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MacAddict Tracks Down eBay Scam Artist
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."
"That night I dreamed of Mr. Christmas and a baseball bat, some duct tape, and roofing nails."
neurostarIf he was a spammer and not a scammer, he could have just posted it here and had the guy in hours.
Never confuse volume with power.
Surely you're not trying to say that there is only one asshole in every 7 people.
The masses are the crack whores of religion.
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.
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
Surely you're not trying to say that 20% comes out to 1 in 7 as a fraction.
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.)
"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.
"And like that
... 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.)
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. - Mark Twain
" 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.
You're one of those people who think the glass is half full, arn't you?
KFG
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..
Rapid Nirvana
The first rule of GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club is:
You don't talk about GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club!
Does a future history teacher teach the present?
Jeremy
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!
Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
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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