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Money, Oil and Politics => Money... Money... Money... => Topic started by: zorgon on June 15, 2013, 05:46:05 AM

Title: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: zorgon on June 15, 2013, 05:46:05 AM
Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins

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QuotePaperBlog – This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple's headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.

The funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send the creators of the iPhone their billion dollars in the way they deem best.

This dirty but genius geek troll play is a new headache to Apple executives as they will need to put in long hours counting all that money, to check if it is all there and to try to deposit it crossing fingers to hope a bank will accept all the coins.

Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, told the media that his company is not going to be intimidated by a group of "geeks with style" and that if they want to play dirty, they also know how to do it.

    You can use your coins to buy refreshments at the little machine for life or melt the coins to make computers, that's not my problem, I already paid them and fulfilled the law.

    A total of 20 billion coins, delivery hope to finish this week.

Let's see how Apple will respond to this.

http://www.zurmat.com/2012/08/29/samsung-pays-apple-1-billion-sending-30-trucks-full-of-5-cent-coins/
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: burntheships on June 15, 2013, 05:49:36 AM
Brilliant move on the part of Samsung,
thats a lot of coins. Are they nickels?
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: zorgon on June 15, 2013, 10:16:02 AM
Well they sent nickle but that photo looks like pennies. Its likely a stock photo
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: Elvis Hendrix on June 15, 2013, 10:44:58 AM
woo hoo, thats magic.
Thats the biggest finger i have ever seen  ;D
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: thorfourwinds on June 15, 2013, 01:39:39 PM
Quote from: zorgon on June 15, 2013, 10:16:02 AM
Well they sent nickle but that photo looks like pennies. Its likely a stock photo

Good call, mate.    ;)


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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 08: Mike Spinosa, a pit driver at the U.S. Mint, transfers one cent blanks before they are struck into pennies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. The dollar fell to a record low against the euro after Federal Reserve policy makers cut their benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point. (Photo by Stephen Hilger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: starwarp2000 on June 15, 2013, 05:34:57 PM
Funny how Iphones and Ipads use Samsung displays  :D

Don't believe me? Tear one down and have a look  ;D
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: petrus4 on June 15, 2013, 06:32:43 PM
I never did like Apple Computer.  Steve Jobs got rich selling badly designed, overpriced crap that nobody needs.  So they're not going to be getting any sympathy from me, here.
Title: Re: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins
Post by: Somamech on June 15, 2013, 07:00:43 PM
Quote from: starwarp2000 on June 15, 2013, 05:34:57 PM
Funny how Iphones and Ipads use Samsung displays  :D

Don't believe me? Tear one down and have a look  ;D

Definite Believe you !

Samsung are a huge supplier to Apple component wise as reported on Semiaccurate by Charlie:

Apple vs Samsung: Samsung put the boot in hard


http://semiaccurate.com/2012/10/23/apple-vs-samsung-samsung-put-the-boot-in-hard/

Thats a good site for those that read up on PC sorta tech new's btw! :)

PS Gangnam Style... I saw some advert for a tv program on oz tv which was stating that Gangnam was not the one hit flash in pan everyone think's it is.  Peggy called it first :D