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Anyone in Atlanta have any luck with the street-date-broken-DS-Lite sales? I'm getting jealous seeing all the good luck the rest of the country is having!!

Everything I'm reading indicates it's a hopeless cause at this point. Corporate has got the memo out to WalMart, Target, and Sears NOT to sell any more.

No, don't think I've read of anyone getting one here.

As I mentioned elsewhere, they had them out at the Duluth SuperWM yesterday afternoon, but after about 3 employees tried, they eventually could not/would not sell one to my friend. There was an eventual discovery of the 11th as a release date, and that killed it with certainty.

I saw some at the Target at Northlake. This kid started shaking when he saw the DS Light.........*sigh* They had about 30 in the case.

Originally Posted by dberuvides I saw some at the Target at Northlake. This kid started shaking when he saw the DS Light.........*sigh* They had about 30 in the case.

So, what happened? Denied sale?

Originally Posted by El Gray So, what happened? Denied sale?

No, he told his mom he was just happy to have one before all his friends and the clerk rang it up.
Future Eric Cartman in the making

Originally Posted by dberuvides No, he told his mom he was just happy to have one before all his friends and the clerk rang it up. Future Eric Cartman in the making

When was this? And why didn't you get us any?

Originally Posted by dberuvides No, he told his mom he was just happy to have one before all his friends and the clerk rang it up. Future Eric Cartman in the making

You didn't buy one? Or do you already have one?

Originally Posted by El Gray You didn't buy one? Or do you already have one?

I already bought one. They seemed to have more boxes behind the 30 so they are still there probably.
It is small, the Xbox 360 harddrive is twice as big as the DS Lite

Well, I'll hit this on the way home tonight, unless someone tells me they're already out. Didn't have time last night.

Originally Posted by El Gray Well, I'll hit this on the way home tonight, unless someone tells me they're already out. Didn't have time last night.

Same deal as before? If you score, hook me up with one too. This sounds suspect to me, though. It's possible that they may have been selling them at one point, but I find it hard to believe that they'd still be selling 'em now, two days after the fact. Target was one of the first to bring the hammer down.

Still, judging by the main thread on the subject, some people are managing to get some places to part with them, even now.

I can confirm that as of about an hour ago they had no DS Lites at the Northlake Target (4241 Lavista Rd). The employee there said they didn't have them and thought they were coming out this month, but didn't know when.

I stopped by a K-Mart on the way home and they actually had them in the case. The guy was very happy to ring me up saying he had just put them out, but the computer system wouldn't allow it. After pulling out the Sunday ads for the next two weeks he found out he can't sell it till the 11th. So...close....

Originally Posted by rupan_sansei I can confirm that as of about an hour ago they had no DS Lites at the Northlake Target (4241 Lavista Rd). The employee there said they didn't have them and thought they were coming out this month, but didn't know when. I stopped by a K-Mart on the way home and they actually had them in the case. The guy was very happy to ring me up saying he had just put them out, but the computer system wouldn't allow it. After pulling out the Sunday ads for the next two weeks he found out he can't sell it till the 11th. So...close....

Man, that burns. Sorry, Ace. :( Thanks for the report and hopefully saving El Gray a drive.

D'oh. Yes, thanks very much for the info. Too bad about the KMart. I was considering a mission to one of those, myself.

Yeah, bummer... guess we'll have to wait a WHOLE WEEK to get ours!

Heh. Yeah. I even tried the "please look up this stock #" trick today, but had no luck. Ah, I can wait. Plenty of stuff to play in the meantime.

I can confirm that the Edgewood Target has the DS Lite in the stockroom...marked for no sale. I tried the stock number trick on two different employees, and they were both wise to the situation. BOOO!!!

Well, at least I know where I'll be Sunday morning for sure - I live about two blocks from that Target! hehe

I made that same confirmation at Edgewood on Sunday, BUT it should be noted that the guy mentioned that he thought he had seven left in the back. Sounds like a few definitely got sold one way or another from there, don't you think? Wonder if they'll get in more than those seven before Sunday?

Anyway, I'll be hitting the Edgewood EB, as they have my $25.

Sounds like we're neighbors, simple. I'm near Moreland/Ponce.

Ah, you guys make me jealous! I used to live down there at North & N. Highland (and used to work at Savage Pizza) and a few years ago I moved out to a house in Decatur. I miss it down there so much! So much in fact that the wife and I are seriously considering selling our house and moving back in town...I need easy access to my bars and coffeshops, dammit! And now that the Edgewood center has a Target, EB, BB, and Kroger all right there....I need not go anywhere else.

As for the DS - they were all definitely wise to the situation at that Target. Must've been a neon pink memo going around on that one!

I'll be grabbing mine at the Northlake EB on sunday...the manager out there is always super super nice to me. One time I went there looking for a used copy of a game, which they didn't have. He knew I was a regular customer, so he cracked open a brand new copy of the game and sold it to me as used. I couldn't believe it! I love it when employees realize and appreciate their regular customers; it was the exact opposite of the way I get treated at the North Dekalb Mall EB....those guys will never again get my money!

Hmmm.... I wonder if I could get mey little EB buddy to go ahead and make with the DS lite today......not likely...