PS3 Craze

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Originally Posted by Emilio

Yes sir if I tell anyone how much I've put into my ball's they'd think I'm crazy. PS3 is cool I'll probably get it later when I have more time to play.

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You guys are missing the point. It's not about paying a whole lot of money for something that's worth that much. But paying for something that is not worth that much is just insane in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by ErikH

I think that even if $5000.00 was chump change to me, I would still feel like a horse's backside if I plugged it in on Christmas day and got nothing but a puff of smoke :(

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That's why you test it before you give it to "Santa" to put under the tree. ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

Hmm, it's interesting to me that someone would pay double (or more) of what something is actually sold for just to get it a month or two before everyone else can get it. Plus it's defective. In my opinion that's just not smart. "Patience is a virtue" :D

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It's going to be more than a month or two. Probably more like 8 months. Look at the 360. It came out around this time last year, and it was July before you actually saw any on store shelves.

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

Hmm, it's interesting to me that someone would pay double (or more) of what something is actually sold for just to get it a month or two before everyone else can get it. Plus it's defective. In my opinion that's just not smart. "Patience is a virtue" :D

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I think "defective" would imply that they system won't work at all. bear in mind, these systems are hard core tested before being released, so they won't be "defective", but rather "buggy"...Most of the bugs now are fixed by downloading patches from Sony. and if it is defective, i'm sure Sony has warranties to ensure you get a working product.

Not to contradict myself in this thread, i just want to clarify that i'm listening to the radio and learning all this as the day goes on.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

That's why you test it before you give it to "Santa" to put under the tree. ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

In my opinion that's just not smart.

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Well, I make a comfortable enough living that I have $5,000.00 of disposible income to spend on a toy for my kid ... I may not be smart, but I'm living a pretty good life. :sweeet: :carrot:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

That's why you test it before you give it to "Santa" to put under the tree. ;)

-adam

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Don't I know it! We got my son a computer for Christmas two years ago, and I checked to make sure everything was there before we wrapped it. When I was setting it up after he opened it, I couldn't find the power cord for the monitor. My heart dropped, and I said "I think were missing the power cord". My son looked at me and said, "It has to be there, Santa wouldn't forget something like that!" I looked again and found it wrapped up in the plastic bag I discarded, much to my relief.

That's not my point but I know what you're saying.

Well, ErikH, I said a month or two because they're supposed to be sending another shipment in December. A million consoles I believe. I've been looking at the shipping dates where I work. But that's where my information comes from. I plan on getting PS3...just not at $5,000.00 :(

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Originally Posted by ErikH

Don't I know it! We got my son a computer for Christmas two years ago, and I checked to make sure everything was there before we wrapped it. When I was setting it up after he opened it, I couldn't find the power cord for the monitor. My heart dropped, and I said "I think were missing the power cord". My son looked at me and said, "It has to be there, Santa wouldn't forget something like that!" I looked again and found it wrapped up in the plastic bag I discarded, much to my relief.

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wait wait wait waaaaaaaaaait a minute...so you are in fact implying that Santa is not real? non existent? made up? un true? :colbert:

sir what planet are you living on?

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

Um Kavmon I never said it costs 600,000 re-read what I said. :) And you can get a console for 600 with 60 GB's and a console for 500 with 20 GB's.

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i read it correctly the first time! i didn't say you said 600,000 either.:D

the point i was making was that it costs 600 dollars not 600,000. i know i've wasted/blown away more than 600 with nothing to show for it before. it's 600 clams, not your life savings or retirement fund. it's life, enjoy it as you will.


vaughn

[QUOTE=nathanledet]I think "defective" would imply that they system won't work at all. bear in mind, these systems are hard core tested before being released, so they won't be "defective", but rather "buggy"...Most of the bugs now are fixed by downloading patches from Sony. and if it is defective, i'm sure Sony has warranties to ensure you get a working product.
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Yes, but how long do you think it might take to get it repaired/replaced after sending it back to Sony?

i doubt the ps3 is that defected, sony knows that they're doing...

people on the forum that got the ps3 and are selling it on ebay for snakes are smart :)

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Originally Posted by kavmon

i read it correctly the first time! i didn't say you said 600,000 either.:D

the point i was making was that it costs 600 dollars not 600,000. i know i've wasted/blown away more than 600 with nothing to show for it before. it's 600 clams, not your life savings or retirement fund. it's life, enjoy it as you will.


vaughn

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I think I see what you're saying. And as soon as I have to time to play PS3...I'm going to rape all my friends at everything we play.


