The next chapter in my now comical quest to find a PlayStation 5 for my son...
Having now been shutout online and in person over and over, I’ve incrementally upped my game.
Followed a bunch of accounts that track restocks. Set alerts to get txts whenever they tweet.
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Having now been shutout online and in person over and over, I’ve incrementally upped my game.
Followed a bunch of accounts that track restocks. Set alerts to get txts whenever they tweet.
1/
Also set up online shopping accounts at major resellers preconfigured for fast check out.
Downloaded all their apps.
And then I found an app that tracks actual store inventories. Not what their website says they have in inventory; what they actually have in the back room.
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Downloaded all their apps.
And then I found an app that tracks actual store inventories. Not what their website says they have in inventory; what they actually have in the back room.
2/
I am now at CIA-level PS5 surveillance.
If a unit hits a shelf within the atomic blast radius of New York City, I know in minutes.
3/
If a unit hits a shelf within the atomic blast radius of New York City, I know in minutes.
3/
Turns out Target stores got a trickle of units shipped in this week but they weren’t up for sale yet.
Hit up one of the stores. Get a confirm my info is correct. They’ve got 10 units in the back. Might go up for sale at midnight.
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Hit up one of the stores. Get a confirm my info is correct. They’ve got 10 units in the back. Might go up for sale at midnight.
4/
So I stay up until 3:30 last night, hitting refresh and making sure no inventory went live at midnight east coast or west coast time.
Nothing.
Stores opened at 7 am, so I set the alarm for 6:50 in case they post the units for sale when stores open.
5/
Nothing.
Stores opened at 7 am, so I set the alarm for 6:50 in case they post the units for sale when stores open.
5/
Alarm goes off at 6:50. I reach over and check the backend inventory app.
The units...
They’re gone.
Every single one. And not just at the one store. At every store in a 50-mile radius that had them. 30 stores.
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The units...
They’re gone.
Every single one. And not just at the one store. At every store in a 50-mile radius that had them. 30 stores.
6/
I woke up at 6:50.
They went on sale around 6:45 - and sold out in a couple minutes.
I may cry. I’ve been waiting for these like a transplant patient watching for a helicopter.
7/
They went on sale around 6:45 - and sold out in a couple minutes.
I may cry. I’ve been waiting for these like a transplant patient watching for a helicopter.
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The only consolation is that I am earning major dad points in my tireless (and thus far, failed) quest to find one.
After I hit up Walmart at 3:30 am on Black Friday to no avail, my son made me french toast.
So I have that going for me. Which is nice.
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After I hit up Walmart at 3:30 am on Black Friday to no avail, my son made me french toast.
So I have that going for me. Which is nice.
8/
Nonetheless, my morning is filled with sadness.
You did this, @Target.
I don’t even care if you offer an array of other quality merchandise at affordable everyday prices.
You have hurt me. Very early in the morning. During the holidays. You are monsters.
Back to square one.
You did this, @Target.
I don’t even care if you offer an array of other quality merchandise at affordable everyday prices.
You have hurt me. Very early in the morning. During the holidays. You are monsters.
Back to square one.
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