I thought it was over. I was so wrong.

As discussed, I didn’t personally use the PS3 yesterday as I was out. However, it was brought to my attention after my last update that the fancy new machine was making an excruciating noise. After a couple hours in the same room as it, it became unbearable. Immediately after activation, there was a noticeable loud noise. We wrote it off at the time but we realised this was actually a problem, especially my wife who had been using it all day.

The noise was some kind of fan malfunction. Our microwave had a similar thing when we first got it, the fan was out of alignment and so was knocking against some part of the structure. This was quite loud and became worse after use.

So, once again we had to cart the thing back into town to get a replacement. The lady at Kmart told us at first that it would have to be sent off for repair and we had to wait. NOOOO we screamed in our heads. Luckily we convinced her to replace it. She wrote up a repair order without our names on it, then gave us store credit. Phew! But more horrors awaited us at the electronics section! They had sold out! Apparently discounting new PS3s by $100 in the school holidays causes them to sell. I bet that Dutch guy behind us on Sunday bought the last one. The guy there suggested we could cash in our store credit (good for one day only) on a Christmas layby, to pick up in November. NOOOOOO- are there any in other stores?! He went to ring up Tuggeranong, 30 minutes drive away.

They had one left! Quick! Hold it for us please! We walked home, storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Before we could drive off, we had to screw in new license plates, as we had just re-registered our car to our new address in the ACT. Then we were away. Luckily, I knew the way very well, as the Kmart is quite close to my place of work. We got there, picked it up and brought it home. Blessed quiet! The fans worked as intended. Now we are reinstalling and all that jazz. Incidentally, we now have quite the proficiency at setting up PS3s. We have it down to a fine art.

Soon all those tasty games will be being played, by us! At last!