The first SF grand opening "lucky bags" hit eBay shortly after noon on Saturday. As of now, there are at least 13 bags posted on eBay, some with full contents, others with partial contents. The highest current bid is $380.56, but there is also a $420 "Buy It Now" offer. Some of the offers include [...]

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The first SF grand opening "lucky bags" hit eBay shortly after noon on Saturday. As of now, there are at least 13 bags posted on eBay, some with full contents, others with partial contents. The highest current bid is $380.56, but there is also a $420 "Buy It Now" offer. Some of the offers include [...]

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Ouch! The British magazine "MacFormat" has a story headlined, "Apple Goes to Tokyo" in its Feb. 2004 issue, and includes details on my trip to the Ginza grand opening. However, the story doesn’t mention that the editors obtained all the information from this Web site, although they do credit Wired.com’s story. Oh, they also published [...]

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The first eBay sales have closed for the SF grand opening lucky bags–two sold for $400, and another for $420, giving the sellers a ~$170 profit on the sale, or the buyers a ~30% discount on the merchandise. Active lucky bag auctions on eBay are in now the $355 range. Oh, and someone is selling [...]

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Now that the SF store has opened, I’ve posted a photo of the inside entrance of the store I took from the public sidewalk during construction in early February. It shows the interior mostly finished, but covered with wood, brown paper and bubble wrap. In particular, the photo shows the glass stairway all covered [...]

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The first eBay sales have closed for the SF grand opening lucky bags–two sold for $400, and another for $420, giving the sellers a ~$170 profit on the sale, or the buyers a ~30% discount on the merchandise. Active lucky bag auctions on eBay are in now the $355 range. Oh, and someone is selling [...]

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Now that the SF store has opened, I’ve posted a photo of the inside entrance of the store I took from the public sidewalk during construction in early February. It shows the interior mostly finished, but covered with wood, brown paper and bubble wrap. In particular, the photo shows the glass stairway all covered [...]

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, former mayor Willie Brown, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his wife Laurene, Apple designer Jonathan Ive, and Sr. V-P Hardware Jon Rubenstein attended the ribbon-cutting for the grand opening of the San Francisco retail store. The line totaled at least 1,000 when the store opened, and stretched around the block [...]

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The first persons got in line for the San Francisco store grand opening at 9 p.m. on Thursday night, 49 hours before the 10 a.m. Saturday opening! Ulan and his young protegé spent the night in the alcove of the adjacent Men’s Warehouse clothing store, propped up in chairs and inside sleeping bags. They watched [...]

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The first persons got in line for the San Francisco store grand opening at 9 p.m. on Thursday night, 49 hours before the 10 a.m. Saturday opening! Ulan and his young protegé spent the night in the alcove of the adjacent Men’s Warehouse clothing store, propped up in chairs and inside sleeping bags. They watched [...]

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The OS X Faq Web site has photos of Thursday’s press event at the SF store, and an mp3 audio version of the presentation that V-P for Retail Ron Johnson gave the press. During the interview, Johnson said their "very first priority" back in 2000 was to open a San Francisco store, but waited for [...]

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The OS X Faq Web site has photos of Thursday’s press event at the SF store, and an mp3 audio version of the presentation that V-P for Retail Ron Johnson gave the press. During the interview, Johnson said their "very first priority" back in 2000 was to open a San Francisco store, but waited for [...]

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Apple held the press event for the San Francisco retail store this morning, and has posted a press release about the grand opening. Among the items: the store will feature a glass staircase to the second floor, there’s a 14-seat Genius Bar, an Internet café where every iMac has an iSight attached, a 6-seat "Kids" [...]

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Apple held the press event for the San Francisco retail store this morning, and has posted a press release about the grand opening. Among the items: the store will feature a glass staircase to the second floor, there’s a 14-seat Genius Bar, an Internet café where every iMac has an iSight attached, a 6-seat "Kids" [...]

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I’ve prepared an introductory video on the upcoming San Francisco retail store.

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Various Web sites are reporting on the San Francisco store’s press event, during which senior vice-president of Retail Ron Johnson said the store will have 70 employees, speaking 15 languages–"One language they all speak is Windows." Apple is apparently calling the "gift bag" the "Lucky Bag," and it will be worth between $600 and $1,000. [...]

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Various Web sites are reporting on the San Francisco store’s press event, during which senior vice-president of Retail Ron Johnson said the store will have 70 employees, speaking 15 languages–"One language they all speak is Windows." Apple is apparently calling the "gift bag" the "Lucky Bag," and it will be worth between $600 and $1,000. [...]

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Apple has posted a very nice gallery of photos showing the interior of the new San Francisco Apple store. The photos show the new seat style for the theater (just like Ginza), a new desk style for the "kids" section (wood/square instead of Corian/round), the glass stairway, and the view upward through the second floor [...]

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Apple has posted a very nice gallery of photos showing the interior of the new San Francisco Apple store. The photos show the new seat style for the theater (just like Ginza), a new desk style for the "kids" section (wood/square instead of Corian/round), the glass stairway, and the view upward through the second floor [...]

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I took some night photos of the San Francisco Apple store–they don’t look anything like Apple’s own photo! The store is still surrounded by a fence to protect the new sidewalk, the front window is covered with black plastic, and workers were still very busy at 11 p.m. Tues. night.

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