APPLE: OWNED

[yankeesfan]

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/jan/19/42-ipods-stolen-from-apple-store/

By Vanessa Miller (Contact)
Friday, January 19, 2007

A case of 42 iPod nanos has been stolen from The Apple Store in Boulder's new Twenty Ninth Street mall ? totaling a loss of $8,705, according to a Boulder police report.

Employees at the 1755 29th St. business told police they noticed a 2-foot-by-2-foot Plexiglas display case was missing from a table about 10 feet inside the front door at about 5 p.m. Jan. 9. The case, which weighed about 30 pounds, contained 42 of the new 4-gigabyte iPod nanos ? new and thinner versions of the original music player.

The devices cost about $200 each and can hold up to 1,000 songs and 25,000 pictures.

Employees said they didn't notice anything suspicious on the day the case disappeared, the police report said.

All of the stolen items came with serial numbers, but none had been recorded before the theft.

The stolen case had been set up the night before it was taken. It wasn't taped or wired down, and store managers said they won't display a similar case in the future.

Police don't have any suspects.


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Does that mean they had no cameras?

 

[chuckywang]

Oh noes! $8,705 is like chump change to Apple. Plus, it'll be real easy to track down the iPods if the thiefs are stupid enough to sync them with iTunes.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

 

[SketchMaster]

I bet the DM fired everyone working that day..

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

The store is called the Apple Store.

The company is called Apple Incorporated (Incorporation?).

How do you know which one I was referring to?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

The store is called the Apple Store.

The company is called Apple Incorporated.

How do you know which one I was referring to?

You were obviously referring to the entire company, otherwise you would have said "Apple Store Owned" or something equally lame.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: yankeesfan

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

The store is called the Apple Store.

The company is called Apple Incorporated (Incorporation?).

How do you know which one I was referring to?

"Apple" usually refers to the corporation, not the store.

 

[aidanjm]

it's ownage on a small scale, I guess, but it is still ownage!

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

well, yeah, the company - and the shareholders - are "owned" because this will reduce their annual profit margins slightly. 🙂

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

*casually heads to ebay.com* 😛

 

[dartworth]

your thread title sucks...

since all of the iPods have serials...good luck getting it serviced if needed....

 

[Dritnul]

i been to that apple store i felt like i was in the 70's everyone in there had dread locks or tie died cloths......


also it says in the link the serial numbers for the stolen ones were never recorded so basically they cant track them down

 

[EGGO]

The iPods have a serial number.

...I mean, "I didn't know it was stolen, officer."

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Dritnul
i been to that apple store i felt like i was in the 70's everyone in there had dread locks or tie died cloths......


also it says in the link the serial numbers for the stolen ones were never recorded so basically they cant track them down

Hah, if you believe that you're an idiot.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: dartworth
your thread title sucks...

since all of the iPods have serials...good luck getting it serviced if needed....

Would they be able to identify them as stolen if they try to connect to iTunes?

 

[iamaelephant]

Wow, people don't actually read the article huh? The serial numbers weren't recorded.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Oh noes! $8,705 is like chump change to Apple. Plus, it'll be real easy to track down the iPods if the thiefs are stupid enough to sync them with iTunes.

Easy for you to say. They wouldn't refund my money for a DOA iPod I bought last year. I had to get AMEX to get my money back. Apple treats their customers like scum.

They act like they NEED the money.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Dritnul
i been to that apple store i felt like i was in the 70's everyone in there had dread locks or tie died cloths......


also it says in the link the serial numbers for the stolen ones were never recorded so basically they cant track them down

Hah, if you believe that you're an idiot.

Yeah. Somewhere up the chain, they have them recorded. Just backtrack until you find the batch of numbers that was missing at the store level.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
Wow, people don't actually read the article huh? The serial numbers weren't recorded.

Articles are not always accurate, and sometimes reporters are given false information to lull criminals into a false sense of complacency.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
Wow, people don't actually read the article huh? The serial numbers weren't recorded.

Articles are not always accurate, and sometimes reporters are given false information to lull criminals into a false sense of complacency.

It doesn't matter, I've already flashed all of the iPods and rubbed off any markings identifying them.

 

[0roo0roo]

err, so no securitycameras?

 

[reverend boltron]

Am I the only one here who suspects newParadigm? jk 😛

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Yes, because the employees at one retail store are incompetent, THE ENTIRE COMPANY WAS OWNED.

well, yeah, the company - and the shareholders - are "owned" because this will reduce their annual profit margins slightly. 🙂

So now "owned" qualifies as losing $8000 out of the millions of dollars of revenues Apple generates? Owned used to be meaningful.

 

[imported_bum]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
err, so no securitycameras?

It is Apple store policy not to have any cameras, security guards, metal detectors for stolen items, etc.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

By putting out the word that they have no recorded serial numbers, they are probably hoping the thief will be dumb enough to try and return some for cash.