“iPods are flying off of shelves and out of boxes, but not exactly the way Apple might hope,” Leslie Griffy reports for The Mercury News.
“Nine black 80 gigabyte iPods — about $3,141 worth of high-tech trendiness — were reported stolen from the Apple employee store over the weekend,” Griffy reports.
“An Apple employee-store worker noticed the… iPods were missing during inventory last week, Palanov said. The gadgets weren’t kept under lock there, Palanov said, but rather were out on the sales floor,” Griffy reports. “There are no suspects..”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Michael” for the heads up.]
That’s another way of measuring somethings popularity. Not that I condone it of course
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Sounds like some surveillance cameras might be a good idea. Either that or better employee discounts!
Lock them up. The iPods, AND the thieves.
I wonder if some of the audience members from the Ellen DeGeneres show got mugged for their Zunes.
MW: movement – I think that relates to the zune.
(think bowel)
easy solution-iGun
They get stolen all the time from most of the stores, although usually in lesser amounts at once.
Just increases brand recognition on the street.
If Apple really cared to reduce theft (they don’t), they would have them behind glass like XBOX games are at most game stores.
Apple’s store aesthetics, though, demand that they just be there on the floor, unprotected.
Steve knows all about Taṇhā. He cultivates lobha. He’s a billionaire because of it.
Sounds like an internal problem to me. Microsoft should be so lucky as to have its employees want to steal Zunes.
Apple stores should set up an iMac with the timlapse in iMovie so they can use it as a security camera.
Heck. they should set up a second, non-secret, one to show buyers that a Mac can be a security camera.
MW: support. Support the Mac with clever ideas like this.
report from redmond states 8 Zunes reappeared in the Microsoft electronics store. No one has admitted to this nor stepped forward for refund. Aparently out of embarrasment of initial purchase.
Employee store? What’s an employee store? Why would Apple need a store dedicated to employees? Would it fly a less-than-minimum-wage “genius” from New York to LA so (s)he can buy a nano?
Or should that be Duh! Is it a store on the Apple campus?
It’s obvious – Microsoft employee’s credit card records get scanned by Bill and Uncle Fester, so they have to steal iPods in order not to embarrass the mother ship.
Not even M$ employees want a ZUNE.
From the Apple employee store? Anything like that laying around is open season….
They should bring back the cube packaging…
“What’s that under your shirt?”
“hmmm, nothing Sir, just a lump I contracted”
Hello Apple visual team – now work with Loss Prevention and stop complaning about shrink numbers at the store. Leaving 50 video iPods in the front unlocked is a bad idea! Apple expects the retail employees to be security also – bah!
It’s not the “Apple employee store”. It’s called “The Company Store”, it’s in Building One of the main Apple campus, and it’s open to the public. It’s the only store where Apple sells souvenirs like clothing, keychains, pens and various other things with the Apple logo on them. This store does not sell any Macs; they only carry accessories, and not a very wide selection of them.
There is an “Apple Employee Store”, but it’s an ONLINE store, where the employee discount is applied to purchases.
-jcr