Schultz,
You have a point. I didn't think about it that way, and realize now it's clearly an easy thing to wrongly take advantage of.
I did PM Joe and he authorized an exchange, so he's given me the benefit of the doubt. Very gracious, and very much appreciated.
Re: The PS2 scratching discs issue - that happens with early model PS2's, it's the same reason why a lot of their lens units fail after time. The laser isn't calibrated properly to read DVDs so it make contact with the discs, wearing down the lens and damaging the DVD at the same time. Unbelievably poor manufacturing, I'm surprised Sony hasn't given new PS2s to everyone with an early model unit.
You have a point. I didn't think about it that way, and realize now it's clearly an easy thing to wrongly take advantage of.
I did PM Joe and he authorized an exchange, so he's given me the benefit of the doubt. Very gracious, and very much appreciated.
Re: The PS2 scratching discs issue - that happens with early model PS2's, it's the same reason why a lot of their lens units fail after time. The laser isn't calibrated properly to read DVDs so it make contact with the discs, wearing down the lens and damaging the DVD at the same time. Unbelievably poor manufacturing, I'm surprised Sony hasn't given new PS2s to everyone with an early model unit.