I guess I shouldn't admit this, but I waltzed right into both of my M61s.
I'd wanted one, and signed up for the email notification. But rather than send the notification to my regular email account, I sent it to my phone's SMS address.
Back in mid February, I was sitting in an airport, when my phone dinged, telling me that the M61 was in stock again. Fired up the laptop, bada bing, one M61 on the way. Total time invested, less than 10 minutes.
Got it, liked it so much, I decided I wanted another. Once again, signed up for the notification to my phone, and went on my merry way.
This evening, I was walking to the fridge for a beer, and ding! Opened my beer, opened my laptop, added the M61 to my cart, dithered for about 10 minutes on if I should get another M60LL as long as I was there, decided not to, and mere moments later, the other M61 was secured.
Better living through efficient use of technology.
I certainly understand scarcity of high demand items, and how frustrating it can be. I've been involved in enough of those kinds of situations, and haven't always been as fortunate as I have been here.
But in the end, it's just stuff and you can't take it too seriously.
And as for the CPFer who bought 10, if he bought 10 to use, more power to him. If he bought 10 to resell at a profit, I figure that's his prerogative in a free market, just as it is mine to refuse to deal with him due to my personal distaste for such tactics.
About five minutes elapsed between me getting the e-mail on my crackberry, disengaging myself from a conversation and running to my computer, and danged if they weren't already out of stock. Mebbe I was just at the end of a really, really long notification list. Signed up again, of course. I suppose I have enough flashlights and beer to survive until the next lot comes out.
