Well, I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of bragging and moaning today, so let?s start a thread to consolidate it all.
My personal story. I went to the best buy only hoping to snag the $50 60 gig hard drive and some of the $10 Tayio Yuden spindles.. That did not go according to plan . . .
I arrived there at 6:00 am, and there were already 30 or 40 people in line L I got in line anyways, assuming that I wouldn?t be one of the lucky 15 or so to snag the hard drive. I was listening in on the people behind me, who were there for some of the computer deals, and they were driving me nuts with all the misinformation that both Intel and AMD are feeding the mass public (DDR makes your computer twice as fast! A Pentium 2.0 Ghz is so much Faster then an Athlon 1800! That 64MB SDR GF2MX is MUCH faster then the 32MB DDR Radeon because it has twice as much memory . . .), and spent a little time schooling them (ahem). Anyways, at about 6:45 the line was at LEAST ¾ of a block long, and they started handing out the tickets for the items. LOTS of people were there for stuff that I didn?t really care about ($70 DVD players, the $100 HP Digital Camera, Some really insane TV deal, the $300 e-machines computer), so I thought I had a chance. Meanwhile, I?ve been pondering about getting the GeForce3 Ti for the last 45 minutes or so, but decided against it.
Well, as you know when they start handing out tickets, the line sorta scrunches up, and I was fighting for my place for that Hard Drive. It looks like they really did have only 15 of them, and I was one of the lucky ones J What surprised me though was that they did not pass out tickets for the GeForce 3. I planned on being in the mad rush to the hardware isle to snag one of them.
7:00, the gates finally open, and people are rushing in. The line formed to the right of the door, but there were all these people to the left of the door who were waiting to sneak in. They should really do something about those bastards L Anyways, I run in, run across the store to where the hardware isle USED to be. Looks like they changed the layout of the store since I was last here. I run back across the store to where the hardware isles now are, and the clueless best buy employees direct me to the wrong aisle twice for the GeForce 3, and by the time I get there they were gone.
Now that they?re gone, I realize how much I really wanted one. If they were sitting on the shelves when I got there, I would bet I would have snatched one up, and just put it back 10 minutes later. I?m a bit dejected, head back to the customer service counter to claim my hard drive with my ticket, but on the way I see the pile of Dreamcasts . . . which is MUCH taller then I am. We?re now $50 over budget. . .
I continue up to the customer service counter to claim my hard drive, and notice that there is someone up there giving out the GeForce 3 tickets. WTF? So, I snag a GeForce 3 ticket, dodge the people offering me $20 for my hard drive ticket , and pay for my stuff so far. We?re now $150 over budget.
With my hard drive, dreamcast, and GeForce 3 firmly in hand, I head back into the store to try to snag some of those Tayio Yuden?s. I thought that this would be easy, because CD-R?s would be one of the items I?d think they would actually be trying to get rid of. There is a HUGE stack of the PNY?s that are free after rebate, but the small shelf space where the Fuji?s were is now empty. I cruise around a bit, hoping that they may be somewhere else, and finally give up. I decide it?s about time to go home, and on the way back, I see one spindle of the Fuji?s that someone dumped on a stack of less worthy media. I grab it immediately, and head for the checkout line . . . which is now about a block long winding around the store. One $10 spindle isn?t worth sitting in line for 2 hours, so I just said screw it and left the store.
I?m assuming a lot of people?s experiences this morning went something like that, but there are probably more interesting stories out there to tell, so let?s hear ?em J
-Chu
My personal story. I went to the best buy only hoping to snag the $50 60 gig hard drive and some of the $10 Tayio Yuden spindles.. That did not go according to plan . . .
I arrived there at 6:00 am, and there were already 30 or 40 people in line L I got in line anyways, assuming that I wouldn?t be one of the lucky 15 or so to snag the hard drive. I was listening in on the people behind me, who were there for some of the computer deals, and they were driving me nuts with all the misinformation that both Intel and AMD are feeding the mass public (DDR makes your computer twice as fast! A Pentium 2.0 Ghz is so much Faster then an Athlon 1800! That 64MB SDR GF2MX is MUCH faster then the 32MB DDR Radeon because it has twice as much memory . . .), and spent a little time schooling them (ahem). Anyways, at about 6:45 the line was at LEAST ¾ of a block long, and they started handing out the tickets for the items. LOTS of people were there for stuff that I didn?t really care about ($70 DVD players, the $100 HP Digital Camera, Some really insane TV deal, the $300 e-machines computer), so I thought I had a chance. Meanwhile, I?ve been pondering about getting the GeForce3 Ti for the last 45 minutes or so, but decided against it.
Well, as you know when they start handing out tickets, the line sorta scrunches up, and I was fighting for my place for that Hard Drive. It looks like they really did have only 15 of them, and I was one of the lucky ones J What surprised me though was that they did not pass out tickets for the GeForce 3. I planned on being in the mad rush to the hardware isle to snag one of them.
7:00, the gates finally open, and people are rushing in. The line formed to the right of the door, but there were all these people to the left of the door who were waiting to sneak in. They should really do something about those bastards L Anyways, I run in, run across the store to where the hardware isle USED to be. Looks like they changed the layout of the store since I was last here. I run back across the store to where the hardware isles now are, and the clueless best buy employees direct me to the wrong aisle twice for the GeForce 3, and by the time I get there they were gone.
Now that they?re gone, I realize how much I really wanted one. If they were sitting on the shelves when I got there, I would bet I would have snatched one up, and just put it back 10 minutes later. I?m a bit dejected, head back to the customer service counter to claim my hard drive with my ticket, but on the way I see the pile of Dreamcasts . . . which is MUCH taller then I am. We?re now $50 over budget. . .
I continue up to the customer service counter to claim my hard drive, and notice that there is someone up there giving out the GeForce 3 tickets. WTF? So, I snag a GeForce 3 ticket, dodge the people offering me $20 for my hard drive ticket , and pay for my stuff so far. We?re now $150 over budget.
With my hard drive, dreamcast, and GeForce 3 firmly in hand, I head back into the store to try to snag some of those Tayio Yuden?s. I thought that this would be easy, because CD-R?s would be one of the items I?d think they would actually be trying to get rid of. There is a HUGE stack of the PNY?s that are free after rebate, but the small shelf space where the Fuji?s were is now empty. I cruise around a bit, hoping that they may be somewhere else, and finally give up. I decide it?s about time to go home, and on the way back, I see one spindle of the Fuji?s that someone dumped on a stack of less worthy media. I grab it immediately, and head for the checkout line . . . which is now about a block long winding around the store. One $10 spindle isn?t worth sitting in line for 2 hours, so I just said screw it and left the store.
I?m assuming a lot of people?s experiences this morning went something like that, but there are probably more interesting stories out there to tell, so let?s hear ?em J
-Chu