Virginia School Surplus Mac Sale Goes Wrong!
The Henrico County school system in Virginia decided to rid themselves of 1,000 surplus 4-year old iBooks in the Virginia Internation Speedway for around $50.00. Just as suspected, a near-riot ensued on the day of the sale. According to CNN.COM one woman went as far as to “wet Herself” to retain her place in line. Shesh.
20 Responses to “Virginia School Surplus Mac Sale Goes Wrong!”
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On 08/17/05 11:36 AM, Jon Shell said:
that’s insane, but not very surprising.
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On 08/17/05 11:37 AM, danny said:
link please.
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On 08/17/05 11:39 AM, Wesley Johnson said:
i fixed it.. sorry about the link mess up.. the near riot linkage now goes to the article
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On 08/17/05 11:55 AM, shibby said:
I love macs with a passion but…
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On 08/17/05 12:06 PM, magnumforce2006 said:
That is completely hilarious.
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On 08/17/05 12:10 PM, The Theory said:
$50 for an iBook is a very nice price.
and why is it that every time a story comes without a link there is some knowitall curtly asking for a link? I mean seriously… it’s fine to ask for a link but you can at least be nice about it…
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On 08/17/05 12:18 PM, steve-o said:
50 for an ibook would be nice if it was a g4. they were getting rid of dinosaurs – not the hottness.
people rioted over archaic beasts.
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On 08/17/05 12:21 PM, brad said:
the best part was the guy who was beating the crap out of people with a chair because he was there first. wow… people are insane.
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On 08/17/05 12:32 PM, The Theory said:
Well, 4 years old is still newer than my computer…
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On 08/17/05 1:12 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:
Yea, those are old G3 iBooks. That’s one of the first ones I bought, and for real – those were solid machines. Too bad it fell and the monitor broke. Hah. But we just hooked it up to an external monitor and it works just fine. Much better than a four year old PC
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On 08/17/05 1:31 PM, Frog Alibi said:
I wonder if half these people even realized that they were Mac’s which they most likely aren’t familiar with and not the old familiar, buggy, virus ridden Window’s pc.
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On 08/17/05 4:06 PM, meldon said:
Macs surely look beautiful, but they’re not that good.
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On 08/17/05 4:17 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:
hows that new Zotob windows virus working out for ya Meldon? hehe…. (i predict “shut up seth, I dont have Win2000 – im running Win XP!”)
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On 08/17/05 5:14 PM, Matt said:
hahhaa… that so awesome. wish i was there with a lawn chair and some chips. i would have just sat and watched the whole thing progress.
i bet you can get an iBook @ ebay for cheaper. ha
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On 08/17/05 6:43 PM, Insider said:
Not only was it stupid, but it was costly. Independent Sources estimated the lost revenue to be over a quater million dollars by not putting them on eBay.
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On 08/17/05 8:20 PM, meldon said:
Shut up, Seth. I dont have Win2000. I’m running Win XP.
Durr!
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On 08/17/05 8:36 PM, Dan Diemer said:
my buddy was gonna try to get me one…but his contact fell thru =(
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On 08/17/05 8:39 PM, seth2 said:
that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
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On 08/17/05 11:50 PM, nevin said:
that made me laugh.
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