you iiiddiot!!! (in best ren and stimpy voice)

This reminds me of college from 4 years ago when the San Bernardino fires were a mile away from where I went to school and it literally snowed ashed for about 3 days straight. Seriously, how does something get THAT dusty? For a while I was on this kid's side, but not anymore. That just shows a total lack of care for the console, and a total lack of intelligence from the guy who sent it in.

rockvillian - good call hahah

Y'know, I was with the user until I actually saw photos of the system. A note to the owner: It helps to not blow your cigarette smoke directly onto and into the system.

Not only should he have to pay $150 for the system repair, afterwhich he should be made to trade it in and sign a form stating that he is never to own electronics ever again ever.

your missing the call mp3.
http://consumerist.com/consumer/audio/sony-csr-what-no-dust-doesnt-void-your-ps3-warranty-321288.php

anyway, im guessing the inside is caked with dust. the ps3 is a dust magnet. my cussins ps3 had a ton of dust with in just a month. i could only imagine how folding@home must of made a dust box out of the pstriple.

i don't think it's neglect. the thing is just sucking in dust 24/7 because sony offers you folding at home. hes been runing his system like any normal person. that shouldn't void his warranty.

That doesn't look very dusty to me. I still think this is a total cop-out on Sony's part.

what a dirtball...wash your grimy fucking hands, quit smoking around electronics, and kill your cats

He missed the picture where the controller and usb ports are CAKED with dust.

How the hell does something get that dust after only a year?

Definatly on Sony's side here, and I can speak from experience. I used to be a tech at Best Buy and some of the crap I saw come in just floored me. "Why is my computer temperature so hot?"...well that's because there's enough dust inside to make a coal miner cough.

But the best was when a customer brought in his PC that smelled and looked like it came out of a cow's ass. It was the most foul smelling thing I have ever seen and smelled, I won't go into how bad the customer smelled as well and he was completly oblivious to it. I originally helped him but I brought my boss over because I didn't want to check it in, obviously. After some coaxing he got my boss to take it in, but we all made it clear the rest of us were not going anywhere near it. So he was stuck with it, he didn't touch it for almost a week, it was in a garbadge bag with a glade air-freshner inside. Not sure what he did to it, but it eventually was fixed, and afterwards he realized that he really shouldn't have taken it.

@Snaileb How the hell does something get that dust after only a year?

By not having any decent games to play and just sitting on the shelf for a year :)

B-Radicate: I'm not sure, because I haven't read their warranty, but I'm sure it's a "limited warranty", and I'm sure there's some stipulation as to negligence, etc. and to me that constitutes owner negligence.

This is either someone testing Sony's repair police or someone that is too lazy to clean the outside of the console before sending it to repair...

*policy

After working at Gamestop for three years, this does not surprise me at all. I have constantly received systems which were covered in this much dust if not more. Even covered in various types of sticky residue...Seriously if you are going to spend that much money on something wouldnt you take care of it? I guess not for some people...

That's DreamvsPS2's PS3.

It's gotta be.

Anyone from the IGN boards will get that joke - especially if you saw his pic of his 360 controller....which looks like he used it to wipe his ass.

that's a lot of dead skin cells there

this shit is more dirty than ron after ten gallons of alcohol.

This guy had to live in a pile of dirt. I've had my NES stored away for 15 years and it doesnt look nearly this bad. This tells alot about a person's lifestyle. Can you imagine what his lungs must look like? Glad they said no to the owner. Sony should've sent him a bar of soap with his PS3.

Someone's been humping their PS3...

>he only had it for 3 weeks!

And he never even wiped it down or put a dust cover on it? Disgusting. Can't people even be trusted to be responsible for the things they own anymore? Or will we start needing signs to come with soap that remind us to use it for bathing?

And people whine about signs that say "this coffee is hot" being unnecessary. Apparently some folks just need everything spelled out.

WARNING: THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE NEEDS TO BE PLUGGED IN TO WORK.
WARNING: CAN CAUSE INJURY IF USED AS A WEAPON.

So it's Sony's fault this toolbox doesn't have the common sense to take care of his shit? Sony's warranty clearly states customer neglect as one of the things that void it. Those pictures up there can't be described as anything but neglect. Sony wins this round, sorry.

Maybe if it had better games. ;]

I didnt have to buy it to tell you that thing is a shiny dust collector :|

Anyone on Sony's side is a tard, There reason they won't repair it is because of health and safty hazards for the technician....give me a break! R U kidding me!!?!?!?! Idiot's