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June 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New
redblaze57:
Evercade
- Duke Nukem Collection 1
Vinyl
- Alice Cooper- Billion Dollar Babies
dhaabi:
I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:
- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787
After setting up the console, I was pleased that it loaded and worked. It prompted me for a hardware update, so I began that process. However, once that was over, the console stopped being able to yield a signal, no matter the TV set or HDMI cord being used. From my understanding, this is a widespread problem going back several years. Shame on me for thinking an update would better the experience.
Edit: After attempting to start up the console in low resolution mode several times without any luck, I finally was able to, and the system seems to be working now. After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software. Nevertheless, these games are in my system's library:
- Air Missions: Hind
- Galaga Legions DX
- NASCAR Heat 2
- Prominence Poker
- Pure Chess
- Pure Hold'em
- Roblox
- Scrabble
- Uno
- Video Poker
- Wheel of Fortune
wolff242:
--- Quote from: dhaabi on June 22, 2024, 01:28:14 pm ---I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:
- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787
After setting up the console, I was pleased that it loaded and worked. It prompted me for a hardware update, so I began that process. However, once that was over, the console stopped being able to yield a signal, no matter the TV set or HDMI cord being used. From my understanding, this is a widespread problem going back several years. Shame on me for thinking an update would better the experience.
Edit: After attempting to start up the console in low resolution mode several times without any luck, I finally was able to, and the system seems to be working now. After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software. Nevertheless, these games are in my system's library:
- Air Missions: Hind
- Galaga Legions DX
- NASCAR Heat 2
- Prominence Poker
- Pure Chess
- Pure Hold'em
- Roblox
- Scrabble
- Uno
- Video Poker
- Wheel of Fortune
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No a very effective Estate Sale if they are just giving stull like that away free, lol.
Sounds like the original user has that set as his/her home Xbox. As long as that's the case, anything they bought will be playable by anyone on the console. If that person changes their home Xbox, you will lose access (Not Prominence Poker or Roblox because they are free games anyway). I think removing the account would also remove it as the home Xbox.
dhaabi:
--- Quote from: wolff242 on June 22, 2024, 05:57:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: dhaabi on June 22, 2024, 01:28:14 pm ---I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:
- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787
Edit: After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software.
--- End quote ---
No a very effective Estate Sale if they are just giving stull like that away free, lol.
Sounds like the original user has that set as his/her home Xbox. As long as that's the case, anything they bought will be playable by anyone on the console. If that person changes their home Xbox, you will lose access (Not Prominence Poker or Roblox because they are free games anyway). I think removing the account would also remove it as the home Xbox.
--- End quote ---
To be fair, there were a lot of expensive electronics mostly related to music equipment and larger items like TVs, but the focus of the sale was on furniture. Numerous large boxes completely full of miscellaneous cords, chargers, and other small accessories that I imagine nobody wanted to sift through were in a corner of a room, and the Xbox console itself just happened to be at the bottom of one. A friend who was with me even found a brand new 4TB external hard drive also placed in a box marked free. Apart from furniture, only the high-end electronics were priced. Of all things, a simple body mirror was the only thing purchased between the two of us for $2. I genuinely wasn't expecting much prior to going, so I left feeling that the trip was well worth it.
I actually forgot to check the disc drive until just now. Obviously, a game disc would have been ideal, but that wasn't so. Instead, a Blu-Ray disc of Ted Nugent's 6,000th concert popped out, which was laughably unexpected.
Good to know. I don't think I'll have issue with anyone updating the profile to a new console, since the owner is dead and it's doubtful any of the family knows about it. I'm barred from accessing the original account even if I wanted to, so I may as well keep it present to access those games, should I ever choose to play them.
wolff242:
--- Quote from: dhaabi on June 22, 2024, 09:08:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: wolff242 on June 22, 2024, 05:57:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: dhaabi on June 22, 2024, 01:28:14 pm ---I decided to check out an estate sale advertising electronics and left quite pleased. I left with the following, all for free:
- Talon Media Remote for Xbox One
- Xbox One Rechargeable Battery
- Xbox One Chatpad
- Xbox One 1708 Wireless Controller
- Xbox One X 1787
Edit: After looking around some more, I seem to now also own a few digital games. I'm unsure if they're tied to the previous owner's account or not, but I can launch them fine when logged into my own account. I'm not sure if removing the previous owner's account will remove the software.
--- End quote ---
No a very effective Estate Sale if they are just giving stull like that away free, lol.
Sounds like the original user has that set as his/her home Xbox. As long as that's the case, anything they bought will be playable by anyone on the console. If that person changes their home Xbox, you will lose access (Not Prominence Poker or Roblox because they are free games anyway). I think removing the account would also remove it as the home Xbox.
--- End quote ---
To be fair, there were a lot of expensive electronics mostly related to music equipment and larger items like TVs, but the focus of the sale was on furniture. Numerous large boxes completely full of miscellaneous cords, chargers, and other small accessories that I imagine nobody wanted to sift through were in a corner of a room, and the Xbox console itself just happened to be at the bottom of one. A friend who was with me even found a brand new 4TB external hard drive also placed in a box marked free. Apart from furniture, only the high-end electronics were priced. Of all things, a simple body mirror was the only thing purchased between the two of us for $2. I genuinely wasn't expecting much prior to going, so I left feeling that the trip was well worth it.
I actually forgot to check the disc drive until just now. Obviously, a game disc would have been ideal, but that wasn't so. Instead, a Blu-Ray disc of Ted Nugent's 6,000th concert popped out, which was laughably unexpected.
Good to know. I don't think I'll have issue with anyone updating the profile to a new console, since the owner is dead and it's doubtful any of the family knows about it. I'm barred from accessing the original account even if I wanted to, so I may as well keep it present to access those games, should I ever choose to play them.
--- End quote ---
Well, that's pretty cool :) I'm sure they were glad to clear some space. I figured the owner was the deceased one, but wasn't sure.
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