Adam- I'm sure you're a very smart person. Didn't say you were stupid. I know you wouldn't pay $5,000 for something you can get for $600 a month and a half later.

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

That's not my point but I know what you're saying.

Well, ErikH, I said a month or two because they're supposed to be sending another shipment in December. A million consoles I believe. I've been looking at the shipping dates where I work. But that's where my information comes from. I plan on getting PS3...just not at $5,000.00 :(

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That could be, but it was my understanding that they were guaranteeing a million counsoles before the end of the year, including the 400,000 that were shipped for today, which still makes for a scarce item. If you got your name on a waiting list before today, you might get one, but it is my understanding that most retailers are not taking any more names until everyone who has already reserved one has got one. I'll be honest, if I had the money to spend, I probably would drop 5 grand on one, but I don't, and that's that. I am perfectly content to wait until next year; by then there will be more games available, anyway.

Yeah, I got connections though. Muahaha. Anyway, I'm waiting like 6 months so they'll have enough on the shelves by then.

I guy I work with was trying to get one. Another guy here has a sister who works for a game store and got her hands on one, but I don't know if it was the base model or the $600.00 one. She wanted $2500 for it, but he declined. I have a feeling she might up her price the way things are going.;)

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

Adam- I'm sure you're a very smart person. Didn't say you were stupid.

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Well actually you did ... or at least "not smart" which by just about all accounts would equate to "stupid"

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

In my opinion that's just not smart.

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

I know you wouldn't pay $5,000 for something you can get for $600 a month and a half later.

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You "know"???? ... I'm sorry, but you don't know me at all, let alone what I would and wouldn't do ... my son wants a PS3 for Christmas and if I have to pay $5,000.00 to get him one so be it. He's the best kid in the world in my eyes and with the amount of money I bring in a year, 5K is a small price to pay to get him what he wants and see that smile when he opens all his presents Christmas morning ... does not matter to me what I can get it for after Christmas, that doesn't help me at all.

-adam

I'm a gran turismo junkie...The main reason i even bought a PS2 when they first came out was for gran turismo 3 lol... Of course it wasn't the day that they dropped but maybe a few weeks after. When gran turismo 4 dropped, it was in blockbuster before the stores...I surely went to blockbuster paid the $5 to rent for the week and asked them at the counter what I had owed them because it wasn't coming back...They were a little puzzled but sure enough I had to wait a week and pay them $40 for the *lost* game hehe...Now with the playstation 3 coming out and the new Vision gran turismo I'm tempted but It will be quite some time before I buy one...I don't think
V. gran turismo will be out until early 07' anyways but I am definitely siked for it...

Call me crazy if you will for being so siked about a racing video game but... People shooting other people for a freakin gaming console??? If they're going to be that crazy why don't they just rob a bank?? How bada$$ or ruthless are you when you tell your inmate bubba that your in the can for attempted robbery of a playstation...hahaha...Absolutely pathetic! :rofl:

OMG. if she can sell it for that much then more power to her. :O

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Well actually you did ... or at least "not smart" which by just about all accounts would equate to "stupid"





You "know"???? ... I'm sorry, but you don't know me at all, let alone what I would and wouldn't do ... my son wants a PS3 for Christmas and if I have to pay $5,000.00 to get him one so be it. He's the best kid in the world in my eyes and with the amount of money I bring in a year, 5K is a small price to pay to get him what he wants and see that smile when he opens all his presents Christmas morning ... does not matter to me what I can get it for after Christmas, that doesn't help me at all.

-adam

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That's cool. Don't make too much out of it. It's just one of many opinions.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Well actually you did ... or at least "not smart" which by just about all accounts would equate to "stupid"





You "know"???? ... I'm sorry, but you don't know me at all, let alone what I would and wouldn't do ... my son wants a PS3 for Christmas and if I have to pay $5,000.00 to get him one so be it. He's the best kid in the world in my eyes and with the amount of money I bring in a year, 5K is a small price to pay to get him what he wants and see that smile when he opens all his presents Christmas morning ... does not matter to me what I can get it for after Christmas, that doesn't help me at all.

