tech industry
08/17/2005, 11:25am, EDT
Wednesday, August 17th
Photos, video from iBook sale "mayhem"
Photos and video footage have surfaced from the mad rush for Henrico County School’s $50 iBook sale, which left several people with injuries. Yesterday, we reported many customers were left with scrapes and bruises. An estimated 5500 people were on hand when the gates were opened, according to NBC12 News. What followed has been described as a "mob scene" by those present. Starletta Wilson pointed to her child’s broken stroller, “Yeah, they pushed me, look at my child's stroller... they actually pushed me and stampeded over me." Dustin Coppinger, who attended the sale, said he saw an older man run over by anxious buyers, "An old man in a walker was trampled to the ground. Trampled to the ground... walked all over," he said.
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TK
I wish more people would beat people who try to cut ahead of the line with a folding chair, maybe then it would happen less often.
PS at last check 4 are allready on ebay
What's even more pathetic is the genius who decided to sell 1000 iBooks for $50. They were probably trying to make a statement about the program. To bad, because they could have easily sold each iBook for $200. Instead the school system takes a +$150,000 loss. Idiots.