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You Will Never See iPhone Lines The Same After Watching This Unsettling Video in New York City
Business Insider ^ | 09/22/2014 | Jay Yarow

Posted on 09/22/2014 10:48:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

On Friday, we, like many others, published photos of thousands of people standing in line to buy the new iPhone, the iPhone 6.

Most people think of these lines as being filled with crazed fanboys who just can't wait to get their hands on the latest product from Apple. However, filmmaker Casey Neistat (via Re/code) created a six-minute video that shows there is a dark, disturbing side to these lines.

The lines are not filled only with crazed fanboys. Neistat shows that the lines are filled with people waiting for days to buy an iPhone 6, only to flip it as soon as they leave the store. On YouTube, he says "this entire experience was disheartening."

We have the full video below, here's a quick rundown of what you'll see:

This was the first person in line for the iPhone 6 at the SoHo store:

iPhone 6 line videoCasey Neistat


She's not whom you think of when you visualize the kind of person who waits for an iPhone. But, maybe she should be:

iPhone 6 line videoCasey Neistat

The guy in the front said he was waiting for two days.

iPhone 6 videoCasey Neistat

In the evening, the lines get even more depressing. People are sleeping in garbage bags:


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: apple; flipping; iphone; maccult; newyork; nyc; obamaconomy
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1 posted on 09/22/2014 10:48:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

These people have no lives. Pathetic.


2 posted on 09/22/2014 10:50:17 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: fwdude

The Phone doesn’t interest me in the least.


3 posted on 09/22/2014 10:51:40 AM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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To: SeekAndFind

Were they the same ones that assembled the phones?


4 posted on 09/22/2014 10:52:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: fwdude

Depends on how much they make on the flip.


5 posted on 09/22/2014 10:52:29 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: SeekAndFind
I would not be surprised to learn they were paid to wait on line.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

6 posted on 09/22/2014 10:52:59 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmm. The day all of these people were sleeping in line (launch day), I returned from lunch to find an iPhone 6 shipped from FedEx sitting on my desk.


7 posted on 09/22/2014 10:53:02 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: fwdude

does not apple PAY for people to cheer and wait in their lines? (ala ancient romans)

It is PR astroturf and tantamount to false advertising.

Even OTHER companies are now paying people to stand in line with their company logos. Not to buy the phone but just to have free PR.


8 posted on 09/22/2014 10:54:00 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: RoosterRedux

That’s what I was thinking. If I can make a couple hundred bucks for sitting in line for 12 hours or so, that’s not a bad profit.


9 posted on 09/22/2014 10:54:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: fwdude

What is wrong with folks selling their time to wait in line to those that would rather pay more and not wait?


10 posted on 09/22/2014 10:55:11 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The lines are not filled only with crazed fanboys. Neistat shows that the lines are filled with people waiting for days to buy an iPhone 6, only to flip it as soon as they leave the store. On YouTube, he says "this entire experience was disheartening."

I don't see anything disheartening about it. I don't see anything to complain about.

11 posted on 09/22/2014 10:55:34 AM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind
With the alphabet agencies monitoring everything from Google, apple products, Facebook, and Twitter- we have what amounts to an open air super max.
Fortunately I'm not on FB or Twitter, but I stepped in Google and Apple early, and they are hard to transition out of.
But it's obvious to me that the government just loves these things. So I'm getting out of the game and at least my kids can learn from me before they shackle themselves.
12 posted on 09/22/2014 10:56:26 AM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: SeekAndFind

This behavior has been found to be caused by caused by a previously undiscovered pathological ailment called “Appeldopholis Snuffilupigus” which is apparently brought on by too much contact with Apple products.


13 posted on 09/22/2014 10:56:36 AM PDT by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
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To: cripplecreek
Check this out...
Phone retailers in the Mongkok district said the price premium for the gold iPhone 6 Plus with the most storage had jumped to more than $1,000. "Asian customers love using large-screen phones to watch video and play games," said Lo Lau, an owner of a smartphone store in Mongkok.

Jay Lam, a Hong Kong shop manager, left the Apple store in the Causeway Bay neighborhood with a big smile and two gold iPhone 6 Pluses. Mr. Lam said he planned to sell each phone for 20,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$2,600), a handsome profit from the official retail price of HK$8,088.

Source


14 posted on 09/22/2014 10:57:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: thackney

Yeah, I’ve always thought it was idiotic till now.

Now I’m wondering if I shouldn’t plan to do the same.


15 posted on 09/22/2014 10:57:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Were they the same ones that assembled the phones?

LOL

16 posted on 09/22/2014 10:57:32 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: SeekAndFind
So that's where my mama-san was last week......
17 posted on 09/22/2014 10:59:20 AM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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To: fwdude

Maybe they have no jobs and are flipping phones to make some extra money. Of course I’m sure there are many in line who are using their EBT money to pay for a new phone. Nice of we taxpayers to buy one for them to go along with their Air Jordan shoes!


18 posted on 09/22/2014 10:59:52 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: RoosterRedux

When I used to work security for races at MIS I always sold the free hats they gave us. I had guys pay me as much as $50 for the free hat they gave me.

Limited supply collector’s item.


19 posted on 09/22/2014 11:02:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: cripplecreek

I think it is more likely days rather than hours for those multi-hundred $$$ payments.

In Houston we had a story of a near riot where folks set up a tent as part of their place in line, not that uncommon. The right came when folks discovered the places were held by mannequins inside the tent, rather than people. Their gear got trashed and thrown to the side.


20 posted on 09/22/2014 11:02:49 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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