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xbox 360 - scalping at its best.

Discussion in 'General Open/Public Discussion' started by Swift As Feather, 22 Nov 2005.


  1. Swift As Feather

    Swift As Feather

    Just take a look at ebay. the xbox 360 premium (399 retail) is selling for as much as 3,050 dollars. thats right, i joke you not. So.... Go out and buy one if you can find it, sell it on ebay to someone who thinks the only way to make little joey happy for xmas is to get an xbox 360, then pay for your entire families xmas and have enough left over for eggnog and a new computer maybe.

    This is the part of materialism that is making Christmas a joke. I dont know wether to laugh or cry.
     
    Swift As Feather, 22 Nov 2005
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  2. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    Laugh because we have you here with us - cry for those who don't know the Swifty as a friend. :love:
     
    Manitou, 22 Nov 2005
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  3. Sentrosi

    Sentrosi Protocol Officer Officer

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    And, to think, that Microsoft is probably, at this moment, loving this. They only send out a limited number for Black Friday, thus driving up interest in the product. The rest of the season they have a hard time "Filling orders" and most kids won't get to play their shiny new Xbox until after the holidays.

    Watch. I wrote this down on this date. Revisit this thread after the holidays and see if I'm right.
     
    Sentrosi, 23 Nov 2005
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  4. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    Yea its pretty lame that MS intentionally had a low supply :mad:
     
    Hamma, 23 Nov 2005
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  5. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    I'm being repressed!
     
    Manitou, 23 Nov 2005
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  6. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    Not that I have $400 to spend on one of these damn things :lol:
     
    Hamma, 23 Nov 2005
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  7. Cyrus

    Cyrus

    Mike brought his into work yesterday and hooked it up to the HDTV.. honestly I'm not impressed to the level that it's being hyped up to. I think I'm going to wait for the $200 Nintendo Revolution and it's nifty controller. =D

    Edit: We played Perfect Dark: Zero... WHICH SHOULD STILL BE A NINTENDO GAME!!
     
    Cyrus, 23 Nov 2005
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  8. Black Drop

    Black Drop Elder DragonWolf

    I'm waiting for the PS3. I hear the pricetag most likely will be in the $500.00 range. :eek:

    Mrs. BD has already given her thumbs down and disapproval. :(

    Then again, I haven't perished yet from the Civ 4 purchase so I may be able to purchase the PS3 and live long enough to play...that is until the credit card bill comes.;)
     
    Black Drop, 23 Nov 2005
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  9. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    When are you going to be allowed to come out and play with us? We have been having a blast with Civ 4!
     
    Manitou, 23 Nov 2005
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  10. Mignonne

    Mignonne

    I hate the hype of christmas ... it drives me nuts... Christmas decorations have been up since before halloween... its just sad we are such a "market" driven country sometimes. Kinda loses the meaning. (i at least wait till thanksgiving day to put the family to work decking the house, since they are always all here anyways, extra hands make the job get done faster)

    As for the X whatever it is ... i was at walmart the day before it came out, and since 6am that morning they had people waiting back in lay away for that stupid thing, they were only getting 18 of them in before the holidays and it was going to be a lottery system. drawn at 12:01 that night, so even if you were there first you were not guarenteed to get the dumb thing. when i was there at 2 there were about 60 or so people waiting, not sure how many there were by midnight!
     
    Mignonne, 23 Nov 2005
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  11. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    If I was in congress I would create a law that banned all XMas advertising and crap before thanksgiving :lol:

    There is nothing I hate more than hearing about XMas well before thanksgiving. It ruins the whole feel imo
     
    Hamma, 23 Nov 2005
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  12. Black Drop

    Black Drop Elder DragonWolf

    I was hoping this weekend Mani but we had a major set back with some product yesterday and now my 4 days off may turn into 1-ish - so we need the time to catch back up again. Just like that all of this hard work gets blown away because of one stupid small mistake - I hate to be the guy when he comes in to work today knowing that he just blew everyone's long weekend. :mad:

    I'll know more in a couple of hours so hopefully I am painting a worst case scenario.

    Miss gaming with you guys.
     
    Black Drop, 23 Nov 2005
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  13. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    Just stop in the TS server and see if anyone is in the Civ 4 channel. :D
     
    Manitou, 23 Nov 2005
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  14. Ouroboros

    Ouroboros

    the best buy in the area my friend lives allowed people to buy two of them. Now that's a stupid move.
     
    Ouroboros, 23 Nov 2005
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  15. Racewiz

    Racewiz

    Christmas is in the heart not the gifts wrapped under the tree. :)
     
    Racewiz, 23 Nov 2005
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  16. Dyganth

    Dyganth DragonWolf

    PD:Z is probably the worst looking of the launch titles x_x
     
    Dyganth, 23 Nov 2005
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  17. Mignonne

    Mignonne

    Completely AGREED :)
     
    Mignonne, 23 Nov 2005
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  18. Sarxis

    Sarxis

    I saw a car parked out in front of my local EBgames that had a sign in the window "Xbox 360 for sale! (Xbox not in car)" with a phone number to call.

    But whatever... PC games are teh 1337!
     
    Sarxis, 25 Nov 2005
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  19. Zenemy

    Zenemy

    I'm inclined to agree with you. However there is a massive army of 12 year old xbox live children who would viciously bite at your ankles if they ever caught you saying that.
     
    Zenemy, 25 Nov 2005
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  20. SyKoHPaTh

    SyKoHPaTh BANNED

    Reminds me of the PS2 launch. Someone offered to sell me a *ticket* (for 500$) that would allow me to buy a ps2 from a store (store gave out tickets to the first 12 people).

    I would be upset that I'm not buying a 360, but really, none of the release titles grab my attention. Oblivion is the only one that really interests me at this point, but that's coming out on the pc as well.
     
    SyKoHPaTh, 26 Nov 2005
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