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  • joeycerone, on 11/19/2007, -8/+139Pretty funny if this is real.
    • MaxPayne3476, on 11/19/2007, -3/+71it's real, but its just an authorized reseller. Not actually affiliated with Verizon.
    • tyiscool06, on 11/19/2007, -29/+7It is fake, the shadows are all wrong.
    • pHr34kY, on 11/19/2007, -17/+1Looks fake. The architecture is more in line with a restaurant than a phone shop.
    • EBFoxbat, on 11/19/2007, -10/+4How long does it take an Apple copyright infringement letter to reach Clearwater, FL ?
      • ECas123, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Like asking how many licks it takes to get the center of a tootsie pop. The world may never know.
      • tcasey22, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4depends, you overnighting it or just sending it ground?
      • bigsteve, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5One never sent will take a really really long time.
      • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1What copyright? If anything, it would be a trademark violation, and even then, this isn't a violation, any more than Apple mentioning "Windows Vista" in their Mac vs. PC ads.
    • Wolf3235, on 11/19/2007, -4/+0zing. :)
    • tech42er, on 11/19/2007, -6/+3For everyone thinking this is the case of Verizon's new national advertising campaign, you're wrong. It's just an affiliate trying to be funny.
      For everyone who thinks it's fake: http://www.xkcd.com/331/
    • Digger2001, on 11/19/2007, -1/+0I think the Iphone is great, but it still way too expensive. I have seen a hacked version used on a t-mobile network (that was very cool), but at $400 price tag not many people can afford it. I guess it helps to be either rich or have DINKY ;)
      http://www.definition-of.com/DINKY
  • thenome, on 11/19/2007, -34/+2Was that a joke?
  • goofygarber, on 11/19/2007, -23/+8Dugg but its a reseller not a actual Verizon corporate store.
  • MrPresident13, on 11/19/2007, -19/+42Just face it. Voyager is no match.
    • H0tKarl, on 11/19/2007, -7/+28Janeway FTW!!!!
    • SuperJimmyJimbo, on 11/19/2007, -9/+55what a terribly stereotypical "diggish" comment. The USS Voyager had not only state of the art bio-neural gel packs (light years ahead of antiquated isolinear chips), but also two tricobalt devices.
      • cr4wl3r, on 11/19/2007, -6/+29Yeah? Well guess what? Those came standard with my my iPhone.
        • Reziarfg, on 11/19/2007, -2/+13I guess that second "my" came standard with your sentence!
          ...I tried...
      • ophello, on 11/19/2007, -1/+24that might have been the nerdiest thing ive read on digg. congradulations.
        • manitoba98xp, on 11/19/2007, -12/+9Modern Starfleet engines function using an M/ARA (Matter/Antimatter Reactor Assembly) system. In such a system, fuel injectors carefully control the amounts of deuterium and antimatter injected into the reactor core (to prevent a breach), where the reaction is controlled by dilithium crystals. This energy can be harnessed to power various ship systems, but its primary application is the warp drive. In this case, the power is diverted directly to the warp nacelles, which use warp coils to create a stable subspace bubble (warp field), allowing the vessel to travel at faster-than-light speeds. It should be noted that, in the TNG era (including DS9 and Voyager), the "maximum velocity" is Warp 10. If that velocity were ever reached (as in VOY Threshold), one would occupy every point in space simultaneously. With few exceptions, this is inachievable. The warp scale curves sharply upwards, enabling fast speeds to be expressed as decimals infinitesimally smaller than 10 (think Warp 9.9995). As a secondary power source, vessels can use fusion reactors. Though these reactors are sufficient to power most ship systems, they do not enable warp travel, and as such, a vessel without its warp core is incapable of FTL travel.

          I should note that all of that was from memory. Ha. I've got him beat now. :P
          • techweenie1, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4that is beyond geeky.
          • Lanlost, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2He might get laid a lot actually... You see .. sometimes you can be so geeky it actually crosses over and becomes hot. Of course.. this is just a hopeful theory...
            3.141 =(
    • Elranzer, on 11/19/2007, -2/+9Voyager may be no match, but AT&T is no match for Verizon in terms of the actual cell service.
      • Cauterized, on 11/19/2007, -4/+3Voyager shouldn't be compared to the iPhone. Voyger and the iPhone both have a touch screen, thats where the comparison ends for me. One phone is 3g, mediaFLO enabled and has a decent network. The other has EDGE, no 3g, no mediaFLO. They aren't anywhere near the same device, stop comparing them.

