has anyone waited in line for video game consoles? Options

[Throwdown]

i'm contemplating going to best buy at 4 am to get a PS3. apparently there are gonna be security guards there to make sure no one shows up before then. i have no idea how this works. when the doors open is there gonna be a stampede, or will the be some sort of order? i have little interest in waiting there several hours only to be trampled by a bunch of nerds. if someone behind me runs past me, i'm beating the shit out of em right in the middle of the store

[Trespass]

i'm contemplating going to best buy at 4 am to get a PS3. apparently there are gonna be security guards there to make sure no one shows up before then. i have no idea how this works. when the doors open is there gonna be a stampede, or will the be some sort of order? i have little interest in waiting there several hours only to be trampled by a bunch of nerds. if someone behind me runs past me, i'm beating the shit out of em right in the middle of the store

Tell me you are planning on ebaying it for double its value.

[impala454]

when i talked to best buy here, they said about an hour before the store opens they're going to hand out tickets (which specify an order). when the store opens they'll let the first 5 in, let them complete their purchase and leave, then the next 5, and so on until they're out (lubbock best buy is supposedly having around 26 total).

[Dogmeat]

there was some dude camping in a fucking tent on the sidewalk outside circuit city at 8:00pm last night.

I mean seriously is it THAT big of fucking deal?

[The Fanatic]

Waiting in line to buy a console is fucking retarded, in fact buying a console when it first comes out is retarded because the first editions always have issues and fuck up. It is best to wait a while before the price goes down and then buy it when you know it will last you a good 3 years or more. It is the same premise behind going to a movie right when it comes out. I always wait a few extra days so I can avoid the long lines and actually get a good seat. It is not like you win some award for getting to play the PS3 first. All you do is lose 4 hours of your life and 600 bucks on a console that will break in a year...

[Rocky]

Some coworkers told me that the news reported that at least One Best Buy in the ATX area is telling people to not worry about standing in line. No ticketing or anything


Supposedly on Friday morning they are getting everybody to just pile up in the back of the store, then just set them loose and whoever can run to the front of the store and get inside first, gets themself first dibs on PS3s....

[Mommy]

i'm not buying the fucking thing to play, i'm buying it to sell to some rich loser on ebay

-w

hopefully this throws spectatrix into a panic attack

[Spectatrix]

hopefully this throws spectatrix into a panic attack

*yawn*

[Testm0nkey]

kevin and i saw people in tents outside circuit city wednesday afternoon

and we saw people sitting in lawn chairs with blankets inside the walmart on quaker getting scolded by employees

[hodge]

Some coworkers told me that the news reported that at least One Best Buy in the ATX area is telling people to not worry about standing in line. No ticketing or anything
Supposedly on Friday morning they are getting everybody to just pile up in the back of the store, then just set them loose and whoever can run to the front of the store and get inside first, gets themself first dibs on PS3s....

that sounds fun.

[dauss]

There are rules that ebay has set on selling PS3's.
Check out this auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=300049080338

$3333 - overnight shipping - ($600+tax) = ~$2600 profit?

[kcroxyoursox]

Hahahahahahaha

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/816150.html

Nov. 16: PlayStation 3 hopeful buyer injured trying to buy console in Wisconsin
Associated Press

WEST BEND, Wis. — A person was injured Thursday morning outside a Wal-Mart department store racing for a chance to buy one of 10 coveted video game systems the store will put on sale Friday.

An assistant manager announced to a crowd of about 50 people that the store was only going to receive about 10 of the Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles and the store official placed 10 chairs outside of the store, police said.

At the signal, the customers were told to run to try to occupy one of the chairs to be able to buy the system at 12:01 a.m. on Friday.

A 19-year-old man ran into a pole and struck his head, injuring himself. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, police said.

[Seeker]

i saw people camping out with tents at fry's, best buy, circuit city, and target last night when i was looking for an LCD TV

you have to be a major fucking dork to camp out for a console, especially something as sucky as a god damn PS3

[impala454]

you have to be a major fucking dork to camp out for a console, especially something as sucky as a god damn PS3

I don't think you guys get it. yeah you're a dork if you're camping out to get one to play. If I didn't have to work i'd have been right there with em. let see... camp out for about a day and make $2000+ profit? I'll take that any day of the week. Hell I'd have taken a day off if I thought I had a decent chance of getting one.

