No XBOX 360 for me today
Well, I thought that getting up at 5am would be good enough; however, I never anticipated how many people were willing to camp overnight to get an XBOX 360 on launch day.

My original plan, which was going to Sam's Club (they were getting 20 premium), fell through. Because I don't have a business membership, I wouldn't be allowed in at 7am. I would have to wait until 10am.

My plan B was Target. So at 5:20, I pull up to my local Target to find well over 50 people in line. Several people had set up tents which leads me to believe they were there overnight.

I decided to try another Target and found a similar result. 16 people in line. 2 tents set up. The 16th guy in line said that this Target only had 16 consoles (and only 4 were premium). He had been there since midnight. According to this group, the Target near my house had gotten around 50 consoles. I guess that explains the big line there.

So I decided to cut my losses and head home. On the way, I passed a Circuit City, which had about 35 people in line at 6am, a Toys R Us, which had about 12 people even though they weren't selling any (only filling pre-orders) and a Best Buy, which was totally nuts.

After arriving home, I called several other places. Kmart said that no store in our district got any consoles. Sears said the same thing. CompUSA was sold out, too, and with no idea on when they would get any more. Coconuts said the same thing, too.

Oh well, I guess I can go on Thanksgiving vacation without worrying about my XBOX 360 sitting alone at home.