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Microsoft erases signatures from a fan's 360 ... AGAIN!

April 09, 2008 in News comments 25

Remember the story of Nathaniel, the kid who had his 360 completely scrubbed of all the signatures that he'd carefully collected, while it was being serviced by Microsoft?

Well it looks like it has happened again. This time, nine year old Kieran Price had his 360 sent to Microsoft for repairs, only to have it returned - minus the bunch of wrestler's signatures that he had collected.

Microsoft have said they will try to make it up to Kieran.

Nine-year-old Kieran Price is the latest victim in a brutal Xbox 360 signature erasing spree from Microsoft's repairs department. According to the Nottingham Evening Post, the traumatized Kieran had a handful of signatures from WWE wrestlers removed from his Xbox 360 when it was sent in for repairs, despite mother Janet being told that they would remain intact. Autographs from John Cena and Michelle McCool, as well as an unspecified amount of bronzer were removed during service.

Microsoft has apparently planned to do right by the boy with the help of the World Wrestling Entertainment, gifting Kieran a free 360 game and getting mother and son backstage passes to an upcoming WWE event where the boy will receive an authentic piledriver. Exciting!
Miss Razz via thisisnottingham.co.uk »
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  • 2
    StarJet Apr 10, 08
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    the boy will receive an authentic piledriver
    Excuse moi?

    Anyway, why does MS have to erase signatures? Why can't they just leave them as they are?
    • 0
      Existenz Apr 10, 08
      Probably because the console he is getting back isn't the console he sent in.
  • 2
    Chris7689 Apr 10, 08
    MS people are freakin mean. poor lil 9 year old lol. of course i might send in a 360 with signatures so they can erase them and i can get something extra awesome lol.
  • 0
    Euphoric Apr 10, 08
    If they can get backstage passes and organise for the kid to be piledriven (just quietly, WTF?!?!) then surely they can get the signatures redone for him? It's not that big a deal...
  • 0
    Shadow of Death Apr 10, 08
    I heard about this before.

    I too, was wondering "WTF? Kid gets a piledriver? That can't be right...."....Unless it is 'for fun', with 'no hurting involved' >_> You know "ZOMG! 'Wrestler X' did a pile drive on me!" type of thing....
  • 0
    RyB4Shields Apr 10, 08
    That's unlucky for the little man, would hate for that to happen to my 360! LMAO at the 'authentic piledriver'!
  • 0
    bbb7002004 Apr 10, 08
    Who gets a video game console signed by wrestlers anyway?
  • 2
    Envoy of Darkness Apr 10, 08
    Once again there's more news of the stupidity of MS service centre. I think that after the Nathaniel incident they would have some sort of policy on this. I know this is some jerkoff working at the Service centre, but come on.

    But I wish I'd have a 360 with some sigs on it and then it RROD on me and I had to service it. Imagine all the free stuff I could get!
    • 0
      Xenctuary Apr 10, 08
      In both cases it's definitely someone doing it on purpose. These signatures you have to scrub off, they won't just disappear with a quick wipe.
      • 0
        Seproth Apr 11, 08
        Well their job is to clean them...who knows how many people write shit on their xbox's...not to mention stickers and shit.

        It'd be pretty hard to distinguish if the Signatures were real or not. Which means I could could just write a bunch of shit on my xbox...wait till' I get it back and then say that it was signed by a bunch of A list actors or some shit.

        Not that that's what I'm saying is the case here...Nathaniel was the original and this kid is so young...and wrestlers Signatures more or less worthless to most.
        • 0
          Xenctuary Apr 11, 08
          They were specifically asked not to, though.
        • 0
          Seproth Apr 11, 08
          I agree...If you ask for them not to erase they shouldn't.

          It's just a hard request to honor. It goes through who knows how many stations.

          They should probably just adopt a policy to not clean Xbox's with writing on them.
  • 2
    Krunal Apr 10, 08
    I don't know why, but I seriously think that this is nothing more than a 9 year olds attempt to get the good pack that 'Nathaniel' got from Bungie + MS.

    The picture you see of the boy from the original article, is far too small to make out any signatures.... I wonder if any of them were authentic.

    Course could be that he is telling the truth, but I just get the feeling that a few more people will try to get goodies this way now that they know about it...
    • 1
      Xenctuary Apr 10, 08
      That isn't the case since the child's mother explicitly asked to have the Xbox 360 case left intact. It's pretty difficult to send off a signed machine and force Microsoft to clean it.
      • 1
        TurMoiL911 Apr 11, 08
        I doubt it. I think it's more of a case of what Existenz said. People just aren't getting their original consoles back. I know I got a different console back after I sent mine off with the RRoD.

        Check the serial numbers, guys.
  • 5
    Storm Apr 10, 08
    This is exactly why signatures should stay on paper.
  • 0
    tekmosis Apr 10, 08
    Source for this is not Kotaku
  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Apr 10, 08
    Probably some dumb ass worker in the factory.
  • 1
    Cdemon Apr 10, 08
    Who would actually use such a valuable item anyways?
    • 4
      TurMoiL911 Apr 11, 08
      Seriously. If I got my 360 signed by some famous people, you cna bet your ass that I would buy a new 360 and put the signed 360 in a bulletproof glass case with guard dogs watching it 24/7.
  • -2
    Final Blade Apr 10, 08
    Wow why get signatures on your console? Its stupid, and MS you cease to amaze me on your stupidity. Its the second time, put a damn policy up
    • 1
      Xenctuary Apr 11, 08
      I'm sure Bill Gates is shedding a tear at your comment right now.
  • 1
    Bale Fire Apr 11, 08
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    Seriously. If I got my 360 signed by some famous people, you cna bet your ass that I would buy a new 360 and put the signed 360 in a bulletproof glass case with guard dogs watching it 24/7.
    You mean you don't already?
    • 0
      Xenctuary Apr 11, 08
      Naw, it'll overheat and go all "red ringed" that way

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