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On November 22nd I lined up to get my Xbox 360 after school at Best Buy. I was told they would hand out tickets at 9:30pm. They actually handed tickets out at 7:00am. If I wanted a 360 I'd have to wait until 5:00am and not even be guaranteed a Premium. We called different towns, for 360's. Then a shining light came from the voice of a Wal-Mart in Tracy! The employee said there was no line, and they had a huge amount of 360's. We (My brother, his friends and one of his friends aunts) raced to Wal-Mart at 9:00pm in our junky SUV! We arrived, lawn chairs and blankets in hand. It was 35 degrees outside. There was a line of 10 people who in formed us that there are 14 Xbox 360's at this Wal-Mart. Ouch. They continued to explain that we'd have to wait until 7am to get one, and that there were only 4 premiums going to the first 4 people that arrived. We waited until 7am in front of Wal-Mart under defective blankets. 7am arrived. Some guy was trying to haggle for a spot in line. Our bladders were nearly bursting. We walked out of the store with a core system in our numb hands half asleep. We got home at 8am. My mom took the Xbox 360 away until Christmas. After all that. Ouch. I'll do it again next time though. I'll just line up at 5am. domokun

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