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the_glassman · Oct 13, 2004, 05:04 PM

Sounds like the Apple store in Syracuse is going to open this Saturday! Should be much better then the current within a store setup at Compusa. See you there!

d4nth3m4n · Oct 13, 2004, 05:08 PM

cool! im there. what kinda of freebies are there usually at a store opening?

ManOfSteal · Oct 13, 2004, 05:15 PM

More information can be found at:

http://www.ifoapplestore.com

ThinkInsane · Oct 13, 2004, 05:50 PM

Now that Congel got his Green Bonds to turn Carousel into DestiNY USA USA, I wonder if we will get a real, fullsized Apple store somewhere down the way...

Maybe I'll see you guys there

d4nth3m4n · Oct 13, 2004, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
Now that Congel got his Green Bonds to turn Carousel into DestiNY USA USA, I wonder if we will get a real, fullsized Apple store somewhere down the way...

Maybe I'll see you guys there

look for a 6' white guy in a cornell fitted hat.

ThinkInsane · Oct 13, 2004, 06:04 PM

I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it Saturday, but I'll try. I want my freebies, dammit!

ThinkInsane · Oct 14, 2004, 02:59 PM

Well, according to the story posted on the front page, Syracuse is not one of the stores opening Saturday. Glad I just took a day off for nothing. I'm sure I can find something to do though. I'm wondering when the hell that store will open. The Post-Standard had reported it was opening sept. 25th, but that didn't happen either. At least I don't think it did. Outside of a quick trip to EMS, I've been trying to avoid that god foresaken mall.

the_glassman · Oct 14, 2004, 03:04 PM

Looks like it's not going to open Saturday. I'm now throughly convinced that there really is no Apple store @ the Carousel. Does it really take 3 months to open a store??? Oh well. Sorry to get everyones hopes up for nothing.

Stogieman · Oct 14, 2004, 03:16 PM

Cool, it looks like the mini store in the Santa Rosa Plaza is opening up this Saturday.

demograph68 · Oct 14, 2004, 03:17 PM

I live not so far from the mall. I've been watching it develop. There's a CompUSA store near it too with its own Apple section. That's where I bought my iMac and iPod from. Too bad I could never get a job there though.

ManOfSteal · Oct 14, 2004, 03:26 PM

Sweet!

Kenneth · Oct 14, 2004, 04:05 PM

I'm going!

ThinkInsane · Oct 14, 2004, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by the_glassman:
Looks like it's not going to open Saturday. I'm now throughly convinced that there really is no Apple store @ the Carousel. Does it really take 3 months to open a store??? Oh well. Sorry to get everyones hopes up for nothing.

There's a big black sign with an Apple logo that says "Coming Soon" where The Museum Co. used to be by the food court. It would seem 'coming soon' is a rather subjective term.

Fyre4ce · Oct 14, 2004, 11:28 PM

I will be there when it opens. A few of my buddies from Cornell will probably join me. I'm not sure if we'd do the whole sleep-in-the-mall thing, but it would be nice to be one of the first people there.

ThinkInsane, where do you live?

Fyre4ce · Oct 14, 2004, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by Kenneth:
I'm going!

Syracuse is a long way away from Washington...

Fyre4ce · Oct 14, 2004, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
look for a 6' white guy in a cornell fitted hat.

Makes two of us, but I'm only about 5' 10".

ThinkInsane · Oct 15, 2004, 12:02 AM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
I will be there when it opens. A few of my buddies from Cornell will probably join me. I'm not sure if we'd do the whole sleep-in-the-mall thing, but it would be nice to be one of the first people there.

ThinkInsane, where do you live?

I'm in Oswego, and work in Syracuse.

Well, if we ever get an opening date, I'll see you guys there. The first round of brews at Hooters is on me! I'm tempted to stop by saturday anyway, just to see if maybe it'll be open, but I hate having to go there if I don't have to.

d4nth3m4n · Oct 15, 2004, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
I'm in Oswego, and work in Syracuse.

