Thieves do their Apple Store shopping in 31 seconds

Quincy Pince-Nez
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September 02, 2009
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You have to admit, these guys don't lollygag. Also, we enjoyed the newscaster who obviously had some sports play-by-play work in his past.  Strangely, it doesn't look like the Apple Store in question used Kensington locks like all the ones we've ever visited. 

 

Comments (22)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 02, 2009 - 10:52pm

So...I have to wonder if Apple keeps records on the MAC addresses and serial numbers of all those units and if and when they'll show up for sale someplace and people will bring them back to Apple for some service and find out that they're stolen.

I wonder if we'll be seeing iSight images of the thieves anytime soon or if Apple has smarts, there is tracking software on the laptops.

Funny how the magnetic power cords works against Apple here.

I wonder also, if Apple will do something to shore up the security of simple plate glass doors now. I can't help but think, "People in glass houses..."

Anyways, being an Apple shareholder since mid Sept, '97 I've always thought the glass doors were a bad bad idea. Every other place with expensive stuff outside has at least cement pillars to stop car smash-n-grabs.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 02, 2009 - 10:52pm

yeh,maybe they take them off at night, who knows?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 02, 2009 - 11:01pm

They made It look so easy, somethings up.
If it is as easy as the make it look, everybody would have a top of the line macbook pro and iphone wouldn't they?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 12:29am

AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Well done!

henry (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 12:47am

Thats not awesome its disgusting!
I hope Apple - has some sort of tracking software on them, and can get them back.

Thieves!

9to5Mac (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 1:42am

The announcer needs to take a chill-pill, it was a just smash n' grab not Ocean's 11.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 2:32am

SEE MICROSOFT ? They want Apple computers, not your "less than $1000 you find it, you keep it" junk !

AG - 9to5Mac (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 3:12am

HAHAHAHHAHAHA thats the funniest thing i have read all day.

Cheers :)

M$ Hater (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 6:49am

Aaaaaaahhahahahahahahahahahahaha thats fking truth >.<

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 2:36am

do you think they have the 'find my iphone' feature working on any of the iphones "hint hint'

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 4:15am

I've always thought what happens at the cashier counter is kind of cumbersome.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 4:33am

Boy, those magsafe adapters really slowed them down, lol.

Last time I tried to buy a Mac laptop no Craigslist, three postings with three different "call me" numbers went to the same guy. I decided I can't buy a used laptop on CL, because the chances of it being hot are pretty darn high.

Robert Pritchett (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 7:27am

And how are they going to keep those MPBs running without a power supply? Yes, the Serial numbers are tracked.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 7:44am

Maybe they could, I don't know, buy a power adapter? Or, say you bought a $500 Mac off of craigslist, knowing full well it is hot (people do buy stuff they know is stolen), and then go buy a power adapter.

9to5Mac Noob | September 03, 2009 - 8:00am

Apple doesn't use kensington locks in their stores; they use USB connected security sensors.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 8:01am

I'm more curious as to how they just up and took them like that.... At the Apple stores here, all the Macbooks, ipods and iphones are locked down with security locks, you can't pick them up more than a foot off the table.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 9:10am

"watch again as the thieves show skilled practice at breaking down the glass door"

Sounds like a difficult task!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 9:29am

As for serial number tracking, if I was a criminal, then this would be a heist to sell these off shore, or I would break the computers down into components and then sell of the parts.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 11:16am

I was always pretty sure that news whores have no intelligence. I was right again.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 1:54pm

I bought my macbook at that store not too long ago... its like 45 minutes from my house... pretty crazy... i wonder if apple has back to my mac running? or something like it.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 3:04pm

Each item they grabbed is secured with a wire.. which doesn't break just because you pull on it.. curious to know if the security guard or another employee snipped the wires first to make the grab easier.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 03, 2009 - 9:03pm

I doubt Apple really cares. They loose more than this in iPod theft on a daily basis during the holiday season.

Kind of the cost of doing business with giant glass walls and doors with no real security system in place to prevent such theft.

I remember a report of guys that backed a pickup into a store and looted the place lightning fast.

It was funnier when they used to use VHB tape to secure the laptops to the tables. They've since stopped that practice because they bent the hell out of the laptops when trying replace with new display models, making them un-sellable.

And about the security wire... yeah, that double stick tape securing it is really hard to rip off. Besides, it is just a pressure switch to activate the alarm when removed.

/used to work at Apple Retail