I didn’t get an Xbox 360 today, no, and sincerely wish the following two miscreants hadn’t received one either. in-forum.com:

The boy was attacked by two males around 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, when stores nationwide began selling the new Xbox system. The attackers took the game valued at about $450 and fled on foot.

Bet these jackasses will turn and burn this machine on eBay, perhaps even using it for drug money. There are some truly bad people in the world. I hope the cops catch these thieves and the judge gives them each 360 hours of community service picking up garbage in freezing weather.

Whatever punishment they receive, if they are caught, won’t be enough. Thugs.

Update 11/23/05 4:10am PST: A man in Stafford, Virginia in the wee hours of the morning held up a manager at an Electronics Botique store, ordering at gunpoint to pony up two Xbox 360 units with the hard drive (the core system isn’t getting much love). Nobody was hurt, and this thief was nabbed by the cops shortly after leaving the store.

11/23/05 1:32pm PST: In Robert Scoble’s comment area he writes:

By the way, that employee was Jeremy Anderson. I just got the whole story. He donated his personal Xbox that he waited in line for. He doesn’t work on the Xbox team. And, to top it off, a bunch of other employees kicked in $625 in the kid’s name that’s being donated to http://www.childsplaycharity.org (which will be matched for $1250.

The kid that was mugged will get a Premium System, an extra wireless controller, play and charge kit, Kameo game, PGR3 game, and a $200 GameStop Gift Card. All due to Jeremy Anderson and a few other employees who kicked in some stuff.

Very cool!

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