Woman Buys Wooden iPad

[Greg Tito]

Woman Buys Wooden iPad

Never, ever, buy electronics from a dude in a parking lot.

Growing up in the suburbs, I remember the guys who'd drive around in white vans to mall parking lots and try to coerce people coming out that they have some really great speakers. The story always seemed too good to be true: they had all this inventory of $500 speakers that they were trying to unload fast before their boss found out. It sounded stupid then, just as should have sounded stupid to the woman who was tricked into laying down $180 for what she thought was an iPad in a McDonald's parking lot in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Opening up the Fedex envelope after she had given away her cash and driven away, Ashley Mcdowell soon realized all she held was a black piece of wood etched with the notorious Apple logo. The 22-year-old called the police, and they are now looking for the two men who had told her that they bought iPads "in bulk."

Sure, a brand new iPad for $180 when they usually retail for more than $499 is quite a steal, but Mcdowell pretty much deserved what she got.

I mean, who wants an overpriced novelty like the iPad anyway?

Source: Channel 4 Indy News [http://www.theindychannel.com/technology/29039492/detail.html]

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[therandombear]

Not funny being scammed...but seriously. She kinda deserved that.

She didn't think it sounded dodgy at all? Especially in the parking lot behind a Mcdonalds >.<

"I mean, who wants an overpriced novelty like the iPad anyway?"

Indeed when there are cheaper tablets then a overpriced tablet with apple logo.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I love that the scammer carved an Apple logo on the piece of wood.

Because that would totally throw her off the scent.

[sub]It probably does more than a real iPad anyway...[/sub]

 

[lovestomooch]

I had to re-read this and check she is 22.. and not 12.
derp

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Opening up the Fedex envelope after she had given away her cash and driven away, Ashley Mcdowell soon realized all she held was a black piece of wood etched with the notorious Apple logo.

And it still got better reception.

 

[Michael Hirst]

Buying goods without looking at them first?

She deserved it. Con men are assholes but she was on another level of stupid

 

[MurderousToaster]

Reminds me of the P-P-P-POWERBOOK thing that happened a while ago, but in reverse.

 

[cookyy2k]

In days of yore people ike this would have killed themselves somewhere before puberty... Health and safety has a lot to answer for.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

The wooden tablet should've had the apple logo carved into one side.....

Spoiler: ..and THIS in the other

http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr84/Oathkeeper_Hikaru/TrollFace.png

 

[Quaxar]

Probably etched out of an apple tree. So it's not even illegal!

 

[evilneko]

I had to re-read this and check she is 22.. and not 12.
derp

Obviously as a 12 year old wouldn't have fallen for it. XD

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Twenty two year old, McDonalds parking-lot, and conspicuous man?

All the things add up. Although, she was pretty stupid for thinking she could get an iPad from a stranger for $180 dollars.

 

[Giest4life]

Ordinary people don't have FBI training and can be fooled easily. I can see greed clouding the judgement, but not even looking at the thing you are buy is just plain stupid.

She did not deserve being conned out of her money for being stupid; but being that stupid meant that she was asking for it.

 

[esperandote]

It turned out that the cops were also con men and they charged her for the "usual" $50 invenstigation fee.

 

[Stalydan]

Being given a Fedex package and then opening it to find that... why didn't she ask to see it first? Why did she want an iPad in the first place? Buy something decent like a Samsung Tablet.

 

[Liudeius]

She didn't even look in the envelope before giving them the money?

 

[thiosk]

Lol!

Don't buy counterfeit. Ever.
If you buy it, you are supporting TERRISM and CHINOOSE!

 

[Navvan]

Well they say half the price of an apple product is the logo. Looks like she just got the logo half of the product in this exchange.

She learned a valuable lesson for $180 as well. Always check the merchandise you are buying; especially if its from some random guy in a parking lot.