Sunday, 13 March 2011

Student sells spot in iPad 2 queue for $900

Apple launches have a tendancy to bring out the crazy in some folks, with Apple fans camping out Bear Grylls-style overnight in front of Apple Stores worldwide just for the honour of laying first hands upon the latest iDevice.


But what if you're of a mind to both avoid the queues AND get the first go on Apple's latest touchscreen toy? With pre-orders in the States reportedly backed up by two or three weeks, one intrepid Apple fan, app developer Hazem Sayed, went all Gordon Gecko and turned to bribery.


US college student Amanda Foote sold her place near the front of the Apple Store queue to Mr. Sayed for an eye-watering $900 - iPad not included. Sayed was reportedly leaving on a business trip that evening, and darn it just didn't have the time to wait in line. Ms. Foote had apparently joined the line with the express intention of selling her spot, and had endured 40 hours of rain-soaked queueing, in which time she managed to wrangle just over three hours of sleep.


Foote's $900 has apparently been ear-marked for Lady Gaga tickets, although with the 64GB 3G iPad going for just $829 dollars in the States, we're not sure we wouldn't have just joined the queue again at the back and let a stranger pick up the tab (no pun intended).


Thinking about picking up an iPad 2 on March 25th? Read our full iPad 2 review for our take on the tablet, and take a peek at our hands-on iPad 2 video below.


 

 

 
Source: T3 Tech videos


Via: Mashable
 

 


Posted by Richard Wordsworth


Source: T3.com News

Posted by Matt Collard at 16:57

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