Extreme Rock Band instrument problems

[X-Ninja]

Alright... Im in the mood to complain. I dunno why... Point is, im gonna do it.

So, I ordered Rock Band off ebay at launch. Payed $289.00 for it + i had to pay 50 bucks shipping. And of course 30 bucks at the door. I wasnt waiting weeks more for it to be released in Canada after launch, so yeah.

Anyway. It arrived. Everything worked PERFECT. Then, after about 3 weeks my guitar started to double strum. I took it apart and did the fix for it, but about a day later it just did it again.
Slightly annoyed, i went over to EAs website to see how to fix it. I noticed it was all done online, which is awsome.

So, i went on, filled out all my info, created an ea account, etc etc. Eventually i got to the step where you can pick the express shipping, or the standard shipping.
Express costs 125 dollars. They ship you a new instrument and then once you receive it you ship yours back in that box. I wanted to pick standard shipping... Then i get a message saying i need to go express since im in Canada. That sucks...
Anyway, I delt with it and did the express.
The next day... My freaking drum pedal snapped!

..........................off I go. Back to EAs website to get my drum pedal repaired. I did the whole thing all over again. Picked express shipping... same reason.
Then, i get a message saying me i need a 125 dollar down payment for a drum pedal.
A little cheap breakable plastic drum pedal that runs off magnets and a momentary magnet with a mono cable. Why on earth is this 125 dollars?
Anyway! I did it.

About 2 weeks later my drum pedal and guitar came in. I got all excited and hooked up my guitar getting ready to test her out.
A long overdrive note was coming up... I hit it. My whammy bar was broken. Oh how great. Oh well, what can you do, right? At least i got overdrive. Mine as well tilt this guitar...
My damn motion sensors are broken as well. After shaking the guitar - making me miss multiple notes - i finally came to the fact that this guitar is indeed broken as well.
I delt with it for about a month. I really wasnt in the mood to go through that return process yet again.
then... This is hilarious. honestly.
The next day, My new drum pedal snapped. Again! Oh joy!

I managed to build my own custom drum pedal out of a momentary push button, a drum pedal, some duct tape, and a mono audio cable. That was my pedal for a while. Until of course the next week.

In the middle of playing Tom Sawyer on expert, I heard a snap. I looked down expecting an issue with my custom pedal. Nope... nothing wrong there.
I unpaused the game and quickly noticed my yellow note being unresponsive.
Thats right. Theres a whole in my yellow note.
I wasnt even really hitting it that hard...

Yet again, i delt with it, just using Triangle as my yellow note. It took some co-ordination and some skill, but im awsome - so i can do anything.

The next month, my brother got Rock Band for 360 (yeah... we have 2 versions of Rock Band in the house). The day after he got it his drum pedal snapped as well. We resolved that by...
Going to EAs website and ordering a new one! Woo-hoo! Yet another 125 dollars spent.
Then, directly after ordering it i went over to ebay and ordered myself 2 "Pedal Metals" to put on his, and my (whenever i get around to ordering it) drum pedal so they dont snap as well.
I went and ordered my drum pedal about a week after but was hesitant about returning my drums... since its my fault.

Both our pedals arrived and we did the pedal metal mod thing to them. They've been good since then.

Now, I went upstairs to play Rock Band on the 360 with my brother and... whadda you know. I was playing Run to the Hills on expert, and the red note was INCREDIBLY unresponsive.
I laughed histerically at him since he always made fun of the ps3 instruments.
Its no big deal for him though since he couldnt play expert in a million years...

Anyway, Today i decided to play some Rock Band (on the ps3 ). MY GUITAR STARTED TO DOUBLE STRUM!
So now i have a guitar that double strums, has no whammy bar, and broken motion sensors.

Yet again. I went to EAs website about an hour ago to return my guitar... and i did. I also figured "what the hell" and returned my drums as well.

Hopefully when those come in, they will actually work.

(EDIT: One of my drum sticks broke as well)

So, thats been my experience with the almighty "Greatest music game ever made".
If they dont work again, im gonna scream.
As for now though, im gonna go remix some songs in Amplitude on the ps2.

By the way, has anyone else had THIS big of a problem with Rock Band before? I must just have bad luck. lol.