$1.7 Million PlayBook Shipment Stolen at Truck Stop

[JMcEntegart]

RIM has just had over one and a half million dollars worth of PlayBooks stolen.

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[gbismack]

$1.7 million in Playbooks... that'll net a couple hundred online. Playbooks are useless, buggy, slow, heavy.

 

[de5_Roy]

someone(s) out there is a huge rim playbook fanboy.....

 

[synd]

Yeah, good job truck driver. Carrying 1.7million truck load and being so careless.... good job finding an other job until the rest of your life... probably unemployed forever

 

[belardo]

Dumbest thieves ever... Perhaps thought they were stealing iPads. Even on the non techie news sites... People laugh at how worthless the the play books are.

 

[hairystuff]

Sounds like an insurance job

 

[CKKwan]

RIM: Who said "There Are Thieves Who Won't Settle for Less than an iPhone"? Now we proved that it is NOT.

 

[seezur]

This sort of thing happens all the time. Highway theft in America is one of the last few sources of income for organized crime (besides drugs of course). For every load of expensive electronics that are stolen at least 1 or 2 trucks of worthless crap is stolen.

I saw a report once where they uncovered a warehouse that was being used to store stolen loads. 1 of those loads was nothing but number 2 pencils and another was just pillows.

 

[vaughn2k]

[citation][nom]gbismack[/nom]$1.7 million in Playbooks... that'll net a couple hundred online. Playbooks are useless, buggy, slow, heavy.[/citation]
Yeah, but if the 'thieves' will re-sale it for U$49.99, I would buy one.

 

[Dandalf]

[citation][nom]seezur[/nom] I saw a report once where they uncovered a warehouse that was being used to store stolen loads. 1 of those loads was nothing but number 2 pencils and another was just pillows.[/citation]

Hey now how do you know these criminals didn't just need further neck support in bed? And to sketch out their crime plans? 😛

 

[dthx]

Hint for HP. Next time you manufacture a huge batch of useless tablets, put all your production in a cargo ship and sink it in the middle of the ocean ;-)
RIM will get money from an insurance company for tablets they could barely sell at a decent price...

 

[Guest]

the insurance is gonna pay full price for them which actually improves their position.
if they were to try and sell it to the average stupid joe themselves, they'd have to do it at basement bargain prices again.

 

[joytech22]

Not quite sure what to say about this... :|
Could have just been an idiot or two who stole a truck not knowing what was in it.

 

[bin1127]

I wonder if the trucker talked to someone about his cargo. 1.7mln in a single truck is a lot of money. If you do like Dole and paint your trucks with pictures of fruit then thieves would never bother to hijack your bananas.

 

[Azimuth01]

Almost all trucks have GPS installed. They are dirt cheap. Even the crappy logistics companies have GPS locators installed to make sure their drivers are not breaking DOT rules for travel time. These devices are usually tied into the ignition, so the trucks can't move if the drivers decide to tamper with them. I find it impossible to believe that a truck with 1.7 million in cargo does not have GPS.

 

[LORD_ORION]

They will, naturally, count these as shipped products when releasing their financials.

 

[house70]

"Sopranos", anyone?

 

[lamorpa]

It's like the old Elvis sightings. Steve was at the wheel of the rig!!!

 

[LukeyB]

OS 2.0 will bring a lot of value back to the PlayBook, in my honest opinion, its a sign that this universal platform should be market ready. I know Playbooks, with the 199 for 16GB sale, are selling like made in anticipation of that. RIM is playing it cautious i think on this one, its make or break. One more bad release could spell liquidation.

 

[dickcheney]

If you are carrying 1.7 M$ in electronics, you should be able to afford a 500$ pump shotgun and watch the damn thing.