No Comment: Woman buys wooden iPad

This is a completely hypothetical situation: Someone in a McDonald's parking lot says he picked up an iPad for a cheap $300, and wonders if you'd want to buy it off of him for just $180. You decide why not (because reputable salesmen always just hang around in the parking lots of fast food places, right?), and take your new tablet home, only to find that it is in fact a wooden block, not the shiny piece of technology you'd hoped for. And what's more, it's not just a wooden block, but it's a dirty, makeshift fake iPad, complete with an Apple logo on the back, icons on the front, and some sort of weird fake Best Buy sales ticket. Sure, the thieves could have just sold you a brick in a box, but nope, they went all out on this one.

Wait, this isn't a hypothetical situation? It actually happened to an, erm, unfortunate lady in South Carolina? Oh. Wait, she really did buy an iPad for $180 from a couple of guys outside McDonald's? Oh. Well then. No comment.

[via TechCrunch]

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qwertymate

Oh, that's awful! There are so many stories about fake electronics! (http://www.pissedconsumer.com/consumer-reviews/appliances.html) The most interesting thing is that no matter how many warnings there are, people still keep on getting scammed! How is that possible??!

September 19 2011 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MurphyMac

It was a woman in South Carolina? I bet I know who: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

August 31 2011 at 1:56 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

DIGITAL.DREAM.KID

She deserve to get ripped off. Who in their right mind thinks that you can buy an ipad for 180 outside a mcdonalds?? Especially from a dude wearing a gold tooth and driving an impala?? I mean really.

August 31 2011 at 10:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DeathByBeheading

I wood be pissed, but then again, I wood never buy an iPad from a guy at McDonalds.

August 31 2011 at 9:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

trevorde

If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

August 31 2011 at 8:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Till

thief [θiːf]
n pl thieves [θiːvz]
1. a person who steals something from another
2. (Law) Criminal law a person who commits theft
[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thief]

I don't think this applies to these salesmen ;) They DID sell the woman something, an iPad. They are free to call their plank whatever they like ;) IF there was someone to sue, then it was Apple because of trademark violations.

That lady however just got what she deserves: you know, wooden iPads don't break that easily in the kitchen when you slice potatoes on them!

;)

August 31 2011 at 7:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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keith

It's art, and well worth the $180. ;)

August 31 2011 at 7:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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trevorde

She should eBay it

August 31 2011 at 8:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ken Collins

It doesn't matter if it is art or if it is worth $180. If you sell me a Vermeer and I open the box and it's an different but equally valuable van Gogh, it's still fraud, because you misrepresented what you were selling.

September 01 2011 at 4:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Display_Name_Here

No problem. Please have her send me 21.0 bitcoins and I'll mail her a real iPad.

August 30 2011 at 10:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

toots

Hmm... The "No Comment:" thing is kind of silly because you don't refrain from commenting on the situation. It really just doesn't make sense, even when trying to be funny/sarcastic.

August 30 2011 at 9:57 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

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puhsitch

Kinda looked like more of a description than a commentary...

August 30 2011 at 10:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikehild

Yeah, that's what I always thought from the moment they started this "No Comment" nonsense. They post a picture, label it No Comment...

...and then proceed to comment on it! The idea is interesting, I just wish they'd call it something else that makes a little more sense.

August 31 2011 at 1:02 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

RedCherryShrimp

At least it was a microwave oven door....

http://gizmodo.com/5337290/cops-bust-guy-selling-oven-door-disguised-as-hdtv

August 30 2011 at 9:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply