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Ok, I'll tell my story.

Day- 11/14/06

Place- Circuit City. 14th Street Union Square Manhattan NYC.

Well, Me and my girl were waiting in the park across the street from the curcuit city and noticed people starting to crowd around the store. (I'm skipping some of the non important stuff) We ran across the street to find out Jack Black was signing autographs at the virgin mega store, so the PS3 line hadn't formed yet. As it started to get dark people started coming and asking me and my girl is the line for the PS3 over here and since I "Thought" I was the first one there I said yea. Low and behold about 7 people formed up and we found out that the true line was around the corner. Lol..thank god it was only about 10 people there, so we were good. The messed up thing was that whole night we were being told that all the raffle tickets were given out sunday and there were no more, so we should go home. We paid no attention to the people claiming that nonsense and stayed online that whole night. Eventually we were given chairs, so we were good.

11/15/06- Nothing major happened. I almost got into a fight but nothing MAJOR happened. Well, except for the fact that when I called my job so I could pick up my check..they told me to come in and when I came in they said I had to wait until tommorow. Yea, that sucked.

11/16/07(The day that nearly destroyed me)

So, it was pay day and I had quit my previous job and was expecting to get my check today. I had my friend hold my spot down while I went to pick up my check and once I got my check I went to commerce bank on 34th street. I went there and gave them my check and they told me I couldn't cash it. They said I owed them money...Oh yea I forgot to mention my last job sucked big time! They had our checks bouncing..they were giving us bad checks to cash. So, anyways I only had like $300 & change on me, so the check was suppose to help!!! What did I do? Well, I walked back to 14th street to meet up with my boy to find out they were going to start starting the offical line in 20mins, so we went all around the village looking for a check cashing spot. We finally found one and the Smuck told he I couldn't cash it because I didn't live in the area. WHAT?! So, now we were running out of time to get back to the line and I thought we wouldn't find any place to cash my check. Oh, I almost forgot that the girl in commerce put my account number on the back of the check so no bank or check cashing spot would cash it. THAT *****!!! So, we finally came across a Western Union and they cashed my check even thought the account number was on the back. Lol...I actually changed some of the numbers anyways so even if they did look it up it would've came up with no answer because of the fake account number. Lol, so anyways we came back and got on the line and since now I had a total of $560 something I had planned on getting the 20gb PS3. The store manager then came out and told us that there were no 20gb PS3's. My heart was crushed and I was hurt, but I still stayed online.

11/16/06(Evening)-11/17/06(12am)

I was online with my girl and towards the night time it started poring. We were all on tv and stuff, but it was still nasty outside. Ummmmm, so yea, a guy wanted to get ahead online and was willing do dish out $300 to get online. Heh he heh heh heh...What did I do? Well, I told my girl to get off the line and I was going to let the kid on, but some kids started complaining to the police officers, so the kid had to get offline. Sooooooooooo.....I did this...I told him that my girl would go in and get it for him, so he could still get it. SO WHAT HAPPENED?! HE GAVE ME $300 for letting my girl get it for him and now I had more than enough to get the 60gb!!!! Well all in all I got my 60gb PS3 and he got his system and I prayed my a** off that night I tell ya. God was with me because so many things could've went wrong.

That's my story. Had you on the edge of your seat, huh?

Oh man, I called toys'r'us asking of them if they had anymore PS3's in stock. They told me that they had only one 60BG PS3 and that thaey could only hold it for an hour. This was amazing news, but my parents weren't home to drop me there, so I had to take the bus there. I made it in time, but the only problem was I had lost my phone while crossing the street and I couldn't call for a cab, or my parents so I was walking around the street with a giant PS3 box in my hand looking for my phone. When I found my phone(it actually worked, I saw it get run over by 3 cars lol) I called my parents but they weren't in the area.

I had to take the bus back home, but during the busride, I was holding on to my PS3 for dear life because God knows if someone tried to jack it off me I would go all crazy fanboy up on their a**. I made it home safely and then took a nap. That was my story. lol

Oh man, I called toys'r'us asking of them if they had anymore PS3's in stock. They told me that they had only one 60BG PS3 and that thaey could only hold it for an hour. This was amazing news, but my parents weren't home to drop me there, so I had to take the bus there. I made it in time, but the only problem was I had lost my phone while crossing the street and I couldn't call for a cab, or my parents so I was walking around the street with a giant PS3 box in my hand looking for my phone. When I found my phone(it actually worked, I saw it get run over by 3 cars lol) I called my parents but they weren't in the area.

I had to take the bus back home, but during the busride, I was holding on to my PS3 for dear life because God knows if someone tried to jack it off me I would go all crazy fanboy up on their a**. I made it home safely and then took a nap. That was my story. lol

Furi-Kun

Lol.Wow.

