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Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« on: November 17, 2006, 07:10:09 am »

Did any of you try to camp for the PS3, or the Nintendo Wii (Later on) yet? I lostabout 20 bucks from gas money, and 20 bucks from ps3stocktracker.com. Not to mention around 9 hours of time I could have been working. I guess I under-estimated my chances of getting a PS3. We head out at 7:00 AM EST. Here is what happened at each store:

(At Target) From what I could tell... The manager at my local Target got a group of his friends together to camp for the PS3, thus limiting the chance of others getting one to an absolute zero. Very fucking lame, and in my opinion illegal.

(At Circuit city) There was a  group of family members that all knew each other but denied it. There was 10 units available, and 11 family members and friends. I asked the manager at CC why they allowed more than (1) unit per household, and he said, "There is no way to prove it" Absolute crap... left after 20 minutes.

The worst part of the story: (CompUSA) A group of FOUR redneck friends snugged in a corner with a foul mouthed preteen (they were not even in a line!) Some asshole's son said, "We have 9 of us total, and 5 of us are in the store. Too late bitches!" My brother went in and asked the manager how many units they were getting in, and he said, "Exactly 9"... My bro also asked what their policy was about line formations, etc.
The manager replied, "First come, first serve basis." I decided to camp there while my bro went to look for more locations. The jerk's son kept shouting shit at me for an entire half-hour! I asked him to tell his son to please stop on too many occasions, and he said, "fuck off, you've already lost!" I took the chance, and went to talk to the manager about their misconduct, and was told to call the cops in a laughing manner... I went back, and you have probably guessed... The rest of their clan shows up in a van. There was no chance of me getting a PS3 from this place. I was overly pissed off.

What could I do? I wanted to camp out there, but I knew I had little to no chance of getting a PS3 to resell. They had lawn chairs setup for friends to arrive. They were not in a line, and the manager did not give a rat's ass. We checked out several other retailers and by that time it was already too late. I don't want to give the details of the other stores, but they were ALMOST as equally bad.

I was almost able to get 2 units off the web, but found out it was a huge scam before even entering my information.. Do not use ps3stocktracker.com

(Long story short most of the campers were large groups of friends and family members reserving spots for their friends. Leaving no chance for others to get a PS3. Making another pretty craptastic day for MetalLizard) All I wanted to do was get just one to resell on eBay to go towards my college fund, or a new car. Guess I'll have to stick to painting for a few more weeks. =(

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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2006, 07:17:55 am »

lol, no.  Sony is a steamer and I minimise the amount of money that I put in their pot.  And good for you, -$40 outright and -$90ish potential is good reward for encouraging the practice of artificial scarcity to increase buzz around a glorified etch-a-sketch.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2006, 07:42:02 am »

lol, no.  Sony is a steamer and I minimise the amount of money that I put in their pot.  And good for you, -$40 outright and -$90ish potential is good reward for encouraging the practice of artificial scarcity to increase buzz around a glorified etch-a-sketch.
Ouch!

I'm getting the wii, altho I'm pre-ordering mine the minute it becomes available from amazon :P it's out on the 8th in England but pre-orders start on Tuesday
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2006, 10:30:45 am »

haha @ ViaC

I personally would never camp, camping denotes that im EAGER to blow 700 bucks on something i 'might' enjoy. I'd be more safe with a 200 buck hooker.

I also noticed in your post ML you mentioned that rednecks were present, i thought id never see the day when they stopped buying real guns to buy fake ones just coz they are less expensive, what happened to good ole days of whoring your no-toothed wife?  ::)
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2006, 10:49:07 am »

The only time i've ever camped was outside a games store that was opening up at midnight to early release Halo 2 lol.

I'm so glad i'm not a camper.. I believe i'll get it eventually but camping for a console is something i wouldn't do but i guess your reasons are feasable  ;D
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2006, 11:35:43 am »

Ouch. That sucks man. I hope you find one, but the chances of that now are pretty much zero. I've heard reports of some stores still having like 20 PS3's in stock, and nobody coming to get them, mostly smaller towns (not really sure why they would get so many), but yeah.

I would just wait a few weeks, or months before really attempting to get one, cause otherwise your just going to run into ebay'ers right now, who just want to buy 3-4 (or more) so they can sell them on ebay for $1,200+.

Good luck.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2006, 04:51:52 pm »

Hey, good luck with the funding, you can always take a few years off from school, wait in line for a ps4 (set up your spot now and you might just get to cuss them out next time around!), and then use it to pay your tuition/home/solid gold rocketship.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2006, 05:40:42 pm »

I'm getting it, but when its commonly available. By than there will be more games anyway.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2006, 11:55:38 pm »

i may get a ps3, but i really doubt it - i mean i have a ps2 that's just doing nothing, i'm gonna sell that soon.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2006, 12:18:34 am »



You really need to watch this video MetalLizard.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2006, 12:39:22 am »

You really need to watch this video MetalLizard.
Thats low man, but the video is funny!
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2006, 02:41:37 am »



You really need to watch this video MetalLizard.
http://www.smashourstuff.com/forum/memberlist.php

I know the people who made this video personally. Look at #3 on their member list. Joined 08 Oct 2005, and I am the one who posted the smash my Ipod link in the old GE:S forums. They are a great bunch of guys, but I'll have to admit a little bit weak with the sledge. I can't wait for their Nintendo Wii video.
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2006, 02:50:17 am »

PS3 smash is well worth it.   it is a POS and a waste of cash.   I am more than happy to see 400,000 - 1 units in NA.   Smashing a Wii is pointless because supply is huge!
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2006, 03:35:52 am »

PS3 is too expensive for my tastes, because, as I said earlier, I am a cheapskate.  Looks really good though, but I'd rather get the Wii.
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Re: Official Playstation 3 Discussions
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2006, 03:45:40 am »

I might get it eventually if it has a bunch of good nonmultiplatform games. I don't want to pay 599 US DOLLARS.

But I'm not that happy its in short supply, I wasn't going to get one right away, or maybe even for a long time, but there are people who do want it that shouldn't have to camp out.

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