[quote name='WanganRunner']Anyone care to explain what he suggested?
He's gone and edited his original post to cover his tracks, lol.[/QUOTE]
She, just so you know
Anyways. what I was asking was whether the lines or not were sanctioned by the stores. I know stores that hand out vouchers are pretty much sanctioning the lines, however
Stores were no vouchers are being given and systems are being sold on a first come first basis, what is the legality of walking into the store peacefully the second it opens, finding a clerk, and asking for a Playstation 3?
I honestly think it's what the scalpers deserve, I admit if I get more than one I'd sell it, but for example, my Wal-Mart's on patrol for one guy who plans on buying all the consoles through different people. I know lots of the people in line to wait are pretty much thinking on how to exploit this as much as possible...
Then there's the gamers, I have nothing against them...but come on..by encouraging the lines they just make it worse. I'm okay if I don't get a PS3, but at least don't make me wait 20 hours in line to find out I'm NOT getting one.
So that's the thing, the police and Circuit City aren't going to do anything because a guy goes in at opening time because he needs some printer paper before work. And if while he's paying for it or looking for it, he asks, "Oh, that PS3 came out today, can I buy one now that I'm here"
In that case it's up to the clark to decide what "first come first serve" means. If I were the clerk, I'd get the guy's system and say

you to the line waiters.