[prefix]

If I would have seen anyone out there they would have gotten the water balloon treatment. It's not like they're going to get out of line to do anything about it.hahhahhaa.

[FORSAKENR320]

was working security at the Target super center last night. normally an unarmed post. about 30 people camped out in front of Target waiting for the game systems. that Target only had 6.... recieved call from supervisor saying i needed to get my firearm, because tey were changing it to armed status for that night, due to 3 fights breaking out. one at Best Buy in lubbock, Walmart in midland, and walmart in odessa, i think.

i mean, what the shit? crazy ass scrawny college students that all looked like nick and canadian john. (no offense guys) but these pasty white twig boy college kids did not need to be out in that cold for 2 days straight. we are talking about drug and alcohol use in the other thread, but what about game addiction?

[impala454]

dude... seriously... "game addiction" is not why most people were out there.

for the umpteenth time, these damn systems are going for $2500+ on ebay (i've seen them even approaching $10,000). the purchase price is $599. if you cannot see why people were waiting outside for so long to get one you're a moron.

[FORSAKENR320]

dude... seriously... "game addiction" is not why most people were out there.

for the umpteenth time, these damn systems are going for $2500+ on ebay (i've seen them even approaching $10,000). the purchase price is $599. if you cannot see why people were waiting outside for so long to get one you're a moron.

look here fuck-cake, i spent 12 hours last night talking to all 30 of them fuckers, i know why they were there because they told me. maybe your reason is to sell it on ebay at an increased price, but you're forgetting something. in order to sell one of those fuckers you have to have someone willing to pay $2000 for it. anyone willing to pay that much would be willing to camp out over night to get it in the first place. those people were there because they wanted the game system. get that through your fat eskimo lookin' head

[Spectatrix]

Chill, both of you. Yeesh. I think the people who camp out just to scalp them on Ebay are real douchebags, but I also think that the people who camp out to really get the system (or who pay $2000+ on Ebay) are losers.

[FORSAKENR320]

Chill, both of you. Yeesh. I think the people who camp out just to scalp them on Ebay are real douchebags, but I also think that the people who camp out to really get the system (or who pay $2000+ on Ebay) are losers.

no argueing with you on that. i'm just trying to get it across to Moon-Pie over here that in order to make a sell you have to have a demand

[Jim]

And I think it's hypocritical to bitch about people camping out to buy a PS3 on the internet. Go figure.

[Throwdown]

Chill, both of you. Yeesh. I think the people who camp out just to scalp them on Ebay are real douchebags, but I also think that the people who camp out to really get the system (or who pay $2000+ on Ebay) are losers.

yes, and there is a very high demand if you bothered checking completed ebay auctions before spouting off. by the way, i wouldn't go calling him Mr Moon Pie when you look like you yourself eat them all day every day


spectatrix, if taking advantage of a free market economy and supply+demand makes me a douchebag, then i guess i'm a douchebag. i'll use the 20 or so $100 bills i made as pure profit to wipe the tears away

[FORSAKENR320]

i wouldn't go calling him Mr Moon Pie when you look like you yourself eat them all day every day

THATS OUR WORD! YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO USE OUR WORD!


IF BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO SAY NIGGER, THEN ONLY FAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CALL EACH OTHER FAT, YOU TROUSER PILOT

[Jim]

Making a Douchebag list.

Let's see, taking advantage of your friend working at Wal-mart and being the only people allowed to wait in line at Wal-mart: Check

Buying four PS3's at one time: Check

Laughing and bitchign at people standing in line behind you waiting to get one because you know your friend will sell you the rest of the stock: Check



Definitely sounds like a douchebag move to me.




Will, we already KNEW you were a Douchebag in the first place.

[Throwdown]

Making a Douchebag list.

