[George A.]

I worked on Friday from 12pm-12am, then on saturday from 930am-12am...as I'm leaving work I get a call from my friend asking me to wait with him in line for him to get one, and then he asked if I'd buy one and his parents pay me back so his brother can have one for Christmas (he no longer lives with his family)

So we get there around 12:30 and there were about 12 or so people ahead of us...and as time went on, we found ourselves really bonding with those around us, someone would go to Dunkin Donuts to get coffee, and another would go to the diner (great to be in Jersey) and get soup for everyone. Then when the 30 people got there (Wal-Mart only had 30 units) they let the group into the foyer of the store so we didn't have to wait in the cold.

So at 5 o clock they give the 30 people their vouchers. The vouchers mean that if you have this piece of paper, you're entitled to buy the system. No sooner did people have the vouchers in their hands then they started selling them. One guy sold his for $150 because he worked at Best Buy so he'd get one regardless. Around 5:30 a boy around 17-18 years old came in and asked if anyone was willing to sell their voucher. One guy sold his to the boy for $300 dollars. Immediately after selling it the guy booked out of there...later we found out that the guy led the boy to believe that the system was paid for, not that he'd have to shell out the cost of the system.

Of course everyone felt bad, but eventually the boy got his money, and realized that he should have asked. Then we realized over the exictment, if we were in the same position, we would've done the same thing.

At 7 they opened the doors and we got our Wiis, I take the system over to my friend's house to get the money from his mom...she gives me the money and my friend goes "Merry Chirstmas George" he bought me a Wii!!

Not only was I exstatic over that, but we really don't get to hang out much, so waiting with him and just hanging out for 7 hours...I truly feel that was the real present.


Sorry about the long post, I just wanted to share my story of waiting on line.