Just got this promotion from Townhall train station. every day (10 Oct to 14 Oct)the first 10 Samsung GALAXY S II smartphones sold at the pop up shop will be sold for only $2 * Limit 1 unit per customer. NSW Permit No. LTPS/11/9372 Terms & conditions apply.
Address:379-381 George Street, Sydney
Open every day from: MONDAY 10 OCTOBER to FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
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Pics from the line -homersyd
Pic 2 -Turd
Pic 3 - Jon Moldor
Pic 4 -ozdj
47 people in line as of 7:43AM Oct 11 -ozdj
lolololol
Actually, his plan was to wait until the other 9 compatriots are asleep, take their wallets and phones then skulk away in the middle of the night.
or he just come line up, post on ozbargain, take a picture with him on the queu then leave.
lol people clearly don't get what I was saying.
I wasn't saying this is a crap phone, I was replying to scrimshaw and commenting on stealing 9 other peoples crap phones from the queue.
snappy answers to stupid questions lol
nah, he's marked his spot with a X and is going back home to take a nap and hopefully no-one else has crossed the X mark.
'DOH.
see…told ya all this is gonna get outta hand! :)
I did my number ones and twos before I arrived. Yep staying until 8am..
i would like to know how u can do all the no.1's and 2's at once for the next 18hrs… LOL
TMI, TMI
TMI???
too much info
ic… :)
omfg u wrote 2 much 2 read!
Sorry, will try to be briefer.
guess u really value your time then….lol
aren't you the 3rd person in line? lol
he's bored so he's got a lot of time to contemplate now
cool sto…..
nahh can't do it. Too predictable
yes you can DO IT!!!!
sounds like nickj wants to get there at 5:30 and still get a spot in line, trying to detur everyone else!
nickj sounds jelly
jelly??! wat da?
He means I'm jealous. And I guess I am jealous of the people that got it this morning, but I'm certainly not of the ones that are queuing now ;-)
me neither! :)
There are other benefits:
* Superstardom from being on TV as your being interviewed by the press (or a camera pans through the 10 ppl long line-in the news perhaps)
* the phone for a fraction of the price $2
* being able to tell ozbargainers what is going on and people actually reading your posts
* meeting other ozbargainers in real life
* your picture being taken by ozbargainers and shared on the internet so ppl know that there are 10 people in line already
* most important - cudos from ozbargainers :)
True - I suppose there is some entertainment and fun and status value. But surely it's brief and small and queuing for 18 hours (which is what the 10 there now are doing) seems like a high price for those things. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
in the time it took you to write that post, you could have made $1million in the stock market. Sucks to be you…….
or rather "lost"…
too long didnt read.
TL;DR
TL;DR: stay home suckers, i got this
Not an accurate analysis unless you are directly missing out on paid work you had organised for that time period and that you count the effort in that paid job as at most equal to that of waiting in a queue , listening to your mp3's. You have conducted the analysis based on your inputs (circumstances, opnions and wants/needs) but for other people it may be worth the long wait. Each to his own.
Sheldon?!?
Why did you get negged? Your argument makes sense and I read the whole paragraph entirely. Lazy sods.
What better way to use your Galaxy S II than to call the cops on he who urinated on you?
You may even progress ahead of the line if the hobo started with ticket holder #1.
Based on the standard rate, how much $ you wasted writing this?
not sure if srs
Then I'd also like to see your take on Apple fanboys who queue for hours outside the store waiting to pay RRP.
Isn't this only valid if you are sacrificing an income generating possibility when lining up? If those lining up don't have a night job, and are not going to engage in such activities anyway but are sacrificing time spent surfing the net, watching tv etc, then there's merit in doing so.
Slightly unrelated, but related to buying the Galaxy S2 (i.e. the I9100 phone). Anyone notice this deal on Catch of the day? (Galaxy S2 for $399!)
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfish_info.php?products_…
It's title is:
Samsung Galaxy S 9100 16GB
And, that's the model number for the Galaxy S2! The Galaxy S1 is the 9000 model number.
Furthermore, the main image on the site is a picture of the Galaxy S2!!! And the other 2 pictures are of a Galaxy S1!
So just to be clear, I think COTD is intending to sell the S1, although the model number and main pic is of an S2!
Anyone want to buy it and demand a SGS2 from the Office of Fair Trading if you receive a SGS1?
Update
They've taken it down now, unsurprisingly.
We have decided to busk to fundraise the $2 cost. Come be charitable to your fellow ozbargainers
hahah that's the spirit!!
lol dance monkey dance!!
Hows the queue? 10 people yet?
it was 10 a couple of hrs ago…
nooo…. so wed morning then?
well I guess based on the reaction today u should start queuing from 10am tues to secure a spot for wed morning.
i love this forum….. so many funny stories.. different every day
I'm gonna offer everyone in the line a nice cold drink which will be too desirable for them. Little will they realise that I laced them with laxatives hahahaha. 30 mins later, the band of 10 will become zero as they start dashing off to the loo due to severe bowel movements.
wish i could give u more than 1 +ve ROFL hahahaahha
haha yeah, FTW. I come up with heaps of Dr Evil plans in my head for world domination :)
another +ve from me!! LOL
This is exactly what I was wondering about. Except you should get a friend to offer the hot drinks (hot is better because it'll be cold at night) before you get there and then they leave, because if the other queuers recognize the person at the end of queue as being associated with the drinks person, the rest will attack them. You would get strange looks for being 11th in the queue. Do it at 7 AM, give it an hour to kick in. Could also work with hot food (e.g. bacon and egg roll).
