My brother Andrew and I were perusing the ads for the Day-after-Thanksgiving sales, when what to our wondering eyes did appear but a
42" Sony LCD projection TV for $499.
Andrew, being in the market for a new TV, was intrigued by the stellar deal. This TV normally sells for $1099, so this was truly an incredible offer. The only catch, there are only 10 available per store, first come first served. The more we thought about it the harder it was to pass up, so on the way back from Aunt Kathy's house, full from the wonderful feast, we decided to swing by the RC Willey outlet store, where the sale was to take place, and scope out the scene. Not surprisingly there were already people in line, about 7 to be exact.
Seeing our window of opportunity shrinking, I dropped Andrew off to save our place in line, and went back to Mom and Dad's house for supplies. I arrived back at the store at about 8 pm and soon thereafter the line was full. The night was bitter cold and we didn't sleep much due to some drama provided by some people who arrived late but decided to wait it out just in case. Let's just say that they believed the event was called a Door buster for a reason. At exactly 8 am the store manager came out with ten coupons in hand and thanks to the bond we had formed amongst the first ten and the wisdom of the Manager the right people were rewarded with the coupons, much to the disgust of the 11th person in
line who had incited the aforementioned drama. So both Andrew and I have a nice new TV. What did I need a new TV for you ask? Well I didn't really, but like I said it was a deal too good to miss, plus I figure I can sell either the old one or the new one and probably make some money off the deal, or at least come out even. eBay was definitely right though, it is better when you win it.
Andrew, being in the market for a new TV, was intrigued by the stellar deal. This TV normally sells for $1099, so this was truly an incredible offer. The only catch, there are only 10 available per store, first come first served. The more we thought about it the harder it was to pass up, so on the way back from Aunt Kathy's house, full from the wonderful feast, we decided to swing by the RC Willey outlet store, where the sale was to take place, and scope out the scene. Not surprisingly there were already people in line, about 7 to be exact. 
Seeing our window of opportunity shrinking, I dropped Andrew off to save our place in line, and went back to Mom and Dad's house for supplies. I arrived back at the store at about 8 pm and soon thereafter the line was full. The night was bitter cold and we didn't sleep much due to some drama provided by some people who arrived late but decided to wait it out just in case. Let's just say that they believed the event was called a Door buster for a reason. At exactly 8 am the store manager came out with ten coupons in hand and thanks to the bond we had formed amongst the first ten and the wisdom of the Manager the right people were rewarded with the coupons, much to the disgust of the 11th person in
line who had incited the aforementioned drama. So both Andrew and I have a nice new TV. What did I need a new TV for you ask? Well I didn't really, but like I said it was a deal too good to miss, plus I figure I can sell either the old one or the new one and probably make some money off the deal, or at least come out even. eBay was definitely right though, it is better when you win it.
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I didn't know we had such serious shoppers in the family. I couldn't get anyone to go camp out with me at the mall. I'll be calling you two next year!
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