I heard Lyle Lovitt is the next choice to play Steve with Garth Brooks as Woz. It's going to be an opera set in a coal mine in Appalachia.
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Apple Japan Announces 2015 'Lucky Bag' Promotion to Start January 2
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I heard Lyle Lovitt is the next choice to play Steve with Garth Brooks as Woz. It's going to be an opera set in a coal mine in Appalachia.
That's exactly what happens in Japan, too.
The real reason Apple doesn't run "Lucky Bag" promotions elsewhere is that they are a long-engrained part of the Japanese retail culture, kind of like Black Friday sales are in the US.
If they tried to do it elsewhere it would probably just seem weird or cheap to most customers. It might also be illegal in some jurisdictions, due to anti-Lottery laws.
Great Answer - I had the same question but tried to answer it in the geopolitical, socioeconomic realms, when you nailed it: Pure Greed / No Pleasure!
But, considering the "First-In-Line" people for iPhone / iPad releases, I wonder how many of those bags would be exported? Just a thought.
"Lucky Bags" are not done in the USA because it is considered a form of gambling. Each purchase is priced the same and there is a random chance of a payout beyond what you pay. This creates a games condition in the trade.
Bags like this were quite popular in the Old West and Victorian Era but was mostly outlawed during the Prohibition Era.
This mentality sums up precisely why we don't see this promotional activity in the U.S.
Glad the news is about the Lucky Bag and not a tsunami like a few years ago. We have many things to be grateful for!
Happy New Year to all.
Happy New Year to all.
This event in the U.S. would be bigger than Black Friday...
But if the same type of people lined up then it'd be non-stop complaining for people who don't want an iPod (seriously, that segment of Apple is almost dead) or feel ripped off, which will be just about everyone who sees others getting a MacBook or an iPad Air.
But if the same type of people lined up then it'd be non-stop complaining for people who don't want an iPod (seriously, that segment of Apple is almost dead) or feel ripped off, which will be just about everyone who sees others getting a MacBook or an iPad Air.
I meant that everyone gets at least $345 of value that Apple sets (i.e. If you went into the store and bought this stuff, it would cost >$345) If you went in with the expectation of walking out with a laptop, then you will most likely be disappointed.
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Didn't Loretta Lynn already do that Steve Jobs movie?
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I think he was being sarcastic, so...
I think getting a bag full of random products with random values that you pay for would be considered gambling so unless the U.S. federal government makes all gambling legal...
Well, congress has made an exception for fantasy sports. I think they could make a retail exception, and word it so that it has to occur during the actual business the company does, and maybe limit how many "offers" can be available during any time. So no cash prizes, but products the merchant actually sells during a normal business transaction. Would be fun around the holidays.
God Bless America land of the free. What joke you guys have more laws and restrictions than most other western nations. We pay no tax on any winnings, gifts or gambling.
because it's pre-paid. What's your income tax rate and what's your sales tax rate?
*I'm not even an American, and I know you are wrong about US taxation
It is, at least by Woot. They call it the "Bag of Crap".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot
Starting in July 2005, Woot began occasionally offering a blind grab bag officially called "Random Crap", in lieu of typical product sales. While today its accompanying picture of a paper lunch bag with a question mark has kept its unofficial name "Bag of Crap", (BOC) it was originally dubbed "Bag of Crap" during the early years of the site when a physical bag of some kind (notebook, iomega zipper bags, etc.) was sold with the 13 "craps" and was part of what you were buying.[15] Today, the BOC contains at least three "crappy" items and one bag[16] whose value and quality are not guaranteed, but sometimes expensive items are included. The BOC typically triggers millions of order requests and sells out within seconds, causing server lag and even a server crash.[citation needed] During the January 25, 2011 selling, the website received a record 3.1 million requests, and the product was sold out within eight seconds.
This is why there is nothing free in America the land of whiners
HEY BUDDY - Whining is completely free.
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Plus - you have hobbits. You lucky folks.