J.W.’s Notes: Open Letter to BioShock eBay Buyers (NSFW-ish Language)
I swear to Christ, some of you people are just downright idiots. Not you guys in particular — Lord knows our readers are uber-cool. But I am talking to the Xbox 360 fanboys… no, not the website of that name. Again, they’re cool, too. I’m talking about the ACTUAL fanboys! You know, the [kittens] who swear up and down that the “xbox is teh awesum ps3 sux lolz!”. I’m talking to those guys. Why?
Because they’re the ones who are BUYING BioShock on eBay!
Now, those of you who are SELLING BioShock on eBay… you suck. But not because you’re selling the game on eBay, oh no. You suck because you got the game before I did. That’s it. I have absolutely no problem with you turning around and selling it on eBay, because Lord knows there are more than a few nitwits who will gladly shell out cash to be able to say “I was the first!”
…actually, it’d be more of “i waz teh 1 lolwtfpwned!”. I almost forgot who we were talking about here. Regardless, if you have it, sell it. Go you.
But you people who are willing to hand over $70, $80 or even $100+ to get the game a whole six days early are just dumb as hell. Period. After all, again, you could wait a week and buy the game for all of $60-70, depending on which version you were buying.
Secondly, I guarantee that at least half of you dimwits have a pre-order for the game at your local GameStop. What will become of your old pre-order now that you own the game? Surely you wouldn’t still buy your original copy, right? …*sigh* look who the [sassafras] I’m asking, of COURSE you will!
I understand perfectly your desire to get your hands on BioShock. Believe me. But use your [darn tootin’] head here: It’ll be out on the 21st. You already have money put down on the same damn game, so in reality it will cost you LESS to just finish off that pre-order payment than it would be to buy it off eBay.
*sigh* You’re still gonna bid, aren’t you? Yeah, well… [pudding] you.
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August 15th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
“you people who are willing to hand over $70, $80 or even $100+ to get the game a whole six days early are just dumb as hell. Period.”
Or they just exist in a different financial bracket than you do.
Have you ever paid $20 on dinner at Outback (or someplace similar)? OMG! That’s a week’s worth of groceries for a poor family! Anybody paying that much for one meal is dumb as hell. Period! Right?
Um, no. If you make anything above minimum wage, blowing $20 on a dinner here and there is nothing. But there *are* people for whom that’s a ridiculous expense. There are also people who think nothing of spending $300 on dinner for two. It’s all relative.
Paying $100 to get a game before all your friends do is nothing. There are people for whom the difference between $70 and $150 is so negligible it’s beneath notice. The fact that you can’t even *fathom* this — it’s literally so outlandish to you that you can’t imagine the circumstances where it’s not rank stupidity — says more about your financial situation than about their IQ.
August 15th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
It’s not a matter of financial brackets, it’s a matter of common sense. If you’re going to get the same thing in a week for less, there is no point in paying nearly twice as much for it just to get it a day or two quicker. Take into account that by the time most auctions end and the item is actually shipped, I will have been playing my pre-ordered copy of BioShock for nearly a full day. Even if you get one of the many “Buy it now” copies, it’s still only a week.
My financial situation matters not — I could have $100 Million in the bank, and I’d still wait the week simply because it makes more sense. I’m not going to allow myself to get ripped off for a game that I can get for it’s normal price a week later. If this were a few months, I could see your point, but you’re talking about six days. Six days. I think it would speak more to one’s maturity than their financial bracket if they can’t control themselves for six days in order to prevent getting screwed out of, essentially, a second game.
August 16th, 2007 at 12:45 am
I want Bioshock in the worst way to, but Ebay isn’t the way to did it. I agree with you J.W. Waiting a week isn’t going to kill us, since it seems we’ve been waiting forever already anyway.
August 16th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Way to “do” it. Oops.
August 17th, 2007 at 4:35 am
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August 17th, 2007 at 7:03 am
TO EACH THEIR OWN.
If i want to spend $400 on a new two headed diamond studded dildo, i can and will!
Why don’t you worry about yourself.. mmmkay cowboy? Thanks!