Getting the Palm Pre and Saturday in a Nut Shell
So I get up early go running, shower and ready to leave way before Best Buy is open. I drive by the closest Best Buy to me and their is a line outside. I count around 8 people and stop and continue on to the Gratiot store.
From reports online, that store was getting 10, while the Gratiot store was suppose to get 28.
I dodge traffic and get to the Gratiot location, no line. Plenty of time to go, and no line, I can't believe my luck. So I sit in the Element a little while listening to the radio, there are other people waiting in cars, but just a handful, things look good.
15 minutes to opening, still no line, I go and form one. I am joined at 1st by two others, then about 10, a few other early shoppers are waiting with us so an exact head count is hard to guess. Employees are coming in and out, some ask if we are in line for the Pre and we say oh yeah. We wait, doors open and I find the mobile department and head right over to the counter.
I say "Palm Pre?" and they ask if I have a ticket, which I respond "What Ticket?" Turns out there was a line earlier and they disbursed it heading out tickets and a time to comeback and pick up a Pre. However there are two slots left. I grab the second from last, and the guy behind me grabs the last one. The other 10 people or so are screwed.
However I have to come back at 2PM to pick up the Pre. 2PM that is the time my Grandmothers 90 birthday party is suppose to start. So I head up to my parents place, where the party was to take place, helped with set up, picked up some of the food, made sure everything was ready.
Then headed back to the Best Buy, got their just before 2 and was able to pick up the Pre, get it activated, and head back to the party.
Got back in time to still be able to park close by, close to 80 people showed up for the big Nine O party. Saw a bunch of 2nd and 3rd cousins I haven't seen since childhood. Helped with the clean up, and got back in time for the start of the Wings game.
From reports online, that store was getting 10, while the Gratiot store was suppose to get 28.
I dodge traffic and get to the Gratiot location, no line. Plenty of time to go, and no line, I can't believe my luck. So I sit in the Element a little while listening to the radio, there are other people waiting in cars, but just a handful, things look good.
15 minutes to opening, still no line, I go and form one. I am joined at 1st by two others, then about 10, a few other early shoppers are waiting with us so an exact head count is hard to guess. Employees are coming in and out, some ask if we are in line for the Pre and we say oh yeah. We wait, doors open and I find the mobile department and head right over to the counter.
I say "Palm Pre?" and they ask if I have a ticket, which I respond "What Ticket?" Turns out there was a line earlier and they disbursed it heading out tickets and a time to comeback and pick up a Pre. However there are two slots left. I grab the second from last, and the guy behind me grabs the last one. The other 10 people or so are screwed.
However I have to come back at 2PM to pick up the Pre. 2PM that is the time my Grandmothers 90 birthday party is suppose to start. So I head up to my parents place, where the party was to take place, helped with set up, picked up some of the food, made sure everything was ready.
Then headed back to the Best Buy, got their just before 2 and was able to pick up the Pre, get it activated, and head back to the party.
Got back in time to still be able to park close by, close to 80 people showed up for the big Nine O party. Saw a bunch of 2nd and 3rd cousins I haven't seen since childhood. Helped with the clean up, and got back in time for the start of the Wings game.