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iPad WTF?! People already lined up!!!

s2mikey said:
Or, more importantly, don't they have a life? A job? Anything else meaningful in their lives except for electronic toys? That's the sad thing here. Otherwise, it's hilarious. Samsung is correct with their TV ads making fun of theses people. 😀. Lines at apple stores give you the opportunity to see a huge collection of knit caps and backpacks all in one convenient place.
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There's only one thing more depressing and sad than a line-up at an Apple Store, and it's this: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/slideshows/surface-tablet-buyers-line-up-at-california-microsoft-store/

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This is a religion.

Buying new apple products is their sacrament.

And they get to post about it and get hits on their blog or yootoob, duh.

And then there are people that are going to fed-ex the thing overseas to some rich offspring of the upper crust in a third world country and bank $1,000 profit on the thing.

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srminton said:
There's only one thing more depressing and sad than a line-up at an Apple Store, and it's this: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/slideshows/surface-tablet-buyers-line-up-at-california-microsoft-store/

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Camping out now is a tad ridiculous. I can see maybe getting to the store at 6am but starting now is just a waste of time when you can order online. The only reason to line up for this is to get it earlier. I will say that lining up for an Apple product is a unique experience that everyone should do once.
 
s2mikey said:
Or, more importantly, don't they have a life? A job? Anything else meaningful in their lives except for electronic toys? That's the sad thing here. Otherwise, it's hilarious. Samsung is correct with their TV ads making fun of theses people. 😀. Lines at apple stores give you the opportunity to see a huge collection of knit caps and backpacks all in one convenient place.
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It could be the experience? I've been to a midnight release for a game and it was fun. Doesn't have to be that they don't have lives. I would do it if I could just to experience it. The Samsung commercials are obviously them being jealous. What company doesn't want that?
 
bigdaddyc188 said:
Did you really take the week off for the iPad?
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No that would be ridiculous. You don't understand those people camp out at apple stores permanently. You won't be getting an iOS device at an Apple store in NYC. I talked to the security at the Apple store and they were like those people have been camped out for months.
 
s2mikey said:
Or, more importantly, don't they have a life? A job? Anything else meaningful in their lives except for electronic toys? That's the sad thing here. Otherwise, it's hilarious. Samsung is correct with their TV ads making fun of theses people. 😀. Lines at apple stores give you the opportunity to see a huge collection of knit caps and backpacks all in one convenient place.
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They are scalping the devices. I get it. It would be nice if end users could actually get an Apple device without having to pay a significant premium over what it's worth. Ok camping out for the first day because you are a fan is one thing but for months and months at a time keeping actual customers from buying anything from the Apple Store so middle men can jack up the price is kind of a bad end user experience. It feels like it's gotten ridiculous. In-Store pick up is wonderful solution to this.
 
Online Reservations

Just wanted to point out that I'm glad that there are rumours about online reservations.....lining up seems outdated, especially when the lines get long! I hope the rumour is true though!
 
AppleRocks2011 said:
Just wanted to point out that I'm glad that there are rumours about online reservations.....lining up seems outdated, especially when the lines get long! I hope the rumour is true though!
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It only seems outdated when you ignore what online ordering of limited supplies (like concert tickets) does. What has been happening there is that scalpers write bots to buy up the tickets within seconds in order to resell at a profit. Making them stand in line with everyone else limits the damage scalpers can do.
 
Krevnik said:
It only seems outdated when you ignore what online ordering of limited supplies (like concert tickets) does. What has been happening there is that scalpers write bots to buy up the tickets within seconds in order to resell at a profit. Making them stand in line with everyone else limits the damage scalpers can do.
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You realize that it is two per customer...that is what limits the damage not online bots. Plus there is such a thing a reCaptcha. I'm sure Apple would rather charge more money or have people buying additional accessories from the store while they are in the store rather than have them walk away refusing to pay the scalper tax. Last year the scalpers bought up all of the iPad Minis and then they couldn't sell all of them so they came back and dumped them back on Apple...when those could've went to customers right at the jump. Stuff like that is factored into the cost of the device.
 
AdonisSMU said:
No that would be ridiculous. You don't understand those people camp out at apple stores permanently. You won't be getting an iOS device at an Apple store in NYC. I talked to the security at the Apple store and they were like those people have been camped out for months.
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Thats nuts… I guess it is the thrill of getting the device...
 
AdonisSMU said:
Lol! iPad is my favorite computing device ever. So....
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My post was directed at sonicrobby who implied that waiting in line was a sign of obsession while ignoring that joining and posting on an iPad forum, when not looking for a specific piece of information, is also a sign of obsession.

I've camped out for iPads and iPhones, and I've camped out for concert tickets. Heck, I even camped out for an earlier version of OSX Tiger, and got a cool set of dog tags. I've always had a good time doing it.
 
AdonisSMU said:
You realize that it is two per customer...that is what limits the damage not online bots. Plus there is such a thing a reCaptcha. I'm sure Apple would rather charge more money or have people buying additional accessories from the store while they are in the store rather than have them walk away refusing to pay the scalper tax. Last year the scalpers bought up all of the iPad Minis and then they couldn't sell all of them so they came back and dumped them back on Apple...when those could've went to customers right at the jump. Stuff like that is factored into the cost of the device.
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You just create an arms race that way. I can write a bot to circumvent the 2-per-person limit and get larger shares by using accomplices who risk nothing. Captchas are increasingly under attack and starting to be broken. Making them wait in person, where the risk to accomplices is much greater, or have supply high enough they can't resell is really the best way. You don't introduce exploitable technology into the mix.

Also, keep in mind how much scalping of Apple products is actually to feed foreign markets before the product is launched there. Ain't arbitrage grand? (it isn't quite arbitrage, but the principle is the same)
 
AdonisSMU said:
I worked for The New York Times full time. I just got a new job that pays more than double. 😀😎
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Filed under: Yeah right and who cares.


There are people who really just enjoy sitting in line with other people who enjoy Apple products. I've done it once just to do it and won't do it again. I never camped out there. I'm an adult with actual real life crap to deal with, camping on the sidewalk is not my thing.
 
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