It's amazing what people have in their closets....
Once I was looking all over town for a Nintendo (NES) I called over 12 local places and they were all out of stock. I bought one on half.com... the guy never responded to me, so I cancelled it. I got despondent...
Drove by a video game store that I had seen a bunch of times, they only carried imports... looked them up in the phone book. Not in it. Called information and they had the number. I called em up and asked if they had one. They told me the didn't have any to sell. Then after I said thanks they said, "but I have my own personal one you can have" I asked how much, figuing about $100-$200 or some other crazy amount. The lady said "No, you can HAVE it". I drove to the place, she had left it behind the counter for me, and the employees gave it to me. Brand new in box. I figured the lady just worked there... they told me it was the owners personal Nintendo, and she had only used it once. Weird. I mean, she could have sold it, but gave it away. Just weird. Oh well, all the better for me.