        *gets dugg down*
  • dynacrylic, on 11/19/2007, -13/+69It would be funny if "Cancel your iPhone here" would replace the current "Can you hear me now?" Verizon slogan?
    • flarn2006, on 11/19/2007, -15/+9Verizon: We never stop smoking on your lawn until we finish our cigarettes -- not even if you ask us to stop.

      I thought of that when there was a Verizon guy working on one of those boxes they put on your lawn without your permission, and he was smoking. So I rang her doorbell and told her that the guy was smoking. She then said she didn't want him smoking on her lawn. So I told him that the owner of the house wanted him to stop, but he said he wasn't finished with his cigarette yet.
      Some people can be such jerks.
      • itsthebrod, on 11/19/2007, -2/+12What? What does it matter if someone working outside on your lawn is smoking a cigarette? That's the dumbest ***** I've read online today. I doubt it will be topped within the next 2 hours so congrats, you win for today!
        • archimago42, on 11/19/2007, -1/+10You forgot that it wasn't even this guy's lawn. He actually tattled on the guy. So ***** lame.
        • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1It's your property. Although, I don't really care as long as they don't throw the cigarette butt on the ground.
      • saturdaysinbed, on 11/19/2007, -2/+9Holy *****, people like you actually exist?
      • Oea420, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5hahaha.... Some people CAN be such jerks...

        such as telling on you for sneaking that cigarette... IN SOMEONE'S LAWN!
        • cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -11/+1 Geez dude, grow a pair of balls. You sound like a 13 year old bitch who just got her period. Jesus christ my 12 year old brother could probably whoop your pussy sounding ass. This officially has to be the dumbest, most lame comment I have ever seen reading digg comments EVER.
      • cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -5/+1Also, he's probably a Mac fanboy and voted for bush if he is of age. So therefore he is also a terrorist.
      • ManufactrsDfect, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3hypothetical question; did you get picked/beat-up on a lot as a kid and never knew why?
        • theprez, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1Not to get picky, but that wasn't a hypothetical question. I agree with the comment being stupid and all...
      • Biznack, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1That's because you live in Smokersville, PA and of the people who apply at verizon, all of the good workers happen to smoke.
        Get lost by the way.
      • nfollmer, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2The Verizon Home phone and cell phone are technically not the same company....... Nice try, but that guy didn't work for the same Verizon in this picture. Thanks for playing!
      • tendonut, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0You must of hated Halloween. All these damn parents smoking cigarettes behind their kids on your property.
    • Hybred1234, on 11/19/2007, -7/+2Boo ***** hoo, honestly.
    • Kerrigore, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7I've always thought "Can you hear me now?" was a strange thing to want to associate with your cell phone network.
      • tendonut, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0Unless you don't understand the commercial. I suppose though in writing, when omitting the "Good!" response, it doesn't sound kind of negative.
  • elint6, on 11/19/2007, -16/+8i wanna say photoshopped, but i don't know
    • cyrix, on 11/19/2007, -8/+11Oh yeah, absolutely. Pixels are all wrong.
      • cyrix, on 11/19/2007, -3/+6Maybe I should have added /sarcasm to the end of that...
      • juicebag, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7yeah i can tell by them
  • mtcool1988, on 11/19/2007, -2/+168Totally not shopped Its on East Bay in Clearwater fl, I'll try to take more pics tomorrow on my way home, I seen it and had to stop and take a picture...
  • dericko, on 11/19/2007, -11/+4It may be a town where ATT has horrible reception....
    • H0tKarl, on 11/19/2007, -5/+28Yeah, like the town of North America. (holds head in shame while being dugg down)
    • sadilak, on 11/19/2007, -7/+2You mean everywhere
    • Super6, on 11/19/2007, -2/+14Remember,AT&T can't drop your call if you can never get connected. That's how they keep their record!
      • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Their slogan also is/was "More bars in more places." It seems to be true, because I always find a bar with a payphone and call from there when I can't get any reception on my cell.
  • diggmodsaregay, on 11/19/2007, -18/+3photochopped
  • Hindermore, on 11/19/2007, -6/+211When you take the pic, hold up 3 quarters, a tomato and a cancelled iphone for proof.
    • VegaObscura3, on 11/19/2007, -0/+20Quarters are easy to shop. Better make it 2 quarters and a half-dollar.
      • DigitalN, on 11/19/2007, -0/+11but two quarters ARE a half dollar
      • tgoose, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Pssh, no one cares about dollars any more; make it a Euro.
      • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1If you hold up an actual dollar bill, Photoshop won't let you open the file due to its anti-counterfeiting code.
    • postitnote, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4Hold up a dodo egg. You can't fake that.
      • S1L3N7B0B, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Ooh, sorry. Swing and a miss on that joke.
    • nfollmer, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1R. Kelly needs to be in that picture, while the girl is holding up 2 forms of government I.D..........................(you all know the rest)
  • amirjpl, on 11/19/2007, -32/+18***** iphones. I have friends that have the iphone, that basically are sick of it now. And we are all mac fanboys. plus at&t sucks balls big time, specially in California.
    • ruley, on 11/19/2007, -7/+13buried for that being useless post
    • JKVM, on 11/19/2007, -3/+22at&t sucks, yes, but the iPhone does not and I'm not an Apple fanboy. Now shut up.
      • itsthebrod, on 11/19/2007, -3/+2Opinions != facts. Let him have his and you can have yours. Now both of you, shut up about the ***** iPhone.
    • Buckro, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5ive had one from the day its come out and have loved every minute of it.
    • PathDaemon, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4I know like four, five people with iPhones... none of them are sad about 'em.
  • CJChesterson, on 11/19/2007, -26/+12i got an ipohne for my birthday but it was so stupid. i traded it with my friend for his zune. even though its brown, its way better than the iphone.
    • lampiaio, on 11/19/2007, -5/+30If you're going to lie, at least be reasonable
      • JKVM, on 11/19/2007, -1/+12...or he's completely retarded, which is quite possible!
      • tech42er, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2I assumed it was just sarcasm dressed up as an idiotic anti-Apple rant.
  • XedLos, on 11/19/2007, -55/+236WTF
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/msullens/1847643372/i ...
    • juicebag, on 11/19/2007, -4/+107thanks for the nsfw warning
    • LordLandon, on 11/19/2007, -10/+49uh...
      Add a warning or something...especially if it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand O.O
      • Anaxerzia, on 11/19/2007, -4/+9It was in the guy's photostream dude... not completely irrelevant
    • atonement, on 11/19/2007, -1/+70what a dick
    • matteusx, on 11/19/2007, -1/+27that man, he is covered in penises
    • dlsspy, on 11/19/2007, -2/+2Anyone ever listen to The Frogs? You know, April Fool's?

      I didn't think so, but they have a song that basically describes someone who looks like that.
    • doritoclock, on 11/19/2007, -7/+2He literary is a "Dick Head"
    • Rikka, on 11/19/2007, -2/+3strangely enough, that reminded me of this one part in the 'george washington' video where they talk about his numerous dicks. http://www.stickam.com/editMediaComment.do?method= ...
    • jrattner1, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1That as classic
  • psplayer6, on 11/19/2007, -4/+16Its not photoshoped. I live right near there. Its been like that since the iphone first came out.
  • coredump0x01, on 11/19/2007, -22/+1Found this in his photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/msullens/1847643372/i ...

