I have been wanting to get a tablet for a while and waited until Christmas to get one. I didn't get the tablet for Christmas, but my parents gave me money to buy one whenever I wanted. I went to Newegg.com looking for one, and I decided to get a Graphire4 6"x8" tablet. I was really wanting the Intuos3 series since it had more features, but the 6"x8" Intuos3 cost about $100 more, so I decided to compromise and get the Graphire4 instead.

Newegg.com was out of stock of Graphire4 6"x8"s, so I decided to wait. I put myself on the Notify list and waited for the e-mail. I finally got the in-stock notification e-mail, but it went out of stock before the following morning. I kept waiting and waiting for the next e-mail, but it never came.

My father and my mother went on a drive south to Arkansas, and they stopped at a computer repair/retail shop because we have a broken laptop, and they wanted to ask about it. While they were there, my mother has the idea that they just might have the tablet there that I wanted. She has my father ask the owner, and they had exactly the same model that I wanted... Intuos3 6"x8".

Some guy called the store owner and asked him to order online the tablet, but he took it back because "it wasn't the one he wanted"...

The owner gave the tablet the asking price of $225, but my father had him settle for $200 a few days later...

So now I have a tablet ! I'll start submitting artwork soon.