Wow to the Wii Fit
On a very unusual purchasing whim, my girlfriend decided to get the new Wii Fit. Now, for those of you who don’t know what this is, it is a game for the nintendo wii which contains many mini games revolving around your balance. It comes with this impressive ‘balance board’ that senses your movements and balance which is then used to score you on the games/exercises. It’s pretty high tech shit.
Anyhoo, I found myself actually sweating while playing this game. What a fucking great idea from nintendo to turn gaming into something that is actually beneficial to the gamer. The yoga exercises are a lot tougher than they look and the strength exercises are ridiculously hard. There are, of course, a lot of fun ones in wii fit like a soccer mini game where you hafta headbutt thesoccer balls being thrown at you; it’s funny cause you lose points when you get hit with shoes and panda heads which they throw at you, too.
Very very fun game and another revolution by nintendo. I really recommend the wii fit; just make sure you’re wearing stretchable material as playing this game in blue jeans is impossible.
Boxing Day Scam
For those of you who don’t know, Boxing Day is
It’s a well known fact that consumers go nuts for almost an entire month before Christmas; spending ridiculous amounts of money on regular priced products to give as gifts to their loved ones. Then, once Christmas is over and all the gifts are bought, the retailers put everything on sale on Boxing Day. It’s just a fucking money grab. And we, as consumers, eat this shit up thinking that we’re getting an awesome deal.
Well we’re not, people. The retailers are just using Boxing Day as an excuse to sell off the inventory that wasn’t sold during the Christmas rush. And we fall for it hook, line, and sinker every goddamn year. The only real way to beat this scam is to buy gift certificates as Christmas gifts for everybody. That way the 50 bucks you spent on the certificate can buy them a lot more on Boxing Week than it would have if you spent it before Christmas. Just be careful as some places won’t accept Gift Cards on special occasions or sale items, AKA Boxing Day. Fucking scammers.
$157 for a $150 gift card
Plus $4.42 for shipping. Here is the auction at ebay. I have also taken a screenshot which can be found here. Am I reading this right? Is there something special about this card that you would feel it necessary to bid more that it’s actual value? Is there some kind of hidden value or does it come with a free gift? Maybe a celebrity of your choice delivers it to your door?
Okay, that last one is a bit far fetched, but c’mon. What compels somebody to bid that high? That’s like going to the store and offering full price on something that’s on sale. Plus $4.42 for shipping. Are these bidders idiots. Or is it just me?
Sad thing is, you can go to the walmart website and purchase a $150 gift card for, get this, $150. And only $1.88 for shipping. Imagine that.
Wow. Maybe I’ll go to walmart tonight and buy a bunch of $10 gift cards and sell them on ebay for $12 a piece. Plus $4.42 shipping. What do you guys think?