mom04 Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 I know that the CC we went to not only gave out numbers but had our names next to them ? I have read several posts that no numbers we're given at all, people had to write down themselves the order of which people arrived.....There was also security -walking the line and I got there at 2 am.. Did the CC you went to give out numbers ?????? :) Did they have security guys walking around to keep things in order ?
Reisch Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Did the CC you went to give out numbers ?????? :)Yes, the Circuit City I went to gave out numbered vouchers. Did they have security guys walking around to keep things in order ?No security that I noticed. That sort of made me wonder.
grapico Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 no numbers, no security, no employees stopping anybody from cutting, no police. over 200 people at midnight, I'd say 800-900 by store opening, complete madhouse.
moheron Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 No numbers or security at my CC, just a bunch of crazies (myself and dh included) waiting in the cold. We got there at 11:30pm and were the third car there. First car had 3 customers, second had 1. We opted for the free emachine desktop rather than the laptop. desktop is for our two daughters. They are only 7 & 4 so they don't need a laptop. All in all a good, although really cold, cc experience on bf.
Josher5513 Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 The CC I was at gave out numbered vouchers for the items, but not for place in line. We were completely on our own. The police would drive by about once an hour but that was it. The first employees arrived at about 1am, but they only came outside once or twice until voucher time.. The first 20 or so people in line made a pact to not allow cutting though.
89MustangGX Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 The CC I was at gave out numbered vouchers. The first people in line wrote down out names on our own to make sure we all got what we were waiting for and then gave it to management when they handed out vouchers.
Roswell2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Vouchers. I don't know if they were numbered or not.
ksteigert Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Mine gave out different colored vouchers (neon green for laptop, neon pink for free emachine and HP, etc...) and on the very bottom it had written in that it was #4 of 13 or whatever. They tried to give them out to the first people in line, but had a hard time since people started coming up from the end of the line and trying to cut in. I'm pretty sure most of the people I camped out with all night got what they wanted though.
Daisimae Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 No numbers were given out at the one I was at. But, when the associate came out to give vouchers around 4am, all of us who were in the front of the line made sure he knew the order to give them out before he handed anyone ANYTHING!
pebbles Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Mine gave out different colored vouchers (neon green for laptop, neon pink for free emachine and HP, etc...) and on the very bottom it had written in that it was #4 of 13 or whatever. They tried to give them out to the first people in line, but had a hard time since people started coming up from the end of the line and trying to cut in. I'm pretty sure most of the people I camped out with all night got what they wanted though. Same thing happened in Columbus OH. We had a list on the door of the first 15 people that showed up...so no one would get confused at the end of the night and no disputes. (and we had one drunk guy to keep "in line") But when the Circuit City people came out with vouchers, everyone from behind swarmed in and tried to get them. A kid from the front of the line took over and the management stepped aside and he called out names of those who were supposed to get laptop vouchers. And..they only had 12 vouchers!! When they were supposed to have 15. So that caused an uproar until the manager said he would make more copies and get them laptops somehow. Then the AOL sign up wasn't working for some people and they had to pay the $450 for the laptop and try to get the AOL savings the next day or something like that. It all worked for us though. We got 3 laptops, 2 routers, 2 printers.
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