I just read this on a mac site. Wish I could get there.
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/ibooksalefaq.htm
AGuyNamedMike
07-25-05, 04:13 PM
I'm from there. Stay far away, this will not be a pretty event. For those brave enough to go, good luck.
runner001
07-25-05, 05:12 PM
do you mean by "not be a pretty event" that it will be a mob scene? or that they sell junk?
Edit: nevermind. I just read the link and you probably mean that it will be a mob scene.
Razzak
07-25-05, 11:32 PM
An "Appleworks Operating System"....
Rogue588
07-25-05, 11:51 PM
Shit, be sure to post if there's ever one of these in CT. All you need to bring is a bat..."mob scene" fixed.
Osiris
07-25-05, 11:58 PM
Sure would be worth a try.
Michael Corvin
07-26-05, 08:27 AM
An "Appleworks Operating System"....
That is what caught my eye. I've never heard of such a thing. How old are these?
AGuyNamedMike
07-26-05, 09:57 AM
They have OS X on them. Appleworks is merely a productivity suite they have loaded on the laptops.
Surplus Property Sale
August 9, 2005
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Henrico County Public Schools
361 Dabbs House Road
Richmond, VA 23223
Apple Laptops
Model – iBook (white) – Power PC 750
CPU Speed – 500 MHz
Memory – 320 MB
Hard Drive – 10 G
Screen – 12.1 inch
AC Charger
Wireless Card
Operating System – 10.2.8
Basic standard applications installed with the OS AppleWorks – Version 6.2.9
1000 Available for sale
Price $50.00 each – LIMIT ONE PER PERSON
Method of Payment: Check or cash
Directions:
From the West
I-64 East. Take Exit #193B. Travel east on Nine Mile Road. Eastern
Government Center is approximately ½ mile on the left.
From the East (Williamsburg)
I-64 West. Take Exit #193B. Travel east on Nine Mile Road. Eastern
Government Center is approximately ½ mile on the left.
From I-295
I-295. Take Exit #34B (Creighton Road). Travel. 3.0 miles, take a left at the
traffic light onto Laburnum Avenue. Travel to the next traffic light and turn
right onto Nine Mile Road. Eastern Government Center is ¾ mile on the right.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get one of these, but yes, it will be a cluster foxtrot.
Does not look like it turned out too good for some people!
LMAO, they might as well have been selling paper weights [4 year old ibooks] that's awesome if you don't get killed trying to buy one!
AGuyNamedMike
08-16-05, 03:33 PM
See? I told you so.
"Buncha savages in this town."
Michael Corvin
08-16-05, 04:17 PM
and who said the mac was dead? :)
She bought three iBooks -- one for her and one for each of her sons.
Greedy bitch deserved to get trampled. ;)
Also makes you wonder how many of those sold will actually be used by the buyer and not put up on ebay once they get home.
Bobbin
08-16-05, 04:55 PM
Does not look like it turned out too good for some people!
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784465530
That picture is amazing.
Groucho
08-16-05, 05:01 PM
Just watched the slideshow. Good gravy!
Aphex Twin
08-16-05, 05:23 PM
I just read this on a mac site. Wish I could get there.
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/ibooksalefaq.htm
Link doesn't work.
Groucho
08-16-05, 05:24 PM
Aphex Twin,
I hearby charge you with reading the subject header of a thread, the original post, but not any replies. This carries with it a secondary charge of not paying attention to the date.
How do you plead?
Aphex Twin
08-16-05, 07:45 PM
Oh my god dudes, this might be related to the sale the OP was talking about!
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line.
"This is total, total chaos," said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one foot bare.
More than 1,000 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks, which retail for between $999 and $1,299. The Henrico County school system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents.
Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting for hours in line. When the gates opened, it became a terrifying mob scene.
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.
Police would not immediately comment on the number of or extent of injuries, though witnesses said they mostly had scrapes and bruises.
"It's rather strange that we would have such a tremendous response for the purchase of a laptop computer -- and laptop computers that probably have less-than- desirable attributes," said Paul Proto, director of general services for Henrico County. "But I think that people tend to get caught up in the excitement of the event -- it almost has an entertainment value."
Blandine Alexander, 33, said one woman standing in front of her was so desperate to retain her place in line that she urinated on herself.
"I've never been in something like that before, and I never again will," said Alexander, who brought her 14-year-old twin boys to the complex at 4:30 a.m. to wait in line. "No matter what the kids want, I already told them I'm not doing that again."
Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him.
"I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station.
"They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said.
dvdmovie1
08-16-05, 08:18 PM
That school system could have sold the laptops on ebay for like, 5 times that, and had a ton more money to put into the school system. That wouldn't have required any police officers - just one or two people shipping them out as the orders came in.
darkside
08-16-05, 08:41 PM
This is the reason I avoid most of those Thanksgiving day deals. The deals aren't even that great half the time and people are trying to kill each other.
The above post is exactly what should have happened. If they only wanted to sell them to local residents you can still structure your auctions that way and only sell to people that could come and pick them up. This should never have happened.
