Hey, mine seems to be back from the dead as well!
No more email from WalMart but I got a "shipped" status with a tracking # on the website!
APX . . . American Packaging Express? Have people heard of them before???
[quote name='EnsignGarak']That's interesting. My Sister-in-law works at a Target store, and she says that they will definitely have 6 systems for sale on Tuesday, and maybe 12. That just doesn't sound like a whole lot of systems for a store like Target. I know, store location makes a difference - But, at launch? Even in the worst of locations, a Target store only receiving 6 units seems quite minimal to me.
Couple that with what the manager of the local EB Games told me (when she called me to tell me that my preorder would arrive in December/January) about Microsoft cutting their supply of delivered units to retail nationwide, and that concerns me enough to have wanted to pop for this today.[/QUOTE]
Target is a very good place to go . . . I got an Xbox there on launch day (ended up returning it). I bought it to play and then had second thoughts . . . wouldn't get one for 2 years.
I failed to sell the Xbox on ebay in 2001 . . . I got skunked at the start (would have made $200 but the guy was a loser but I recovered all fees plus $20 from the guy). What killed sales was that demand was weak and MS kept shipping them through to Xmas.
This time, I think demand is actually going to be strong because of Live . . . plus it sounds like the supply is just not going to be there. We'll see.
Target is a sleeper location to get a system:
1) Its off the radar for many people . . . they're at BB and CC
2) They open early -- 8 am . . . many people may not know this and arrive at 9 or 10
3) 90 day return policy is good for resellers
In 2001, I was one of 6-8 people waiting outside Target and we each got a system . . . but that was about their whole stock.
I'll likely go, I have an 8:30 class and school is about 12 min. from Target. I'll arrive about 7:40 and see where that gets me.