Apple Store London to open November 21

[XIII]

I can only get there for 10pm... What do youthink? I'll still be ok, for a lucky bag? I think I will...? 😕

 

[knuxed]

Just found this off the net and this might be the contents of the bag

"...may contain a selection of the following items in any combination: Airport Express, Wireless Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, D-Link, Keynote, .Mac, iLife, iSight Camera, 20GB iPod, Silver iPod Mini, JBL on Tour, GarageBand Jam Pack, Limited Edition iPod Case, Limited Edition iPod Mini Case, ProCare, 10% off coupon, Insider's Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia." The key items, of course, are either the silver iPod Mini or 20 Gb iPod, either of which could be inside the bag. The value of the bag is at least £705, or about US$1,310 by spending just US$463.

Lucky guys,why cant they open a store iin Malaysia

 

[nms]

T-Shirts?!

November 20. Saturday. Buggeration.

I have GSA Acting class at 2.00pm and as my parents are the closest thing to Neo-Nazis one can get I'll only be able to make it at about 9am Saturday morning if i'm lucky. Camping is out of the question for many reasons. I'm 14! I envy you Jack!

Do you think I'll be able to get a T-shirt if i arrive at about 9? And just to clear my suspicions....the shirts are free, right?



- an afterthought....anyone else from where I live?

 

[jrwo]

I can only get there for 10pm... What do youthink? I'll still be ok, for a lucky bag? I think I will...? 😕

From the rest of this and other threads, I'd expect the 7am crowd to be in with a chance, let alone anyone who shows up at 10pm. And that's before people check the overnight temperatures forecast for Friday...

 

[XIII]

Cool. I'll be there! My older sister is taking me/coming too.. 🙂

 

[Blue Velvet]

...may contain a selection of the following items in any combination: ...Insider's Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia.

Now, I'm just waiting for the 'I bought a lucky bag and all I got was this lousy DVD' thread

🙂

 

[Blue Velvet]

are many girls going - kinda get the feeling i'm distinctly in the minority here.

I'll be going past to have a look at the die-hard faithful on Friday night, but I won't be revealing my mysterious identity, unless I'm drunk.

🙂

Damn, just realised there's a photo of me on my profile. Still, it'll be dark...

 

[wdlove]

Cool. I'll be there! My older sister is taking me/coming too.. 🙂

I hope that you appreciate your sisters thoughtfulness. Hopefully you will do something nice for her. 😉

 

[applemacmad]

so how cold exactly is it going to be overnight? 😕

 

[Blue Velvet]

so how cold exactly is it going to be overnight? 😕

Keep your eyes glued to this

Central London is almost always warmer than the suburbs or countryside at night: the buildings trap the heat during the day and release it during the night.

It's the graveyard shift between 3:30-5:50 that's going to be toughest. Bring something to sit on, to put between you & the cold cement...

Fortunately, there's 24 hour food & stuff in Soho, if somebody will keep your place in line...

In the meantime, I shall be fast asleep in my warm bed, not 10 mins away 🙂

 

[dodonutter]

Already got my 2 sleeping bags, blanket, thermals, jumpers, jacket and salopets (sp*) lined up and ready to take. Probably a little OTT but i don't want anything falling off due to the cold!!

 

[Applespider]

Keep your eyes glued to this

In the meantime, I shall be fast asleep in my warm bed, not 10 mins away 🙂

My warm bed will be about 40 minutes away... I'm still deciding what to do and the weather will have some say on it. I guess perhaps the best option is to see how busy it is on Friday night - and if quiet, head home, sleep and head in on early bus to arrive before first Tubes!

The weather forecasts seem to vary wildly.
The Met office one says a low of 9C and cloudy
Weather.com suggests a low of 4C and 30% chance of showers

 

[jrwo]

so how cold exactly is it going to be overnight? 😕

If you were planning on bringing a brass monkey for company, it'd probably thank you to leave it at home...

 

[as2]

Jesus...

Posted a similar thread on MacNN, and about 3 pepole replied, come on here, and there is a whole army of people going!

Seriously thinking of coming down late friday night, but will probably be tanked! Should be a laugh if there are lots of pepople about.

If people put there beer orders here i'll bring them down with me!
(for those of you who are old enough to drink that is!)

