主题:【纪事】为了抢购二手电脑,美国弗吉尼亚州好玄闹出人命!!! -- Highway
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美国人有钱吗?美国人很阔吗?如果你这样认为,不妨看看这则消息:
今天弗吉尼亚州一商场廉价甩卖四年旧的苹果笔记本电脑,价格为$50。消息不胫而走。人们摸着黑就赶到了商场。结果7点钟店门一打开,人群就像炸了锅一样,你冲我挤,相互践踏。结果伤者无数。还好,到现在为止,还没有听说有死亡报道!
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line. "This is total, total chaos," said Latoya Jones, 19, who lost one of her flip-flops in the ordeal and later limped around on the sizzling blacktop with one foot bare. More than 1,000 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks, which retail for between $999 and $1,299. The Henrico County school system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents. Officials opened the gates at 7 a.m., but some already had been waiting for hours in line. When the gates opened, it became a terrifying mob scene. People threw themselves forward, screaming and pushing each other. A little girl's stroller was crushed in the stampede. Witnesses said an elderly man was thrown to the pavement, and someone in a car tried to drive his way through the crowd. Police would not immediately comment on the number of or extent of injuries, though witnesses said they mostly had scrapes and bruises. "It's rather strange that we would have such a tremendous response for the purchase of a laptop computer -- and laptop computers that probably have less-than- desirable attributes," said Paul Proto, director of general services for Henrico County. "But I think that people tend to get caught up in the excitement of the event -- it almost has an entertainment value." Blandine Alexander, 33, said one woman standing in front of her was so desperate to retain her place in line that she urinated on herself. "I've never been in something like that before, and I never again will," said Alexander, who brought her 14-year-old twin boys to the complex at 4:30 a.m. to wait in line. "No matter what the kids want, I already told them I'm not doing that again." Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him. "I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,'" the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station. "They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said.
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😉【纪事】为了抢购二手电脑,美国弗吉尼亚州好玄闹出人命!!!
好啊,好啊,多要一个上网看帖 玩游戏 lily 字0 2005-08-19 04:41:49
四年的笔记本,是不是有点太旧了哦? laly 字112 2005-08-18 00:26:09
饶是四年旧的还出乱子呢?要是state-of- the-art notebook , Highway 字22 2005-08-18 00:52:47
😁抢购场面火爆,图片见内 宁子 字47 2005-08-17 14:53:15
据说头天晚上就有人在赶码排队 1 MacArthur 字262 2005-08-17 14:47:46
😥噢,真便宜,买几个回去送人不错啊 1 雪个 字0 2005-08-17 14:07:02
😮都老掉牙的电脑了,你还送得出去? Highway 字73 2005-08-17 14:53:36