Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900

I actually took pictures of the first people in line, waiting outside of NYC's 24hr Apple store last night - one of our rainiest nights of the year! You can check some of the pics out on my flickr page. #candyspan

Re: Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900

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Post by biot » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

sukuriant wrote: post #4

Only $900? I bet she could have gotten more than that if she'd tried...

Then again, a bird in the hand...

Another approach would have been to auction the spot, thus guaranteeing* a $900 minimum and also opening it up to competitive bids.

* enforceability with strangers on a street in NY notwithstanding

Re: Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900

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Post by bitwise » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

Ive never understood how people could want something so bad to wait in line like that. I really don't get it.

Re: Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900

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Post by middus » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 6:43 PM UTC

apress wrote: post #2

$21.95 an hour -- better than flipping burgers.

Better? When you flip burgers, you're not in the rain and your shift does not take 41hrs. This neither sounds healthy nor admirable to me.

Re: Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900

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Post by agentq » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 6:49 PM UTC

"He’s not alone in paying for the cache of being among the first to purchase apple products."

cache? sigh