http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...220733489.html
I know I shouldn't laugh, but it's a bit hilarious
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01-18-2012, 03:06 AM #1Title-less
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Fake iPad 2s made of clay sold at Canadian stores
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01-18-2012, 03:19 AM #2Tinami 2012
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I've stopped using eBay because of similar scams.
A buyer can claim your item is not as advertised, mail you back a bag of rocks with the same weight, and get a "free" item. As long as he has proof of delivery, you're stuck.
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01-18-2012, 03:32 AM #3
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hehehehehe If/when I buy an iPad it will be from the Apple store and no where else. LOL
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01-18-2012, 03:39 AM #4Re-registered User
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They need to reinstitute feedback for buyers. We've been selling stuff lately, and I'm shocked at how crappily the buyers behave.
Originally Posted by Louis
Replacing an Ipad with a clay tablet, however, does give me a good chuckle. (The bookapocalypse is coming!)"You emerge victorious from the maze you've been travelling in." Oct 21,2012- Best Fortune Cookie Ever!
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01-18-2012, 03:52 PM #5Registered User
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Poor Sandhu, always the unlucky one.
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01-22-2012, 06:47 AM #6
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This scam is all over the news now and i could not help but chuckle because I heard it all from FSU long before it was on the local news. hehehehe The level of dishonesty in people is eye popping. I hope all stores check the boxes before customers leave the store and check them again should they be returned.
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01-22-2012, 08:37 PM #7Watch me move
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It's not just the level of dishonesty in people. It's the level of dishonesty of the stores that they don't even bother to check the packages before they re-sell them. This sort of mercenary behaviour is why I refuse to even set foot in Future Shop or Best Buy. Originally Posted by Buzz
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01-22-2012, 10:59 PM #8Registered User
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^^ Yeah, unless the perpetrators fired out a way to reseal the shrink wrap packaging, so that it looks unopened, the package should be checked. I can see, however, if the package looks like it was never opened, they might not. I would not purchase an Apple product that had been opened, regardless of whether a previous buyer or a store person opened it. But, I agree with Buzz, I would only buy Apple Products at an Apple store.
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