The eclectic musings of a bitter software engineer.

Mission: Xbox 360

Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 12:40 AM (PST)

Status: Aborted.

I drove around to several Fred Meyers, a Best Buy, a GameCrazy, a Target, and a Costco just before midnight to see how things stood (and possibly to get my hands on an Xbox 360). Each of the Fred Meyers had twenty or thirty people lined up out front, waiting for morning, not midnight. Best Buy was a circus. I actually went into GameCrazy, where there were about twenty people waiting to pick up preordered bundles, but I left when it started looking like a large irate fellow was going to beat the shit out of the manager. Target was deserted, but a sign on the door said not to bother camping out because they were already sold out. The only thing happening at Costco was some guy pressure-washing the sidewalks. I'll check back with them tomorrow morning; they may be my only hope.

I didn't think Fred Meyer would have such a turnout, but it looks like I was wrong. I'm not holding out much hope for Costco tomorrow, but I'll give it a shot and see if I get lucky. In any case, it looks like I won't be getting myself an Xbox 360 for Christmas. Humbug.

Update: Stopped in at a Fred Meyer on the way to work. When I asked an employee if they had any Xbox 360s left, she gave me an insulting look — the kind of look you'd give Osama bin Laden if he asked you where they park the 747s — and said, "Heh, no."

Since Costco is also on the way to work, I drove by them as well. At 9:00 (one hour before they open to small business customers and two hours before they open to normal customers), there was a mob of 30+ people standing around in the freezing cold.

Looks like I'll be waiting until next year.

Comments

This morning I got in line at 6:30 am for Circuit City and they weren't opening until 10. At 7 they were supposed to hand out vouchers... Well, even people who got there at 6 didn't get one as they only had 40 units. And that was in Manhattan!

This is nuts...
Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 08:50 AM (PST) Posted by Oren
Its not out in Ireland till 2nd december but I'm on a waiting list to get on waiting list!

How crazy is that...
Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 09:00 AM (PST) Posted by TimTim

I think I'll wait about six months, then pick one up.

Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 01:17 PM (PST) Posted by Nightshade
I was at Fry's today on lunch break (some co-workers were buying gifts and such). While there I figured I might as well check, so I approach a guy near the game center and in a casual tone (because I'm not TOO pressed to get one) asked him if they had any.

The guy laughed. He actually laughed at me. I do believe this is the first time a salesperson has actually laughed at me. The best part, though, after that I think he realised I wasn't joking, said "no", and walked off.
Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 02:09 PM (PST) Posted by Drebin

You should have punched him in the throat.

Tuesday November 22, 2005 @ 02:16 PM (PST) Posted by Ryan Grove

Thank god I live in a civilized country where the release of the xbox 360 didn't even make the news.

Thursday November 24, 2005 @ 11:10 PM (PST) Posted by Chris P.
Screw the Suxbox 180!!! PCs FOREEEVAAAA!!!

:P

I got one, not too great. I still love my AMD 64 X2 4400+, 2 gig of ram and a fine 7800 GTX. Oh and Drebin... Fys Electrics? They sell Compo gear. They're hardcore PC gamers like myself, they hate Consoles. Consoles are too limiting for teh ub3r PC Gamer. Chris P., woot! Yay, yeah this country is uncivilized because we believe the rappers when they say they know that the PS2 is the best gaming hardware available. Atleast most of this country. Not the rest of us :D. WELCOME ME TO THE BLOG COMMENTING. Hello.
Saturday February 18, 2006 @ 11:49 PM (PST) Posted by Alex
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