20 stores, 15 Hours, No sleep and NO XBOX 360.......

I started hitting up all the local walmarts around 830 PM last night after i got off work and there were already tons of people at all of them...more people than systems available. Then I tried best buys but same thing. Then i waited at a Kmart from 2am-7am with a bunch of guys who heard that kmart had about 15 premiums. The manager comes out around 7am with a confused look on his face and asks what we are all doing in front of his store so we tell him and he kinda laughs and says he has NO systems at all. Then i tried some toys r us stores, targets, and sams clubs but they were all sold out. I underestimated the amount of people that would be at each store. So after 15 hrs and nearly 300 miles of driving from store to store i come home empty handed.

On the bright side, I noticed when i got home that i have been approved on xbox360.freepay and placed my order. Hopefully it gets here soon though. I bought NFS-MW, Madden 06, and an extra wireless controller last night before i realized i wouldnt be getting an actual system.

It could be worse though, there was this one kid who was waiting at one of the walmarts i went to from 8am - midnight and during that whole time nobody told him that they gave away preorder slips for all 15 systems they had available at 7am that morning. He didnt find this out until midnight when people started showing up with the slips. He spent 16 hrs at a walmart and got nothing.

WTF! I thought they were out the day after thanksgiving?

That sucks abrock (

I considered waiting for one for about... 30 seconds last night. I've got way more important things to do than wait in line. I did that for the PS2's for the job I had working at a video game store. No time for such things these days. I was basiclly going to buy it then walk out the door and resell it to some rich idiot (ie a 15 year old with parents that don't care what their kids do so they let them stand outside all night with a fist full of their {parents} money)

Sorry to hear your story though.

I wouldn't count on FreePay to send you it anytime soon...there is probably a whole ton of people ahead of you...

Man I feel bad for that kid that waited that long and got nothing. He probably is insane now.

I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...

ME FUCKING TOO! GODDAMN BILL GATES!

[quoteea50ce9e77="phorty"]ME FUCKING TOO! GODDAMN BILL GATES![/quoteea50ce9e77]

lol. I think everyone will be a little extra wired today. No sleep and no xbox = bad combo.

I haven't seen any riots yet ( I guess MS's plan isn't working yet...

[quotef07a0c3868="Wolfeman"]I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...[/quotef07a0c3868]

Did you have to insert your penis in a mans mouth and if he bit down you won the opportunity to buy a 360? Because that sounds like the worlds gayest raffle to me.

[quote3348fec10d="Fugger"][quote3348fec10d="Wolfeman"]I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...[/quote3348fec10d]

Did you have to insert your penis in a mans mouth and if he bit down you won the opportunity to buy a 360? Because that sounds like the worlds gayest raffle to me.[/quote3348fec10d]

It felt like the biting part.

[quote6c481f328f="Wolfeman"]I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...[/quote6c481f328f]

that sucks...i went to the costco by me in GA, got there at 730 ish and waited til 830, they handed out tickets to the 1st 24..i was 20th and told us to comeback at 10....when i pulled into the parking lot at 945 there was a long line...and i started talking to this guy in front of me and he was like they only have 24 ...your not going to get one...i pulled out my ticket and started laughin...

goog price on games...i got pdz for 45

I wish my Costco did that cause I was first in line ( Oh well I'm going back soon to get my raffle ticket, I'm bringing family...

[quotedccd66dbd3="dug1200"][quotedccd66dbd3="Wolfeman"]I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...[/quotedccd66dbd3]

that sucks...i went to the costco by me in GA, got there at 730 ish and waited til 830, they handed out tickets to the 1st 24..i was 20th and told us to comeback at 10....when i pulled into the parking lot at 945 there was a long line...and i started talking to this guy in front of me and he was like they only have 24 ...your not going to get one...i pulled out my ticket and started laughin...

goog price on games...i got pdz for 45[/quotedccd66dbd3]

that guy musta shat his pants when you pulled your ticket out stun , either that or you shoulda been like (in very deep voice) Ohhhhhhhhh Yeahhh! dance

Stupid Costco, I should've gotten a ticket (

[quote2d8886748d="Fugger"][quote2d8886748d="Wolfeman"]I was in line at Costco and they kicked me out. They said I have to go back at 10 and enter the world's gayest raffle...[/quote2d8886748d]

Did you have to insert your penis in a mans mouth and if he bit down you won the opportunity to buy a 360? Because that sounds like the worlds gayest raffle to me.[/quote2d8886748d]

LMAO lol

[quote2d8886748d="Iloveipods2"][quote2d8886748d="dug1200"]that sucks...i went to the costco by me in GA, got there at 730 ish and waited til 830, they handed out tickets to the 1st 24..i was 20th and told us to comeback at 10....when i pulled into the parking lot at 945 there was a long line...and i started talking to this guy in front of me and he was like they only have 24 ...your not going to get one...i pulled out my ticket and started laughin...

