Shopper picks up iPhone AND $800US
Here's the story. This kid in Texas arrives at his local AT&T store at 6:00 AM on Friday the 29th to buy an iPhone. His effort pays off as he finds himself in 1st place.Almost 12 hours later, a woman shows up with $16,000US in cash. Mark - the 1st place squatter - sells her his spot for $800US. Her intention was to buy a slew of phones and sell them all on Ebay. Apparantly, she was unaware of the "1 per customer" rule, and left with a single phone that ended up costing her $1400 (before activation).
As for Mark, he eventually got a phone of his own plus a mountain of accessories. Why not, right?
The moral of the story: Some people are lucky, some people are dumb. We'll let you work out which is which.
Thanks, Marco!
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Here's the story. This kid in Texas arrives at his local AT&T store at 6:00 AM on Friday the 29th to buy an iPhone. His effort pays off...
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You're welcome Duve! Sheesh! It's Marcos, not Marco! Or was it my mistake on the tip submittal form? =) [Insert Oscar Wilde Quote Here]
Anyway, you're welcome Dave. It's a kick to see a tip I submitted! Thank you for the credit!
So now you're mining FSJ's blog for your news items?
July 06 2007 at 12:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@ rogersmj
Perhaps you should read the story more carefully. The kid arrived at his local AT&T store, not his local Apple store. AT&T stores only allowed you to purchase one phone per person.
Old news is so exciting!
Clearly staged by Fox. Just for starters, the camera is already inside the store when they unlock the doors to let the first customer in. Fair and balanced.
July 06 2007 at 9:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'll have to admit that it sounds a little fishy to me. Both the "kid" and the woman buying his place in line seemed a little "off" -- a little too polished. And even if the woman didn't know about the "one per customer" rule (which was not exactly a secret), did she really think AT&T was going to let her buy 25 phones? At my AT&T store, that would've been pretty close to their entire stock, and if someone had come in at the last minute and tried to buy them all after people had been waiting for 6-12 hours in line, there would have been a riot.
July 06 2007 at 6:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
1. Why all that cash? (because it looks better on tv)
2. That guy is an actor.
3. It's FOX news.
4. This story was staged, just like that "Guy Swipes Reporter's Mic During iPhone Liveshot"
has anyone bought even one of those overpriced 2000$ iphones on ebay?
July 06 2007 at 2:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyshe gets the dip sh*t award of the day
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