MacAddict Tracks Down eBay Scam Artist 912
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."
something's rotten (Score:2, Funny)
My Favorite quote is..... (Score:5, Funny)
"That night I dreamed of Mr. Christmas and a baseball bat, some duct tape, and roofing nails."
neurostarScam this! (Score:1, Funny)
That had better been a Linux box or... That's a paddling
Once you catch the scam artist... you'd better believe that's a paddling (that you get to give to him!)
The importance of a 'P' (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My Favorite quote is..... (Score:2, Funny)
Of course, fun as it would be to let them live and leave them crippled for life, I would know the importance of ending it so that I could not be identified by them later.
Yes, I am a very disturbed person, but I'm not that bad if you haven't tried to screw me over.
Beatles tune... (Score:3, Funny)
"I Catch Counterfeiters with a Little Help from my Friends"
It was... (Score:5, Funny)
"doing god knows what with it"? (Score:1, Funny)
Are we sure this guy sold a computer and not his pet or maybe his girlfriend? And what perverts (macphiliacs?) do with Macs?
Find (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl (Score:5, Funny)
Note to self (Score:2, Funny)
this reminds me of an episode of South Park where a kid sold Cartman some pubic hair, and cartman got the kid back by tricking the kid into eating the kid's parents.
Re:I had a farfetched thought... (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.
Re:FedEX Responsibility (Score:5, Funny)
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
Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl (Score:5, Funny)
this article is insulting (Score:2, Funny)
If PC users are so dumb, why are you writing a story about you shipping a $3000 laptop COD.
Moron.
Hired to steal checks? (Score:5, Funny)
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.)
Funny (Score:3, Funny)
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.
No, you read it incorrectly (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly he was talking about the guy that stole his Mac.... Melvin Christmas.
On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog (Score:5, Funny)
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.)
Re:Every group has the zealots (Score:5, Funny)
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.
How about this... (Score:2, Funny)
That way, "Battery not included".
Re:I'm sorry - but he was an idiot in the first pl (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, a criminal is someone who shares music, or watches DVDs on a non-microsoft system
20% huh? (Score:5, Funny)
KFG
Re:something's rotten (Score:0, Funny)
1: Write free software.
2: ?
3: Track Down eBay Scam Artist.
4: Profit!
Re:20% huh? (Score:1, Funny)
Pessimist: the glass is half-empty.
Engineer: the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
Re:FedEX Responsibility (Score:2, Funny)
Funny, I didn't see a swarm of orange ninjas...
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They wouldn't be very good ninjas if you could see them!
Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:3, Funny)
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!!!
Re:My Favorite quote is..... (Score:2, Funny)
Funny quote about 23 pics of the house.. (Score:4, Funny)
Had to laugh..
SHHH!!! (Score:4, Funny)
The first rule of GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club is:
You don't talk about GPS-based loss recovery retribution fight club!
Missing Clothing Theory (Score:4, Funny)
The biggest scam yet... (Score:2, Funny)
We are set up to empathize with him:
I almost always buy used, so don't get any ideas about me being rich.
In case you didn't feel bad enough yet:
I was already beyond broke, but I figured $85.00 more wouldn't kill me.
Are you heartless???:
all of your student loans for the next semester are going to cover this counterfeit check.
He'd give to charity if he had money:
I urge you to choose a local charity
Make the check payable to:
If you really must, you can send money to my girlfriend's Paypal account, cranberry_coyote@hotmail.com
So now who's the sucker?
Re:Mirror (Score:5, Funny)
Here it is [pbp.net]
Re:I had a farfetched thought... (Score:1, Funny)
eliminate the gene, then future generations dont have to worry about scams.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA... (Score:0, Funny)
My favourite line (Score:2, Funny)
A bunch of computer guys forming a tough guy squad? Does anybody else see the humour in this?
Re:My Favorite quote is..... (Score:3, Funny)
* Please note that this is not intended as any form of discrimination against anyone with the name of "Bubba."
Re:here goes (Score:5, Funny)
Man, forget using police officers and government agents to keep order among society, just put Mac users on patrol.
Remember boys and girls, Mac users are our FRIEND.
Sarcasm aside, I'm glad Jason found this jerkass. However, I do think it'd be funny to see a group of angry Mac users chucking IMacs through the scammer's window.
Future History?? (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't have happened to a PC user... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:My Favorite quote is..... (Score:4, Funny)
50 eggs in one hour? (Score:3, Funny)
Any man caught posting Underpants Gnome "Profit!" lists spends a night in the box.
Any man caught imitating Yakov Smirnoff spends a night in the box.
You are given a login. Any man forgets or loses his login spends a night in the box.
Any questions?
Re:here goes (Score:2, Funny)
you got it all wrong, mac (Score:4, Funny)
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!
hahaha (Score:4, Funny)
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)
Re:Awfully dangerous (Score:1, Funny)
Re:On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog (Score:3, Funny)
Re:here goes (Score:2, Funny)
Re:here goes (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mirror (Score:5, Funny)
Re:something's rotten (Score:3, Funny)
Why do I get the feeling that their maxiumum amount is based on some entry field that only takes 9 characters?
Re:Bike stealers! GRRR! (Score:4, Funny)
Sometimes, when in the midst of a night at the bars, me and my freinds would steal bikes from the racks by various dorms. We'd pick bikes with shitty locks that were easily picked, and go off on a joy ride. We always treated the bikes well, and always returned them the same evening in the same condition as when we stole them. We never cut locks, bent rims, or anything. Although I know it was theft, you could make a case for "borrowing without permission". As far as I can tell, the owners never found out.
Except once.
On one occasion, "my" bike was really shitty. The tires were half-flat, the chain was rusty and skipped, and the handlebars were dangerously loose. I'm still not sure why I did this, but I bailed on my drinking buddies, took the bike home, and fixed it. My roommates were all hardcore road racers, and had all the right tools. I filled the tires, tightened the bars, tightened and oiled the chain, and took it back.
In retrospect, I think there was a little "Charlie Brown Christmas" working. "It's not such a bad bike. All it needs is a little love." On the other hand, I got an evil thrill out of thinking that the owner wasn't going to know what to make of their bike healing itself. "Some asshole stole my bike! And...fixed...it. Guh?"
Re:Definition of "felony" (Score:2, Funny)
"Damaging a tree with a firearm" 16USC551;36CFR261.6(2)
"Careless Shooting with a firearm" 16USC551;36CFR261.10(d)
In short don't hang your targets on trees in a National Forest, It cost me $200 and 10 hours of picking up garbage and digging fence post holes.
It's ironic because the forest I was shooting in burned up last summer so the trees would have been wasted anyways...
Re:something's rotten (Score:1, Funny)
Does FedEx use cod?