goog price on games...i got pdz for 45[/quote2d8886748d]
that guy musta shat his pants when you pulled your ticket out stun , either that or you shoulda been like (in very deep voice) Ohhhhhhhhh Yeahhh! dance[/quote2d8886748d]

wish i could have saw the look on his face that would have been a great PWN3D pic

17hrs and i ended up with 2!
sry btw

well i had to shell out about an additional 500$ for mine...including 5 games i do not want...fuckers...

but yeah, that is the greatest piece of OWNAGE in human history. Period.
how did that kid not instigate a riot is what im wondering...because i damn sure would've!

[quote2828f12fed="ajrock2000"]I wouldn't count on FreePay to send you it anytime soon...there is probably a whole ton of people ahead of you...[/quote2828f12fed]


I was told the following yesterday

"my goal is to have everyone in pending w/us fulfilled before x-mas"

I've just sent him a message to see if theres been any developments, I'll keep you all posted. I was one of the first few finished )

That sucks! I think theres a few stores in my area that still have some in stock... lol

http//cgi.ebay.com/SEALED-Microsoft-XBOX-360-XBOX360-Core-System-Console_W0QQitemZ8235429055QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http//cgi.ebay.com/Microsoft-Xbox-360-Premium-Bundle-Shipped-Immediately_W0QQitemZ8236002434QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

all i have to say is wow...

[quote5d82471ca6="JUNIOR6886"]http//cgi.ebay.com/SEALED-Microsoft-XBOX-360-XBOX360-Core-System-Console_W0QQitemZ8235429055QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

alli have to say is wow...[/quote5d82471ca6]

Just wait a week! ebay is insane... I would give it about a week and people are going to freak out and not be able to find them and they will start going for at least $1,500 wink

At least thats what i'm betting. lol

Edit never mind JUNIOR6886 just posted one thats higher then I thought they would go so in a week or so we should be seeing them going for more... lol

I just won 2 raffles and got 2 at Costco )

i went to circuit city at around 1030am today and i was told they jsut sold the last one like 5 minutes before i got there, i didnt see a big line there, its either not a lot of peolpe showed up cause i dont lik ein a big town or they got a lot in, as i was walking in i saw a few people walking out with one so i thought i might be in luck

My local BestBuy had about 1,000 or more of them. I am waiting for the PS3 before I buy a gaming system.

i wonder how M$ is planning to sell 3 million units in 90 days if they can't get 3 million units into the market ?

[quote1bd4761f88="slinky_"]My local BestBuy had about 1,000 or more of them. I am waiting for the PS3 before I buy a gaming system.[/quote1bd4761f88]

What city? Which store number? I really don't think they had over 1,000 when every other store had 24-100...

[quote77c49ed58d="JUNIOR6886"]i wonder how M$ is planning to sell 3 million units in 90 days if they can't get 3 million units into the market ?[/quote77c49ed58d]

Microsoft is undershipping on purpose. wink

anybody have any idea when these stores will be getting a second shipment? I wanna buy one now so i can sell the freepay one whenever it gets here.

[quotef0837baf02="ajrock2000"]

Microsoft is undershipping on purpose. wink[/quotef0837baf02]

Scarcity to drive up demand. ;)

Good economics.

The demand goes up, the price goes up X

m$ isnt planning to raise the price at all a consoles msrp doesnt increase overtime.... Planned scarcity in order to build up hype and drive up sales for the holiday season seems plausaible though...

unless bill gates sent 100,000 to his house which he will than sell on ebay for money than he can sell them to stores. which i highly doubt

[quote808b3a5fae="mrwzk"]unless bill gates sent 100,000 to his house which he will than sell on ebay for money than he can sell them to stores. which i highly doubt[/quote808b3a5fae]

good moneymaker though...

I managed to be #4 in line at Traget in San Diego (at Grossmont Center). I got there @ 7pm and the line quickly expanded after that. I got mine for $392 with PGR3 with my Target discounts. I can't wait to play...!

I ENVY ALL OF YOU!

my premium is at 455 and it ends tomorrow at around 11am. i ended up with the 2 premiums and 2 cores. if i can sell one premium and both the cores and be able to get the hdtv i will keep the other premium.

wow man.. i got almost the same story...

2 walmarts, 3 kmarts.. then i went to a target where i was number 20 in line (friend was 19) and guess what.. ONLY 18 SYSTEMS!

so then i drove to a few more places.. nothing.. that was nice

to top it off i slept in my truck at mervyns parking lot