1/7     Looks like the Best Buy thing was real. I hope you got in on it
        if you wanted to:
        http://www.latimes.com/business/updates/lat_rebate000107.htm --dim
        \_ It seems to me that taking advantage of this loophole is
           unethical.  I guess it is a moot point by now, though.
                \- why is it unethical? do you think it is unethical
                for companies to bite you on the ass because you didnt
                read all 12 pages of fine print when you buy some minor
                item? is it unethical becaues it will hurt msft? --psb
                \_ I didn't go for it because I figured MS would find some way
                   to screw me on it.  Ethics be damned.
           \_  Right because an add which declares $500 PIII and fine
               prints (well, except it is really $1100 -200 in rebates and
               $400 that you have to pay back to MS for a crappy service
               you don't want, is SO ethical.
           \_ It's unethical in general, but hey, this time it's Micro$oft!
              I feel bad that I didn't take advantage of Gates.
        \_ "At the Best Buy in West Los Angeles, the result was four-hour
           waits with hundreds of people in lines snaking through several
           aisles."  I don't feel like I missed out on anything, thanks.
        \_ Not if four hour wait is involved.
        \_ My friend went to the Milpitas one and said the inventory
           was all but cleaned out. Two hour waits.
           \_ A two hour wait to get nothing?  How lucky can you get?
              \_ The 3L!73 did it before all the LU23r5 found out.
        \_ Bill G bought me a Rio 500 w/32MB flash card. Total Cost: 400.50
           Cost to Me: .50 Chump Change.
           \_ You're going to Hell upon death.
              \_ Plus the one month of MSN.