 

[MemphisSoulStew]

Seriously thinking of coming down late friday night, but will probably be tanked! Should be a laugh if there are lots of pepople about.

If people put there beer orders here i'll bring them down with me!
(for those of you who are old enough to drink that is!)

I'm not sure that queuing in the cold with a few beers in your system is a good idea. This article warns against it:

Impairs the body’s thermostat – The body has its own internal thermostat. When the body gets too cold, it starts a process of warming itself up. When its gets too hot, the body cools itself down. Alcohol causes this internal thermostat to work less efficiently. It may seem that taking a drink in cold weather warms you up because you get that "warm feeling" inside. Really, it makes it harder to warm up. Excessive drinking in extreme weather – cold or hot – can be harmful.

They don't say exactly what they mean by "extreme weather" but I think jrwo is right about the brass monkey... 🙂

 

[pashazade]

Hi all,

I thought I would look at what would come in the Lucky Bags and came up with the following.

From the Apple site the possible contents are listed.

http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/regentstreet/luckybag.html

"The Lucky Bags may contain a selection of the following items in any combination: Airport Express, Wireless Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, D-Link, Keynote, .Mac, iLife, iSight Camera, 20GB iPod, Silver iPod Mini, JBL on Tour, GarageBand Jam Pack, Limited Edition iPod Case, Limited Edition iPod Mini Case, ProCare, 10% off coupon, Insider’s Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia."

"The value of the contents of the Lucky Bag will be no less than £705 based on the price payable for the products at the Apple Store, Regent Street. The value of some Lucky Bags may be higher. No exchanges will be permissible on the basis that the value of the Lucky Bag is no greater than £705."

So

Airport Express (£99)
Wireless Mouse (£59)
Wireless Keyboard (£59)
D-Link, Keynote (£35)
.Mac (£69)
iLife (£39)
iSight Camera (£119)
20GB iPod (£219)
Silver iPod Mini (£179)
JBL on Tour (£70)
GarageBand Jam Pack (£69)
Limited Edition iPod Case (?)
Limited Edition iPod Mini Case (?)
ProCare (£99)
10% off coupon (N/A)
&
Insider’s Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia.

If you add up everything excluding the iPods, the iPod cases and the DVDs you get £717. So it is obviously possible to get a Luckybag without an iPod.

Of course if you are in a buying mood the 10% card should make it worthwhile in itself.

Pashazade

 

[jrwo]

I thought I would look at what would come in the Lucky Bags and came up with the following.

<snippage>

If you add up everything excluding the iPods, the iPod cases and the DVDs you get £717. So it is obviously possible to get a Luckybag without an iPod.

Of course if you are in a buying mood the 10% card should make it worthwhile in itself.

Pashazade

I half assumed that the Procare would be paired with the iPods, which (from memory) would bring the cost of that item down a bit. Of course, if they're valuing the 10% card at 10% of whatever the limit on it is, we could all be disappointed. 🙂

Thanks for looking up all the costs as well - time to sit down and try to figure out what the £705 combination is...

 

[jrwo]

Thanks for looking up all the costs as well - time to sit down and try to figure out what the £705 combination is...

<later> It looks as if you may have missed pricing for Keynote off the list - excluding the encyclopedia and ProCare, I get £697 - which may put the London guide/World Book as a £10 cheapie...

Assuming £10 for that, and marking ProCare for a iPod down as £59 (a guess, as I can't find anything online to give it away), and guessing at £19 for the case, then the iPod Mini plus everything but the 4 wireless products (Airport, Wireless bits and D-link comes in at £712. In which case they might swap the iSight for the Airport Express to make up £20 of the £40 extra for the regular iPod.

I can send the spreadsheet to anyone else wanting a quick tinker...

 

[pashazade]

<later> It looks as if you may have missed pricing for Keynote off the list - excluding the encyclopedia and ProCare, I get £697 - which may put the London guide/World Book as a £10 cheapie...

Assuming £10 for that, and marking ProCare for a iPod down as £59 (a guess, as I can't find anything online to give it away), and guessing at £19 for the case, then the iPod Mini plus everything but the 4 wireless products (Airport, Wireless bits and D-link comes in at £712. In which case they might swap the iSight for the Airport Express to make up £20 of the £40 extra for the regular iPod.

