24 November 2006, 13:05 UTC#14,629
Long ass story, I'll try to type it the best I can, but I'm so pissed, excuse the bullshit errors.
So it starts at around 11:30, im with my girlfriend and we drive to Best Buy. To our suprise we see a shitload of people already camped outside, and it turns out they've been there for a day already. That's fine, anyone that dedicated can have their shit, I just want a computer and that's it, then im leaving and never coming back. So I go and stand in line around the side of the building and it's fucking cold, my shoes are soaked within 20 min, and all I can keep thinking is it's alright, I'll get the computer, I'm one of the first 30 at least. But no, I wait and wait until around 2:00 AM, when my girlfriend comes back from her car and tells me there's a huge line of people out front lined up in the wrong way. At this point im thinking "holy shit, it's happening, even though last year was fine (the dude next to me said). So, I move to the front door and make my way to the very front of the line, fuck these people. Soon after some douchebag cops show up, go to the front of the line and decide to show off their gay tazers.
So everyone backs away in fear, and I completely leave the line not wanting to get involved (and I'm pissed I don't have my camera with me, andrew has it). 10 minutes later or so, I came back, and some fat black guy who works there is shouting shit like "where'd you come from, you weren't here all night" to a bunch of people, including me (FUCK YOU MAN, JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T SOAKED IN RAIN, DOESN'T MEAN I WASN'T WAITING. IT JUST MEANS I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO USE AN UMBRELLA, UNLIKE THE REST OF THESE MORONS). Anywho they start giving out those gay tickets that basically are supposed to stop the rush, but it turns out there is none for the computer I want. So I make my way to the entrance, where nobody is lined up (for some reason everyone's a jackass and lines up at the exit) and I wait there patiently for another few HOURS until the place opens at 5. At 5 they open the doors and I quickly make my way through the door without pushing anyone, a bunch of fuckers pushed me though, but I just kept thinking about how worth it it'd be when I got the comp. I run back to the computers section, and ask the dude where the comp is, I show him a clip from the ad. He says wait for this dude, but that dude runs away surrounded by probably 50 people and I never see him again.
So he tells me to wait in line, and I do, where I see the computer I want, but without a monitor or anything, but it's the same model and everything, and plus tons of people are after it, so I think that must be it. I see this woman getting slammed against a shelf, which is also the front of the line, so I push everyone out of the way, and go help her from getting fucking squished. The dude on the ladder hands her the computer, and she asks where the monitor and shit is. He goes "hold on" and 15 minutes later, he never comes back. Her and I are talking, I explain why I want the computer (editing videos) and she says "I don't even really need it, here, you can have it" and I think wow, finally a nice person here. While I was waiting for that computer, I told my gf to go get the graphics card, so we could meet at the line and save time (yeah fucking right). I go searching and find every fucking part of the rest of the deal. The monitor, the printer, everything, I get it all, and so I go to the line and wait for probably more than an hour. When I finally get to the checkout, the lady seems confused as fuck after she rings it up and I say "it's part of this deal" and show her the pic. The register doesn't recognize it and she's like "sorry, ill go get someone". They tell me ohhh that's the "whatever the fuck model number-x" you need the whatever the fuck model number-z and at this point, I feel like destroying everything in front of me. If someone had said one more thing to piss me off, I would've snapped and just started smashing everything. After that, it's basically myself and my girlfriend trying to convince the workers the deal is alright, but it turns out they wouldn't budge. I called my dad and he said to call the Better Business Bureau, and I'm going to once I've cooled off.
Sorry it's such a long read, but I was more pissed than I've ever been, and I've been on the verge of blacking out. Thanks for reading if you did, and if you have any suggestions on what to do, please tell me.