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hsl · 06:09 AM

there's a guy here on a dutch forum... (www.macosx.nl)
telling he bought a 17" Powerbook in the applestore in NY.SOHO together with a 12" a DVcamera Burton iPod jacket...
and he's also telling that he got a free copy of keynote and 3 apple shirts and a watch with his order.

he's also telling that he was treated like a king, and that everybody was ready for him, when the manager (whom he tells is 23/24 years old) showed the store to him...
and that they ordered luch and that he could stay an have lunch with the people of the store..

I know there are a few people on this forum who are working at the store in SOHO or know someone who's working overthere, can somebody veryfy this or check this great fairytail...?

I thought they didn't sold the 17" yet..
but he said that they sold several 17" without problems..

he doesn't want to make a picture of it...

thz

HS-L (sorry for the bad english (typed it really fast)

morlium · Feb 24, 2003, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by hsl:
there's a guy here on a dutch forum... (www.macosx.nl)
telling he bought a 17" Powerbook in the applestore in NY.SOHO together with a 12" a DVcamera Burton iPod jacket...
and he's also telling i got a free copy of keynote and 3 apple shirts and a watch with his order.

oh come on now ...

you are joking right?

hsl · Feb 24, 2003, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by morlium:
oh come on now ...

you are joking right?

nope not joking...

KeilwerthSX90R · Feb 24, 2003, 01:31 PM

Among other things, the Burton iPod jackets cannot be purchased from the Physical Apple Stores, only online.

morlium · Feb 24, 2003, 01:32 PM

this is the most ridiculous thing i've ever read on any forum, ever.

cube-dude · Feb 24, 2003, 02:15 PM

I visited the SoHo store within the last 7-10 days. There is no 17-inch model on display, let alone for sale. They have one 12-incher on display, and the rest are TiBooks.

SoHo has the iPod jacket (in size large) on display but, as KeilwerthSX90R suggests, it can only be purchased online.

tomb · Feb 24, 2003, 02:28 PM

sounds like crap to me. i live in nyc and was just at soho store yesterday. they dont even have a working demo 17, just a dummy in the window. you can, howeverr buy the burton jacket there. i was surprised as well.

-t

StiZeven · Feb 24, 2003, 02:38 PM

Actually, I think this is true. They even had Steve Jobs fly in from CA to thank him personally for his purchase and give him a back rub.

Bodhi · Feb 24, 2003, 02:39 PM

Is his name Jay by any chance?

iChristopher · Feb 24, 2003, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by Bodhi:
Is his name Jay by any chance?

Turns out the Jacket and gear belong to his boss, Steve Jobs.

hsl · Feb 24, 2003, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by Bodhi:
Is his name Jay by any chance?

nope he calls himself "cigarman"
the stupid #@$!#$%@#%

HS-L

Patcarla · Feb 24, 2003, 02:57 PM

Yeah right

And I just came back from the roosevelt Apple store and they sold me a Powerbook with DP 970 (+ free lunch of course..)

Karim · Feb 24, 2003, 07:24 PM

I just picked up mine at the Glendale, CA store and they said that because I was their first customer I got 10 first class tickets to Tokyo and 10 tickets to Tokyo Disneyland. And, they gave me a 95% off coupon for everything in the store and coupons to all the other stores in the mall and entered into a drawing for a space shuttle ride and I get to fly to Tokyo on Steve's jet and I can't email you pictures of my 17" powerbook because my digital camera that I just bought for $5 from the Apple Store with my 95% off coupon keeps taking pictures of the Powerbook on my desk with my Cinema HD display but for some spooky reason the Powerbook never shows up on the photos.

ps - While I was waiting to be rung up at the store some gorgeous 19" blonde ex-lakers cheerleader now Apple Store employee was massaging me and kept calling me "Mr. President"

AssassyN · Feb 24, 2003, 08:02 PM

Originally posted by Bodhi:
Is his name Jay by any chance?

Honestly, that is so last month.

JayTi · Feb 24, 2003, 08:21 PM

Originally posted by Bodhi:
Is his name Jay by any chance?

reported.

Gawd bodhi, what are you just jealous?

Back on topic: The story is un true. He might have pre-ordered a 17" powerbook and would get one free t-shirt, but Apple isn't selling the jackets in their stores, or giving out free watches. If they were, I'd be the first to get one.

hsl · Feb 24, 2003, 08:30 PM

Originally posted by JayTi:
reported.
Back on topic: The story is un true. He might have pre-ordered a 17" powerbook and would get one free t-shirt..

wel he's saying he has the powerbook.....not ordered it but bought it..

JayTi · Feb 24, 2003, 08:34 PM

well he's saying he has the powerbook.....not ordered it but bought it..