Also to reduce numbers in queue, another strategy is pay a hobo a few bucks to urinate on people. Do it early in the night. Spending a night soaked in urine will ruin the promo photo-op for Samsung too.
with the caliber of people already in the line you sure they would be rushing off to the loo….
HAHAHAHA. I love the hobo pissing strategy, that's brilliant. Except there would probably result in a massive fight/bashing i.e. 10:1 against the Hobo who would get his head cracked apart and the police would be rushing in to break up the kerfuffle. That Hobo better be able to piss like a fire hydrant and fight like Chuck Norris!
OMG….u did it again! cracked me up badly with this one…LOL
Lucky I'm in my office so no one thinks I'm crazy hahahaha
cool, then just make sure he does it 3 minutes to opening, then when they are basing the bum, simply line up for the phone… free ring side seats for the fight, AND galaxy s2 for 2 bux.
haha @nickj I like it! it would be a difficult choice…LOL
I'm soooooo addicted to this post….refreshing every 2mins…LOL
Too funny!!
Same. I feel so refreshed I think I need a breath mint.
mmmm…nar….not this time mate :)
ur already refreshed so why need a breath mint?! LOL
I'll Quit while I'm ahead. All out of jokes…for now.
smart strategy, you did really well :-)
did well?!! I think @wolfenator87 should be a comedian! ROFL
so any pics of the line yet?
Good idea the laxative one.
I was going to hire a hobo to cuddle up to the 10 peeps.
This will sort out the worthy from the not so.
What kind of "Hobo for Hire" would you get?
1. The Drunkard
2. The Rapist
3. The Schizo
4. The Thief
5. The Dirty Old Man
6. All of the above
What about the one with the great stories about how he was this and that back in the day? he could distract everyone while you sneak in at 8.00am
That sounds like a regular old grandpa Joe, most oldies talk too much about their past and give you those long winded speeches that never seem to end.
However most Hobos have drug/alcohol issues, speech impairments, anti-social personalities, mental illnesses, extremely poor hygene, etc. Come to think of it, sounds alot like myself :p
Should be 50 people per day not 10! wouldn't get a chance to get in without having to stay up all night lining work #gotwork :(
correction: all day and night! (people started queueing around lunchtime today for tomorrow's spots)
Get a few friends, bring a few chairs and pack food and setup camp, that way can still go for quick toilet breaks.
I m going to get a few friends set up a table and play cards…
FAKE!
psst!!! :D
didnt even need to click it to know it's fake (just hover over the link and see the word "iphone")
yep. Tried to google for a queue for a Samsung but seems like that hasn't happened before. (ouch!)
-just kidding guys ;)-
I don't think this queue is going to be as orderly and civil as this stock image of consumers looking into their iSuck screens.
oh come on I mean a line full of "hire-a-hobo"s?! (akin to hire-a-hubby) I'm sure it's gonna be orderly…but only smelly LOL
@castrom8 thats because samsung has enough product to meet demand, rather than doing a half assed job to get their product on the shelf..
I think Friday will be the best as those will be the absolute LAST 10 available. Could get a little NayASTY.
i think basically it's gonna be worse as each day passes
I want pics to sait my curiosity
okok, I will try and take a pic later tonight…given I live 3mins from it…
I'm organising a sightseeing trip later, with pick up from various locations, shuttle bus to town hall, meet'n'greet the queue and perhaps a live feeding session. There will be plenty of picture opportunities too.
Yeah, I'm seriously considering a night out in the town just to take some photos, have a laugh, and maybe even do something subversive to the poor desperados lining up in the queue. I really don't want the phone and know I have pretty much zero chance of getting my hands on one. I just want to ruin the promo for Samsung and all the hopeful desperados who think they have a chance in hell of getting one :)
u sure ur really not Dr. Evil??!
No, his strategy is sound. It's about steadily raising the transaction cost for the queuers, until it no longer makes sense to queue.
But even if doesn't work it has the scope for providing plenty of amusement value, since the queuers are now essentially trapped for 18 hours.
This offers tonnes of scope for using their basic body functions against them, like hunger, sleep deprivation, etc:
* frying and eating some bacon in front of them to make them hungry.
* Playing hypnotic/relaxing music to them send them to sleep, then put their hands in a bowl of lukewarm water.
* releasing stink bombs downwind of the queue.
… and so forth.
lol sounds like a recruitment drive for founding memberships to ozSadist..
Get a jug of water and pour it it into an empty glass in front of them just to get their bladder a bit excited.
Go there with a few boxes of hot, piping pizza. All for the people who are NOT actually lining up of course, it's going to be for the passerbys.
Or you could give them free bags of salt and vinegar chips, which will make them drink lots of water.
If you're going to use water, then time is your friend. First give everyone in the queue a sealed 1.5L bottle of water. Then come back in 1 hour, set up a portable chair 5 metres away, and play the sounds of a waterfall+ocean+running-tap over a loudspeaker for 30 minutes. Watch with amusement. That should have the desired effect.
all weaksauce - bag of manure + some kind of launcher = rolfcopter! ;)
Water? Offer free beer to everyone in line.
hey homersydn since you live 3mins from the shop can you do live coverage tonight or leave your laptop with webcam to the shop direction so we can watch from home hahahahaha
No. He's going to line up then leave at midnight.