When the Nintendo Wii came out around Thanksgiving and was in very high demand with very little supply, I remember the long lines at both local Best Buy stores starting even before Thanksgiving because each store got a small shipment in that was going to be available for purchase on Black Friday.
A friend of mine and his wife got in line at one Best Buy on Wednesday and they had other family members get in line at the other store around the same time. It was very cold and rained most of the time They were after two Wii's for their kids and ended up only getting one after all of that.
Then a few days later I was walking through Target just picking up a couple of general items and as I walked by the gaming section I saw a few people standing around and noticed an employee putting a small number of Wiis on the shelf. I walked up after the crowd got theirs and said, "I'll take a couple of those". He handed me two of them, I checked out and called my friend to tell him I got him another one for him. They were stunned how easily I got two of them after everything they went through. I jokingly told him I would sell him one for $500 (double the price) and he was about to pay me when I let him know I was just kidding.
The really funny thing though is that I was going to give my nephew the other one for Christmas but I found out his parents already got him one and since I didn't want it, I took it back to Target for a refund. The workers there were in shock that I was returning a Wii. They first said, "You know you can sell this on Ebay for a lot more?" and then when I told them I knew but just wanted to return it they started thinking I did something to it even though it was still sealed. They proceeded to open it, pull out every piece and even hook it up to make sure it worked.
While this was going on, other people were in line talking behind me saying, "Is he really returning a Nintendo Wii?" and "We should buy it from him". Even a couple of the employees asked the senior employee if they could buy it after its returned.
Once she credited my card and I was about to walk away, I said, "Good luck!" and laughed and she gave me a look and said, "Yeah ... thanks." because she knew what was about to happen with everyone wanting it.