October 13, 2006
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//PRE-ORDER & gamez?
I normally don’t pre-order anything because I don’t like the idea of paying money first and not getting anything back. Just as how I think of rebates. Consider I have/use to have large amount of games, there were only few that made the JY’s pre-order list & I believe they deserve to be mentioned again..!
Ps – Final Fantasy VII - needless to say, probably my favorite game… on par with Final Fantasy V. This game is going crazy on Ebay, I should probably sell my copy and fetch some $$…. and my copy looks brand new!
Ps – Resident Evil 2 – I didn’t pre-order this, but since I constantly harassed the BestBuy on butterfield road for 3 days straight, and pretty muich gotten my copy while they were loading the games onto the shelf… I believe this is some nerdy effort for just a game.
Ps- Metal Gear Solid – played the j version and still end up getting the US version.. another game that I have for yrs yet still looks brand new… Stayed at Ebgames til 9 pm because delivery truck was late on teh pick up day. It was quite a bit of fun chatting with bunch video gaming addicts.
N64 – Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time collector’s edition – I am a big zelda fan, and I actually ordered this game and received it before getting a N64 system…..
ANYHOW –
Pre-order for Nintendo Wii event starts today for ebgames/gamestop. I don’t know what made me want to get one, .. Oh well. A much as I wanted to stand in line and enjoy the freezin’ weather to get something I want (just like thxgiving which we camped out at Fry’s since 2 am for the LCD TV…) I am unable to attend the awesome pre-order event due to the fact that I have a job. Anyways, So I nicely e-mailed my sister the day before and asked her to stand in the line in cold for me which I thought i was going to get a “F U” in return or something.
9:20 A.M. *cell phone rings*
Sis: “yo, wtf, this gamestop already sold out, they gave out tickets to ppl around 8 am”
Me: “oh shit, nm then… forget it”
Sis: “give me the next address”
Me: “it’s ok, too much work”
Sis: “Oh well I am already out”
So I quickly visited ebgame.com and found the next store. Sent my sis off to the next stop.
9:30 A.M. *cell phone rings*
Sis: “GAN, this guy in front of me got the last one!”
Me: “……. er… it’s alright, forget it”
Sis: “Give me the address for the one near Oakbrook”
Me “… ok.. blah blah”
Sent my sister to the next stop
9:48 A.M. *cell phone rings*
Sis: “fook! I got the last one! I was the 12th in line!”
Me: “… Oh… wow”
So there, after 3 visits my sister got me pre-order for Nintendo WeeWee. And she watns to charge me 40 bux -hourly rate $20 for 2 hours (including driving) .
Alright! I am gonna get a new WeeWee next month!
Today shall be a good day for me. Got my pre-order, boss bought me breakfast from downtown bakery and another boss made lunch for everyone so I am covered. Now I just need to increase my work output from 5% to … maybe 30% so I can go home on time.
What’s my next pre-order target? I still have half a month to decide before this game is out. Maybe I should get the collector’s edition….!
Comments (2)
Man, how nice. The way your sister charged you is considerably cheap. If I charge you at my rate at $500/hour and since you are my good friend, I will be nice and give you 50% discount, so it will be $250/hour. Sh*t, this will mean the 2 hours you sister spend, will worth $500 for me. Your sister is just way too nice, TIME IS MONEY…………every second counts.
You got a nice sis