Well, if we ever get an opening date, I'll see you guys there. The first round of brews at Hooters is on me! I'm tempted to stop by saturday anyway, just to see if maybe it'll be open, but I hate having to go there if I don't have to.

oh yeah i forget that there is a hooter in the carousel. im SO there.

if it does open, drop me a text- 6072757924

ThinkInsane · Oct 28, 2004, 05:06 PM

It's official kids, November 6th at 10:00 A.M. See ya there

Twiztedjeckel · Oct 28, 2004, 10:49 PM

I'll be there first thing wondering if if they'll have any 20" iMac's in stock

the_glassman · Oct 28, 2004, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by Twiztedjeckel:
I'll be there first thing wondering if if they'll have any 20" iMac's in stock

I want to know if they'll have any dual Powermacs or a 30" display in stock or to view. Oh wait, never mind.

Kenneth · Oct 28, 2004, 11:25 PM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
Syracuse is a long way away from Washington...

Oopsie... I meant that mini-store in Southcenter.

Fyre4ce · Oct 29, 2004, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
It's official kids, November 6th at 10:00 A.M. See ya there

Oye, things are getting quite busy at school. May not be able to take the day off. We'll see, but I might have to decide at the last minute.

d4nth3m4n · Oct 29, 2004, 01:13 AM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
Oye, things are getting quite busy at school. May not be able to take the day off. We'll see, but I might have to decide at the last minute.

it's a saturday. i'm so there. i dunno about the 10am thing, but i'll be there.

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 6, 2004, 07:25 AM

I'll be headed up there in a half hour or so to be there when they open. Looking forward to a free t-shirt

Guess its a good thing I could do some christmas shopping or something while i'm up there as well.

demograph68 · Nov 6, 2004, 07:40 AM

Count me in!

docbud · Nov 6, 2004, 11:08 AM

I went to Carousel this morning to check out the Apple store. I got there about 9:20 a.m., and there was probably a couple hundred people waiting in line already.

When the doors to the store opened at 10:00 everyone started cheering, giving high fives, etc. Other shopper in the mall looked at the crowd as if we were wackos or something. One lady walked by and wondered aloud why the big fuss over a little store.

I never got inside the store. After an hour and a half of waiting, the line had barely moved. I'll go back either tomorrow or next weekend.

d

MilkmanDan · Nov 6, 2004, 12:05 PM

Were they handing out any goodies? Usually there are free shirts to be had or something.

ThinkInsane · Nov 6, 2004, 12:18 PM

Makes me kind of glad I over slept this morning. Maybe I'll head up there now and see if I can actually get into the store.

the_glassman · Nov 6, 2004, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
Makes me kind of glad I over slept this morning. Maybe I'll head up there now and see if I can actually get into the store.

X2, I was gearing up for it this morning, the car has been acting up and I just said screw it. It's just not worth the free t-shirt to me to wait for 4 hours to get into the mini store.

ThinkInsane · Nov 6, 2004, 02:18 PM

My first post from the new Apple store on a 20" imac. This place is jumping. No line to get inn, but tons of people here. I like the new mini store design.

Kenneth · Nov 6, 2004, 02:41 PM

I missed the grad opening of Alderwood Mall(Wash.) on Nov. 4th since I had to work.

Anyway, last checked on eBay.. one Victoria Gardens Apple Store T-shirt is up for a whopping $500 now. Should I say Mac zealots are crazy?

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 6, 2004, 03:32 PM

I got there this morning around 10 after 10 and got inline at 20 after 10. Waited an hour and entered the store finally. Nice, but very compact-hence the mini part of Apple Mini Store.

the_glassman · Nov 6, 2004, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Twiztedjeckel:
I got there this morning around 10 after 10 and got inline at 20 after 10. Waited an hour and entered the store finally. Nice, but very compact-hence the mini part of Apple Mini Store.

Did you get a t-shirt or anything cool? Any pictures? Sorry I couldn't make it.

docbud · Nov 6, 2004, 04:44 PM

thinkinsane--

the store did look really small from my vantage point. I recognized a few of the Apple employees as former-employees from ATS (located here in Syracuse).

