[dmaul1114]

Problem is you can't just say with in two years. Some people may use it hours a day with whispernet on all the time and degrade the battery a lot in 2 years. It's still normal wear and tear, but was done in less than two years because of extreme heavy usage and charging it much more often than the average person.

And they may well test it and find it's not really bad and either end it back or request $50.

I've heard of that happening with the 360--it has a flaw that causes it to lock up and display three red lights on the status indicator (the red ring of death--RROD). They extended the warranty to 3 years to cover that specific defect.

But I've read on forums of people having other problems like the disc drive going bad etc., they call it in as RROD to try and get it fixed free and end up having to pay if they want it fixed.

Different situation--but still if you lie about your problem they don't have to just fix it under warranty when they test it and find out that you lied. They can charge you or refuse to fix it and send it back.