-adam

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Adam I have four daughters and I know "exactly" how you feel. I remember many years ago standing in lines "trying" to get a Tickle me Elmo for one of my daughters and unfortunatly never got my hands on in it time for christmas. Was the only time I felt I had let one of my babies down. Those wishlists mean the world to me and I will do all I can to fulfil them:)

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Originally Posted by Sinsation

Adam I have four daughters and I know "exactly" how you feel. I remember many years ago standing in lines "trying" to get a Tickle me Elmo for one of my daughters and unfortunatly never got my hands on in it time for christmas. Was the only time I felt I had let one of my babies down. Those wishlists mean the world to me and I will do all I can to fulfil them:)

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I know what you mean. Back when I was 18, I worked at Toys R Us during the height of the Cabbage Patch Doll craze. When we would receive a shipment which was usually 2 dozen of them at a time, we would call people on the waiting list, and direct them to the large item pick up area behind the store. The procedure was to put out 12 and let people pick which one they wanted, and sometimes there would still be fights over a particular doll. The only benefit to working there at the time was that employees got to bypass the waiting list, so I got them for several people, although I didn't charge them any more than face value. At the time, I didn't understand the lengths people went to to get them, but I do now. ;)

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Originally Posted by Sinsation

Those wishlists mean the world to me and I will do all I can to fulfil them:)

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Exactly! ... I'd gladly pass up buying a couple of snakes, or whatever to see that smile. ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Exactly! ... I'd gladly pass up buying a couple of snakes, or whatever to see that smile. ;)

-adam

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And trust me when I say those smiles you never forget. My oldest is 16 now and I can still recall her favorite gift being her first electric guitar and amp she smiled, she cried, she plugged it in at 5 AM and blasted the neighborhood with a sour note! Nothing better!

This I can understand. Those tickle me Elmo's were a pain to get. I mentioned before that I worked at Super Target and I couldve bought many of them before they sold out. Maybe I should've and put them on Ebay. :( now who's stupid. LOL

Look. It's Adam's son, his money and his choice. He never asked anyone if you think what he'd pay is reasonable or not. We have our budgets on what we want. I think what people pay for certain snakes is insane. But who am I to judge what your set mind value is on anything. If Adam wants to pay any amount he wants, high or low, that's his business.

I didnt read the thread but I just saw a guy up near us got a dislocated jaw.

Walmart lined everyone up, counted, and said GO.... then everyone ran to get in line, first 10 only got it.

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Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake

I didnt read the thread but I just saw a guy up near us got a dislocated jaw.

Walmart lined everyone up, counted, and said GO.... then everyone ran to get in line, first 10 only got it.

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Great way to do business they :colbert:

thats only one of many reasons i HATE walmart.

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Originally Posted by Emilio

Great way to do business they :colbert:

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I think most people are missing the point. "SUPPLY AND DEMAND" be it PS3s snakes or what ever you are into. if i had the time(which i don't) or the money(which i don't) i would spent the money up front to turn around and sell it to the highest bidder. i think we all would. and like adam, said if i had the money there is NOTHING to expensive for my three kids. I take after my mother when it comes to christmas in the way of giving. she was the most giving person i knew. she would go to the ends of the earth to see your face light up with that special smile which only comes but once a year. now that she passed away i truly see were she was coming from, the smile on my chrildens face is worth all the money in the world to me...(if i had the money)... luckly they are only 6,4,3. so those days of the ps3s are a little off.

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Originally Posted by WTFbbqSnake

You guys are missing the point. It's not about paying a whole lot of money for something that's worth that much. But paying for something that is not worth that much is just insane in my opinion.

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you are making the assumption that these game systems aren't worth anything. i like the fact that my soon-to-be-teenager is in the house playing video games instead of doing drugs or roaming the neighbourhood getting into trouble ;)

hey adam... i hear ya. if we had the money i'm sure we'd have a ps3 plugged into our tv right now... to heck with waiting for christmas morning LOL but alas... i need to send you the money instead - so be sure to play a game for me!

I'd rather get a Wii. Less than half the price, and probably a lot more fun (for me, anyway :P).

the Wii seems kinda kiddish to me, but it's alot cheaper... and i like the idea of buying old nintendo games with the points!

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I'm the "nutcase" that's trying to get one ;) ... did it really have to evolve into "why"?

-adam

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Should have told me pal! I had THREE :cool:

Cha Ching :carrot:

In the end though this really isn't about PS3. It's about supply and demand, folks assaulting and robbing, a dad that can afford what his kid wants, etc.....basically just the normal human experience. Sure it's in the papers right now because hey that's part of the whole hype around this gaming system (and boy I bet they just LOVE the extra free publicity!) but in the end it's just folks being folks as usual.

Personally my family would love a PS3 but that's not in the budget this year and that's fine, no toy is all that enjoyable if it wrecks the budget and makes the parents nuts trying to do more than they can. We'll get one when we can afford it as the luxury item it truly is for us. For me anyways it (much like the snakes) are things we want, not need, so it will come when it can be afforded.

