11.23.2005

Here's why I will probably never be able to get one...

Shoppers Shoved, Trampled In Xbox Sale Snafu

ELKTON, Md. -- It can be dangerous these days to get between a shopper and an Xbox 360.
It took more than 10 police officers to restore order at a Maryland Wal-Mart when a scuffle broke out as the devices went on sale Monday night.
About 300 people had been waiting -- some as long as 12 hours. And they'd devised their own system, using numbers, to determine who'd get first shot at the new video game players.

The trouble began when a store manager announced they'd be sold on a first-come, first-served basis -- instead of using the numbers

One customer said the scene that developed "was like a mosh pit." Some people were knocked down and trampled, but nobody was seriously hurt and there were no arrests.
Wal-Mart then decided to cancel the sale, and police told everyone to leave. But a store employee told the Cecil Whig newspaper that some Xboxes were sold later that night.


Seriously, which Wal-Mart employee do you have to sleep with to get one of these?

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