Let's see, taking advantage of your friend working at Wal-mart and being the only people allowed to wait in line at Wal-mart: Check

Buying four PS3's at one time: Check

Laughing and bitchign at people standing in line behind you waiting to get one because you know your friend will sell you the rest of the stock: Check
Definitely sounds like a douchebag move to me.
Will, we already KNEW you were a Douchebag in the first place.

what are you talking about?

[Jim]

Things I obseverd in a few different places last night while trying to get a PS3 for a friend.


At least one of the things happened at four different Wal-marts and all three happened in one.



Buying a PS3 for profit doesn't make you a douche. How you do it does make you a douche.

[Throwdown]

Things I obseverd in a few different places last night while trying to get a PS3 for a friend.
At least one of the things happened at four different Wal-marts and all three happened in one.
Buying a PS3 for profit doesn't make you a douche. How you do it does make you a douche.

notice how i said i didn't want to deal with all that garbage and all i wanted to do was get there early enough to get a ticket and walk in at my own convenience without getting trampled

[Spectatrix]

spectatrix, if taking advantage of a free market economy and supply+demand makes me a douchebag, then i guess i'm a douchebag. i'll use the 20 or so $100 bills i made as pure profit to wipe the tears away

The problem I have with it is that it artificially inflates the demand.

[Jim]

The problem I have with it is that it artificially inflates the demand.

Sony already did that =P

[Throwdown]

The problem I have with it is that it artificially inflates the demand.

ehh? how is that artificially inflating the demand?

most of these listings are of the $1.00 starting bid/no reserve variety. the bidders are pushing them up into the stratosphere pricewise. it's not like these sellers are pricing these $2500 BIN with no OBO feature. that would be artificially inflating the demand (and price) because the buyer would have no cheaper alternative.

if you want to blame someone, blame Sony for severely undercutting the supply. that is what is artificially inflating demand

speaking of which, why the hell would sony or microsoft do this? it isn't like a video game console is some kind of limited edition collectible, or at least it shouldn't be. for all intents and purposes, it's a mass produced retail item

[Jim]

Sony does it just to get people frothign at the mouth.

[Trespass]

Lets see, 50 systems in an entire city, hundreds of people CAN buy them... looks like demand isn't ARTIFICIALLY inflated, more like cost at retail isn't high enough to balance the equation. Free market economics says these systems should be selling for thousands of dollars in order to meet the current demand... all that ebaying does is meet cost with demand... beautiful capitalism at work.

[Jim]

Actually, if you think about it, Sony is cutting their supply for vague reasons. Customersare actually decreasing supply artificially (buying more than one system at a time). Thus demand is skyrocketing.



The equation comes out at Sony sucks.

[Billy]

So how many PS3's are selling for $1500+ on ebay? Are enough being bought at that price to accomadate the thousands that are going to go up on ebay on release? Because though your plan on scalping PS3s on ebay is cunning, I think you're not alone in trying that. Don't be too disappointed if once you get your PS3, you can't sell it.

[impala454]

look here fuck-cake, i spent 12 hours last night talking to all 30 of them fuckers, i know why they were there because they told me. maybe your reason is to sell it on ebay at an increased price, but you're forgetting something. in order to sell one of those fuckers you have to have someone willing to pay $2000 for it. anyone willing to pay that much would be willing to camp out over night to get it in the first place. those people were there because they wanted the game system. get that through your fat eskimo lookin' head

geezus a little sensitive are we? honestly, if someone was in line to get one to sell on ebay, do you think that's what they'd tell ya?

[cupcake]

such hostilities...

y'all should all smoke a joint.

no...wait...I forgot...

[Spectatrix]

I don't really care if people buy one or two to sell. My problem is with the people who went and bought like half a dozen of the damn things. With supply being as low as it is, that really wreaks havoc on the supply/demand balance. I will admit, though, that the ultimate culprit is Sony for shortchanging retailers. If "manufacturing issues" really were a problem, they should've pushed the release date back.

[impala454]

i'm not sure who all bought half a dozen of them... all the stores i talked to said limit of 1 per person.

[Rocky]

EArlier today Ebay reported that 174 units were sold, with an average price of over $2,100

[Spectatrix]

i'm not sure who all bought half a dozen of them... all the stores i talked to said limit of 1 per person.

