I've always said I'd wait until a significant price drop or a game I really wanted to play came on the PS3 beforeI got one. When Tekken Online released I was pretty close to buying one. But common sense kicked back in and I realized I didn't need a $600 Tekken machine.

3 weeks ago came an opportunity too good to pass up

The Gamestop I work part-time at just out of the blue received a refurbished 20 PS3. When I came in one day to see how things were going in the store, the manager told me about it. She let me look at it and not only was it in PERFECt condition, but it was packaged with a BRAND NEW (I mean STILL PACKAGED) SONY SIXAXIS controller.

Wait, it gets better.

She showed me a email telling me about "employee appreciation weekend" where Gamestop employees get 25% off anything in the store.

I'm still an employee, even though I worked a whopping 1 day a week and I haven't been scheduled for over 2 months because of my pregnancy.

After doing some quick caculations in my head I told here to hold it for me until the end of November

This is what my receipt looks like (edited to protect the inoocent).

That's right, after trading in my PS2 and some games I don't play anymore:
PS2 = $25 + (extra $30 trade-in credit coupon) = $55
Games + (extra 50% store credit coupon + extra 10% Edge card) = $96

Long story short, for my 20GB PS3 w/brand new Sixaxis controller, I paid $150.67

So withoutfurther adu, for you doubters out there, my brand new PS3.

My still-working-perfectly launch 360