The 5th Avenue Apple Store has the biggest line ever to buy the new iphone 6, it is 12 blocks long.
http://youtu.be/VToyZo1SalE
http://youtu.be/VToyZo1SalE
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5th Avenue Apple Store Biggest Wait Line Ever
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just like the sydney store youtube opening..i saw all asians running in..I was like where are the Australians or white folk..
just like the sydney store youtube opening..i saw all asians running in..I was like where are the Australians or white folk..
That's racist.
Us runners like to call it the 5th ave mile! Great race.
http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2014/nyrr-fifth-avenue-mile
79th would be a mile
This line represents a group of people who should reevaluate their lives. If you have days to stand in line waiting for a FREAKIN' PHONE.......nevermind.
Many of them are going to make several thousand dollars for maybe a day and a half worth of work. How many drones sitting in their offices instead of lining up can make that amount of money in such a short span of time?
I walked passed both the 5th Avenue and Grand Central Apple Stores this morning as I walking to work and the majority of the people in line were Asian. WHAT a coincidence. I don't care about your race or skin color, what I do care about is the fact that MANY people will not get an iPhone today because they are being scalped. Period.
Apple should require a credit card for purchase on release day. I think this would be a valid reason why should anyone question it. Problem is, it's hard to prove without our oversensitive society crying 'racist' simply because most of the scalpers (and paid shills) happen to be of one ethnic group. Apple simply won't go there.
Coincidentally, I decided to wear a royal blue polo today, so I thought it would be fun to put my work ID lanyard around my neck, with the pure white side showing so that I would resemble an Apple Store Employee. As I walked by, I went up to the line and said in a firm voice, 'okay everyone, new rules this year, absolutely NO cash to make an iPhone purchase. Credit cards ONLY and you must show a valid drivers license'.
The reaction was fear and panic (from those who understood me) and many of them picked up their Droid phones with a look of confusion in their eyes. Perhaps they were calling their pimps? I quickly walked away when a real Apple Store employee noticed me. It's midtown Manhattan, so it's easy to vanish in a second.
Just wanted to have a little fun as this sickens me year after year.
I don't care about your race or skin color, what I do care about is the fact that MANY people will not get an iPhone today because they are being scalped. Period. Apple should require a credit card for purchase on release day. I think this would be a valid reason why should anyone question it. Problem is, it's hard to prove without our oversensitive society crying 'racist' simply because most of the scalpers (and paid shills) happen to be of one ethnic group. Apple simply won't go there.
Coincidentally, I decided to wear a royal blue polo today, so I thought it would be fun to put my work ID lanyard around my neck, with the pure white side showing so that I would resemble an Apple Store Employee. As I walked by, I went up to the line and said in a firm voice, 'okay everyone, new rules this year, absolutely NO cash to make an iPhone purchase. Credit cards ONLY and you must show a valid drivers license'.
The reaction was fear and panic (from those who understood me) and many of them picked up their Droid phones with a look of confusion in their eyes. Perhaps they were calling their pimps? I quickly walked away when a real Apple Store employee noticed me. It's midtown Manhattan, so it's easy to vanish in a second.
Just wanted to have a little fun as this sickens me year after year.
They make like $300-400 per iPhone (at least), no? They definitely make more standing there for a day than working those 2 days.
However, people who are there to buy it for themselves.......I can't defend them, haha.
I am sure that out there is a Chinese boss with a lot of money sending all this people to buy iphones with cash to sell them in other countries or places.
Maybe it is Jack Ma the billionaire from Alibaba sending all that people to buy iphones and selling them on Alibaba.com
Maybe it is Jack Ma the billionaire from Alibaba sending all that people to buy iphones and selling them on Alibaba.com
I walked passed both the 5th Avenue and Grand Central Apple Stores this morning as I walking to work and the majority of the people in line were Asian. WHAT a coincidence.
Apple should require a credit card for purchase on release day. I think this would be a valid reason why should anyone question it. Problem is, it's hard to prove without our oversensitive society crying 'racist' simply because most of the scalpers (and paid shills) happen to be of one ethnic group. Apple simply won't go there.
Coincidentally, I decided to wear a royal blue polo today, so I thought it would be fun to put my work ID lanyard around my neck, with the pure white side showing so that I would resemble an Apple Store Employee. As I walked by, I went up to the line and said in a firm voice, 'okay everyone, new rules this year, absolutely NO cash to make an iPhone purchase. Credit cards ONLY and you must show a valid drivers license'.
The reaction was fear and panic (from those who understood me) and many of them picked up their Droid phones with a look of confusion in their eyes. Perhaps they were calling their pimps? I quickly walked away when a real Apple Store employee noticed me. It's midtown Manhattan, so it's easy to vanish in a second.
Just wanted to have a little fun as this sickens me year after year.
You're a little crazy.
Right now Apple can't sell these in China yet, so they are probably headed to China. Would make sense for them to hit Australia too, since that is even closer. I'll just wait for my online order, thank you. Although I wish there was a way to screen out the scalpers. It would make the launch day lines much more fun and manageable- I'd be willing to do it then.