How was the 20-inch iMac?

d

qualey2 · Nov 6, 2004, 07:14 PM

Did'nt make the grand opening. Stopped by around 5pm. Yep a few former ats employees from ats, including the prez of smug.

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 7, 2004, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by docbud:
thinkinsane--

the store did look really small from my vantage point. I recognized a few of the Apple employees as former-employees from ATS (located here in Syracuse).

How was the 20-inch iMac?

d

I've had one sitting in front of me since this past wednesday, its amazing. Its funny how i'm signed in,up and logged into AOL (dial up) before my old G4 tower is even to the log in screen.

Yes Glassyman, I got the Carousel t-shirt. Nice

ThinkInsane · Nov 7, 2004, 01:07 AM

The kid working there I was talking to said they estimated three hundred people in line when the store opened this morning. He said they gave away 500 t-shirts. They were long gone by the time I got there. I like the design of the store. I thought brushed metal would be a little over bearing, but it's not. The floor is pretty cool, it's solid white, with no seams. The guy at the store said it's poured, self-leveling vinyl.

The iMac is nice, it's the first time I've used one or even really looked at one up close. I might have to pick one up before too long.

MilkmanDan · Nov 7, 2004, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
The kid working there I was talking to said they estimated three hundred people in line when the store opened this morning. He said they gave away 500 t-shirts. They were long gone by the time I got there. I like the design of the store. I thought brushed metal would be a little over bearing, but it's not. The floor is pretty cool, it's solid white, with no seams. The guy at the store said it's poured, self-leveling vinyl.

The iMac is nice, it's the first time I've used one or even really looked at one up close. I might have to pick one up before too long.

Only 500! Whats with that! I guess mini-store = few t-shirts.

Kenneth · Nov 7, 2004, 02:07 AM

Yeap... For regular AppleStore, first 1,000 folks recieve a T-shirt. However, only the first 500 vistors will get the T-shirt for the mini store.

I feel good as one of the 500 on the grand opening of the Southcenter Mall mini-store.

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 7, 2004, 12:20 PM

One of the tech guys that was wandering up and down the line was telling us that it was rumored that an individual threw up one of the shirt from the Stanford store and it sold for $300.

He also made mention of apple putting additional little surprises in random t-shirt boxes. No clue how much truth there was to that but I sure as sh!t know when I cracked mine open that there was only a black shirt.

ThinkInsane · Nov 7, 2004, 12:45 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...90663&rd=1

$50 to start. I'll be watching to see if this sells.

Fyre4ce · Nov 8, 2004, 07:10 AM

I wish I could have made it, but I was too busy. My parents (mom, dad, little brother) were there and so were a bunch of friends from Cornell. I heard it was quite an affair.

the_glassman · Nov 8, 2004, 01:15 PM

I'll have to make it up sometime for a look, guess I would be more excited if I could purchase a tower instead of going downstairs to CompUSA to purchase an Apple product. Do they let you make EDU orders at the Mini Stores?

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 10, 2004, 09:37 PM

Originally posted by the_glassman:
I'll have to make it up sometime for a look, guess I would be more excited if I could purchase a tower instead of going downstairs to CompUSA to purchase an Apple product.

Unfortunetly

Do they let you make EDU orders at the Mini Stores? [/B]

I am almost 100% positive they do. Just gotta show proof.

Twiztedjeckel · Nov 10, 2004, 09:41 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...90663&rd=1

$50 to start. I'll be watching to see if this sells.

12 hours left and still spinning his wheels where he started at $50. Wonder if anybody's actually going to pay that?

ThinkInsane · Nov 15, 2004, 06:07 PM

I just thought I would mention this. I wanted a shirt, but got there to late, so i figured I would pick one up on ebay. I think I bid a max of $15.00. Here's where the auction ended:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5137193820

Are people really that retarded? I mean seriously, when I lost the bid on that one, I bid on the next one listed as NIB and I got that one for $9.99. Hmmm, a savings of $190.01 on a ****ING T-SHIRT!

"Finally Zoidberg is becoming a crafty consumer!"