iPhone waiting lines grow at Apple Store Fifth Avenue

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MacDailyNews reader Mark Chessler sent some photos snapped today at Apple Store Fifth Avenue that show more people queuing up for iPhones. In addition, Flickr user “Web2.0 Style” has more photos available here.

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  2. I wish a regular looking person (non obese, non disheveled, non truck driver Joe sixpack) would’ve beaten that publicity seeker to the front of the line. I’m already tired of seeing him, and he is clearly not a typical Apple type of person.

    And yes, I’m a snob, and quite glad to be.

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  5. Hey look, a persons shortcomings are fine as long as they are able to admit what a fsck they really are.

    If this person wants to be a schmuck, they are entitled to be, it’s America, as long as they have a high comfort level with the fact that their childhood insecurities cause them to be immature adults, then we should say congrats.

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  8. You know, there is nothing like this on the dark side. It’s really sad that it would take the same company to bring the pc out of the darkness. And, this is the same company that was beleaguered for years; that everyone (most) wrote off decades ago. Sadder still that only Apple could do something this grand. I believe this is SJ’s magnum opus 1…

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  11. You know I sent my Butler to go wait in line, and I see he sent my cook instead. He’s in big trouble. Oh well, I still won’t have to pay extra to have them wait for me.
    I’d like to know what my Butler’s doing though, and who’s cooking dinner???

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  17. In a world filled with child molesters, drug dealers, rapists, murderers, etc. – they are the losers and scum- not the people waiting in line to by a phone with money they earned honestly.

    And to Oops- a message to you… Grow up.

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  20. It’s interesting that one person’s take on my comments in the second post of this thread is that I am a “PC troll” – but that another person’s take is that I am such an Apple-head that I have been hypnotized by those Apple ads.

    It seems these geniuses are at polar opposites of their interpretation, yet they are both ever so confident in their assesment.

    In the first case, I’m not at all sure what it was about my comment that would leave anyone to believe I am a “PC troll”. I suspect that when you can’t think of anything intelligent to say, you revert to your default, “You’re a PC troll. G’head and admit it” routine. Brilliant!

    In the second case, I have to wonder just exactly what ads were supposed to have hypnotized me.

    At any rate, I suspect those who became upset at my comments were personally stung by them. Perhaps they are slobs like that guy at the front of the line.

    And by the way, guys, his name is Greg Packer, and he is in fact NOT a regular Apple customer. This is just another of his publicity stunts.

    Educate yourself:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Packer

    http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-07-07/632.asp

    http://www.theagitator.com/archives/006284.php

    And, uh, like it or not, Apple customers are not by and large, SLOBS.

    Now, you may not like to hear that, but then again, I may not care. Deal with it!

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  21. Thanks for the Wiki link. Honestly, I think it’s great that somehow this guy has the resources to devote himself to his life’s mission: to be the first in line, all the time.

    I think it’s cool all the people he’s met over the years, but I wonder how you make a living as a professional first-in-line. Wondering if he still lives at home, or if there’s a Mrs. Packer out there who finances his loser-esque lifestyle.

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  22. So what does a bloke do for a living who has the time to spend five days sitting on a canvas chair waiting for a phone?

    He may look like a fat slob, but he might also be a rich one?

    The rest of us still have to work to afford the phone, eventually!

    Is the US welfare system able to support a guy well enough to allow him to sit for five days and do nothing?

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  23. Edovia –

    Yes, you were insane to wait 26 hours in line to see a movie, especially one as turgid as Star Wars Episode I.

    Standing on line to buy concert tickets or some other limited-edition item is one thing. We’ve all done it. But to stand in line for hours or even days to buy something of which there is a virtually limitless supply? (Like, you know, seats at a Star Wars movie or a new piece of tech that is being manufactured in large quantities). It’s the very definition of insanity.

    As for Mr. Packer — a check of the links above (which I didn’t do until AFTER I posted…my bad) reveals he’s works for a suburban New York roads department, and he uses sick days and vacation days for his hobby.

    On knowing all the facts, this guy sounds like quite a character. And while he’s not a lifelong Apple fan, he is a fan of being first for anything. More power to him.

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  24. Anyone who devotes his life to being “first in line” is Grade-A loser. These days, so many people don’t want to accomplish anything worthwhile at all. They just want attention. And so, like the Greg Packers and Paris Hiltons of the world, they do whatever they can think of to receive the attention they so desperately crave. Pathetic.

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