So today I hear on the news that the Xboxes, which retail for $299, are now going for well over $1000 on Ebay. This forces me to adjust some of the comments I made yesterday. I retract any criticsm toward the students who waited in line for the Xbox to make an $800+ return on their investment. There aren’t a lot of college kids who can make that kind of scratch in one day unless they’re peddling drugs or swinging from a pole.

Now I have to figure out who’s dumber: the people who braved the elements for two days to buy a $299 Xbox or the people who didn’t wait but are now paying $1000+ for an item that will be restocked in mid December. Tough one. Kid turning down the opportunity for a 4-500% profit or buyer paying a 4-500% markup.

I can’t decide. But I wouldn’t be opposed to a fight-to-the-death between the groups to determine who’s the lesser moron. Either way, society wins.