Then he's lying, unless he's some super uber important Japanese executive that said he must have a 17" Powerbook or the world will end.

iChristopher · Feb 24, 2003, 09:02 PM

I wish I was a super uber important Japanese executive so I could extort a new 17" out of Apple, because I soooo would.

Originally posted by JayTi:

Then he's lying, unless he's some super uber important Japanese executive that said he must have a 17" Powerbook or the world will end. [/B]

fisherKing · Feb 24, 2003, 09:19 PM

i actually got a FREE 17" powerbook, when soho store employees heard that i'd WALKED to the store (i live about 10 blocks away)

they offered me the jacket, but i live in downtown nyc, and the jacket is a fashion "don't" (so i HAD to turn it down...drat!)

reading the forums, always informative!

bradoesch · Feb 24, 2003, 09:55 PM

Oh, I believe it. I bought one and now Stevie J himself gets my approval for all things Apple.

vmarks · Feb 24, 2003, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by Bodhi:
Is his name Jay by any chance?

Like Assassyn said, 'so last month.'

Really, personal jabs are uncalled for- get over it and move on.

finalfantasy · Feb 24, 2003, 10:57 PM

When I went to Apple SoHo they started fanning me with big leaves and then as I approached the glass stairs they all started dancing and entertaining me so I watched a little while and then Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak appraoched me and gave me the 17 inch PowerBook and a 70 inch studio display and btw i got a 99.8% off discount on everything not 95. Then I got in a limo with all the sports illustrated models and

.

Karim · Feb 25, 2003, 12:27 AM

Thats Fuc**ed up that you got 99.8% off and I only got 95%. And what's with the limo and the girls, that's BS. I'm going to take back my 17" to the Glendale store and fly to NYC to get the ROYAL treatment.

Mac Zealot · Feb 25, 2003, 12:37 AM

But here they told me to

off!

quadgrande · Feb 25, 2003, 09:20 AM

I was in SoHo last week (Wednesday), and they do have a 17" in the display window running the Apple ads.

AND they also had one of the iPod jackets for display. I'm going back tomorrow, I'll let you know if they're still there

Bodhi · Feb 25, 2003, 03:23 PM

Originally posted by vmarks:
Like Assassyn said, 'so last month.'

Really, personal jabs are uncalled for- get over it and move on.

Point taken. But try to also have a sense of humor...

It's just a message board.

Carry on!

mikeylebeau · Feb 25, 2003, 07:20 PM

Kom nou, hsl, zou je dat echt geloven?

Ik wist al dat Nederlanders leugenaars waren, maar makkelijk beetgenomen? Dat wist ik helemaal niet.

-mikey

hsl · Feb 26, 2003, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by mikeylebeau:
Kom nou, hsl, zou je dat echt geloven? Ik wist al dat Nederlanders leugenaars waren, maar makkelijk beetgenomen? Dat wist ik helemaal niet.

-mikey

het is absoluut niet dat ik het geloof, maar lees dit is..:
http://www.macosx.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2963
http://www.macosx.nl/forum/viewtopic...r=asc&start=30

dan kan je zien waarom die gastzo irritant is!!

HS-L

mikeylebeau · Feb 26, 2003, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by hsl:
het is absoluut niet dat ik het geloof, maar lees dit is..:
http://www.macosx.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2963
http://www.macosx.nl/forum/viewtopic...r=asc&start=30

dan kan je zien waarom die gastzo irritant is!!

HS-L

Ik kan me niet voorstellen hoe al die mensen zo snel hem te geloven zijn.. Dat klinkt echt wel stom, natuurlijk is het helemaal nooit gebeurd.

-mikey

quadgrande · Feb 26, 2003, 01:17 PM

Just got back from SoHo Store. 17" is still gleaming in the window. The jacket was still there as well. So much for the display model theory.

Castor · Feb 27, 2003, 05:34 AM

LOL

What a read to start the day with. It already cracked me up when I read the Dutch version, but this is hilarious!

Mikey: aren't we all liars?

hsl · Feb 27, 2003, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by Castor:
LOL
What a read to start the day with. It already cracked me up when I read the Dutch version, but this is hilarious!

i did it for these reactions..

mikeylebeau · Feb 27, 2003, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by Castor:
LOL

What a read to start the day with. It already cracked me up when I read the Dutch version, but this is hilarious!

Mikey: aren't we all liars?

Castor: Yes, yes we are.. Probably moreso us Americans.

-mikey

MrK · Feb 27, 2003, 12:51 PM

I got all the free shwag, the Lakers girls, the limos and free Dutch lessons so I could understand what was being written in these damn forums...

mikeylebeau · Feb 27, 2003, 08:35 PM

I understand the Dutch lessons part.. What the hell does the rest of it mean?

-mikey