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All day I read stories about people standing in line for hours to get the new iPhone 3G on the first day of release. Here is one such story.
My boss planned on visiting one of the Apple stores here in Las Vegas to get his new one (he got one last year too) but when he found out that there were already 200 or more in line at both of our Apple stores, he went to an ATT&T store instead. After over five hours in line, he still didn't have a working iPhone 3G. (Apple's iTunes servers couldn't handle the load.)
Now, I'll admit that that iPhone is slick. The iPhone 3G is even better, in fact it's more like what the original iPhone SHOULD have been a year ago. When AT&T finally loses their monopoly on the iPhone, I figure it'll be as full featured as my Sprint Mogul and I'll probably get one.
But what is wrong with these people? Who in their RIGHT mind will stand in line for hours to buy a toy? The first person in line last year at the New York 5th Avenue Apple Store waited there for 4.5 days!
Now I'll admit, I stood in line for almost five hours once. In Nipton, California, the closest place (at the time) to Las Vegas that sold California Lottery tickets. The California Lottery had gotten over US$100,000,000 for the first time. A slim chance to win over one hundred million dollars? Yeah, I could see it. Though I didn't realize before I headed there what kind of wait I'd have.
But every year, I hear about people standing in line for hours or days to buy everything from concert tickets to new game consoles to sheesh, the latest version of a computer operating system! All so that they can have it on the day of release. I guess if you really like the band and it's likely to sell out, I can see the concert thing. Sort of.
Every year, people camp out in lines, usually around Christmas time. Usually we hear reports of fights breaking out, people in line being robbed, etc.
Sorry Charlie. Not for me. That is what Internet Shopping and FedEx is for.
My boss planned on visiting one of the Apple stores here in Las Vegas to get his new one (he got one last year too) but when he found out that there were already 200 or more in line at both of our Apple stores, he went to an ATT&T store instead. After over five hours in line, he still didn't have a working iPhone 3G. (Apple's iTunes servers couldn't handle the load.)
Now, I'll admit that that iPhone is slick. The iPhone 3G is even better, in fact it's more like what the original iPhone SHOULD have been a year ago. When AT&T finally loses their monopoly on the iPhone, I figure it'll be as full featured as my Sprint Mogul and I'll probably get one.
But what is wrong with these people? Who in their RIGHT mind will stand in line for hours to buy a toy? The first person in line last year at the New York 5th Avenue Apple Store waited there for 4.5 days!
Now I'll admit, I stood in line for almost five hours once. In Nipton, California, the closest place (at the time) to Las Vegas that sold California Lottery tickets. The California Lottery had gotten over US$100,000,000 for the first time. A slim chance to win over one hundred million dollars? Yeah, I could see it. Though I didn't realize before I headed there what kind of wait I'd have.
But every year, I hear about people standing in line for hours or days to buy everything from concert tickets to new game consoles to sheesh, the latest version of a computer operating system! All so that they can have it on the day of release. I guess if you really like the band and it's likely to sell out, I can see the concert thing. Sort of.
Every year, people camp out in lines, usually around Christmas time. Usually we hear reports of fights breaking out, people in line being robbed, etc.
Sorry Charlie. Not for me. That is what Internet Shopping and FedEx is for.
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