And then I had 60 iPod Nanos
shoemoney
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So... a couple weeks back I was talking with Dillsmack, who has been at every elite retreat so far, brain storming about more things we can add to the event. These brain storming sessions is generally me throwing things out there and him telling me how stupid they are... So anyway I brought up the fact that there is always kind of a let down when people leave. You just spent the last 48 hours cramming a lot into your head and putting a lot on paper. You want to put it into action right now but its downtime time. You have to get a plane home and then the weekend before most can even really get after it on Monday. So I wanted to find a way to keep those juices going.
I thought it would be cool to buy everyone every book I always learned from... but then they have to lug them around... what a pain in the ass. So then I thought wow what if we bought everyone a new iPod Nano filled with those books... like specifically Seth Godin's books, Malcom Gladwell, my radio shows, Neils radio shows... etc etc.. That would be cool... plus the new iPod Nanos are pretty cool by themselves. So I talked to Tigh about it (newest employee and manager or projects (mainly Elite Retreat right now) and by coincedence he was just contacted by another company who wanted to sponsor the event.
So long story short we ordered 30 iPod Nanos all engraved with "Elite Retreat 2008 San Fran" on the back courtesy of clickbooth. It was like 5k for 30 or so... we purchased the Malcom Gladwell books but I was able to contact Seth Godin and we made a deal where I would donate a dollar amount to charity instead of paying him for the audio books. How awesome is Seth Godin!
But I have been traveling for the last 2 weeks and haven't been keeping tabs... I did think it was weird I did not receive a receipt from Apple or anything. So today I went into my Amex account and... sure enough I had not been charged for them. Then I went into my Apple account and... the order is not there. WELL POOP.
So I placed an order today for another 30 and as soon as I got off the phone Fedex came with the 30 iPods we originally ordered. I tried to cancel my order but it said engraving has begun and cant be canceled. DOH!
So now I have 30 iPod Nanos I have no use for.... what to do with them hrmm