[iBook] Surplus iBook sale.......Hmmm, new list members??

[Anne Cartwright]

Interesting, but check out what's replacing the iBooks in Henrico Co.  
schools.

http://www.nbc12.com/servlet/ 
Satellite?pagename=WWBT%2FMGArticle%2FWBT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1 
031782432257

Anne Cartwright

On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 02:27  PM, B G wrote:

> 17 Hurt as Computer Sale Turns Into Stampede
> 'Pandemonium' As 5,000 Show Up At Richmond Event
>
>
> Presented with a rare chance to get a used laptop computer for $50, a  
> crowd of more than 5,000 showed up hours early yesterday at the  
> Richmond International Raceway and -- when the gates finally were  
> flung open at 7 a.m. -- turned into an unruly stampede, as people  
> pushed, shoved and beat each other to get to the Apple iBooks. Elderly  
> men and women were trampled and a girl's stroller was crushed.
>
> "There was pandemonium at the gate where people rushed to get  
> through," said H.W. Stanley Jr., police chief for Henrico County,  
> where the event was held.