Stolen Goods
Bought Xbox+kinect from some guy for $180 for a Christmas gift. He said he couldn’t go lower because he had bills to pay and gifts to buy for his family. He wanted to meet at a truck stop halfway between where both of us lived. It seemed a little sketchy, but then again I didn’t want to drive out another 20 miles. I was expecting some guy in his 40s in a minivan or something, so I sat there waiting for someone who matched the description.
Now, it was about 9:30 pm at the time and not many other people were at the truck stop except for me and some banged-up 70s Cadillac. I go up to the guy inside and ask if he’s there for a Craigslist deal, and he says he is. It’s a guy in his mid 20s smoking a cigarette with another guy in his 20s, also smoking a cigarette. We quickly make the transaction. The Xbox is in awesome shape, still in the box and original cellophane.
I’m thinking this is a one of a kind deal for $180, and start walking back to my car, when I see four or five identical Xboxes in the backseat of his car. Driving home, all I could think of was “fresh off the truck.”