maybe i'm wrong, but when i was last in an applestore..i thought these devices were locked to the table. now it looked like they yanked these things pretty hard, but assuming there were locks on, that is somewhat amazing, so i am assuming they werent locked.
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New Jersey Apple Store Robbed of MacBook Pros, iPhones, and iPod Touches
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I don't think their plan is to open 20 iphones and plug them all into itunes. They're going on eBay.....
autrefois
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That isn't true. The last time I was at an Apple Store, every time I walked by the Macbook Pros I kept hearing a voice saying "Buy me...buy me..." It must have been coming from the intercom or something, right?
He sounded like a pompous jerk. I can't believe more people aren't laughing at him. Who talks like that anymore?
It was the first thing I noticed about this story!
I noticed that as well. I guess since they had been robbed before they decided to save the money on installing the security cables.
He's obviously a "PC." You could almost hear him grinning through the voiceover while playing Minesweeper on his beige box running Windows Vista SP1.
The security guard is NOT there to shoot anyone for burglarizing the store. If there is no immanent threat to life present, then there is NO justification to shoot, plain and simple.
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Even so, AT&T or Apple can block the IMEI numbers - making the phones eternally useless. Even the world's greatest jailbreaker would have trouble activating them.
I am glad someone said it... unlike the common misconception a security guard is not there to secure anything. They are there as a deterrent and to observe and report. They are there in case they catch these people to testify in court. I know this because I have had a guard card (license for security guards) in several states. And if you are a armed security guard you are not to use your weapon unless your life is in eminent danger. As his was clearly not, if he would have been armed and shot them, he would be arrested for murder. All though I do not agree with this, it is the law.
Voice Over...
no one is going to comment on that horrid voice over on the video??
Some of the highlights...
watch as the thieves show skilled practice at bringing down that plate glass door
Skilled practice? They threw a FREAKING ROCK THRU IT!! this is now a skilled practice? (thats an Olympic event right? The 1 yard glass breaking competition)
And savy enough to wear masks, knowing there were security cameras
Damn, those guys are SAVY! Security cameras have only been around for like 30 years now. They must have planned ahead.. I would have never thought that a high end retail store would have a security camera.
and isnt covering your face in the burglary 101 handbook??
no one is going to comment on that horrid voice over on the video??
Some of the highlights...
watch as the thieves show skilled practice at bringing down that plate glass door
Skilled practice? They threw a FREAKING ROCK THRU IT!! this is now a skilled practice? (thats an Olympic event right? The 1 yard glass breaking competition)
And savy enough to wear masks, knowing there were security cameras
Damn, those guys are SAVY! Security cameras have only been around for like 30 years now. They must have planned ahead.. I would have never thought that a high end retail store would have a security camera.
and isnt covering your face in the burglary 101 handbook??
swingerofbirch
macrumors 68040
Remember guys, if they're desperate enough to steal, they obviously need the MacBook Pros, iPhones, and iPods more than we do.
They'll get caught
They will get caught, probabl trying to sell them on eBay. I just sold my MBP and someone asked me what my serial number was. After I gave it to them I never heard from them again. I never thought much of it but as someone posted a few back, prob. someone at Apple checking eBay/Craigslist and thought to check my serial number.
Hopefully they get these guys. They will talk, all criminals talk and boast, it's just someone who hears it has to be willing to turn them in.
They will get caught, probabl trying to sell them on eBay. I just sold my MBP and someone asked me what my serial number was. After I gave it to them I never heard from them again. I never thought much of it but as someone posted a few back, prob. someone at Apple checking eBay/Craigslist and thought to check my serial number.
Hopefully they get these guys. They will talk, all criminals talk and boast, it's just someone who hears it has to be willing to turn them in.
Maybe this is wake up call for Apple to display more iMacs and MacPros.
Did anyone catch that not a single desktop machine or monitor was taken. That's because they're not easily carried.
I defy those guys to get out of the store with more than one MacPro each in 31 seconds!
Did anyone catch that not a single desktop machine or monitor was taken. That's because they're not easily carried.
I defy those guys to get out of the store with more than one MacPro each in 31 seconds!
"Find my iPhone" converts into "Find the Thieves"
*Super Effective*
Just watch these thieves get caught. I'm sure by now Apple has the "Find my iPhone" feature beaming down their current location.
Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A400 Safari/528.16)
That is a lot of stuff really quickly. This stinks that it happened. I'm glad that it seems like no one was hurt.
That is a lot of stuff really quickly. This stinks that it happened. I'm glad that it seems like no one was hurt.