Ever seen insanity like this for PC laptops?
I was born and raised in Virginia, not West Virginia as Evo likes to believe, but just Virginia. The real Virginia. The state-where-everything-started Virginia. And while people from the Deep South like to say “You in Yankee Territory…”, I hold my tongue to remind them that I was born and raised in Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy.
I liked living in Richmond. To a point. A lot of people have asked me, after noting the history, the beauty, and the “big city with that small town feel” in its people and its manners, why I never went home after graduating from college.
One of my reasons just hit national news this week…
Chaos erupted yesterday morning at Richmond International Raceway as people stampeded through the gates in a rush to buy used iBook laptops for $50 each. Mothers clutched their children for protection, people screamed as they were knocked to the ground, a stroller was demolished, cars inched through the crowd.
“I can’t believe people are so barbaric,” said Grace Wang, a rising senior at Henrico County’s Godwin High School.
Anyone want to imagine what the scene would have been if they had been selling used iPods for $10?
August 19th, 2005 at 11:11 am
Are you sure that picture wasn’t taken at a Snoop Dogg concert?
I have never seen so much fuss over an Apple product in my whole life. Especially for computers that were 4-5 years old. I guess the lady in the yellow shirt in the right-hand corner is probably saying to herself “I shoulda bought a Dell.”
Maybe this is the type of promotion that Mike needs to jumpstart his cult.