Small SNAFU

Well, 2 weeks ago I made a deal to trade my Guitar Hero +accessories for an XBox 360 with 2 controllers. A nice deal, I thought. It's still in the realm of video games, but a system is better than a game. The stipulation was that the other guy had to give me a working XBox. He agreed and sent the thing to the manufacterer for repairs.

So why the SNAFU?

Well, I just got some bad-ish news.

A friend told me that he sent out his XBox for a similar repair and it took 3 months to get it back. A different friend also said the same thing happened to him but when he got his back in 3 months, it still wasn't working.

Grrr.

I generally try to be positive about things, so when I first made the deal I decided I could spend the time making a blog about this. (tada)

Then when I was caught up on the blog, I got to work looking for trades for the XBox. I've already found a few decent offers, and I'll admit that it was nice knowing I didn't have to commit to any of them until my XBox was actually in hand. But now it looks like I'll be waiting a while, and that's frustrating. Maybe I'll get lucky and it won't take 3 months. Maybe I'll get lucky and find an amazing trade while I wait.

But neither of those things are likely. So for now I'm just updating my trading SNAFU. Tip to would-be paperclip traders: don't agree to a trade unless the object is in hand and in the condition you want it.

Estimated months to date of XBox arrival: 3 (April 15th, tax day).
Projected trades I could have made in that time: Five to Ten.
Lesson Learned about the value of time wasted: Priceless.