Microsoft sues DHL after train dumps 21,600 Xboxes

In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, Microsoft said it is seeking more than US$2 million in damages from DHL for two containers of Xbox consoles that sustained "impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage" after a derailment near Duke, Texas.

The Xboxes were en route from a Microsoft office in McAllen, Texas, to Long Beach, California, for eventual delivery to Hong Kong at the time of the loss, which occurred on Oct. 13, 2007, according to court papers. Flextronics Industrial in Hong Kong was the intended recipient.

Microsoft claims that DHL has refused to compensate it for the loss, even though the delivery service "negligently breached its duties as a common carrier, handler, bailee, warehouseman, agent, or in other capabilities," according to the court papers.

DHL could not be reached for comment Friday.

Oh wow, 21,600. Well its not like they deliberatly de-railed the train is it?

. . . or did they?

Wait, that means that they are only asking for about $90 per xbox. DHL should be biting Microsofts hands off!

Oh wow, 21,600. Well its not like they deliberatly de-railed the train is it?

. . . or did they?

A Mercedes-Benz seen near the tracks was said to have fled the scene shortly after the incident took place.
One eye-witness reported noticing a very distinct PS emblem on the left side of the passenger seat door, as well as the abbreviation "SCEE" on the shirt of the driver.
The driver has yet to be identified...

Yeah i heard about this one....21,600...WOW. that's a LOT of lost merchandise.

Can't blame Microsoft for suing. Their hands are pretty much tied there.

Its no wonder they RROD all the time if they treat em like that!

A Mercedes-Benz seen near the tracks was said to have fled the scene shortly after the incident took place.
One eye-witness reported noticing a very distinct PS emblem on the left side of the passenger seat door, as well as the abbreviation "SCEE" on the shirt of the driver.
The driver has yet to be identified...
Rothbart?

:lol::lol:

Maybe a little more then $90 is how much it cost to make...? nah nvm.

Dang. That's a crazy amount! Maybe that's the manufacturing cost to make and their trying to break even.

Anyone want to buy an xbox?

I have... a few...

Real cheap. Only been dropped once.

Looking at sony here :huh:

Anyone want to buy an xbox?

I have... a few...

Real cheap. Only been dropped once.

Dropped? Like from a train? And landed in water?

Soo was anyone hurt? Im glad M$ is as compassionate as they are.

Dropped? Like from a train? And landed in water?

if you got a xbox with swamp water or dirt coming out of the disc draw of your you know why !

Its no wonder they RROD all the time if they treat em like that!

sometimes the shipping companies mishandle them not suprised thats why i was scared to death getting from repair and having a dead box. somethings cant be helped like a tractortrailer getting into accident on blackice or whatever mother nature throws at it. but when people show them literaly throwing fragile stuff like a quarter back is another story. they left my uncle package on the outside of his house luckily there mostly good people in the neighborhood who didnt steal it. when he got home in the afternoon he wasnt so happy though.

I sense a PS3 fanboi driver here...

I'd be watching Ebay closely hear if i was Microsoft

Those poor, poor 360's. Lost. Waiting for someone to love them. Just to press their joysticks. Here we see this unfortunate 360 starving. This is Jon, he has two brothers and his parents were killed in the train accident. He can't support what's left of his family alone. So, for less than the cost of a postage stamp, you can make sure that Jon never goes hungry again.

A new breaking update!

Witnesses noticed a balding man with wire rim glasses and a black turtle neck fleeing the scene. He was shouting something like "Screw you Bill, and you little zune too!!"

RROD = Red Ring On Derailing