Microsoft sues DHL over 360s destroyed in train derailment

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 12th 2008 6:30PM

We all reacted similarly to the news of a DHL freight train derailment in which 21,600 Xbox 360s were lost due to "impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage" -- no, not by inquiring about the well-being of those who were on board at the time of the crash. That would be silly. We reacted, as anyone would, with general concern for the Redmond-based software juggernaut whose precious cargo was destroyed in the accident.

That's why we were so glad to hear that Microsoft recently filed a complaint against DHL in which they call for $2 million in damages to replace the missing consoles, stating that the shipping company "negligently breached its duties as a common carrier, handler, bailee, warehouseman, agent, or in other capabilities." We agree -- it was incredibly negligent of DHL to allow their train to crash like that. Really, terribly unprofessional.

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Tags: derail, dhl, microsoft, train, Xbox-360, xbox360

Reader Comments (52)

"The big M claims that DHL refuses to compensate for the lost goods . . ."

In your effort to slant the story against Microsoft, you kept this important tidbit out of your quote. Shame on you.

And I don't even like Microsoft. But let's play fair, no?

Who really cares about losing a bunch of darn xboxes anyways! DHL SUCKS! They lost more than that, they caused the loss of 1,000's of American jobs. Like that damn German company gives a crap what they lose. The company plain and simple sucks! They take over Airborne Express saying it will be bigger and better, and what do they do? Make it go belly up! Instead of worrying about a bunch of toys being destroyed, what about peoples families that depended on the jobs lost over here!!! They should be sued by MORE than Microsoft!!!!!!!!!!

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