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08-15-2011, 09:06 AM
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#1 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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| Man To Line Up Over A Month Early For The iPhone 5 (But Mostly For Attention)
Each time a new iPhone is set to hit the shelves, I get my pre-order in nice and early. Waiting in line is for chumps, right?
Then Launch Day Eve rolls around, and I end up carting myself off to the Valley Fair Apple Store and camping out for 14+ hours anyway. Not for the product, mind you — it’s more so to surround myself with eccentric people and see what the hardcore early adopter/Apple fanbase looks like. You know, for science or something. Friends and family call me crazy. (“You’re going to sleep in a mall?!” they’ll say. “For a whole night?!” as if Valley Fair transforms from a posh shopping mall to an in-door version of the streets of Compton as soon as the sun goes down. )
I’ve got nothing on this guy, though. He’ll be camping out for the iPhone 5 (which, of course, hasn’t actually been announced yet) for over a month, and has turned his would-be time-wasting into an entrepreneurial experiment of sorts.
Meet Rob Shoesmith, a marketer (of course!) from the UK. Realizing that an abundance of public power outlets and WiFi hotspots would allow him to do his job from just about anywhere, he decided to do what any sane person would do: live in a tent outside of an Apple Store in London’s Covent Garden district. For over a month.
His quest isn’t just for the iPhone 5, though — in fact, Apple’s latest handset seems to be more of a secondary objective at this point. Taking advantage of all of the attention that comes with being that-guy, he chose to leave all of his cash at home and rely instead on gifts and sponsorships.. and it’s working. The amount he’s received varies depending on who you’re talking to (largely because some details are getting lost in the back-and-forth currency translations, and because some of the “sponsorships” [like access to a car] are loans rather than permanent presents), but it’s easily in the range of tens of thousands of dollars.
So far, he’s received everything from Solar-powered iPhone chargers and web cams to shampoo, aftershave, massive boxes of candy, and uh.. a box full of garden gnomes. His next goal? A security guard to watch his stuff while he sleeps.
Imagine the laugh we’ll all get if Apple doesn’t launch the iPhone 5 in September! Then imagine him laughing as he trucks his mountain of sponsorship gear back to his flat, and how he can forever pitch himself as the guy who got an insane amount of press coverage for sitting on the street. iPhone or no iPhone, this guy wins.
You can find Robert’s blog (where he seems to be blogging less about his upcoming adventures in living on the street and more about the free stuff he’s getting) here and follow him on Twitter here.
Update: Updated for clarity — while Robert plans on being out there for weeks on end, he’s not out campin’ on the sidewalk just yet. Which, to be honest, makes all the swag he’s received thus far that much crazier. Man To Line Up Over A Month Early For The iPhone 5 (But Mostly For Attention) | TechCrunch Blog | iPhone 5 Experiment | 
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08-15-2011, 09:27 AM
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#2 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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I thought it's not even announced yet... to this date it's just a rumour no?
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08-15-2011, 09:30 AM
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#3 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Yes, I believe it's "rumored" to be in Sept, possibly October.
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08-15-2011, 09:35 AM
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#4 | | Rider
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fan boys, gotta be the first to get what a ton of people are getting.....
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08-15-2011, 10:20 AM
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#5 | | Summertime Sadness
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08-15-2011, 10:34 AM
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#6 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Riots?
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08-15-2011, 10:36 AM
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#7 | | Banned By Establishment
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what a loser
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08-15-2011, 10:39 AM
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#8 | | I'm better than you.
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chasing technology is retarded.
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08-15-2011, 10:47 AM
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#9 | | Rider
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mfw apple delays the release
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08-15-2011, 11:12 AM
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#10 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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apple staff to hype up iphone 5
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08-15-2011, 12:55 PM
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#11 | | I HERP TO YOU DERP
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08-15-2011, 02:15 PM
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#12 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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PC people being all jelly...................
I was capturing footage of Times Square with my iPad2 a few weeks ago. People were like all over it. I thought, seriously, New York? The iPad should not be big news in a place like that. Anyhow, everywhere I went. people were ooing and awing and standing behind me as I took footage. Asian tourists, especially. When I was going through the Parliament Buildings tour, the library portion was off limits to camera and video. I just left the iPad2 on and held it like a book against my thigh.
I have 1st, 2nd, and 4th gen iPods and still use them all. Cool technology is always cool, and they last a long time - quality. Like a Nintendo, it never goes out of style, IMHO.
An Escort X-50 radar detector with red LED I had, sold for what I paid. Got a blue LED one instead and later sold it for the same price. Now I have a 9500ix. When escort comes up with a newer model, I will unload ASAP and sell the old one at the right time and price.
Mobile phones, on the other hand............. yikes. Nobody can keep up. I just use the cheap phone I get at work.
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08-15-2011, 02:19 PM
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#13 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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An Escort X-50 radar detector with red LED I had, sold for what I paid. Got a blue LED one instead and later sold it for the same price. Now I have a 9500ix. When escort comes up with a newer model, I will unload ASAP and sell the old one at the right time and price. | The 9500ix is a beast and holds its resale value pretty damn well.
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