In a contest of "Who's dumber than who" this week, a South Carolina woman bought what she thought was an IPad, but turned out to be a block of wood. Turns out, the con men weren't too keen either. Here's the story:
22 year old Ashley McDowell, told police that she was approached by two young men while leaving McDonald's on Monday afternoon. One of the men showed her a new IPad 2, and explained that he had a trunk full of the tablets, due to a bulk pricing deal. He offered McDowell one for $300 cash. She countered with an offer of $180, and he accepted.
He opened his trunk, and gave her one of the many sealed FedEx boxes that were stacked in it. Upon arriving at home and opening the box, this is what she found:
It was a piece of wood the approximate size of an IPad, spray painted black. But, it had a white Apple logo spray painted on the back. The "screen" was framed in black tape, with replicas of IPad icons for Safari, Mail, Photos and the IPod logo. There was also what appeared to be a "Best Buy sales ticket" applied to what would have been the screen.
Why would con men go through such trouble for a simple "bait and switch" con? Did they do it to add insult to injury? Or were they really so stupid, that they thought they needed to put that much effort into the job to rip someone off? Were all of those FedEx boxes in the trunk filled with "imitation" IPads? This story is really a competition of who has the lower IQ.
My favorite part of the story-look at the left image above. She actually tried to swipe the screen!
22 year old Ashley McDowell, told police that she was approached by two young men while leaving McDonald's on Monday afternoon. One of the men showed her a new IPad 2, and explained that he had a trunk full of the tablets, due to a bulk pricing deal. He offered McDowell one for $300 cash. She countered with an offer of $180, and he accepted.
He opened his trunk, and gave her one of the many sealed FedEx boxes that were stacked in it. Upon arriving at home and opening the box, this is what she found:
It was a piece of wood the approximate size of an IPad, spray painted black. But, it had a white Apple logo spray painted on the back. The "screen" was framed in black tape, with replicas of IPad icons for Safari, Mail, Photos and the IPod logo. There was also what appeared to be a "Best Buy sales ticket" applied to what would have been the screen.
Why would con men go through such trouble for a simple "bait and switch" con? Did they do it to add insult to injury? Or were they really so stupid, that they thought they needed to put that much effort into the job to rip someone off? Were all of those FedEx boxes in the trunk filled with "imitation" IPads? This story is really a competition of who has the lower IQ.
My favorite part of the story-look at the left image above. She actually tried to swipe the screen!
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