    WTF!
    • tjfloyd24517, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3I have to admit that that is pretty funny, but it is incorporate for this story.
      • tech42er, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3incorporate?
      • masterm1nd, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2I was wondering the same thing. My guess was he misspelled important and hastily picked the wrong word from the spell check.
        • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Maybe he wrote it on the iPhone and it picked that with the autocorrection.
  • masterm1nd, on 11/19/2007, -4/+73Seriously, did anyone else notice the picture of penisman in the corner of that page?
    • krusader3z, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3haha sure did and i read a post above about it. just spit up my drink reading your post lol
  • unk3mpt, on 11/19/2007, -7/+2its real i live in tampa but have friends over there n i see that sign all the time
    • timjim31, on 11/19/2007, -3/+5prove it
      • unk3mpt, on 11/19/2007, -4/+1dont know how im supost to do that, need video proof or something? why is it so hard to believe its real?
    • guinnessstout, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2I did see this on the way to work, I live in Madeira Beach and drive up East Bay everyday.
  • NEWNHLISLAME, on 11/19/2007, -9/+3Awesome advertising technique. The gloves are off!
  • LightningTH, on 11/19/2007, -6/+2I can also state that the sign is real. Saw it almost a month ago and thought then that I should take a picture. Never had a chance to drive by with the camera though. Came out right after the IPhone launched. They did a similar thing when the Razr came out advertising a mispelled Razr knockoff for you to get.
    • CSOKI, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2That store wasnt a Verizon retailer when the Razr first came out. Good job trying to pretend you're cool
  • MatthewGranda, on 11/19/2007, -9/+4I've seen this! I live in Tampa, Florida. I remember driving by that and saying to myself... "I know if I take a picture of this it will hit the front of Digg." Well, I missed my chance... =(
    • Tophillious, on 11/19/2007, -2/+2Ah, nothing ever funny happens in Crystal River, FL >:(
    • annonm, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2Your chance at what? riiiiiiiiiddggge RACCERR!!!!!
  • Nekiruhs, on 11/19/2007, -12/+7if only Verizon could mirror the sales of the iPod and the iPhone. Meh, Verizon sucks anyway, and they hurt the environment.
  • JenadaeXX, on 11/19/2007, -2/+5This sign has been like this for months as far as i recall.
  • JasonHilton, on 11/19/2007, -6/+3I drive by this sign almost every day on my way to work. I always thought of taking a picture, but never got around to it.
  • gluesniffined, on 11/19/2007, -6/+1I can confirm as well that this is real. I drive past it every day on my way to and from work; it has been there for a couple of months at least.
  • CSOKI, on 11/19/2007, -14/+7I'm the store manager! I put that sign up!
    • duke, on 11/19/2007, -3/+4I AM SPARTACUS!!!!
    • Hollic, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3Hahahah it's so funny that you're getting dugg down. To be fair though, this is the equivalent of shouting LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME! In otherwords, shut up. ;)
      • CSOKI, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0Whatever, what would YOU say if it was your sign?
        • CamperBob, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2Good question. Probably it would involve a lot of drooling and nasopharyngeal vowel sounds
    • yacks, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1You should change it.. change it to... "Blow up your Iphone here." That should increase foot traffic.
    • rimantas, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2pic, or it did not happen!
      oh, wait.
    • DonKarnage25, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1Check CSOKI's history and he's posted many times on this thread.. which leads me to believe that he is in fact the manager. So if you're digging him down because he's lying.. you're dumb.
  • RoamShell, on 11/19/2007, -7/+1I'll never understand paying such a high amount of money for a cellphone (iphone included.)
    • phatguy471, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2People pay high amounts of money for a lot of stuff all the time. People just have different priorities and different ways to make them selves happy. The iphone is not supposed to suit everyone. No phone will.
  • bcchiang, on 11/19/2007, -7/+1tampa bay represent
  • breaker3000, on 11/19/2007, -7/+0Photoshoped....
  • Pie4Weebl, on 11/19/2007, -2/+7yeah its real, I replaced the light bulbs in that sign when they burn out.
    • s1mph0ny, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5I repaint the red on the verizon logo when it gets too faded.
    • yacks, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5I have absolutely nothing to do with this sign. If anyone claims that I do, I shall deny it.
    • Urusai, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4I apply the blur to hide the photoshopped pixels when the cutout region is too ragged.
  • deadbaby, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7You can cancel an AT&T account at Verizon?
    • Jimboquint88, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6you can cancel any cell phone service at any cell phone store, cancel sprint and att, att at t-mobile, t-mobile at verizon and so so, they just transfer your number onto their service and it cancels the old one, charging you 175 dollar early cancellation fee....(if contract is still valid)
      • bigsteve, on 11/19/2007, -2/+4Your post contains too many facts that are true. Dugg down.

