Read these two anecdotes. What if they were combined together? I mean, what if the thugs were robbing people so that they could afford to EASILY (though expensively) buy a Playstation on eBay? There are a LOT more Playstation 3-coveting teenagers than there are rich teenagers. The thugs could be just "more clever" than the idiots who decided to wait in line for hours. They didn't want to wait in line, but couldn't afford $3,000. So what did they do? Robbed the people in line.

 

What if they bought their Playstation 3 from James Salterio (eBay auction)? Wouldn't that be ironic? "Capitalism at work" he says -- and for all he knows, he caused a robbery for the kid to get the money to buy his playstation.

 

James Salterio, 27, explained the reason for his two-day camp-out outside a Houston, Texas, Target store: Greed.

"I'm gonna sell mine," Salterio said, figuring he could make $1,500 to $4,000. His 21-year-old brother, a gamer, wanted company in line, so Salterio decided to make a profit in the process.

"It's capitalism at work," he said.

In Connecticut, two armed thugs who got wise to the PS3's high price and tried to rob a line of people waiting outside a Putnam Wal-Mart store at 3 a.m. One person who refused to give up the money was shot, state police said.