Mystery package from -- Apple?

[hydrokayak]

I recently purchased and received my custom Macbook from Apple. It's amazing. Soon after the package arrived, another package arrived -- it was my AppleCare package -- as expected.

This afternoon my mother notified me of another package -- from an unknown source -- which nobody was home to sign for. The driver left a tag, with a tracking number. I checked the tracking number to find another package from Shanghai, CN. It apparently sent some great deal of time in CN before making it across the pond to the Int'l shipment release and then to my local delivery location.

It should arrive tomorrow. What should I expect? I didn't order anyting from Apple -- even though I really want to order an iMac...

Has this happened to anyone before?

[orpheus1120]

Internet bride from China? :p

[hydrokayak]

Internet bride from China? :p

I have no need -- and I'm 20. I want to have a life for at least a few more years...

[tip]

My iPod Touch was shipped from Shanghai. Since you have your MB already, I have no idea what it is.

[hydrokayak]

My iPod Touch was shipped from Shanghai. Since you have your MB already, I have no idea what it is.

I know -- I'm stumped. Maybe it's a present!!!

Whatever it is, it spent a while in Shanghai...

[Tallest Skil]

Oh, that would be an 8800 GT card. You see, you get one free with the purchase of each MacBook, and are obviously entitled to get it before any of the Mac Pro users.:rolleyes:

Huh. Check your credit card history; you might have accidentally bought a Cinema Display or some other high-priced thing. Keep us posted, and if it's an Apple product, KEEP IT!

[Eric Lewis]

Oh, that would be an 8800 GT card. You see, you get one free with the purchase of each MacBook, and are obviously entitled to get it before any of the Mac Pro users.:rolleyes:

Huh. Check your credit card history; you might have accidentally bought a Cinema Display or some other high-priced thing. Keep us posted, and if it's an Apple product, KEEP IT!

yes acidentally purchased

maybe its steve jobs in a box coming to ur house?

[hydrokayak]

Oh, that would be an 8800 GT card. You see, you get one free with the purchase of each MacBook, and are obviously entitled to get it before any of the Mac Pro users.:rolleyes:

Huh. Check your credit card history; you might have accidentally bought a Cinema Display or some other high-priced thing. Keep us posted, and if it's an Apple product, KEEP IT!

I checked the history -- nothing purchased on the card.

Let's hope it's something nice...

[Tallest Skil]

His Jobsness in a box coming to your house?

Totally NOT my greatest dream ever. Yeah. I'm not that much of an über-geek... heh... :o

*pries open box, Steve rolls out* "Woah... hey, Ian. Lemme see your Apple ][e..."

[Dan0903]

i can personally guarantee you its steve jobs in a box, with information about the MBP update:D











this may or may not be true

[hydrokayak]

Totally NOT my greatest dream ever. Yeah. I'm not that much of an über-geek... heh... :o

*pries open box, Steve rolls out* "Woah... hey, Ian. Lemme see your Apple ][e..."

I'm at college -- and this box is getting delivered at home. Wouldn't mom be surprised?!?

[bc008]

did you happen to get a mini dvi adapter?
this sounds interesting

[hydrokayak]

did you happen to get a mini dvi adapter?
this sounds interesting

I did -- and I'm using it.

[davidwarren]

it's probably a big ol' box of bird flu.

[hydrokayak]

it's probably a big ol' box of bird flu.

That's what I've ALWAYS wanted!!!!!!!

[Tallest Skil]

it's probably a big ol' box of bird flu.

I will now partially alter my fantasy:

*pries open box, Steve rolls out* "Woah..."*HACK SPUTTER* "Hey there, Ia--" COUGH WHEEZE* "Don't know what those frigtards did over there... This is totally harshing my zen..."

[hydrokayak]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.

hmmmm....?

Why the heck is Steve Jobs sending me these? Must be a new promotion???

[Osarkon]

Thief-in-a-box.

It's a new crime wave. They pack themselves into boxes going to the same place as the stuff they want to steal, get let into the house as a package so it's not breaking and entering, grab the item, and walk out the front door.

Make sure that you mark it as 'not checked' incase you need to return him or her. ;)

[Tallest Skil]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.

hmmmm....?

Why the heck is Steve Jobs sending me these? Must be a new promotion???

Was this a joke? If not, your mom's been giving herself a birthday present! And, oh, my, how convenient of her to be home... :rolleyes:

[Osarkon]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.

hmmmm....?

Why the heck is Steve Jobs sending me these? Must be a new promotion???

....how would they know what's in your parcel?:confused:

[jeremy.king]

1) cut a hole in the box
2) put your junk in the box
3) let her open the box

It's my d**k-in-a-box!

Just couldn't help myself.

Perhaps they double shipped by accident?

