8 Aralık 2005 Perşembe

BestBuy stockpiling XBox 360s for last-minute Christmas sale?

This story on Digg.Com suggests that BestBuy is taking advantage of the current XBox 360 shortage by stockpiling the units, rather than selling them. Then, they are planning to have a massive sale on December 18. Presumably selling most of the Xbox 360s in expensive bundles which will force desperate parents to spend $1000 on a $300 machine, in order to avoid disappointing Junior.

The more I read about these kinds of seller scams (and no, I am not suggesting this is unlawful, merely dishonest), the more I respect my parents. The one year I wanted a toy that was IMPOSSIBLE to find in store, they didn't start a riot to get the last one that KBToys had in stock. Instead, they left the #3 from my list under the tree with a note saying, "The elves were overworked this year, so your #1 toy is being finished up as we speak. It will arrive in the next week or so." I was happy, because I knew my toy was on the way and I already had one of the others I wanted. And my parents were able to get the toy a couple of weeks later, without bloodshed.

UPDATED 12/8 at 12:35 AM EST: Here is an image of the "insider document" that shows the directive from Best Buy.

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