Man tries to steal PS3, gets Xbox 360 instead

by Kevin Kelly { May 4th 2007 at 5:23PM }

Apparently a criminal in the UK walked into a Blockbuster store and demanded a PlayStation 3 at gunpoint (they sell consoles there?!) and upon being told they didn't have any, he asked for an Xbox 360 instead. He ended up walking out with that, a few games, and some cash from the register.

What cracks us up is what must have been running through the guy's head when he heard "Sorry sir, we're out of those." He had to be thinking he couldn't just leave empty-handed. What if they'd been out of 360s, too? Would he have asked for 200 copies of The Secret?

Maybe Blockbuster should have asked him if he wanted to order his console of choice with a downpayment. After all, he had the cash.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Tags: Blockbuster, Robbery

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zertoss @ May 4th 2007 5:34PM

"(they sell consoles there?!)"

No, but they rent them out.

Buckshot @ May 4th 2007 5:40PM

Nice, a "stop Thief" flashback. I seem to remember that being fun. Dark tower was another great electonic/board game back in the day. Wasted a lot of my youth with Milton Bradley, Coleco, and Mattel.

Richard Vialoux @ May 4th 2007 6:45PM

I bought both an Xbox and a PSP at a Blockbuster in my city (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Pretty much every location is capable of selling them and sometimes have a few in stock, but we have some Blockbusters that are called 'Game Rush' locations and they are fully stocked.

brian @ May 4th 2007 5:56PM

I even live in the uk and never know Blockbusters let you RENT video consoles

Poisoned Al @ May 4th 2007 5:52PM

@Zertoss the Blockbuster in my town in the centre of nowhere sells consoles. He would have had better luck there. They have a huge pile of PS3s to take away.

Still no Wiis tho.

sockatume @ May 4th 2007 5:53PM

Blockbuster do sell consoles and games in the UK. They acquired retain chain Gamestation (or was it CEX?) back in the day and set up a sort of in-store games annex. Those eventually merged into the stores proper.

scott @ May 4th 2007 6:10PM

Oh SNAP! Best pic ever.

/nostalgia

Moocow @ May 4th 2007 5:57PM

I think you're missing what's important.

Someplace was sold out of PS3s. *golf clap*

Ihya @ May 4th 2007 5:59PM

Wow crime really doesn't pay.

Slaziman @ May 4th 2007 6:03PM

I wonder what he is going to do when it bricks, hahaha

I'm betting he would've gotten multiple copies of 300.

Kye @ May 4th 2007 6:15PM

It's Gamestation (recently bought by 'Game') that operates out of BlockBuster.

It seems like Joystiq staff don't read Joystiq :p

Kidding.

john @ May 4th 2007 6:12PM

Wow guess Joystiq journalistreally are stupid. Yes Gamerush Blockbusters have systems. One near my house has like 5 and they are even selling them at 580