The iStampede, hordes knocking down each other and fighting for Fruity laptops

Cleo · 2005-08-16, 06:49 PM

A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turns into a violent stampede.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/com....ap/index.html

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Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting for hours in line. When the gates opened, it became a terrifying mob scene.

People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd.

I think these were the old G3 ibooks which were pretty much crap slow laptops.

Erick G · 2005-08-16, 07:39 PM

LOL
What people do for cheap electronics.
Insane!

Cleo · 2005-08-16, 08:25 PM

I love the one woman who urinated.

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was so desperate to retain her place in line that she urinated on herself.

This is a new way of marking which piece of merchandise is yours I guess.

No I'm sorry that is my laptop, just taste who's urine is on it…

Erick G · 2005-08-16, 09:55 PM

Hope the laptop still works when she gets home.

ecchi · 2005-08-17, 03:30 AM

These guys never heard of eBay ? I got my laptop there for 99p (about $1.50) plus postage, and I did not have to trample no stroller, or push over no old men to get it !

juggernaut · 2005-08-17, 10:10 AM

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Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him.

"I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station.

"They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said.

LOL isnt that assault with a deadly weapon? lol People are just nuts. Funny readin tho.

sue-fl · 2005-08-17, 01:45 PM

I was in a similar situtation before. When my daughter was real young and the Cabbage Patch Dolls were had to find. The local toy store opened early and had 20 dolls for the 100's of people in line. When they opened the door it was crazy!! I stood back and said the hell with this, but my Mom didn't! She is a very quiet wouldn't hurt a flea type of person. But she got a doll and when this lady tried to take it from her, she turned in Satan... |shocking| What people won't do for their grandkids!!

2005-08-16, 07:39 PM	#2
Erick G Look maah I moved out and got my own space:) Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 555	LOL What people do for cheap electronics. Insane! __________________ Exclusive Feeds

2005-08-16, 09:55 PM	#4
Erick G Look maah I moved out and got my own space:) Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 555	Hope the laptop still works when she gets home. __________________ Exclusive Feeds

2005-08-17, 03:30 AM	#5
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	These guys never heard of eBay ? I got my laptop there for 99p (about $1.50) plus postage, and I did not have to trample no stroller, or push over no old men to get it !

2005-08-17, 01:45 PM	#7
sue-fl You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,837	I was in a similar situtation before. When my daughter was real young and the Cabbage Patch Dolls were had to find. The local toy store opened early and had 20 dolls for the 100's of people in line. When they opened the door it was crazy!! I stood back and said the hell with this, but my Mom didn't! She is a very quiet wouldn't hurt a flea type of person. But she got a doll and when this lady tried to take it from her, she turned in Satan... \|shocking\| What people won't do for their grandkids!!