Manufacture Date

Ugh...after reading around the web, I realized that each Xbox360 is stamped with a date of manufacture. I was curious, so I took a look a look at the date of manufacture for my "replacement" xbox: December 5th, 2005! Come on!

I bought (actually it was given to me as a X-mas gift) my original xbox at the end of December, 2006. Unfortunately, I no longer have my original xbox, so I don't know the exact date of manufacture. However, it's extremely unlikely that an xbox sold, in a gaming store, in December 2006 was manufactured a year prior to that sale. I wish I did know my original xbox manufacture date, but I had no idea that I would not be getting my xbox360 console back.

So this is how it works?: My Xbox is flawed, so I send it off for repairs, and I get back an Xbox that is an entire year older! WTF?

Again, imagine if any other company tried this. Imagine a recall on your vehicle, so you drop it off at the dealer and you return the next day (or a month if you're dealing with Microsoft repairs) only to find that your vehicle has be 'replaced' by a model that is year older.
Original car:








"My" car after MS "fixes" it: