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Actors Paid to Line Up for iPhone Launch (Poland)

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Taluntain, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Too funny:

    WARSAW--When Apple rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting paid to line up.

    "We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone," a spokesman said.

    As part of a marketing campaign ahead of the iPhone's Friday launch in Poland, the country's largest mobile operator Orange is paying dozens of actors to stand in queues.

    Apple sold about one million of the new iPhone models in the United States around the July launch weekend, but buyers in Poland may be reluctant to pay hefty monthly charges.

    Source.

    So legitimate customers have to wait for the fake queues to clear before they can buy? :rolleyes:
     
    Taluntain, Aug 24, 2008
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    The iPhone 3G has abysmal reception in the 1900MHz band - maybe that's why the folks in Poland seem to be lacking interest in the gadget. Then again, Europe uses 900/1800 MHz, so maybe Apple fixed their game.
     
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  3. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Or perhaps the Polish realize the iPhone is crap and want nothing to do with it. :D :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Aug 26, 2008
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    Or maybe the Polish don't want to pay an insane monthly bill to have a gadget they can show off.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Aug 26, 2008
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    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    I'm suddenly seeing the Polish as very reasonbale people :D ;)
     
    Ziad, Aug 26, 2008
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