Sacramento Loves a Line

As we’ve noted here in the past, Sacramento loves anything new. People find no trouble freeing up some time, grabbing a lawn chair, and hopping in line to check out something fresh. Well I caught a story recently on KCRA that I really need your help with. Apparently over in Orangevale there was something to get in line for.

As part of Thursday’s grand opening for the 99 Cents Only store, the first nine customers got an iPod Nano for just 99 cents.

Now stay with me here as this is where your help comes in. The first nine customers, right? Meaning that, say, 10 to 15 people might show up and hope some of the lucky first niners will pull a hammy or something and have to remove themselves from contention, right? Or did I miss something in the fine print? Because if you watch Suzanne Phan‘s video report you’ll find that folks came to play…the day before! With camping gear in tow. Now if only the Kings showed this much heart.

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2 thoughts on “Sacramento Loves a Line”

  1. Interesting. Not becuase of the line, but because I’ve always thought the 99 cent store was the bastard stepchild of the Dollar Store, or tree if you will. Don’t kid yourself, that extra penny is golden when it comes to quality of the product. Who would have thought the 99 Cent store capable of pulling off such promotional genius? Bravo 99 Cent store, bravo.

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  2. Agreed. The extra $.01 makes a HUGE difference sometimes. Suffice it to say that lil’ Squirty Jr. was an unplanned result after trying to save a little cash on prophylactics. But the joke is on them- we’ve saved a BUNDLE on getting diapers for $.01 off compared to the 1$ store!

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