Derek did indeed know that the PS3 wouldn't be available until tomorrow morning. He also got to Best Buy around 3PM yesterday, rather than 8:30 as I thought. And they don't go on sale at midnight either. He has to wait til 7AM to get a ticket that says he's guaranteed one. I'm not sure how long the wait continues after that.
He spent most of the night sitting bundled up in his camping chair while the rain drizzled down. Best Buy told everyone that they could pull their cars up along the building if they wanted to sleep in them.
This morning he set up a tent, and is now cold, but dry. He also was able to run home and take a shower this morning thanks to a friend that is waiting with him.
I decided to go visit him today to see how the wait was going.
While he and about 30 other people have been waiting, all the local news teams have been by to interview people. Most of the stations are less than a mile away from the store. Derek was one of the folks who made it on TV. He found out when a friend called him to say she just saw him on the news with all the other nerds.
To keep themselves amused, some of the other people in line have been telling people who asked what they were waiting for that Best Buy was going to be giving away 60 inch plasma TVs. One lady even came back to the store a couple hours later with a big pick-up truck for her TV.
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