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Xbox Refunds Cost Microsoft $1.2 Billion, Bill Gates Forced to Skip Lunch
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Friday, 06 July 2007
Microsoft announced that all Xbox 360's plagued with the 'Red Rings of Death' defect would be fixed under warranty for free and users who have previously paid to get thier consoles repaired would receive full refunds. This will reportedly cost the company over 1.2 billion dollars. To pay for the refunds, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will have no choice but to skip his normal lunch for the next 3 days. Usually the head of Microsoft dines on berries dipped in gold and water melted from portions of the planet Saturn's ice rings. But to save costs he has elected to settle for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of orange juice until Wednsday.
When asked for a comment, Gates remarked '1.2 billion? With a 'B'? Whew, for a second there I thought you said 1.2 zillion. I wouldve had to break out my AmEx.'
Microsoft announced that all Xbox 360's plagued with the 'Red Rings of Death' defect would be fixed under warranty for free and users who have previously paid to get thier consoles repaired would receive full refunds. This will reportedly cost the company over 1.2 billion dollars. To pay for the refunds, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will have no choice but to skip his normal lunch for the next 3 days. Usually the head of Microsoft dines on berries dipped in gold and water melted from portions of the planet Saturn's ice rings. But to save costs he has elected to settle for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of orange juice until Wednsday.