Well that's theoretically the case, but some folks managed to get multiple systems anyway. Like Jim said, last night he saw one person get four. It's those guys that are douchebags... the rest, meh, whatever.

[Rocky]

The news just had a report from this morning. It showed a guy who walked up to 2 people who just bought theirs at best buy, and bought theirs for cash.

One of the guys who sold it was holding a small community of 100's saying "this is why I stayed in line. here's a thousand dollars profit for me"

[Testm0nkey]

id just mug them all and get 6 - 6k profit for me

[Rocky]

Should have coordinated to pull a heist on a large store that was going to be getting a huge number.

There were Best Buys that got tons - I read about one that had 140 !


Get that truck and imagine the profits !!!!!!!

[Throwdown]

Should have coordinated to pull a heist on a large store that was going to be getting a huge number.

There were Best Buys that got tons - I read about one that had 140 !
Get that truck and imagine the profits !!!!!!!

The probably pulled a stunt like in the movie The Italian Job when delivering PS3's to retail stores.

-Jessica

[Seeker]

would you homos just sign on your own god damn screen name instead of signing it, this is getting annoying

or i'll ban you
bitches

[Mommy]

As I already said, I dont realize that Im on his screen name. I dont see how this is so annoying. If its a bannable offense for us, it should be for everyone because I can think of several occasions that people have posted from other sn's: Cathryn, Jason, KC, etc. We are sharing a computer and once I make one post from his account, I log out and log into mine. In other words, I think you people should just deal with it.

[Seeker]

not dealing with it, quit doing it, it's not that hard to check what screen name you're on before you post, look in the top left hand corner
the other people aren't going to do it either

[Mommy]

ok

-w

[Throwdown]

OK

-Jessica

JUST KIDDING LANCE

[theIncredibleEdi...]

Im just fine with my old outdated PS2. It plays porn DVDs just great!

[FORSAKENR320]

Im just fine with my old outdated PS2. It plays porn DVDs just great!

i thought "hey that's cool" untill i rethought what kinda porn you have violated your ps2 console with

[theIncredibleEdi...]

Dirty, DIRTY gay porn. Some kinky shit!

i thought "hey that's cool" untill i rethought what kinda porn you have violated your ps2 console with

[pebkac]

Dirty, DIRTY gay porn. Some kinky shit!

Hey, you'll have to share. I need to break in Alex's new DVD player/sound system.

[pysex]

such hostilities...

y'all should all smoke a joint.

no...wait...I forgot...

*golf clap*

[Billy]

It seems like it's the same 3 zero rating bidders who are the only ones bidding over $1,000. Sammdamm1, just won 5 PS3s at $2,000 +. One was atleast $5000. Looks like a scam to me.

[Spectatrix]

Could be a scam, could be some rich over-zealous grandma trying to get PS3s for her grandchildren for Christmas.

[theIncredibleEdi...]

WOOHOO! We should put a porno with something like fisting in it in some straight guy's DVD player hahaahahah

Hey, you'll have to share. I need to break in Alex's new DVD player/sound system.

[Jim]

Some douhe at Wal-mart last night bought two Wii's and was trying to sell one for 1k and Zelda for $100. Needless to say, I laughed at him as I got my friend a Wiimote (yargh for having to drive out of the way, but being "paid" for it was nice). Go go frat boys.

[DaveFireDancer19]

haha yall are funny..this thread was amusing

we got our Wii pretty easily at Target this morning..they had over 50 consoles to give out

we waited..maybe an hour and a half...then they gave out tickets...so we left got food..came back..bought our shit and left

glad we did...the wii is pretty neat.

[Jim]

haha yall are funny..this thread was amusing

we got our Wii pretty easily at Target this morning..they had over 50 consoles to give out

we waited..maybe an hour and a half...then they gave out tickets...so we left got food..came back..bought our shit and left

glad we did...the wii is pretty neat.

Neat the Wii is. I want Wii babies.

[theIncredibleEdi...]

Is the Wii controller easy to learn?

