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People trampled, panic ensues in rush to purchase bargain laptops
AP ^
| 8/16/05
| Kristin Gelineau
Posted on 08/16/2005 12:20:19 PM PDT by misterrob
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:20:26 PM PDT
by
misterrob
To: misterrob
You get what you pay for...........
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:21:19 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? GOOOOGLE your own name. Want to have fun? GOOOOGLE your neighbor's......)
To: misterrob
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:21:41 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: misterrob
hmmm. I thought only pc users were greedy and uncivilized. Mac users are supposed to be above all that.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:22:42 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(see my FR page for a link to the tribute to Terri Schaivo, a short video presentation.)
To: ShadowAce; mhking; Swordmaker
"Son, did I ever tell you about the Apple Riots of 2005?"
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:22:56 PM PDT
by
Dont Mention the War
(John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
To: misterrob
A couple more articles on it are linked here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464323/posts
That article may have a misprint...it says "over 1,000 people" showed up. According to the Times-Dispatch, Henrico County police estimated the crowd at TWELVE THOUSAND. For 1,000 four-year-old beat-to-hell laptops.
}:-)4
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:23:01 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(Newsflash: It's the South. In the summer. IT GETS HOT. DEAL WITH IT.)
To: misterrob; Admin Moderator
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:23:25 PM PDT
by
misterrob
To: misterrob
There isn't enough money to pay me to live in a large city.
To: misterrob
There is a picture, too.
![](http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2005/08/16/1124217764_3103.gif)
People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:24:10 PM PDT
by
retrokitten
(www.retrosrants.blogspot.com- finally updated!!!)
To: the invisib1e hand
Not only are the Mac users snobs, they are MEAN snobs. ;^)
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:25:10 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Moose4
What's the true market value of a 2001-era iBook, anyway? I'll bet it's not significantly more than $50.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:25:40 PM PDT
by
Dont Mention the War
(John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
To: All
"Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting for hours in line."
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....or they could have went to work, earned a few bucks and bought a real computer...
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:28:20 PM PDT
by
CygnusXI
(Where's that dang Meteor already?)
To: Dont Mention the War
Just go to eBay and buy one there.
To: Dont Mention the War
What's the true market value of a 2001-era iBook, anyway? I'll bet it's not significantly more than $50.My thinking exactly.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:30:30 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Wait a second here. These are not Mac users. Mac users already HAVE their laptops. These are Mac wannabe users, in other words: current PC users.
Mac users would NEVER be rude like this.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:32:44 PM PDT
by
zeebee
To: the invisib1e hand
hmmm. I thought only pc users were greedy and uncivilized. Mac users are supposed to be above all that.What imbecile decided to sell iBooks for $50? More living proof that below-market prices create shortages, and that government prices never line up with market realities.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:32:53 PM PDT
by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: misterrob
Next time, the school system should have a lottery. $10 per ticket, and if your number is drawn, you get the opportunity to buy a used computer. These stampedes are crazy.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:35:15 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: misterrob
I wonder what would have happened had they been selling real computers?
To: Dont Mention the War
What's the true market value of a 2001-era iBook, anyway? I'll bet it's not significantly more than $50.Good point. According to Froogle, you can get them for about $120 (if they're G4s--G3s would be cheaper). The article suggests that people are comparing the price to the $1K for a new iBook, which was the price in 2001 and is still the price today. So this incident also provides a lesson in market inefficiency: lack of information can really throw off our ex ante estimate of the value.
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:37:52 PM PDT
by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
08/16/2005 12:40:33 PM PDT
by
FairfaxVA
(SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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