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6-foot neon Apple logo on eBay

July 21, 2007 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Humor, News

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What is the one thing that strikes fear in the heart of any Apple geek’s spouse? Why, the thought that their Mac-obsessed partner might one day bring home a nearly 6-foot tall neon Apple logo, of course! And for one unlucky person, that nightmare may become a reality.

Apple Authorized dealer Mac Resource of Huntsville, AL is auctioning the 5-foot to 10-inch sign on eBay, which has stood proudly on their exterior wall for many years. According to the description, the sign works perfectly, and the company who made the sign will be taking it down and crating it for shipment. All you have to do is come up with thousands and thousands of dollars. (Currently, the bidding is up to $2600 with an unmet reserve, so no telling what Mac Resource hopes to get).

It is a very cool sign, no doubt, and I know just where I’ll put it (I’m sure my wife will come to love it in time).

Out of curiosity, does anyone know the legality of selling such a sign? Just wondering if I can make a couple extra bucks selling 6-foot McDonald’s, Nike, and Pepsi logos.

Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Cookie O’ Puss for the tip!

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21 Comments on 6-foot neon Apple logo on eBay

Rico Suave on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:26 pm

How much do they want for that giant tape measurer?

Rowlings on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:41 pm

“This item only available to bidders in the lower 48 states of the United States of America.”

Does that leave Washington State out? I think that is the second “highest” after Alaska.

Rowlings on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:42 pm

By the way, I want 2 of these.

eBooksBay on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:51 pm

eh, who want’s to buy such a crap!

http://ebooksbay.org

Steven on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:54 pm

RE: Rowlings

By lower 48 states, they mean the continental 48 states as in every state except Hawaii and Alaska. It does not actually refer to the position of the states but rather the ones that are all connected to each other.

sign owner on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:57 pm

the term “lower 48″ comes from my days I lived in Alaska. It means all the states in the US except Alaska & Hawaii. But if anyone wants to pay the shipping, I’ll send it anywhere

BillyBob on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 10:59 pm

d00t… and I thought they would just move it to their new store… MacResource has been a life savor on more then one occation specially since we dont have an Apple Corporate store around here

Rowlings on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 11:01 pm

Thanks Steven, because I WASN’T being sarcastic.

Comic Book Guy: Oh, a *sarcasm* detector. Oh, thatâ€™s a *really* useful invention!

open source on Sat, 21st Jul 2007 11:36 pm

what’s wrong with you people? apple is as disgusting as … censored for my own security

fenix on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 1:46 am

HAHA I want them SO badly. I would hang it on my garage

Peter on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 2:14 am

i bought both my macs from that store lol

huntsville ftw

Free Nature Photography Wallpaper on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 3:00 am

Surprisingly there are only 8 bids…

John McCar on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 8:06 am

10 bucks says Woz buys it.

david on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 10:37 am

i’m a windows user and i want it!

DownWithThem on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 10:52 am

I have to wonder if they knew an Apple Store was coming to huntsville before or after they decided to move to a new building?

Rowlings on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 10:55 am

John McCar -
$20 says Woz already has 12 foot one, and it BLINKS!

Above Par on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 12:41 pm

Bet they will shut down the Apple corporate store

Cookie O' Puss on Sun, 22nd Jul 2007 9:27 pm

Interesting point about the legal issue. I have no idea. I think it is something Apple probably doesn’t care about. It’s not like selling the sign is their primary business. (although it is up over $4000 and still not met the reserve!) Maybe Apple should sell these signs on their online store.

vintage retro on Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 5:41 am

Count me in on this one.
What a great piece of computer memoralbia

imajoebob on Tue, 24th Jul 2007 10:48 pm

No legal problem with buying or selling the sign, as long as they were licensed to make it in the first place, which I assume they were.

Displaying it is another matter. There should be no problem with personal use or artistic (even if uncomplimentary), but commercial use is almost certainly prohibited. I doubt that even a current Apple authorized reseller would be allowed to use it, since it is no longer the appropriate logo.

Another interesting question is does Apple have some sort of preemptory right to the sign as a mechanism to control its trademark? So all you Windoze fans bid it up to make Jobs pay more!

creditfille on Wed, 25th Jul 2007 3:51 am