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post #51 of 62
11/23/05 at 2:16am
Hey Slater, before your auction closes, I have an idea for how to make a few extra dollars.
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post #52 of 62
11/23/05 at 2:18am
I got one this morning at Sams. Excellent bundle deal, I only waited in line about 2 hours, and walked right in. I love Sam's Business Membership get in 3 hours before the store opens to everyone else. I was eighth in line and my two room mates were ahead of me. The bundle was a Premium with extra wireless and play & charge kit for $449 basically giving you a play&charge kit free. Of course my friends wanted to flaunt to we drove by the Best Buy next door and showed our systems to the people who have been waiting in line for 24+ hours.
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post #53 of 62
11/23/05 at 2:49am
Holy shit. Is this a sign of the Apocalypse?

*edit- hahaha, I just looked at the winning bidder's name/feedback.
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post #54 of 62
11/23/05 at 5:51am
Got mine at Wal Mart Yesterday at Midnight!! I was there from 2pm to 12 (#10 in line I might add) That Wal Mart only had 24 premiums and 22 cores. Needless to say I had a good time laughing at all the disappointed people coming in.
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post #55 of 62
11/23/05 at 10:22am
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Originally Posted by JGButler
Well okay, that makes perfect sense. But what makes selling a sold out concert ticket (in a sense - a rare commodity) for double its price illegal while it's okay to sell a sold-out video game console at triple (or more) its price?

Personally I feel it should all be legal as no one forces the buyer to pay those prices, but whatcha gonna do?
The difference I see is that a concert has a finite number of tickets. Game consoles, on the other hand, are produced continually. Scalping is illegal because scalpers would literally buy up every available ticket for a show, whereas, buying up every available 360 would be impossible. (Though you wouldn't think that looking at the selling prices of these 360's) And you can bet every ass on the planet that I'll have a PS3 on eBay day-of. I need to fund my next home theater upgrade somehow or another. Those who begrudge me for doing so will only suffer for short time before they can get their hands on what are traditionally the least impressive titles on any console. After a few months, you'll be able to walk into any store and pick up a 360 as easy as anything.
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post #56 of 62
11/23/05 at 10:30am
People who are going to get mad about 360s being sold on eBay are just jealous that they didn't get one.
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post #57 of 62
11/23/05 at 11:16am
360 Chaos! Well, chaos might be a strong word, but there was some insanity going on.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6140287.html
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post #58 of 62
11/23/05 at 11:27am
Hey Slater, what'd you set your reserve at? I'm gonna bid on it, but I ain't payin' no thousand clams.
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post #59 of 62
11/23/05 at 11:35am
"On Tuesday, GameSpot staffers witnessed even more chaotic scenes at the local Target in Colma, on the peninsula south of San Francisco. There, a lone security guard spent most of the night shooing an increasingly unruly crowd away from the parking lot. The situation nearly spun out of control around 7 a.m., when the guard left his post for five minutes, prompting a mass influx of would-be customers eager to receive vouchers good for a 360.

When he returned, the security guard's attempts to get the 100-plus-person crowd to form a line were rebuffed until the arrival of police and a California National Guardsman around 8 a.m. A trio of veteran GameSpotters witnessed the Guardsman quickly take control of the situation and move to the head of the line--where he promptly turned around and asked for a 360 voucher himself. The Guardsman then promptly fled the scene, voucher in hand, leaving police, Target employees, and a visibly agitated crowd to fend for themselves."


I wonder if he shouted YOINK as he grabbed the ticket and ran away.
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post #60 of 62
11/23/05 at 11:48am
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Originally Posted by Egg
The difference I see is that a concert has a finite number of tickets. Game consoles, on the other hand, are produced continually. Scalping is illegal because scalpers would literally buy up every available ticket for a show, whereas, buying up every available 360 would be impossible. (Though you wouldn't think that looking at the selling prices of these 360's) And you can bet every ass on the planet that I'll have a PS3 on eBay day-of. I need to fund my next home theater upgrade somehow or another. Those who begrudge me for doing so will only suffer for short time before they can get their hands on what are traditionally the least impressive titles on any console. After a few months, you'll be able to walk into any store and pick up a 360 as easy as anything.
Yeah that makes sense. And for the record - I was never mad about it. If I had one I would probably sell it too seeing how much people are willing to pay. Just curious as to the difference between one situation and the other, but Egg made a good point about being able to get a 360 easily in a few months. Just a simple question looking for a simple answer. Wasn't trying to berate anyone.
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post #61 of 62
11/23/05 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by phoenix_214
Hey Slater, what'd you set your reserve at? I'm gonna bid on it, but I ain't payin' no thousand clams.
Then you ain't gettin' my Xbox.
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post #62 of 62
11/23/05 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
From smashmyxbox.com...

I'm not foaming at the mouth for one of these or anything(yet. give me a year), so I'm not really mad, but couldn't they be a little more creative? Smashing is so... well, boring. I'd have set it on fire, while I was playing it, personally. There would also be the nice added bonus of seeing if the system really does shut down by itself when it's temperature goes too high.

*edit- Also, it's a piss-poor social experiment. I'd rather see these guys smash this thing in front of all the people who spent hours upon hours waiting in the cold only to not get a 360. Then the experiment could be whether or not these Xbox smashers would get lynched by an angry mob.

*edit 2: the sequel! - my first edit makes no sense, since that was their plan. But the site says they smashed it in front of a few "Xbox fanboys" who already had 360's. Damn wusses...
The funniest thing for them to have done- he should've taken the 360 out of the box and gone off running down the line with it held over his head - screaming "I JUST GOT AN XBOX 360!! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!" and "trip" and drop it.

The reaction would've been an exquisite mix of horror and joy.
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