I can send the spreadsheet to anyone else wanting a quick tinker...

Your're right, I missed Keynote (Duh!) and I got the ProCare price wrong. As far as i can see the US price is $99, which I think would equate to £69 on Apples usual pricing. Thanks for fixing my errors.

With regards to ProCare, I thought this was the Pro Support package, not the iPod extended warranty?

Pashazade

 

[jrwo]

With regards to ProCare, I thought this was the Pro Support package, not the iPod extended warranty?

Pashazade

The impression I got from a quick Google was that ProCare was Apple Care as sold in-store - but yes, you're right, it's something different. And unless the small print gives perks for Apple hardware you already own, my reading of https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66284 and http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=400 is that it gives you the sort of customer service you'd have sort of hoped for anyway. Though the workshops look as if they might be useful to people who are new to Apple/OS X.

Which takes the grand total to £335 in software/services, by my reckoning - a little more if the Encyclopedia's £30 rather than £10. I'd be surprised if that set of products wasn't in all of the bags...

 

[XIII]

I hope that you appreciate your sisters thoughtfulness. Hopefully you will do something nice for her. 😉

I do. It took a lot of persuading 😱 For anyone thats coming, shes bringing a few friends aswell, and we are arriving at 11pm on Friday. That better be early enough for lcuky bags... One of her friends is bringing the guitar, and apparently he's awesome... so, yeah, it should be fun 🙂

 

[pashazade]

<snip>

Which takes the grand total to £335 in software/services, by my reckoning - a little more if the Encyclopedia's £30 rather than £10. I'd be surprised if that set of products wasn't in all of the bags...

You're right, makes sense and costs virtually nothing to Apple. The ProCare is the most frustrating, everything it gives you isn't really that much use unless you live near an Apple Store.

Further to this of course is that the people who are going to first through the door will be those of us who probably have everything anyway. What eager queuer won't have iLife for example.

So, to sum up it's

Software/Services

Keynote (£69)
.Mac (£69)
iLife (£39)
ProCare (£99)
GarageBand Jam Pack (£69)
10% off coupon (N/A)
Insider’s Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia. (£10??)

Hardware

Airport Express (£99)
Wireless Mouse (£59)
Wireless Keyboard (£59)
D-Link (£35)
iSight Camera (£119)
20GB iPod (£219)
Silver iPod Mini (£179)
JBL on Tour (£70)
Limited Edition iPod Case (?)
Limited Edition iPod Mini Case (?)

So personally for me it's not worth it just for the Lucky Bag as everything that I might want I have already 🙂

Of course there is always the glory of being first in (and selling your loot on eBay) [and the 10% card]

Pashazade

 

[martdaman]

bring a tent?

So who is bringing a tent i dont think there would be enought room or am i wrong i live in Essex and like i said in a older post on this thread i will be there on friday with my older brother asi am only 15 (dont think i would be aloud up there on my own lol). But he aint getting a lucky bag just looking after me aww wot a kind older brother.

 

[aswitcher]

So, to sum up it's

Software/Services

Keynote (£69)
.Mac (£69)
iLife (£39)
ProCare (£99)
GarageBand Jam Pack (£69)
10% off coupon (N/A)
Insider’s Guide to London DVD or a World Book Encyclopedia. (£10??)

Hardware

Airport Express (£99)
Wireless Mouse (£59)
Wireless Keyboard (£59)
D-Link (£35)
iSight Camera (£119)
20GB iPod (£219)
Silver iPod Mini (£179)
JBL on Tour (£70)
Limited Edition iPod Case (?)
Limited Edition iPod Mini Case (?)

So personally for me it's not worth it just for the Lucky Bag as everything that I might want I have already 🙂

Pashazade

I suppose you have to ask yourself, is there really 250 worth of stuff I want.

For me - and I wont be there 🙁 of the stuff thats definetly in there only the isight and ipod stuff is of interest. I dont think I would be buying one unless I was assured an ipod...

 

[Blue Velvet]

So who is bringing a tent...

A tent?!

In Regent St?

Bring some folding camping chairs, layered warm clothing, hat, gloves, thermos of your fave drink and some food...

Forget the tent. Honestly.