I don't see hassling Adam because he can afford it as being very fair. Heck if we had that sort of yearly income, we'd buy one too, but there's no point in being jealous or judgemental because someone else can. That's not the meaning of Christmas is it?

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

In the end though this really isn't about PS3. It's about supply and demand, folks assaulting and robbing, a dad that can afford what his kid wants, etc.....basically just the normal human experience. Sure it's in the papers right now because hey that's part of the whole hype around this gaming system (and boy I bet they just LOVE the extra free publicity!) but in the end it's just folks being folks as usual.

Personally my family would love a PS3 but that's not in the budget this year and that's fine, no toy is all that enjoyable if it wrecks the budget and makes the parents nuts trying to do more than they can. We'll get one when we can afford it as the luxury item it truly is for us. For me anyways it (much like the snakes) are things we want, not need, so it will come when it can be afforded.

I don't see hassling Adam because he can afford it as being very fair. Heck if we had that sort of yearly income, we'd buy one too, but there's no point in being jealous or judgemental because someone else can. That's not the meaning of Christmas is it?

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Yes, I agree with this. We all do what we can for our kids, and I don't begrudge anyone who can do more than I can.

Wow, less than 24 hours and they sold out at EbGames.. ouch.

Shoot over the years I have spent 600 for lots of things,some of them worth it some of them not shoot when I was single I had a 600 bar tab but I could afford it man if you got the money and can make somone happy by speding it cool.Thats what life is really about making people happy Shoot I have an xbox a wife and kids no more 600 dollar bar tabs and I am happy.It's the little things that count man don't ever pass up the chance to make a kid smile you might never get the chance again. Life is just to short its a game syestem enjoy it if you want it if you can get it for you kids cool shoot if I could get it for myslef l would lol still waiting to compare the two new syetems and see which one is really better.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

In the end though this really isn't about PS3. It's about supply and demand, folks assaulting and robbing, a dad that can afford what his kid wants, etc.....basically just the normal human experience. Sure it's in the papers right now because hey that's part of the whole hype around this gaming system (and boy I bet they just LOVE the extra free publicity!) but in the end it's just folks being folks as usual.

Personally my family would love a PS3 but that's not in the budget this year and that's fine, no toy is all that enjoyable if it wrecks the budget and makes the parents nuts trying to do more than they can. We'll get one when we can afford it as the luxury item it truly is for us. For me anyways it (much like the snakes) are things we want, not need, so it will come when it can be afforded.

I don't see hassling Adam because he can afford it as being very fair. Heck if we had that sort of yearly income, we'd buy one too, but there's no point in being jealous or judgemental because someone else can. That's not the meaning of Christmas is it?

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Perfectly said, Jo! Every single word!

Three little words come to mind. Tickle me Elmo :rolleye2:

Hey, if you want it,a nd you are happy with what you got, and the seller is happy with what he got for it, then great.
If I sold someone a normal ball python for $3000 then who would be wrong? The new owner would be happy with the snake, the old owner(me) would be happy with her money. Then does it really matter that he could have waited and gotten one cheaper? Or gotten one similar for less? What does it matter to you? You didn't pay the $3000. And if the guy is robbed on the walk up to my door, doesn't that mean I am at fault? No, the robber is at fault.
Adam can buy whatever he wants, for however much he feels he wants to spend.
Some people buy snakes, some people buy PS3s, Adam buys both!
I don't own ANY game system, nor do I have any desire to own one. Total mystery to me. And IF I had kids of my own, they probaly wouldn't get it at christmas either. They would maybe get it later on when it was more reasonable to get.. but I'm lazy, and I think that having to wait for things you want is good for you, especially when it means less effort on my part.. lol.
Getting someone you love something they really really wanted for a gift(at any time of year) is a wonderful gift to yourself! Getting to see the pleasure that you caused them is worth a lot more than a few dollars, or a few hours standing in line.
Wolfy

PS3 is not my thing but is my son's who will just have to wait.
It's not the spending the 500-600 bucks on one to me it would be the hassle you go thru at this point in time to buy one.

For the price it is a pretty good deal since it is also a HD DVD player and HD DVD players alone cost $$.
Told my son he can get one for his B-day In May.

I agree w/ Adam it's all in what ever your bag is. Would I stand in line for a PS3? No, but would and will I stand in line for say tickets to the frozen 4 when it is played here in a few years and spend big $$ for decent tickets? Oh Hell Yeah !

and yet you wouldn't catch me standing in line for anything. not even the last loafs of bread in russia.

i'm not a line stander... would i pay extra for someone to have stood in line for that last loaf of bread? heck ya!

i'm a consumer... and i am willing to pay what i have to for those who do the grunt work. and to me, standing in line in the cooooooooooold is grunt work!

oh and adam did i mention that we are coming *insert state and town here* for christmas and thought we'd stop by on the 25th for breakfast and a few games? :rofl: no?

