OK my story from three years ago… I’m first in line at midnight camping out in front of Toys R Us. It was kind of fun actually. As the night progressed, the line had over two hundred people waiting to get the Wii.
Sooo… the doors were to open at 8am, right? About ten minutes before the doors open, some guy drives past the line and starts shouting “Best Buy is open now and has fifty Wii’s at half price”!!!
The guy next to me asked, “Whadda ya think?”... _“I think I’m first in line right here”…
But sure enough, ⅔’s of the people who had been waiting all night decided to leave their spot in line and go chase the Best Buy tip. Wouldn’t you know it, the guy in the truck pulls back around and parks in the lot, gets out and into our line.
I yelled to him, “Why aren’t you at Best Buy getting the half price Wii”? He said that was bullshit just to get everyone out of line. And sure enough, as I’m checking out and leaving the store, many of the folks who left for Best Buy were returning to Toys R Us. They missed out chasing ghosts.