Santa is NOT a millionaire!!

Cori and I were discussing the Xbox 360 phenomenon, people camped out last night to buy it when it was released, planning on reselling them on Ebay. At first this seemed absurd, could one really make THAT much profit one these things? Well, apparently you can, they are selling on eBay for up to $2,000. Even if you bought it for $800, you'd make a pretty penny.
On the flip side of that, who spends that kind of money on a Christmas gift? You could wait 3 months and get it for retail price, but people are actually willing to spend thousands to get it now. There is something really wrong with that. I'm all for making your kids happy for Christmas, but even Santa has his limits. Can we say "spoiled"?? There are people starving in this world, and Americans throw away money like it's nothing just to satisfy their need for instant gratification.
For the record, I think Microsoft is a shitty company for doing this. They were supposed to release twice as many systems, and were conveniently short come today. Can we say "marketing ploy"?