Re: [NTLK] [OT] White iBooks, $50 each -- dangerous followup-thread ender

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 14:09:15 PDT


yeah...it made CNN news too!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html
sheesh! what a bunch of psychos!
Ed
web/gadget guru

--- Mark Janello <mjanello_at_newted.org> wrote:

> Ha Ha Ha!
>
> I'd forgotten all about this, but in a totally
> different context was =20
> directed to the following eBay auction:
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/HENRICO-COUNTY-50-iBook-t-shirt-kicked-in-the-=20
>
balls_W0QQitemZ8327177210QQcategoryZ15687QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVi=20=
>
> ewItem
>
>
> and this news article, entitled:
>
>
> Mob scene, several hurt in rush for cheap laptops
> "An old man in a walker was trampled to the
> ground.=A0 Trampled to the =20=
>
> ground... walked all over," he said.
>
>
http://www.nbc12.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=3DWWBT/MGArticle/=20
> WBT_BasicArticle&c=3DMGArticle&cid=3D1031784465955
>
>
> Mark
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