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Is "camping" looked down upon?
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I've never camped out like a day early for anything but I have gotten to stores several hours early a few times for certain things.
But if someone has the time and patience to camp out for a day or more for something that they want then more power to them.
But if someone has the time and patience to camp out for a day or more for something that they want then more power to them.
Personally, I didn't do it for the social aspect, but the social aspect was a nice by-product of standing in line.
I should have read down the thread first, I thought this was about camping in the forest or something.
They didn't do preorders for the 5S last year. So getting one from an Apple Store was the only way to have one on day 1 of release.
Wait, you managed to pick one up on release day by leaving your house at 6am on that day and walked out with one by 9am. I was under the impression you had to start queuing at least the day before to get one, esp. from the Regent St store.
What's the thoughts on what they will do for orders?
Tim Cook starred a tweet about pre-orders, and Apple has changed the system a few times (like the short pick up in store). Pre-orders usually get shipped a few days after release at Apple stores, carrier network stores get none really till later in the week?
Tim Cook starred a tweet about pre-orders, and Apple has changed the system a few times (like the short pick up in store). Pre-orders usually get shipped a few days after release at Apple stores, carrier network stores get none really till later in the week?
At the store that I went to for the 5S (Rockingham Park Mall in Salem, NH), only the first five folks in line got phones on launch day, unless they were on Sprint. Everyone that got in line fewer than 15 or so hours ahead of time didn't get a phone. I have no idea why that happened, but they literally came out when the stores opened, ushered in a the first five folks after asking them what phones they wanted, and told everyone else they could go home (while stating Sprint phones were still in stock). I got in line at 3am. And went home shortly after 8 with nothing...
So... that's why.
But anyway, I think a lot of people consider waiting in line for hours and camping one and the same. So no, wasn't redefining the question at all. Perhaps the OP meant camping as pitching a tent; he did mention staying a week. I didn't read it that way, especially because I have heard, on this very forum, standing in line and camping used synonymously.
Either way, why sit and judge these people? Why does it matter? Why come to a forum and sling dirt at the people that enjoy sitting, standing, camping, or what have you? It's incredibly immature, at best.
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I don't camp, but I don't care if people want to camp. It's their time and money, and they are free to spend it without my telling them what they should and should not do. It might be a complete waste to me, but there is value for some people in the fun or social aspects of it. For those people, why shouldn't they have an enjoyable time?
I think that society in general looks down on camping though. There's a perception that many campers are bums and freeloaders. For example:
Camping has also been derided as tantamount to worship for Apple.
Or worship of material goods generally.
Or part of some dishonorable scheme to scalp iPhones for re-sale.
The phenomenon does make an interesting topic for debate, regardless of how one feels about the practice.
I think that society in general looks down on camping though. There's a perception that many campers are bums and freeloaders. For example:
Camping has also been derided as tantamount to worship for Apple.
Or worship of material goods generally.
Or part of some dishonorable scheme to scalp iPhones for re-sale.
The phenomenon does make an interesting topic for debate, regardless of how one feels about the practice.
Calling it a phone is like calling a Mercedes a chair.
I have a life. Hugely successful career, great family, engage in regular, challenging outdoor endurance events, donate to charities, play drums.
Of course I'll get one either way. Of course you don't get points for getting it first. It's fun for us to get it when it comes out and it's fun to hang out with other folks that are likewise excited to be part of that same event.
It says more about people that are so dissatisfied with their own lives that they have to try to denigrate others for the things they find enjoyable.
I have a great life. Yours might be better if you stopped caring what I do with mine.
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See above.
I camp out for these events because I like it. My annual salary first broke six figures in 1999 and it's been climbing steadily since then. That doesn't count bonuses, stock, and other investments.
Just because the way you earn a living doesn't allow you the freedom to spend a day to do something you want to do doesn't mean those of us in line are jobless bums. I see this as no different than attending a music festival, or camping out with friends on a lake, or any number of other activities that people enjoy that take more than a few hours.
Well, noting around here actually matters.
I don't see why this subject should be elevated over anything else on this site. You seem to have injected emotion into my response that wasn't intended.
I don't consider what I said to be "slinging dirt." I reject the idea that I looked down upon or judged anyone.
Saying, like I did, that a thing that doesn't matter is "dumb" imparts no judgement upon a person who does that thing. Wait in line, don't wait in line. It's all the same to me.
What could be less judgmental than that?
I am confused. I wasn't referring to your specific statements as flinging dirt. I was referring to others. Read the thread and look at what people are saying about folks who "camp".
I was quoting you simply because I was responding to you quoting me. Nothing more.
Definitely number 1.
Unless it's going to cure cancer, AIDS, ect , camping out a week before launch for any product is absurd. Or to use my favorite phrase..."**** ain't that serious" Seriously, just order it online, lol it'll get to your house soon enough. The "I have to be the first on my block with the new iPhone" is hella lame, but again it's just MO. People are just doing the absolute most, man. But whatev. If the i6 is awesome, then I'll just order online. More power to those who wanna wait in line for hours, lol I just couldn't do it
Unless it's going to cure cancer, AIDS, ect , camping out a week before launch for any product is absurd. Or to use my favorite phrase..."**** ain't that serious" Seriously, just order it online, lol it'll get to your house soon enough. The "I have to be the first on my block with the new iPhone" is hella lame, but again it's just MO. People are just doing the absolute most, man. But whatev. If the i6 is awesome, then I'll just order online. More power to those who wanna wait in line for hours, lol I just couldn't do it
You said this of me:
And I'm simply stating that my statement was not meant to judge any individual for any choice they make on this matter.
No, no, I did not say this of you. Where I clarified, you snipped it out (for some reason).
Here:
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Yours was not. Others were. Which is why I made my initial statement, which you decided to respond to, hence why i responded to you in turn.