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thisisarcadia
Aug 26, 2008, 10:55 PM
An apple store is about to open in my city and i have heard from previous openings that apple is known to give out T-shirts, imacs, macbooks, ipods and more! Is this true or is it worth me waiting in line all night just to have a chance for a free piece of sweet apple hardware?! sorry i know this has nothing to do with the iPhone but i was just wondering!


geekmommy4
Aug 26, 2008, 11:01 PM
When our store opened about a month ago they only gave out t-shirts.
SFStateStudent
Aug 26, 2008, 11:05 PM
Yep, Emeryville, CA and San Francisco, CA, Apple Stores opened with T-shirts, and that's about it. Sorry, No free anything else...:(
juanster
Aug 26, 2008, 11:17 PM
yeah i ve never heard of anything about giving free stuff other than t-shirts and sometimes free songs in itunes (gift cards) never any hardware
QuarterSwede
Aug 26, 2008, 11:26 PM
Do you have to buy anything to get the free shirts/giftcards or just show up to check it out? The Apple store near me is opening at the end of september (or so I hear).
SFStateStudent
Aug 26, 2008, 11:26 PM
Just suit up and show up...:D
mcdj
Aug 26, 2008, 11:41 PM
They gave away a Macbook every hour for 24 hours when the 5th Ave. store opened in NYC a coupla years ago.

By contrast, I happened to be at the store opening in Peoria, IL in May. It was just me and the manager, Tony. Not a big Apple town I guess. He gave me half of his Snickers.
Cynicalone
Aug 27, 2008, 12:15 AM
Here in Okie land it was T-Shirt's. And it wasn't nearly as crowded as it is when a new Walmart open's. :D

Yes I know... red state with right wing nut job's. Very scary for me... :D
SFStateStudent
Aug 27, 2008, 12:22 AM
My family is from Oklahoma and they swear that their WalMart has everything...LOL :p
iGuardian
Aug 27, 2008, 12:27 AM
When they opened the Apple Store in Vancouver, Canada, there were only T-Shirts. I'd go anyways though, it's a good experience.
gibbz
Aug 27, 2008, 12:30 AM
Here in Okie land it was T-Shirt's. And it wasn't nearly as crowded as it is when a new Walmart open's. :D

Yes I know... red state with right wing nut job's. Very scary for me... :D

My family is from Oklahoma and they swear that their WalMart has everything...LOL :p

I live in Norman, born and raised in Oklahoma, and Wal-Mart has to be the single worst experience one can have. So crowded, and if I have to deal with one more retard who can't handle the self-checkout line (you know what I mean, the ones who take a year to find the darn barcode) one more time, I might go postal. :)

As far as right-wing nuts, (I myself am an independent) I think it is funny that our Governor is a Democrat, yet OK has not voted Democratic in a Presidential election since LBJ. The reality is that OK democrats are really more toward the center than they admit. The state is pretty socially conservative across the board.
daihard
Aug 27, 2008, 12:54 AM
By contrast, I happened to be at the store opening in Peoria, IL in May. It was just me and the manager, Tony. Not a big Apple town I guess. He gave me half of his Snickers.

LOL. Hey, better than nothing. :D
Cynicalone
Aug 27, 2008, 12:56 AM
I live in Norman, born and raised in Oklahoma, and Wal-Mart has to be the single worst experience one can have. So crowded, and if I have to deal with one more retard who can't handle the self-checkout line (you know what I mean, the ones who take a year to find the darn barcode) one more time, I might go postal. :)

As far as right-wing nuts, (I myself am an independent) I think it is funny that our Governor is a Democrat, yet OK has not voted Democratic in a Presidential election since LBJ. The reality is that OK democrats are really more toward the center than they admit. The state is pretty socially conservative across the board.

I only go to the Neighborhood Market version of Walmart. Self-checkout should be used as a sort of darwin test. Is it really that hard to scan ********* item's? Really? WTF?

I'll be voting for Obama, but I doubt he'll break the Republican streak in Okie land. After all he doesn't have the lottery to help him. *sigh*
Jiddick ExRex
Aug 27, 2008, 12:58 AM
They gave away a Macbook every hour for 24 hours when the 5th Ave. store opened in NYC a coupla years ago.

By contrast, I happened to be at the store opening in Peoria, IL in May. It was just me and the manager, Tony. Not a big Apple town I guess. He gave me half of his Snickers.

scoooooooooore!!
Interstella5555
Aug 27, 2008, 11:24 AM
An apple store is about to open in my city and i have heard from previous openings that apple is known to give out T-shirts, imacs, macbooks, ipods and more! Is this true or is it worth me waiting in line all night just to have a chance for a free piece of sweet apple hardware?! sorry i know this has nothing to do with the iPhone but i was just wondering!


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JML42691
Aug 27, 2008, 11:28 AM
Most likely not, that is only with their big retail stores opening (5th Ave, and the other most recent NYC opening). I don't even think that the Boylston Street Apple Store in Boston gave anything away other than free T-Shirts, and that is the biggest Apple Store in the U.S.
realhunter36
Aug 27, 2008, 07:35 PM
if u really need a T-shirt.. cuz they're not giving out more than T-shirt.
TEG
Aug 27, 2008, 07:53 PM
Only Flagship stores have giveaways. SoHo, SFO, 5th Ave, Michigan Ave.

I suspect that when they do finally open an Apple Store in Downtown Seattle, that they will have giveaways.

TEG
SDLSteve
Aug 27, 2008, 08:04 PM
They gave out only t-shirts in Jax two years ago.
weeman
Aug 27, 2008, 08:37 PM
He gave me half of his Snickers.

Mmmm...Snickers.
weeman
Aug 27, 2008, 08:39 PM
Is this true or is it worth me waiting in line all night just to have a chance for a free piece of sweet apple hardware?!

If I was 100% certain that a grand opening of an apple store was going to give out some hardware, I would be there in a heartbeat
stanfordtechman
Aug 28, 2008, 01:23 PM
They gave away a Macbook every hour for 24 hours when the 5th Ave. store opened in NYC a coupla years ago.

By contrast, I happened to be at the store opening in Peoria, IL in May. It was just me and the manager, Tony. Not a big Apple town I guess. He gave me half of his Snickers.

half of snickers... lol..
stanfordtechman
Aug 28, 2008, 01:28 PM
They gave away a Macbook every hour for 24 hours when the 5th Ave. store opened in NYC a coupla years ago.

By contrast, I happened to be at the store opening in Peoria, IL in May. It was just me and the manager, Tony. Not a big Apple town I guess. He gave me half of his Snickers.

half of snickers... lol..