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- nessdog0
my co-worker said it's a lie about the 2 ipods- He reckons teh dood they talked to was bulshitting.
- toe-knee0
i'd doubt that too. but hats off to apple for the hype machine
- ********0
no ipod ... just crap like mouse, keyboard, software etc..
- contra0
'I came over from California. I worked a vacation around this; I've never been out of the US.
The store is wonderful; every flagship store outdoes itself. The architecture is really nice.
I've been here since Thursday evening. We have our tent that two of us are sharing.'Thomas Musante, California
Never been out of the US and when he dooes he chooses to spend two days camped on Regent Street waiting for a shop to open? WTF?!?!
- Spilt-Milk0
Apple are a fatastic example of commodity fetishism as discussed by the Frankfurt school. The objects they create are so aesthetically pleasing and are surrounded by a 'cool' branded persona that people just can't help themselves.
I saw a woman in john Lewis at the weekend buying a computer - she wanted to work from home. She explained they had PCs at work so the sales guy started showing her some budget PCs. With his spiel finished the woman said "Oh, but I like the look of these pretty ones" pointing at the Apples. She walked out with a brand new iMac. Case in point.
- Elfangio0
True, asthetics.....
and they fucking work as good as they look!!
:P
- waynepixel0
Bit sad standing out side a computer store at this time of year.! But the architecture looks great, and them glass stairs look amazing.
- unfittoprint0
fookin' slaves.
- MXS0
the cue was madness, but go see the building - most impressive is the glass bridge surrpoted by sheets of glass support
i was behind a creative director who turned out to be a really cool guy, and by the time we got in I got asked to do a website for him - so i went home happy!
- awrench0
hmm...so why didnt the people who got the bag just to get an ipod just spend the money on an ipod? rather than complain they didnt get 1...
- jox0
Why didn't the people who got a free Apple bag purchase an iPod?
Whoa, I didn't get a temporary tattoo with my free newspaper this morning, maybe I should just buy the publisher?
- vespa0
awrench = trustafarian?
- awrench0
ok no need to be dicks about it...i was under the impression that they got £700 worth of stuff in them for £250...thats why i was sayin why didnt they just spend the money on an ipod....
- contra0
It's called greed, they thought they'd pay £250 and get an iPod plus a bunch of freebies, whereas in reality most of them would have got a bag full of stuff they don't really want.
Still, hopefully that means eBay will be flooded with unwanted Apple kit over the next couple of weeks.
- jox0
Oh, lawd ABOVE - they had to PAY for that bag? LMAO!!! I thought they were handed out for free to the first 10 or whatever who entered the store !
hahahah
- JamesEngage0
I went in this morning about 10.30 staff everywhere but you still end up queueing for a while... I bought some of those in your ear headphones.... they sound shite... gonna take them back!
Have soem quite good powerbook sheaves so got one for laptop