[superleccy]

Oooo it's better than MacWorld. Can't wait!

SL

[Eric Lewis]

1) cut a hole in the box
2) put your junk in the box
3) let her open the box

It's my d**k-in-a-box!

Just couldn't help myself.

Perhaps they double shipped by accident?

its so that! its steve job's d**K

[aaron.lee2006]

Perhaps they double shipped by accident?

My thoughts exactly! And if they did double ship don't get all guilty! Keep it!! :p

[superleccy]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.
Really? Wow. They'd better have 8800GT. :)

SL

[AirborneAngel]

You didn't hear? It's a new promotional item, Apple sends you free earings with the purchase of any Apple merchandise...I'm surprised you weren't told of this.

[Kilamite]

What was it?

[Shannighan]

did you get it today?

[drchipinski]

a large warranty card?

[Anderson3133]

What was it?

yes please tell us what it was :D

[soupyjnr]

Did you get it? What was it

[marykay9507]

i third the request for knowing what is was!

[Lgreer]

Apparently it was a bomb and he's dead. Or maybe it was anthrax...

Or maybe it really WAS birdflu and his whole family is dead, and the FedEx guys, and his pet bird Petey.

[soupyjnr]

come on....

[DannyBres]

What was it?!!?

[johnnyi08]

The tension ....... lol :) come on spill the beans what was it. Bet we find out wat it was, and its a box with nothing in it lol :)

[GAS]

Didn't he already tell us?:confused:

called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.

[marykay9507]

i am curious how fed ex would know what was in the box?:confused:

[bigbadnewill]

Apparently it was a bomb and he's dead. Or maybe it was anthrax...

Or maybe it really WAS birdflu and his whole family is dead, and the FedEx guys, and his pet bird Petey.


"Pretty bird, pretty bird. Polly want a cracker?"

[tMac85]

Apparently it was a bomb and he's dead. Or maybe it was anthrax...

Or maybe it really WAS birdflu and his whole family is dead, and the FedEx guys, and his pet bird Petey.

hahaha.. nice touch with the bird.

[QCassidy352]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3)

wow, I just found this thread and the supense is already killing me!

[Pees330]

Hurry and tell us what it is!!

[aiterum]

forget the new MBPs... what's in the package


also this thread is worthless without pictures

[SoLibertyDies]

OP is probably reading this and laughing :rolleyes:

[mactastic1971]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings.

hmmmm....?

Why the heck is Steve Jobs sending me these? Must be a new promotion???


Does nobody read through their threads?
The person who started the thread already told us it was a pair of earrings.
Personally, I think I would have preferred knowing it was a pearl necklace...
;)

[BlakTornado]

its so that! its steve job's d**K

EW NO!

We see enough of his genital area through his jeans at conferences... don't make me imagine what's underneath, PLEASE! He may be our lord and master but I don't want to imagine his d**k, thanks... D:

[joshwest]

in the past when i have had prob and issues with my past macs.. they have given me things for my trouble, extra magsafes, wireless keyboards, iPod shuffles.... maybe threw something in for giggles

[RevolutionOne]

Apple have decided to send out copies of windows vista with the purchase of each machine and encourage you to use bootcamp as they have decided to stop producing their own operating system.

They have asked me to apologise on behalf of themselves, the already lazy bunch of..

[maclover92]

Not sure if he was joking about the pearl earrings?
I think we are all in a daze. :confused:

[Mondays]

When I was looking at buying a macbook pro it said it would come with a free I Pod nano, it could be that? unless he was serious about the earings lol

[cms2]

Maybe it's all the tea. :D

[Jeremy1026]

....how would they know what's in your parcel?:confused:

Items claimed over a certain value (shipping insurance requires it) shipping companies ask whats in the box.

[Mondays]

It's anthrax made from recycled mac alluminum

[applesith]

OP, what did u get?!

[noodle654]

Probably a printer ($100 rebate one??)

[barijazz]

Did you open the package? lol.

[Twilight Elk]

Maybe it's all the tea. :D

Why did you have to bring up that joke? Now the scene will repeatedly play in my head for hours @_@

[ZenErik]

Op!!! Get Your Ass Here.

[Mondays]

Op!!! Get Your Ass Here.

lol yeah leave us in suspense

[bov]

i hate you thread starter :mad:

[iTeen]

an explosive macbook....????? and he is dead?????

HURRY YOUR A$$ UP THREAD STARTER!!!

[Mondays]

I'm tellin' you guys! It's recycled mac aluminum anthrax!

[glitchu1]

Did you say you are a student? don't students get free iPod nanos with a laptop? Or did you already get that?

