Show Me the Elmo

Remember the scene early on in the movie Jerry Maguire where Tom Cruise & Jay Mohr are competing against each other on their phones to retain clients?  Remember how Tom Cruise ends up losing and is left shouting into the phone, "Show Me the Money!" 

Here's the scene:  I had an inside-tip that TMX Elmo's were going up for sale at 1pm today.  When you turn around and sell said Elmo on eBay (especially as a church planter), one's profit margin may rise.  We would log on to make a run for an Elmo on 2 computers simultaneously:  Amber on my PowerBook G4, me on the old-school Sony Vaio (note the subtle sub-plot of Mac vs. PC).

1 pm came.  Amber encountered frustrating delays due to thousands of shoppers slamming the website at the same moment. 

But Jonathan prevailed.  1 TMX Elmo was officially ordered within 15 minutes. 

But wait, what's this?  Jon is able to navigate through the page refreshments quickly enough to lock in a 2nd Elmo?!  Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. 

After our 2 Elmo's arrive, we'll throw them up on eBay.  I'll share the link love here. 

Comments

[Andrea]

tricky tricky

[Danny]

i would never insult another man's wife, but amber hand the mac and still got schooled...how'd that happen?

[Jonathan]

Good question, Danny.

I guess I'm just super-fly with the keyboard. Yes my friend, I got skillz.

Or the Mac knows Amber hates it.

[The Chaz Man]

PC:2 Mac:0

hmm that strikes me as a trend...

[Erik]

I saw a Playstation 3 go on ebay for $30,000 - I'm kicking myself for not trying to get in on that action ;)