have fun fondling another dude's balls while you pwn some n00bs.

Last week i was at walmart and picked up a black controller for $25. best purchases ever!

weird thing was all the whites were still $50

Ball rub residue and chesse puff thumb prints put aside, I would'nt buy a turd from stootsi,I bought a quick charge kit and the batteries would'nt hold a charge for more than 2 minutes, then after returning I was accused of switching merchendise, thank god for Visa 100% protection,

best place to buy controllers = microcenter
I grabbed two a couple years ago, wireless, breadnew, in factory packaging, twenty bucks a piece.
i think they do this everynow and then, so that is the best place to check.

sTootsi has been good to me on new stuff in the past but sounds like not so good on the used. Of course it was shortly after my last purchase that my credit card #s got jacked and used to buy some WoW time. Don't know if it was related for sure, but I haven't bought anything from them since.

CRAP!! i didnt see this and now im too late

Josh said...
Where WOULD you buy a turd from?

For some reason it sounded good when I wrote it.