[Anderson3133]

I'm tellin' you guys! It's recycled mac aluminum anthrax!

dude it's called MacNthrax 1.0 :D

[Mondays]

dude it's called MacNthrax 1.0 :D

Rofl I was thinking Manthrax, but that sounds more like an STD

lol that's kind of a catchy name, manthrax

[cms2]

i feel used.

[Anderson3133]

Rofl I was thinking Manthrax, but that sounds more like an STD

lol that's kind of a catchy name, manthrax

lol, the male only aids

[Pukey]

i can personally guarantee you its steve jobs in a box, with information about the MBP update:D

this may or may not be true

No, it's the PowerBook G5 shipping inside an elevator.

Maybe it's all the tea. :D

Why did you have to bring up that joke? Now the scene will repeatedly play in my head for hours @_@

What is the tea about? I must have missed that thread/post?

By the way, Osarkon, totally rad avatar!

Now, back to the show. OP, what was in the box? Was it really a pearl necklace or earrings or whatever. Or was it a Nano? Jack?

[teleromeo]

No, it's the PowerBook G5 shipping inside an elevator.

That elevator is a great machine ...

[iBecks]

What was it then?

I hope it was another MacBook, sent by mistake.

This happened to me when I purchased a black 60GB iPod, I received 2 in the same package.

[Osarkon]

It was my thief-in-a-box.

The sneaky git stole the macbook and everything else so the OP has nothing to get online with to reply! :D

[MIDI_EVIL]

Bizarre thread to say the least.

[AnDi86]

Aww read through the whole thread and nothing to be seen of what was in the box!

Talk about a let down

[Twilight Elk]

What is the tea about? I must have missed that thread/post?

I guess you could call it an "inside joke" :)

'FREE TIBET!'

[Trekkie]

fine i'm hooked too, what was it?

[Moof1904]

Great. Now I'm totally tortured.

[Mondays]

It was anthrax and the OP is in the hospital
The OP probably said something about switching to windows, so Steve off'd him

[scienide09]

The OP should be punished for not returning.

[Enyzam]

I guess you could call it an "inside joke" :)

'FREE TIBET!'

I'll take it!

*Runs to payphone*....."Hey China?...."

[cms2]

I'll take it!

*Runs to payphone*....."Hey China?...."

Classic.. classic.

Now where the microsoft is the OP??

[stvfisher]

OP is my prom date.... just a huge tease! :mad:

[schreck]

OP is my prom date.... just a huge tease! :mad:

Hahaha, this is probably one of the most pointless threads I've ever read at MacRumors.

[anirban]

I sense that this thread has become a prime candidate for being closed.

[bigbadnewill]

I think the dudes account should be cancelled as a good will gesture also! He has had us all by the goolies, and i'm not happy! :mad:

:D

[drchipinski]

Great job OP. Way to follow up. :mad:

[ziwi]

Maybe he got lost on the way home yesterday? Either that or forgot how to log back on here ;)

[mikebook pro]

...maybe it was anthrax after all..

[paul.b.davis]

perhaps he just has more to do in life than we do....

[newappleboy]

perhaps he just has more to do in life than we do....

More to life than MacRumors? What blasphemy is this you speak?! Heretic! *starts handing out pitchforks and torches*

[cms2]

perhaps he just has more to do in life than we do....

I have the flu. And with this writers' strike making TV pointless, my life has shrunk to the point where this thread seems interesting.

I think I'll have some NyQuil for lunch and sleep off the rest of the day. :eek:

[iCeFuSiOn]

I have the flu. And with this writers' strike making TV pointless, my life has shrunk to the point where this thread seems interesting.

I think I'll have some NyQuil for lunch and sleep off the rest of the day. :eek:
LOL. In all seriousness, hope you feel better soon cms2.

Just read through this thread, and I too want to know what he got from Shanghai. If it wasn't an internet bride, then perhaps it's kittens. Someone decided to save the kittens, yeah, that's right.

Directors note: I have no two clues what I'm talking about. :D

[FunkyJunk]

Joke: How do you keep a Mac nerd in suspense?

[OdduWon]

Maybe it's the continuum Transfunctioner :)

[Unspeaked]

My first thought, when he said pearl earrings, was the postal scams where a company ships you a product with a bill and insists it gets paid within 30 days or whatever.

If you don't pay, they just send you something else the next month with an updated bill.

After about 90 days, they start threatening your credit for non-payment.

[cms2]

Maybe it's the continuum Transfunctioner :)

the mystery package's mystery is only exceeded by its power??

[Consultant]

Joke: How do you keep a Mac nerd in suspense?

Blurry photos of PowerBook G5 in an elevator... =p

[devilot]

I called FedEx customer service, and they have notified me that it is a pair of freshwater pearl earings. One more time... since the multiple times this has been quoted has been so overlooked.

The OP's mystery package = freshwater pearl earrings.

Thanks all y'all for the 101209 !