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Apple to open retail store in Thousand Oaks, CA
Apple plans to open a new retail store this Saturday, October 29th at
10:00 AM in Thousand Oaks, CA. The Apple Store is located at 432 West Hillcrest Dr. in Thousand Oaks, on the Upper Level across from Express. You can find complete travel directions here.
As usual, the first 1000 visitors will be rewarded with commemorative
t-shirts. Visitors can also enter to win the “Grand Opening
Sweepstakes,” which will award one winner with an iMac, an iPod nano, a
Canon digital camera and camcorder and Epson inkjet printer.If you're going to attend the opening in Thousand Oaks, please send us links to your photos and reports! Good luck and have fun.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
leftbanke7 said 10:11PM on 11-01-2005
ChillyWilly, the Apple Store at the Gateway is rumored to be opened on Nov 5th. Shouldn't have to wait too long now!
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narco said 2:07PM on 10-25-2005
You know I'll be there...
Fishes,
narco.
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N8 said 2:16PM on 10-25-2005
Why is it that the geniuses of Apple can open a dozen stores in LA and San Fran, but they can't seem to put one in the Central Valley??? I must be missing some vital piece of information that Mac users don't live in the Central Valley...Ok, I'm done.
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BE said 2:20PM on 10-25-2005
Hey Narco, or anyone else that repeatedly attends these, I'm just curious. Besides the T-shirt, what's the point of going to these store openings? Waking up extra early and waiting in line to see, well, pretty much everything you could see at an Apple store that's already open? I live nearby and could attend, but please clue me in as to why I would want to?
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narco said 2:51PM on 10-25-2005
It's nice to meet other Mac enthusiasts, that's pretty much it. I used to love waiting in line for concert tickets for the same reason, but that whole process has changed so I am only limited to Apple store openings!
Fishes,
narco.
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Joel Snape said 3:11PM on 10-25-2005
Why is it that apple's always opening more stores but never one near you! Come on apple, theres and empty space in Cambridge (UK) you can have :)
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ChillyWilly said 3:40PM on 10-25-2005
Another store in SoCal? Well, I guess there's a reason for it. I've been to the one at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, but haven't been to a grand opening yet.
Hoping a Salt Lake store is in the works soon.
Signed,
Waiting in Salt Lake
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Pfft said 4:16PM on 10-25-2005
Wow, an(other) Apple Store in California. Color me who cares.
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CB said 10:29PM on 10-29-2005
I went to the grand opening in Thousand Oaks today. It was wonderful. I've been to one previous in Chicago area a few years ago. Today's was really fun. I waited online for 1 hr and was among the first 50 people in line. I watched the cleaning crew of the mall clean the glass door and walls. I watched regular ole mall people walk by the long line in bewilderment - "What are people waiting in line for?" I watched the people in line taking pictures with cells phone camera and regular cameras of the front of the store and then the people waiting in line. There were also professional photographers taking pictures also. Long line. I was in the store for 30 minutes and when I walked out the line was just as long, if not longer, than when I entered at 10 am. Gobs of people in the store buying up a storm.
One new thing that has been added is this: about 2 minutes before store opening time, the clerks (in black t-shirts and black pants) run up and down the line yelling and clapping and giving people in line high-fives. A little crazy, but fun.
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CB said 10:30PM on 10-29-2005
I went to the grand opening in Thousand Oaks today. It was wonderful. I've been to one previous in Chicago area a few years ago. Today's was really fun. I waited online for 1 hr and was among the first 50 people in line. I watched the cleaning crew of the mall clean the glass door and walls. I watched regular ole mall people walk by the long line in bewilderment - "What are people waiting in line for?" I watched the people in line taking pictures with cells phone camera and regular cameras of the front of the store and then the people waiting in line. There were also professional photographers taking pictures also. Long line. I was in the store for 30 minutes and when I walked out the line was just as long, if not longer, than when I entered at 10 am. Gobs of people in the store buying up a storm.
One new thing that has been added is this: about 2 minutes before store opening time, the clerks (in black t-shirts and black pants) run up and down the line yelling and clapping and giving people in line high-fives. A little crazy, but fun.
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