Nov 15, 2006 23:24
I had really hoped that my return would be used to tell of how I made a magnificent pile of loot just by sitting in a line, making increasingly crass jokes, fending off hypothermia, and then taking advantage of some Mom from Oak Brook. The problem is that for some fucking reason, people are willing AND able to wait outside for up around 36 hours to buy a playstation 3. This was my dream and I was going to cash in on it. Instead, a group of asians that only want to use the system for playing rather than selling will be getting all the fun out of it. The really depressing part is that I saw this happening the moment I decided I was going to sit out for one. The media stirred this up into a nice frenzy and have people freaking out and paying upwards of $2000 on ebay for an item that retails for $600. And to think what I might have decided to use that money for. I can almost be certain that it would not go towards paying down my student loans. A better guess would be a Neo-Geo in its original packaging or maybe an Atari Lynx. Shit, nobody knows what a lynx was. Other than its 2 hour battery life, it sure was better than the sega game gear. Oh well, until another next gen system comes out, this batch will be nabbed by those sitting outside best buy polishing each other's halo 2 tournament medals.