[Jim]

Is the Wii controller easy to learn?

Quite easy.

[DaveFireDancer19]

yes, its VERY easy to learn

its a wonderful wonderful wonderful thing.

[impala454]

lolz the damn ps3s are barely going for retail on ebay now

[Jim]

lolz the damn ps3s are barely going for retail on ebay now

That's because everyone wants the Wii instead.

[The Fanatic]

I hope the ps3 bankrupts the corrupt heavy handed sony executives

[Xentither]

haha a kid came into toys r us the other day with his wii reserve a day after it expired. He said he was pissed but it was okay because he was already ebaying his ps3 but it was only up to $580 so i laughed and told him he got what he deserved for helping make the gaming community look bad.

ps3 ebay cockfag.

[GOB]

laughed and told him he got what he deserved for helping make the gaming community look bad.

yeah, i think it's already got plenty of help

[Xentither]

yay! christian coalition has more fuel to politically knock video games back to the days of censored mortal kombats and spoony bards!

[Divergent Realit...]

yay! christian coalition has more fuel to politically knock video games back to the days of censored mortal kombats and spoony bards!

new for the wii, super smash bros. debate

and on a side note.

snake dont mind the booty

[Xentither]

okay, one, the battlegrounds look very very tiny.

secondly, drinking while playing this game will more than likely be hilarious fun with everyone swinging wildly until the fourth concussion, then it may tone down a bit.

[Divergent Realit...]

okay, one, the battlegrounds look very very tiny.

secondly, drinking while playing this game will more than likely be hilarious fun with everyone swinging wildly until the fourth concussion, then it may tone down a bit.

theres a lesson to be learned from the original smash bros, levels can be too big.

and id imagine they are wanting to move to more of an arena style feel.

this does make everything else simply background for the same flat three platform arena, it makes things more open for asthetics in a tournament.

im just waiting to see how it plays.

thats when i will get a wii.

[TetraGrammaton C...]

i really want to play red steel, no matter how difficult it is to get used to the in game controls.

edit:
and how the hell does the multi player stuff work with that??

This post has been edited by TetraGrammaton Cleric: Nov 27 2006, 07:14 PM

[Xentither]

it's all wireless, just don't block the wiimote.

Also, after playing other Wii games, Red steel feels very akward.

[DaveFireDancer19]

yeah red steel sucked (aparently according to the bf)...we just resold it and got other stuff...yee haw.

[Jim]

yeah red steel sucked (aparently according to the bf)...we just resold it and got other stuff...yee haw.

Yes.


Red Steel plays mehly... It was a great idea, however it wasn't implemented properly. Also, the characters looked rubber. It just wasn't that good

[zetec]

picking up my wii when walmart restocks them on wednesday, but I'm not opening it until xmas. sucks, yes, but if I make it that long, I get a free game.

(it's a bet between me and my gamestop-employed friend.)

picking up my wii when walmart restocks them on wednesday, but I'm not opening it until xmas. sucks, yes, but if I make it that long, I get a free game.

(it's a bet between me and my gamestop-employed friend.)

[FORSAKENR320]

wii sports bichfighting

http://wiibitch.ytmnsfw.com/

[zetec]

i didn't get one tried every walmart in the metroplex. rumor has it ToysRus, Best Buy, Circuit City and Target are all getting shipments on the 10th. Should be easier to get one then, especially considering we have all 4 of those stores on like the same block in plano. (off of 75.)

[Jim]

i didn't get one tried every walmart in the metroplex. rumor has it ToysRus, Best Buy, Circuit City and Target are all getting shipments on the 10th. Should be easier to get one then, especially considering we have all 4 of those stores on like the same block in plano. (off of 75.)

That Rumor feeds my happiness.

[griseyeux]

no offense, but I think everyone I know has gone Wii-tarded.

[Psykopath]

no offense, but I think everyone I know has gone Wii-tarded.

I don't own a WII...


































...yet.

[Throwdown]

no offense, but I think everyone I know has gone Wii-tarded.

[Divergent Realit...]

no offense, but I think everyone I know has gone Wii-tarded.

waiting for smash bros

then i will get one