Five guys bought new Xbox 360s and immediately tried to scalp them to other consumers still waiting in line! When they had no takers, they drove to Mickey-D's for some grub. There, the lone scalper was held up at gunpoint and four of their 360s were stolen. I'm not going to judge them, but thi ...
Here is another Best Buy insider leaked document. This one is dated today, December 20th shows they'll be getting more 360s in this week. The stores are instructed to secure the shipment and sell the product the next day. They will print vouchers and give them to you when you walk in the store, ...
There are other rumors flying around this week about 360s being available at Sam's club and Circuit City. Sam's club dates have ranged from Dec 12 to the 15 and as late as the 17th or 18th. You may want to call your local Samsclub to see if you can get shipment details. If not, just show up eve ...
A WalMart employee gives us a peek into the "WalMart Wire" info for 360 shipments for this month. These are harder to snag due to shipping arrivals during the day. However, the numbers look pretty promising, especially for next week: WM Week 45(week of Dec.3) 9500 Units Avg:3 units per sto ...
Here's another retailer insider leak, this time for Target stores. There is no scanned document to back this up, but a Target employee has claimed an email from Target HQ shows more 360s to be available this week and next week. Other employees have backed up this claim. The numbers are as fo ...
Regarding the Best Buy Dec 18th Sale, here is an official list of stores and the number of Xbox 360 console that will be available on this Sunday. Go to BestBuy's store locator and find out what store number(s) of the Best Buy store(s) you want to try this weekend. The store numbers are listed be ...
A (supposedly) leaked insider document from Best Buy shows they are stockpiling 360 consoles to go on sale on December 18th. A scanned copy of this document is linked below, and it is not verified, but does seem legit. Here's the juice: "Hold All Xbox 360s for Dec. 18 Ad The next Xbox 36 ...
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The Register has an interesting article about the 360 vs. the PS3. They say it boils down to disk media each console uses. The 360 uses DVD, while the PS3 is reportedly going to support Blu-Ray. An interesting read, but I disagree about the disk format being the deciding factor. I think whic ...
"This Friday, Dec. 9th, strictly limited quantities of Xbox 360 will be available at all Best Buy stores throughout Canada. There'll be a minimum of 10 units per stores, all available on a first come first served basis. Our doors open promptly at 9 AM, so come early. Sorry, no pre-orders or rain ch ...
There's a great article warning Bidders to Beware on Xbox 360 auctions at Newsfactor Magazine. Ebay sellers have tricked buyers into bidding on Xbox 360 boxes instead of the console. You know the cardboard that it came in. One of these listings read: "This is the Xbox 360 Core bundle box. It w ...
