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mariofan
November 20th, 2004, 03:18 PM
Hey all - just got home from the apple store opening on regent street in london. Slept on the streets over night with loads of like minded people and finally got in at 10.45. Earlier in the night a queue push caused confusion and this pushed us away from the 300 lucky enough to get a lucky bag - ****. Still, was worth it!

:mario: a very tired mariofan!
jokun
November 20th, 2004, 03:25 PM
What were you waiting for??
berkoWitZ
November 20th, 2004, 03:47 PM
lol, yea, what was worth it??
RabBell
November 20th, 2004, 04:20 PM
get any good stuff :h:

you don't happen to know what was in the goodie bag do you...
ahmed
November 20th, 2004, 04:37 PM
What were you waiting for??
http://homepage.mac.com/hsk/applejapan.html :P
RelandR
November 20th, 2004, 05:10 PM
it's a :alien2: MacCult thang ... and WinPeeCee'ers just wouldn't understand ;P
T-O
November 20th, 2004, 05:39 PM
it's a :alien2: MacCult thang ... and WinPeeCee'ers just wouldn't understand ;P


no way Windows people will ever do that! :S
Butters
November 20th, 2004, 06:34 PM
Yea becuase Microsoft dosent have cool stores like Apple does :P


http://homepage.mac.com/hsk/applejapan.html :P
Woah, thats crazy!

I wanna go to the Apple store over here in London, I dunno if I can be bothered tho :P

Im also thinking of applying for a weekend/part time job in the Apple Store, I dunno if id get one tho.
DariusMonsef
November 20th, 2004, 08:38 PM
Is there a name for this other than finaticism? I see this a lot at the Virgin Megastore where I live... Lines of people camping overnight to get a chance to say Hi to a star and have a CD signed...

Those "stars" are just like you and me. The need to eat and sleep and take poo's. I've never understood the over idolization. And for me it seems even weirder to bestow that finaticism on something inanimate, like a store... Were they giving away free Computers? Becase then I could understand it, but jsut to look at something...? Not a blind man's chance of seeing in the dark would I go.
T-O
November 21st, 2004, 03:09 AM
Is there a name for this other than finaticism? I see this a lot at the Virgin Megastore where I live... Lines of people camping overnight to get a chance to say Hi to a star and have a CD signed...

Those "stars" are just like you and me. The need to eat and sleep and take poo's. I've never understood the over idolization. And for me it seems even weirder to bestow that finaticism on something inanimate, like a store... Were they giving away free Computers? Becase then I could understand it, but jsut to look at something...? Not a blind man's chance of seeing in the dark would I go.

why not? I mean you like there products. you want to show them that you do.

I think it's mostly a sence of belonging.
DariusMonsef
November 21st, 2004, 04:52 AM
Take Steve Jobs out to dinner, tell him you think his vision and ideas are amazing... waiting 7 hours so the $8 hour emplyee can show you the new toys, isn't really saying much.

Be a fan, respect something or someone, just don't define yourself by someone or something else though... that's all I'm saying.
Beddoes
November 21st, 2004, 06:31 AM
http://homepage.mac.com/hsk/applejapan.html

surely you would go the next day or something?
Fair enough there products are good but would it be worth waiting maybe 10 hours of standing around just to see some products?
mariofan
November 21st, 2004, 04:05 PM
we were outside the london one for 12 hours. Mark of respect.
T-O
November 21st, 2004, 06:00 PM
we were outside the london one for 12 hours. Mark of respect.


Cool! Keep it up! :D
RelandR
November 21st, 2004, 06:08 PM
....... Were they giving away free Computers? Becase then I could understand it, but jsut to look at something...? Not a blind man's chance of seeing in the dark would I go...... " Goody bags priced at £250 with contents with a minimum value of £700 "

... convert to $US and you have >$1000.0++ to vie for by standing in line - some may think that's worth the while :shrugs:.....

pics O' the affair:

http://www.macworld.co.uk/applestore/
DariusMonsef
November 21st, 2004, 06:11 PM
Anyone want to make a guess as to how much that staircase costs?
T-O
November 21st, 2004, 06:16 PM
Anyone want to make a guess as to how much that staircase costs?

Allot..

Man I had no idea that mac was doing so well! No Idea at all!
DariusMonsef
November 21st, 2004, 06:37 PM
I don't think a lot really gives it justice. That stiarcase costs 1 million dollars. We have the same one in our LA store here.
T-O
November 21st, 2004, 06:50 PM
I don't think a lot really gives it justice. That stiarcase costs 1 million dollars. We have the same one in our LA store here.


hmmm okay.... I think 1 million dollars is allot.
hl
November 21st, 2004, 10:17 PM
holy crap... 1,000,00 bucks... with that much money... ****....

haha

and just on a staircase!

well, i think mac started to get pretty good when the ipod was released, g3

now its just growing... even im into mac! **** i want an ipod and an ibook please!
mdipi
November 21st, 2004, 10:22 PM
I have been talking to Stormy Shippy, the guy who waited 48 hours in line to be first in the store. He is a very cool guy to say the leat :D

I would have loved to go to the store, but alas i am 3000 miles away :(

MF how was it? I have been trying to get an interview with Jobs but have no clue how to contact him :/