A different kind of part-time job over winter break

So I need to make some sort of money over break. I have about a month. My summer part-time gig said they have no work available for me, which stinks. I might get a job working with my Dad’s employer, but I’d rather do something else to be honest. Then, I had a stroke of genius… or greed, depending on how you look at it.

The Wii is as hard to find this year as it was last. Last year was fun- I got one. My Dad and I slept out at target, where we were about 5th in line (we got in line as the store was closing), out of which turned out to be well over 100 people. When morning came, they handed out tickets which, when the store opened, would be good for the purchase of one (1) Wii. I didn’t need two, and since my Dad had a ticket already, we had an extra. A guy comes up to me as we are walking back to the warm car and offers me $300 cold hard cash for it. (It might have been more- can’t remember exactly.)

Here’s the thing: this weekend, all the major retailers will have the Wii in stock come Sunday morning. Christmas is just over a week away. Do I do it again? I figured out I could bring my little brother and maybe some of his friends, pay them $50 each or something, and keep the rest of the change? I know that by being first in line, then selling it to people who “only” got up and got in line at 4am might be a bit immoral, but I mean, it’d be like sitting in line for someone… and hey, I could do that to. Just find someone in line, say I’ll sit all night (in the rain, for that matter) and get them a ticket to buy a Wii might not be a bad deal, and wouldn’t be as bad. Hmm…