Chaos Over $50 Ibook Laptops tsk... tsk... tsk...

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Mob scene, several hurt in rush for cheap laptops

What started as a sale turned into a mob scene as thousands of people pushed their way through the Richmond International Raceway gates to buy a $50 iBook laptop computer from Henrico County Schools this morning. The school district had only 1,000 of these surplus computers to sell, and Henrico County residents got first dibs.

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when the gates opened at 7 a.m., chaos broke out. see the video of what went down. was the price of the ibook even worth the trouble, for the sellers and the buyers, after all these? what if those hurt in the stampede pressed charges, will the $50,000 total sales cover for the payouts? they should have sent those up for auction at ebay. perhaps they could have turned up more profit for the ibooks - minus the hassles that ensued.

[wassie 0]

wow, pretty hard... but would be cool to get a laptop for so little moneyanyway, i think i even would go to the store for fun, just to push and so

[songlikeecho 0]

oh vey! i'm pretty sure i would have bought one to sell on ebay. or more if aloud. i can only imagine the chaos that went down.

[FLaKes 0]

Wow I would have bought 10 of them. For $50 bucks its worth going through all those people.

[Brionne 0]

Was that laptop in good condition or bad?And did anyone get injuried?