I waited a year.

Yeah, that's about it really... but I'll tell ya, that was one agonizing year.

lol, Glad the whole thing worked out though, Musashi.

I waited a year.

Yeah, that's about it really... but I'll tell ya, that was one agonizing year.

lol, Glad the whole thing worked out though, Musashi.

Scianix-Black

I am glad too. I would never wish that on anyone:).

[QUOTE="Furi-Kun"]

Oh man, I called toys'r'us asking of them if they had anymore PS3's in stock. They told me that they had only one 60BG PS3 and that thaey could only hold it for an hour. This was amazing news, but my parents weren't home to drop me there, so I had to take the bus there. I made it in time, but the only problem was I had lost my phone while crossing the street and I couldn't call for a cab, or my parents so I was walking around the street with a giant PS3 box in my hand looking for my phone. When I found my phone(it actually worked, I saw it get run over by 3 cars lol) I called my parents but they weren't in the area.

I had to take the bus back home, but during the busride, I was holding on to my PS3 for dear life because God knows if someone tried to jack it off me I would go all crazy fanboy up on their a**. I made it home safely and then took a nap. That was my story. lol

MusashiSensi

Lol.Wow.

You have no idea how scared I was. Toronto is a scary place.

[QUOTE="MusashiSensi"][QUOTE="Furi-Kun"]

Oh man, I called toys'r'us asking of them if they had anymore PS3's in stock. They told me that they had only one 60BG PS3 and that thaey could only hold it for an hour. This was amazing news, but my parents weren't home to drop me there, so I had to take the bus there. I made it in time, but the only problem was I had lost my phone while crossing the street and I couldn't call for a cab, or my parents so I was walking around the street with a giant PS3 box in my hand looking for my phone. When I found my phone(it actually worked, I saw it get run over by 3 cars lol) I called my parents but they weren't in the area.

I had to take the bus back home, but during the busride, I was holding on to my PS3 for dear life because God knows if someone tried to jack it off me I would go all crazy fanboy up on their a**. I made it home safely and then took a nap. That was my story. lol

Furi-Kun

Lol.Wow.

You have no idea how scared I was. Toronto is a scary place.

I would say NYC is too, but I've had 24yrs to get use to it & it doesn't even cross my mind (Even though some people consider NYC a dangerous place).

I walked into the store with a cold look on my face, and I walked to the counter and asked for a ps3 and a couple of games. When I left, somebody pulled a gun on me, but then he got tackled, and I booked it.

NOT REALLY

I walked into the store, dished out $700 and left. Happy, waiting for my PS3... Because it was for Christmas! Aruuuugh!

I wanted a ps3 at launch but I wasn't willing to brave the lines and the elements. I was gonna wait until the demand died down a little bit and then get one. I was lucky though cause I was christmas shopping at best buy and I was standing in line when I noticed a few of the employees wearing shirts that said "We have ps3's" So I inquired and sure enough they had a few which were in the front of the store with 2 employees standing around them and the area was sectioned off by a velvet rope lol. So I quikly whipped out my debit card and the rest is history.

It was great how I was able to get one because they were still really hard to get in early December. Not to mentioned it turned out to be one of the best things I've ever bought:)

I had to wait until my PS2 broke or else my mom wouldn't help me buy a PS3. God it was awful, I wanted my PS2 to break. I know, it's terrible.blazndragon0

I opened up an exclusive savings account for my PS3, cut down all my expenses like clothing, shoes, food, dates, dvds, weekend hangouts, bought nothing for my birthday, even asked my girlfriend to help me save money, did extra work and even played a lot of basketball games for money... and the fruit of all my hardships is indee very SWEET!

and since i got used to it, i continued saving money for games and accessories... thank God my mom got me an HDTV even before i got my PS3... perfect combination!

I had about 200 dollars saved up and then decided to trade in my old systems/games for store credit. Felt bad giving them back (SNES, Sege Genesis, 2 gameboys, n64, gamecube). Kept my NES though.

I think the guy at the cash hated seeing me walk in after that....i literally had bags and bags of games and controllers for him to put away . It was worth it plus i told my friend the next day and he did the same thing haha.

I robbed mine off a old lady

I went to K-mart and bought the MGS4 bundle. The end.

A cash register.

The end.

I KILLED A MAN WHO GOT THE LAST PS3. THEN I TOOK IT AND RAN. THE COPS DID HOWEVER CATCH ME, BUT I DITCHED THE PS3 IN MY BUDDIES CAR AND TOOK OFF ON FOOT. THEY CAUGHT ME AND THEN THEY RELEASED ME BECAUSE SOME OTHER GUY TOOK THE BLAME FOR THE STABBING. (PLZ DONT ASK ME WHY, I REALLY DONT KNOW) I WAS LET GO AND WENT STRAIGHT TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE TO PICK IT BACK UP. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE PS3 SINCE LAUNCH WITH NO RECEIPT OR PROOF OF PURCHASE.