The could also have let everyone line up at the gate and then hand out numbers starting with the people at the beginning of the line and let 10 go at a time to get their ibooks till all were sold. Everyone that didn't get a number goes home. This should have never happened.
The Mac is definitely alive and well, but some of the users are in bad shape.
ben12
08-16-05, 08:57 PM
This is the reason I avoid most of those Thanksgiving day deals. The deals aren't even that great half the time and people are trying to kill each other.
Don't even try and compare this to Black Friday. The thing about this whole mob thing is that any one of those people could have avoided getting urine or a folding chair on them if they just didn't care THAT much about getting a cheap laptop. Same for the Black Friday deals. You go to try and get some good deals, but don't have anything in mind that you MUST GET OR YOUR FAMILY/CHILDREN WILL STOP LOVING YOU etc. That's the thing about these mob sales. I'm sure there were lots of ppl that showed up, saw the carnage, and were like "Fuck that" and then went to pee in the TOILET!
Man, peeing oneself in public is about the lowest a human being can get. I'd only do that to save a life.
hepcat
08-16-05, 10:35 PM
"I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station.
"They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said.
those pictures were great, but this my favorite..."I thought that it was just"...
yashan
08-16-05, 11:15 PM
those pictures were great, but this my favorite..."I thought that it was just"...
I can't stop laughing at this part:
someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd.
rotfl
lxl
08-17-05, 01:51 AM
-biggrin- -biggrin-
$50 is way too cheap
MAH4546
08-17-05, 02:09 AM
The actions of the people were, for the most part, disgusting. What is really sad is that some people went to this iBook sale with the intention of getting their first computer. People who can't afford a $1,000 laptop, and can't even afford a used $250 one. Instead, they are already popping up like crazy on eBay. While it was great that Henrico County offered their residents a bargain basement price for a chance at a good laptop, they should have restricted it to those that would actually put it to use (though, admittedly, it is difficult to figure out exactly who that would be) - not idiots who brought their children so they could buy three of them that would just go onto eBay, since their $3,000 Vaios are far superior.
Michael Corvin
08-17-05, 08:30 AM
Should have checked i.d. and only sold it to residents of the town or offer them to the parents of the school children first. Problem solved.
lostatmidnight
08-17-05, 09:24 AM
ahhh yes human nature...more evidence of evolution. :lol:
MAH4546
08-17-05, 10:00 AM
Should have checked i.d. and only sold it to residents of the town or offer them to the parents of the school children first. Problem solved.
Actually, it was limited to residents of Henrico County. Didn't solve anything.
KillerQ
08-17-05, 10:30 AM
Haha,
way to drive through the crowd -- this sounds like a spoof or something...haha. It makes perfect sense, 5,500 people lining up to buy 1,000 laptops. Someone can't count.
Later,
Matt
gunn
08-17-05, 05:50 PM
Don't even try and compare this to Black Friday. The thing about this whole mob thing is that any one of those people could have avoided getting urine or a folding chair on them if they just didn't care THAT much about getting a cheap laptop. Same for the Black Friday deals. You go to try and get some good deals, but don't have anything in mind that you MUST GET OR YOUR FAMILY/CHILDREN WILL STOP LOVING YOU etc. That's the thing about these mob sales. I'm sure there were lots of ppl that showed up, saw the carnage, and were like "Fuck that" and then went to pee in the TOILET!
Man, peeing oneself in public is about the lowest a human being can get. I'd only do that to save a life.
Depends on how you define "public": if you've ever surfed in a cold climate before, pissing in your wesuit is one way to keep warm. Really.
-g
atari2600
08-17-05, 06:15 PM
The actions of the people were, for the most part, disgusting. What is really sad is that some people went to this iBook sale with the intention of getting their first computer. People who can't afford a $1,000 laptop, and can't even afford a used $250 one. Instead, they are already popping up like crazy on eBay. While it was great that Henrico County offered their residents a bargain basement price for a chance at a good laptop, they should have restricted it to those that would actually put it to use (though, admittedly, it is difficult to figure out exactly who that would be) - not idiots who brought their children so they could buy three of them that would just go onto eBay, since their $3,000 Vaios are far superior.
well said.
glassdragon
08-17-05, 11:01 PM
Sometimes humanity makes me sad
ben12
08-18-05, 01:33 AM
Depends on how you define "public": if you've ever surfed in a cold climate before, pissing in your wesuit is one way to keep warm. Really.
-g
Which counts as "saving a life," so my statement stands as is.
clayfu
08-19-05, 03:16 AM
rofl that laptop isn't worth 50$
if someone offered you a pentium m 700 mhz (if they even make those) laptop with a 12 inch screen, 10 gb harddrive, weighs over 5 lbs, and has shit battery life would you pay for it?
(i work for one of the largest apple retailers, we get so many of these chalk white ibooks in for repair)
yashan
08-19-05, 10:26 AM
(i work for one of the largest apple retailers, we get so many of these chalk white ibooks in for repair)
And how much does it normally cost to repair one of these antiques? Probably over $50. :)
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