Lines for iPad 2 Launch Begin as 'iJustin' Camps Out Once Again

[jabingla2810]

Camping out for the iPad 2 is great.

If you have the time and money, then good luck to you.

Making a website calling yourself a rising celebrity and thinking people care about what your doing is stupid, but its just a sign of the times and no fault of Justin.

There was a time when celebrities were people who had achieved great things and were icons in their field.

But I digress, enjoy your new iPad 2... I wish I was getting one on the 11th.

 

[vincebio]

i think it would be hilarious if you got the first ipad2 and had to return it because it was faulty...and while you waited weeks for apple to sort you out due to demand, i was sitting enjoying mines that i bought from a shop with no queue, no online website to tell everyone who i am and no photo online that i would look back on and cringe.

priceless

 

[Nein01]

i never really understood why people did this kind of thing.

i mean yeah, maybe back before there was this thing called ONLINE SHOPPING it could potentially be fun and exciting, but will someone please tell justin that thousands of other people will be getting an ipad2 on the same day as him *without* having to wait in line for 4 days?

 

[69650]

Why so many negative comments? Doesn't bother me if the guy wants to camp out for a week. It's his life he can do whatever he wants.

 

[Frosticus]

i never really understood why people did this kind of thing.

i mean yeah, maybe back before there was this thing called ONLINE SHOPPING it could potentially be fun and exciting, but will someone please tell justin that thousands of other people will be getting an ipad2 on the same day as him *without* having to wait in line for 4 days?

This.

Good luck to him though if he has nothing better to do.

 

[482214]

Amazing how many people who apparently don't care about this story take the time to post a comment and insult the guy. If he wants to spend a week camping out so what, it's his life he can do whatever the hell he likes. No wonder the world is in such a mess when a simple story like this can generate so much hatred and intolerance. Very sad.

I completley agree... He just wants to buy an ipad 2. Either wish him luck with his wait or leave him be. Why do people have to be so hateful and negative.

 

[rovex]

Little bandwagoner is seeking attention, yet claims the opposite.

It would only be fitting if he ends up 2nd to someone else buying the iPad due to his alarm clock failing to go off, after all these days wasting his life, LOL!

 

[iEdd]

Why so many negative comments? Doesn't bother me if the guy wants to camp out for a week. It's his life he can do whatever he wants.

+1

This is why I had hoped MR wouldn't promote this again. It just shows the true colours of many of the members here.

To a bunch of people on MR, Justin queuing is pathetic.
To many "normal" people, signing up to a forum about Apple products is pathetic.
Perspective; get some.

 

[Castiel]

Looks like he needs a boyfriend more than a girlfriend. Was he wearing makeup in his iJustine website picture? His face is awfully smooth, cheeks awfully rosy, and lips so awfully pink. And that pose, with a dainty hand under his chin....

Oh jeez, gay jokes? Really?
Confidence levels feeling a little low today, hmh?

 

[Adidas Addict]

It's not surprising really, people will do anything to get on TV no matter how degrading and this has just spilled over onto the internet. Whether that 5 mins of 'fame' is worth having when it's for doing something lame is a different story.

I'm all for wasting time if that's what people want to do, it's our time to waste and do with what we will. Personally I wouldn't ever contemplate camping outside a store encouraging people to poke fun at me, but on the flipside it doesn't affect anyones life or hurt people in any way.

 

[torbjoern]

+1

This is why I had hoped MR wouldn't promote this again. It just shows the true colours of many of the members here.

To a bunch of people on MR, Justin queuing is pathetic.
To many "normal" people, signing up to a forum about Apple products is pathetic.
Perspective; get some.

I concur with that. One thing I don't understand here is why this camping trip is on Page 1. I dislike that because it makes the members of MR look like a bunch of macfags. This, however, is technically not Justin's fault - so those who have a strong urge to complain about this, should FFS send a PM to arn instead of insulting Justin.

 

[Les Kern]

***Moderator Note: While Justin has made himself a public figure, he is also a MacRumors forum member. Consequently, personal insults directed at him are not permitted in the forums.

I had a good one too.

 

[iEdd]

I concur with that. One thing I don't understand here is why this camping trip is on Page 1. I dislike that because it makes the members of MR look like a bunch of macfags. This, however, is technically not Justin's fault - so those who have a strong urge to complain about this, should FFS send a PM to arn instead of insulting Justin.

And I agree with that.

I guess this is one of those things that keeps MR free? Gotta get traffic. Clicks, clicks, clicks. Consider it slightly selling out to keep the trickles of interesting news and the wonderful forums alive.

lol "macfags". I've been called that in the past for nothing more than owning a Mac.

 

[Caliber26]

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Done.

I wonder if you realize how pathetic your behavior is? You're so worked up over a guy (that has NOTHING to do with you) that chooses to spend 4 days in a tent, outside an Apple Store. What's it to you? Furthermore, you have NO PROOF that: a) he receives any financial benefits from the government; you're just ASSUMING that he does b) even if he is receiving disability benefits you have NO PROOF that that money is the one he's using towards the purchase of his iPad2.

Instead, you're just another internet bully with no life to call his own, so putting down others is how you get your rocks off. I feel sorry for you.