ANYWAY, HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY STORY. IM JOKING BTW, AND I JUST WAITED A YEAR AND PICKED ONE UP AT BB

So I was really hyped for buying a PS3 at launch which would be my first time getting a console at launch myself (parents got me and my bro a dreamcast but i digress)

I was planning on buying two of them, keeping one and selling the other. So I hatched a plan with my best gaming friend, the wal-mart in town was supposed to get quite a few of them and sell them @ midnight. So I figured that we'd camp out there and get the one there and then the Target in the next town over wasn't going to let people line up till 6 AM on the 17th so I could wait in line at wal-mart get my ps3 and then head over to Target and get another one.

I had another friend staking out wal-mart to make sure no one had lined up yet, it was the 15th and I didnt want to have to commit to camping out just yet (school) so I was having em drive by the place to make sure no one was there. Then I call wal-mart to double check how many they are getting and they tell me people have already started lining up but inside the store by the layaway area. I panicked and quickly got all the things I would need (dvd player, PSP, ipod, etc) and told my mom what I was doing much to her shagrin.

My friend backed out at the last minute because the wal-mart we were going to didnt get as many as they thought they would so he didnt want to camp out that long so I took off and arrived 8th in line. The cutoff point for available ps3s the store was supposed to get 12 so the other 4 who showed up had to get rain checks.

So I was there waiting in line and my dad calls me and asks me what the plan was so I told him that I would have to stay there that night and the entire next day then head off to target. So he tells me that he'll stay in line for the night so i can sleep and then head back there in the morning and then I'd stay there for the rest of the day. FYI my dad is freakin awesome. So I head over there the next day and resume my place in line. I am there with a batch of characters pulled from a children's novel.

There was the evil hick family (first three people in line who were there just to buy them and resell them) the gaming couple (young guy and girl who were waiting) the village idiot who was there for his boss, The young gamer like myself and the 20 somethings I game but I don't sound like I know anything about it.

Well for the first day at least, the other 4 were quite fun too but more on that later. We talked about what games we were gonna get we watched movies, listened to out ipods, etc. And then about mid-afternoon the village idiot decided he was gonna open items and use them and then put them back and constantly leave the line and be gone for hours at a time. Which was completely unfair to everyone else who only left to go get food or go to the bathroom. So the store manager eventually gets into an argument with the guy and the guy says something really smart and the manager throws the guy out of the store (we were so happy we almost let it show while the guy was being escorted out it was golden to say the least.

Later on an older lady complained about us because she couldn't get down the aisle we were on. And complained that there were squatters in walmart That also made us chuckle quite a bit. At one point we even came up with an idea to make everyone think we were waiting in line for the new beanie babies that were coming out or the new harry potter book.

As it got closer to midnight the more anxious we became. And by that time 4 other people had arrived, there was the black couple, some guy and a mom looking to get her son a gift they were nice and we were joking (I guess young gamer had buried his PSX when it died LMAO) And finally when midnight struck I got my ps3 with RFoM.

But stupid target decided to let people line up so my only chance at a 2nd ps3 was Fred Meyer which was having a raffle @ 6 AM. So my dad showed up and we slept in the car until about 5 or so then we waited and then got our tickets but failed in getting the winning ticket (only 6 were available) so having at least gotten one ps3.

I then started home and arrived at about 7:30 and my mom as a result of me missing class on thusday made me go to school where on 3 hours of sleep I went and bragged to anyone and everyone that I was the only person in school or town that owned a PS3!

Its also the day I stopped eating McDonalds because I had to eat it for four meals in a row and that is just something no human being should have to do. And I haven't had anything mickyd related since.

So that is my PS3 story sorry for the short novel but its actually one of the most fun times I will ever have waiting in line. And after two plus years with its one of the best purchases I've ever made.

Good story Musashi! Glad it turned out in your favor but my story will top that.

On 8/26/2007 9:05 AM, I walked out of my job with one thing on my mind and that was to get a PS3. I rushed to the Best Buy near my house. I had to wait in the parking lot for 15 minutes for them to open and it was a very long 15 minutes. As the doors started to open, I walked in real cool trying very hard not to show my excitement. When I made it to the PS3 isle there were no PS3s in sight until I looked up and seen a row of 20 60gigs on the top shelves. So I snatched up a blue shirt and told him to get me one of those 60 gigs. Don't know why but some how 360 came out of his mouth and I was like noooooo I want the thing in the black box up there. He finally understood and I was on way of making one of my second best purchase of the year. My story was intense right? :P