        Who are these people digging down factual answers to questions?
    • bluesdealer, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Yeah, it's called a port. I cancel Verizon accounts all the time while working at AT&T. :-)

      Don't get too worried, though; you must have all your account information, of course.
      Also, watch out for those early termination fees if you're still in contract with your other carrier.
  • phoenix2330, on 11/19/2007, -3/+1gotta give em credit for trying. very funny. DUGG
  • CSOKI, on 11/19/2007, -3/+7I'll be at the store tomorrow 10-6. Come by and say hi
    • Ocelot13, on 11/19/2007, -1/+11ill be outside in the van that has free candy written on the side. tell your kids to come say hi
    • NathanielJ, on 11/19/2007, -5/+0Three comments on this now? It's nice that you're proud of your sign hitting Digg's front page, but get a hobby.
      • DonKarnage25, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2If my store got on the front of Digg, I'd probably be parading it posting everywhere too.
    • Oea420, on 11/19/2007, -6/+1Is this store in/around Clearwater, FL like some posters state?

      I hear the Scientologists are having quite the time down in clearwater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwater,_Florida#S ... ) with key members of the police and local government infested with them... they have pretty much finished the occupation of the city (as put forward by L Ron Hubbard awhile ago)

      Check out some of XenuTV's videos on youtube, they're awesome http://www.youtube.com/user/XENUTV
  • tkaStryc9, on 11/19/2007, -8/+1Dugg for if I were retarded enough to have bought a i(*****)Phone I would go in there and get rid of it.
    • badjoke, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3Never tried one out, have you?
      • bigsteve, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5This is digg. You don't need "facts" or "first hand experience" to yell your opinion with awkwardly-placed swear words that make you sound like a 9 year old.
  • Drewboy64, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4How about the other way around... Like cancel your Verizon contract here!
    Oh wait... I'm so naive, you can do that for the low low price of $175 at any Verizon location! Silly me...
  • BayAreaKing, on 11/19/2007, -2/+5That penis came out of nowhere!
  • HimThatSpeaks, on 11/19/2007, -4/+2I for one love my iPhone overlord.
    Verizon = good service, bad products.
    ATT = one good product, bad service.
    Choose your evil. Chase it with some Shmirnoff.
    • jedicurt, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1shmirnoff???? gross... give me grey goose or give me death
  • jedicurt, on 11/19/2007, -1/+4I just love how someone sees a picture of something on a sign and are just like... wow that is soo photoshopped... when i was in college, we used to fake pictures of signs all the time... and we never used photoshop... we just ordered a set of the letters and a pole to put them up... and had many a drunken nights were of fun

    try getting out of your basement more and actually go pull pranks IRL instead of doing it via photoshop or final cut and then posting on flickr, youtube, etc...
  • screamxsquad, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I live down the street from there. It's been up for months.

    Good to see that something Scientology-related isn't coming out of this city for once.
  • mpancha, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3Funny pic, too bad the flickr page got full of apple spam (both pro and con).
  • gamabunta, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1That's great.

    Now where can I cancel my Verizon phone?
  • zspeed78, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8It seems as if 10% of digg has actually seen this sign in real life.............................
  • supermanred, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1Isn't Verizon the ones that owned the rights to "iPhone" name and fought Apple in court?
    • aquanutz, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2No, it was Cisco that did.
      • supermanred, on 11/21/2007, -0/+1I meant in Canada. We had "Get Your iPhone" ads here all over the place for some other company (other than Apple) I guess they were trying to "secure" their right to the name before asking for tons of money from Apple...
  • AmelFl, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I sent this 3 months ago and got only 8 diggs, lol!

    http://digg.com/apple/Verizon_Cancel_Your_IPhone_H ...
    • WraythX, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Getting to the front page of digg is all about title and timing.
  • senatorpjt, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1If Verizon would start using GSM like the rest of the world, then maybe they could get some better phones.
    • lostpnoiboi, on 11/20/2007, -0/+0Actually GSM is alright but if you look at it spec wise Verizon cdma is a lot reliable + better.
      • carlosos, on 11/22/2007, -0/+1Please do your research before posting something like this. Both have advantages and disadvantages.
        You should read the book "The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications" by Andy Doran. That explains very well the differences between the technologies.
  • lostpnoiboi, on 11/20/2007, -0/+0Verizon Wireless was the first wireless company Apple came to, but when it came down to the final judgment the iPhone did not pass the several hundreds stress test so they ditched it.

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