Not me....Iphone 6 Plus doubles as a good club! Plus, there's an App you can use that will shot its 1080p pixels at the attacker!
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Security for in store pickups 9/19
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Not me....Iphone 6 Plus doubles as a good club! Plus, there's an App you can use that will shot its 1080p pixels at the attacker!
But honestly if you are worried about it take the phone out of the box and put it in your pocket. Put the box back in the bag and hold onto it lightly and walk to your car.
This way if a thief does make you into a target the most they are going to get is a box (it's like a craigslist scam where you think you're buying an ipad but it's really an ipad box full of post it notes).
The thief won't know his error until you are long gone.
This way if a thief does make you into a target the most they are going to get is a box (it's like a craigslist scam where you think you're buying an ipad but it's really an ipad box full of post it notes).
The thief won't know his error until you are long gone.
I'm going to take the day off probably & go middle of the day. I've learned if things feel hinky follow my instincts.
I feel hinky about going so early with only the Apple store open. And if I go later I can hit up Teavana for some tea.
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Since it's a 6plus I figured I'd put it in my bra! I don't think it fit in my pocket!!!
My little brother (6'5 300 lbs) was a cop. When I told him I was doing in store pickup he got concerned. But he lives in another state & can't come with.
I think black beans are more dense. Maybe go with that. As for the spoon, may I suggest a long handled tea spoon? You'll get more leverage with each wallop.
I believe that's what makes it fun. It also makes it enlightening!
LOL But to be sure, black beans are really more dense. So my can of soup sock will be black bean.
Wow, I get the feeling that we live in the same city and go to the same Apple store. What I have done in the past is put the phone in my purse and walk out. I take a rambling route through the mall back to my car. I usually have pepper spray on me but will also hold a key in my fist extended out. That way if someone approaches to attack, you punch them in the eye and the key will go in the eye.
I don't mess around.
I don't mess around.
U going on 9/19 maybe I'll meet u there. We can do lunch at that Asian bistro joint get our phones ramble a bit & walk out together. PM me
Ok, maybe we don't go to the same mall. I don't know of an Asian bistro but who knows (I am in ATL). Anyways, I can't pick up on the 19th due to Apple's screw up. I am in the second batch and mad about it (first time since the 3G that I didn't get release day).
I think the frenzy of a launch causes people to lose perspective. People regularly walk around with jewelry and watches that are far more valuable, and vastly easier to pawn, than your shiny new iphone. I get it, its new, exclusive and you stayed up all night to order it (I know I did). But unless you're waving it around in a particularly unsavory neighborhood (far away from an apple store), you're no more likely to get robbed than a little old lady having her purse snatched.
Chances are, those things you bought aren't nearly as small or easy to steal as an iPhone.
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True, but that doesn't keep ghetto people, thugs and hoodlums from hanging out around the area.
If there is recent history of violence, perhaps purchase elsewhere?
I mean, I am not sure what else can be said about that...
Right because crime in the ghetto isn't higher than elsewhere. That's not racist, that's logical.
Pepper spray is not effective, and there is nothing, NOTHING, wrong with carrying a concealed weapon as long as you are complying with all local laws.
You serious? This admin whos grown the job markets so much so Apple can sell in record numbers quarter after quarter year after year...
I live in Naperville, IL and it is a very nice area and People have had their Apple bags taken from them. It is a concern.
FYI...guess which store in downtown Naperville has had its glass doors smashed and the tables cleared after/before hours!
Apple Store: Great Marketing Bad Security
Ditto.
Last year in Houston near the Galleria people were camped out early to buy the 5S. A few guys rolled up and held the line up at gunpoint and robbed all of them taking their existing iPhones, iPads, and wallets.
I didn't know Wall st. Was in the ghetto.
More crimes are committed on Wall st than the 'ghetto' they just don't get caught.