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MacAddict Tracks Down eBay Scam Artist

Posted by pudge on from the ha-ha dept.

OS24Ever writes "A future high school history teacher, Jason Eric Smith, sold an 867MHz PowerBook G4 on eBay right before finals. He found out the hard way that people are out there to rip you off, and he went to great lengths to catch this guy with the help of Mac heads everywhere. A great read and agreat way for us little guys to get back at these scammers."

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  1. My Favorite quote is..... by neurostar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That night I dreamed of Mr. Christmas and a baseball bat, some duct tape, and roofing nails."

    neurostar
    1. Re:My Favorite quote is..... by GreyPoopon · · Score: 3, Funny
      Is this the correct spot to insert an inappropriate comment about correctional facilities and large men named "Bubba?"

      * Please note that this is not intended as any form of discrimination against anyone with the name of "Bubba."

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      GreyPoopon
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    2. Re:My Favorite quote is..... by kmellis · · Score: 4, Funny
      "That night I dreamed of Mr. Christmas and a baseball bat, some duct tape, and roofing nails."
      I have this recurring dream every year about this time. Weird.
  2. The importance of a 'P' by Mr+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If he was a spammer and not a scammer, he could have just posted it here and had the guy in hours.

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  3. Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl by oyenstikker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely you're not trying to say that there is only one asshole in every 7 people.

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    The masses are the crack whores of religion.
  4. Re:I had a farfetched thought... by Denito · · Score: 5, Funny


    What a fantastic idea. Instead of losing your money to scams, you can instead use it all buying GPS devices that you ship away and never get again.

    I haven't heard such great idea since my meeting with accounting 10 minutes ago.

  5. Re:FedEX Responsibility by Mandi+Walls · · Score: 5, Funny
    I dunno, man.

    Cashier's checks look different at every bank. You can't expect the FedEx guy to whip out his cel phone and call the bank right at the guy's doorstep to check out the legitimacy of the paperwork.

    He's just the messenger.

    's almost as bad as relying on the manager at McDonald's to catch counterfeit $20s.

    Mac users are a posse, man. They're like one big inbred family. They trust other Mac users 'cause they have some bizarre kinship for being on the short end of the tech stick.

    Like us here, only with the social stick...

    --mandi

  6. Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely you're not trying to say that 20% comes out to 1 in 7 as a fraction.

  7. Hired to steal checks? by Osty · · Score: 5, Funny

    few years ago, we had a homeless man who we gave a household job to steal a check out of my wife's checkbook.

    You hired a homeless man to steal checks from your wife? No wonder you got screwed.


    (Hint: Next time, try using decent setence structure to not confuse your point.)

  8. Funny by cheezedawg · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think its funny that

    1) He no longer has his mac
    2) He is out $3000
    3) He failed his finals
    4) He spent a bunch of extra money tracking the guy down (plane ticket, PI, etc)
    5) He is still happy about it

    I'd guess he is a "Glass is half full" kind of guy.

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    "The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom" - George W Bush
  9. No, you read it incorrectly by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    "My girlfriend and I decided we would use the extra money to donate to some charities for Christmas"

    Clearly he was talking about the guy that stole his Mac.... Melvin Christmas.

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    "And like that ... he's gone."
  10. On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog by The+Fun+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... unless you try to screw a Mac addict. Then you'll be hunted down in meatspace like a, like a, like a something-or-other.

    Serves the thief right for messing with a Mac type. Everybody knows they're unstable to begin with, and all it takes is a just a little push for them to go postal.

    (So, +1 Funny for the first paragraph, -1 Flamebait for the second? Worth the risk.)

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    1. Re:On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 3, Funny

      My iBook is extremely stable. I, on the other hand ...

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      The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
  11. Re:Every group has the zealots by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 5, Funny

    " I know in my heart that Mr. Christmas is really a PC guy. "

    that line from the article is a pretty big clue. And his other rantings about how stupid pc users are. This from a guy that sent a $2900 computer to someone. And HE is calling people stupid. Wow.

    He needs to be hit with a Clue-by-Four.

  12. 20% huh? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're one of those people who think the glass is half full, arn't you?

    KFG

  13. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by JVert · · Score: 3, Funny

    ./ Enhancement request:
    Anything with certain kewords (ex: "in soviet russia") gets automatic -1 karma.
    Yes I realize that includes this post right here.
    And I'm willing to take the bullet for my country!
    In slashdot we flame our own posts!!!

  14. Funny quote about 23 pics of the house.. by cOdEgUru · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine the butthead sitting with his buddy drinkin beeeer outside on the porch (assuming its out in the middle of nowhere) watching black cars and vw minis go by with strange white folk staring out through tinted glasses with cameras in hand snapping pics like crazy :) ..

    Had to laugh..

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  15. SHHH!!! by ez76 · · Score: 4, Funny
    If you get ripped, just follow the signal or keep track of where it last vanished (perhaps it went into a basement where it couldn't be tracked any further). Meet the crook at his/her door with a .45.
    How many times do I have to tell you people?

    The first rule of GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club is:

    You don't talk about GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club!
  16. Future History?? by JebusIsLord · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does a future history teacher teach the present?

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  17. you got it all wrong, mac by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was not going to give up. That night I dreamed of Mr. Christmas and a baseball bat, some duct tape, and roofing nails.

    Look, if you're going to have him retar up there, at least give him a hammer instead of the bat. He'll be up there all week! Jiminy!

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    Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
  18. hahaha by penguin_punk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Black cars?

    You must have forgotten that these are Mac users. Remeber? These types drive Minis and New Beatles. I'll bet you that no matter what type of car it was, its colour was Aqua. (maybe teal) ;)

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    HURD - Hurd's Under Research & Development
  19. Re:something's rotten by Joe5678 · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the same page:

    E. The maximum C.O.D. Amount is $9,999,999.99 per shipment. THE C.O.D. AMOUNT IS NOT THE SAME AS, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH, DECLARED VALUE. (See "Declared Value and Limits of Liability" section.)


    Why do I get the feeling that their maxiumum amount is based on some entry field that only takes 9 characters?