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Black Friday Madness: Woman Pepper Sprays Shoppers to Grab an Xbox 360. Really?

Hazel Chua — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:23:52 +0000

Things can get crazy when you’re shopping for stuff on Black Friday. Sites crash, people wrestle each other for spots at the register, and some even think that it’s okay to pepper spray other shoppers to get ahead of the queue. Yes, you read that right: pepper spray.

An unidentified woman wanted to get her hands on a discounted Xbox 360 so much, that she decided to dowse other shoppers in her way with pepper spray. Alejandra Seminario, another shopper who happened to witness the entire thing, said: “People started screaming, pulling and pushing each other, and then the whole area filled up with pepper spray. After we paid, we saw five that were in really bad shape. They had been sprayed in the face, it looked like, and they had swelling of the face, really extreme swelling of face, redness, coughing.”

The pepper spray dispersed through the air, causing minor discomfort and itching to the other shoppers who weren’t directly caught in the face by the deranged woman. The crazy thing is, she was able to pay for her purchases and leave the store before the police arrived.

The pepper-spraying shopper was described to be Hispanic in between 32 to 38 years of age. She was described as standing at 5-foot-3 and weighing 140 pounds. She was said to have been wearing black pants and a black sweater during the incident.

For the sake of many, I hope she eventually gets caught! Shame on you, you pepper-spraying shopper!

[via CNN via Dvice]

Get a Blue Wii Before Black Friday

Conner Flynn — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:34:54 +0000

Have you been dreaming of adding a powder blue Wii to your gaming arsenal? If so, you are in luck Nintendo fans. Walmart is bringing the new limited-edition blue Wii to the US this Thursday, and you’ll be able to get one for the low price of just $99.96 (USD).

For that price you get the console, a matching Wii Remote Plus and a Nunchuk. These powder blue versions were previously only available in other parts of the world, but now we get our chance to buy them. They will start selling at 10:00PM on November 24th, which of course, is Turkey day. So you can go ahead and stuff yourself, undo your belt and make the drive to Walmart while fighting that post-turkey lethargy.

If you want one, you better line up early, because they will sell out fast.

[via Engadget]

Will Wal-Mart End the HD Format Wars?

Technabob — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:40:05 +0000

According to a recent post over on AVS Forum, Wal-Mart is reportedly working with Taiwanese manufacturer Fuh Yuan to crank out HD DVD players for a wholesale cost of just $50 per unit, based on an initial commitment of 2 million players. For those of you who flunked math, that’s a $100 million dollar bet that Wal-Mart is making on the HD DVD format.

If this really comes to fruition, the retail giant could be the one to make the difference in the high-definition format wars. With their purchasing muscle, cranking out millions of players that cost this little could retail in the $100 to $200 range, which could be a huge blow to the Blu-ray camp.

[via Gadgetell]