 

[koyama]

@kny3twalker you might want to get some time off to cool down and reread your stuff later, because you really sound like a jerk and smbdy who is threatening him. even if you consider yourself insulted its just gross what you wrote (like calling him a lier or the bits that sound threatening, etc). sorry

@jwagoner ok it may be a freudian slip on my part but i also thought of the real internet celebrity iJustine. you might want to use a diffrent name because if ppl are expecting to read something about her and then its just something about you (no offence intended) then you cannot deliver to the higher expectations of the readership.

@topic if he enjoys it so be it. its his vacation anyway, but i too would come up with maaaany other locations i would chose as campsite also i dont consider this news page one news worthy.

 

[kny3twalker]

If I was on disability and used my money for the purchasing overpriced gadgets, and at the same time made a spectacle of myself doing it, then I would expect some type of response.

And you may claim my statements are baseless, but it was made clear at the release of the iphone 4 that this guy was using his disability check to purchase his iphone and pay for its expensive phone plan.

This guy obviously has no job and nothing going on in his life to take such actions as camping out in front of a store for days. And furthermore apparently, is using resources which would otherwise be available for more productive benefits to society.

And I do believe he is a liar. I think he has made just enough of a story to cover himself from too much scrutiny.

 

[arnoldma]

i cant belive no one else has commented on him using disability money to buy luxry gadgets???

No wonder it's a problem...

 

[Caliber26]

If I was on disability and used my money for the purchasing overpriced gadgets, and at the same time made a spectacle of myself doing it, then I would expect some type of response.

And you may claim my statements are baseless, but it was made pretty clear at the release of the iphone 4 that this guy was using his disability check to purchase his iphone and pay for its expensive phone plan.

This guy obviously has no job and nothing going on in his life to take such actions as camping out in front of a store for days. And furthermore apparently, is using resources which would otherwise be available for more productive benefits to society.

And I do believe his is a liar. I think he has made just enough of a story to cover himself from too much scrutiny.

Provide a link to a post or site where he claims this to be the case. Link(s) or it didn't happen!!!

 

[Adidas Addict]

Hold on, so disabled people are not allowed to own iPhones or iPads? Damn I better get my wheelchair bound mother to return hers before you all start slagging her off!

 

[arnoldma]

Yeah that's what i meant... please ignor my other post, oh wait, you did.

 

[Frosticus]

Please tell me this is not true? I don’t give a **** about you wasting your time, or seeking attention and claiming not to... however, benefit fraud is a real problem here in the UK, many lazy drunks just have a few kids or claim “back pains” and just use their benefit money to buy alcohol, massive TVs, consoles/other luxuries, while getting drunk and been a menace in public!

The people that really NEED the benefits are left jumping through endless hops just to live and eat, because of these guys making things hard for them (i.e. government tightening down because of frauds).

I'm sure there are too many people who work endless hours in a hard labour job, pay taxes, and cant afford an iProduct because they have to feed themselves and their family...

Shame on you if this is the case.

Indeed. Being from the UK myself, I too hate benefit fraud and people "playing the system". I would be very angry if this is what Justin is doing, and many others I'm sure would feel the same.
However.. we do not know if this is the case and should not assume, so perhaps judgement should be reserved.

 

[jwagoner]

Please tell me this is not true? I don’t give a **** about you wasting your time, or seeking attention and claiming not to... however, benefit fraud is a real problem here in the UK, many lazy drunks just have a few kids or claim “back pains” and just use their benefit money to buy alcohol, massive TVs, consoles/other luxuries, while getting drunk and been a menace in public!

The people that really NEED the benefits are left jumping through endless hops just to live and eat, because of these guys making things hard for them (i.e. government tightening down because of frauds).

I'm sure there are too many people who work endless hours in a hard labour job, pay taxes, and cant afford an iProduct because they have to feed themselves and their family...

Shame on you if this is the case.

No it's not true. The truth is he can't accept the fact I have already mention numerous times in the thread and response to private messages that 1. I'm on my spring break week, and 2 that I have a career working in non-profit organizations.

I have never once mention that I receive benefits, but I did during my last year experience note I was unemployed and have a seizure disorder. That's where the assumptions of benefits originated, but was never a true statement coming from me.

 

[Cougarcat]

And you may claim my statements are baseless, but it was made clear at the release of the iphone 4 that this guy was using his disability check to purchase his iphone and pay for its expensive phone plan.

They are baseless. You continue to make claims which you cannot support with evidence. He never said he was on disability, even during the iPhone launch. Can you prove he is unemployed? No, you cannot. So stop attacking him.

 

[kny3twalker]

Hold on, so disabled people are not allowed to own iPhones or iPads? Damn I better get my wheelchair bound mother to return hers before you all start slagging her off!

The point is you are not really disabled, if you can camp out for days or weeks for igadgets.

 

[482214]

If I was on disability and used my money for the purchasing overpriced gadgets, and at the same time made a spectacle of myself doing it, then I would expect some type of response.

And you may claim my statements are baseless, but it was made clear at the release of the iphone 4 that this guy was using his disability check to purchase his iphone and pay for its expensive phone plan.

This guy obviously has no job and nothing going on in his life to take such actions as camping out in front of a store for days. And furthermore apparently, is using resources which would otherwise be available for more productive benefits to society.

And I do believe he is a liar. I think he has made just enough of a story to cover himself from too much scrutiny.

Where is the proof?

Actual evidence to support your theory.