Pre-Ordering the Wii U: My First Adventure in the Walmart Layaway System

October 31, 2012

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This may be a bit long but, please bear with me. I'm working through quite a bit of gamer grief and there are several stages I need to complete.

I've recently sacrificed a bit of my soul and a lot of my pride to simultaneously do three things I said I'd never do: A) pre-order a game console B) at Walmart C) using layaway.

Stage 1: Denial

I was suckered in. Throughout the past 40 years I had successfully avoided an olde tyme economic phenomena I thought was only typical of people

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