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Originally Posted by jotay

For the price it is a pretty good deal since it is also a HD DVD player and HD DVD players alone cost $$.
Told my son he can get one for his B-day In May.

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Technically, it's not an HD DVD player it is a Blue Ray. They are two different (and competing) formats.

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Originally Posted by ErikH

Technically, it's not an HD DVD player it is a Blue Ray. They are two different (and competing) formats.

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And to my understanding play DVD's in the same quality as HD on HD tv's at least that is what all my HD guru friends tell me.
When I buy one it will be for my son who will be playing his darn Socom and NFL, NHL and such on there.


And Adam I am 100% in agreement w/ you about if you have it and want to spend it on you child then friggin do it. I grew up not being able to get some of the things I always wanted and now darn it I can afford it and my son would like it then darn it I am gonna get it for him and no my son is far from being spoiled.
I got mad hell from some of my family last year because I spent over 4g's on my son. And this year again I will spend to take my son to Breckenridge, Col to ski and snowboard and I don't even ski :)
I am with you it's all about that smile you see.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Hehe....true. For me though, the mystery isn't why people would spend $500 on a game. Many people who like that sort of thing will surely get $500 worth of fun out of it.

For me...the mystery lies in why people would stand in line for three days for a chance to buy a game that they can have relatively effortlessly if they just wait for a few weeks. And if the motivation for all those "line standers" is to turn around and resell it on Ebay for a quick profit...the mystery merely increases as to why people would spend thousands of dollars for something they can have at a fraction of the price....if they just wait a few weeks.

I guess for some...the status of having one of the first new systems to hit store shelves is worth that much time and money. Doesn't mean I understand it though. ;)

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Haleloo-ya sista! I agree with your post 1000% (been watchin' the daytime talk shows too much...) ;)

I guess I figure it differently. I grew up RARELY getting what I wanted for christmas, mostly clothes with a few toys tossed in. My parents tried but we didn't have a lot.
I appreciated what I had more because I didn't have much of it.
Pleasing my children will be very important I'm sure but there are going to be things they just won't get no matter what, children are way too material these days and luckily my husband agrees.

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Originally Posted by Entropy

I guess I figure it differently. I grew up RARELY getting what I wanted for christmas, mostly clothes with a few toys tossed in. My parents tried but we didn't have a lot.
I appreciated what I had more because I didn't have much of it.
Pleasing my children will be very important I'm sure but there are going to be things they just won't get no matter what, children are way too material these days and luckily my husband agrees.

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I to have limits as to what I will give my son ie his friends parents just bought his friend a new 24k car and soon as my son asked I told him no way, he has a job and I told him to save and I would then match his savings.

I use a different approach, I give my son nice things and try to show him variety in life and then tell him when he is on his own to have these things and to do these things he needs to work hard, get a education or trade etc and to always remember to give to others that don't. So far he is a good kid who seems to always think about others before himself and knows in life you can't always get what you want, but if you try, you get what you need ( sorry to the Stones for that quote :)

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Originally Posted by Entropy

I guess I figure it differently. I grew up RARELY getting what I wanted for christmas, mostly clothes with a few toys tossed in. My parents tried but we didn't have a lot.
I appreciated what I had more because I didn't have much of it.
Pleasing my children will be very important I'm sure but there are going to be things they just won't get no matter what, children are way too material these days and luckily my husband agrees.

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we are not into a material christmas at all. we buy what we need all year long... why struggle to figure out what new thing they have to have and then they toss it aside within a few weeks. so... this is what we do for christmas. we buy each other a gift of ducks, or geese, or a llama and help other families make a huge change in their lives... it really makes me feel all happy inside knowing our gift changed the course of people in need :sunny:

http://www.heifer.org/

of course the kids do get a gift each... and a sock full of fun - but otherwise we don't exchange gifts with each other... ;)

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Originally Posted by jotay

And to my understanding play DVD's in the same quality as HD on HD tv's at least that is what all my HD guru friends tell me.
When I buy one it will be for my son who will be playing his darn Socom and NFL, NHL and such on there.

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I'll be honest, I don't know which one actually has a higher picture quality. They are two different formats, both are for HD tv's, and people who pick the losing format will probably get burned, just like the whole VHS/Beta thing back in the early 80's.