"super" iBook on ebaY ...lol

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lol, I wonder if ppl. fall for this BS.

read the whole ****, it's a good laugh..lol
 
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that is funny. i think someone was trying this earlier this year.
 

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I think it's Bill Gates doing it.
 
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ah hahahaha, i feel sorry for the poor sucker that buy's it .
 
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for just a plane iBook, this guy makes up a bunch of crap about it being fast then people flock to it... and if he really had this ability to make a computer that fast why didn't he do it with a powerbook... start off with a faster computer and you will have a faster computer.
 
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It has an upgraded HD and optical drive, thats not worth almost $1000, its worth maybe $300. He knows he is ripping people off, notice: user id kept private.
 
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mynameis said:
It has an upgraded HD and optical drive, thats not worth almost $1000, its worth maybe $300. He knows he is ripping people off, notice: user id kept private.
That's the high bidder who is kept private. But yeah, this guy is a crock of scheisse.
 
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i want it :D (lol)
 
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11x faster than any desktop G4/G5... yet somehow it runs safely with the lid closed.

Got to get me some of that! ;)
 
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This is why I no longer buy off ebay.
 
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D3v1L80Y said:
That's the high bidder who is kept private..

Yeah, he doesn't want people e-mailing the high bidder and telling them they are getting ripped off.
 
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Yeah, he doesn't want people e-mailing the high bidder and telling them they are getting ripped off.
There are still ways to let people know they are being scammed. All one has to do is use the "ask the seller a question"...and then type in your warning, you don't really have to ask a question. It will automatically get posted in the listing, since that is one of the more recent improvements to eBay.
 
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I have seen that same guy selling that type for months and people continue to buy. If people are dumb enough to buy that then that's their problem. If they can't do their own research or ask questions about it that is their problem too. If they are dumb enough to buy that 12" overpriced ibook rather than a sweet powerbook for the same price and way better specs then hey, they deserve to get robbed. This is America and that's how it goes here. If you don't watch out for yourself you will get taken advantage of.
 
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Until now I have to say I never even knew a 2.5" 40GB 7200rpm hard drive existed.

I know of the 7200rpm 60gig 2.5" drives (such as the Hitachi 7K60 Travelstar) but not 40gb...

Still amusing bull dung on that eBay listing. No wonder people in my trade (sales, Apple sales...) get a bad name with jerks like that pushing out such crud. Still, anyone who doesn't check Apple out for a reference price first and blindly bids on eBay is stupid or has money to burn and they don't care.

And as said, fitting a superdrive into an iBook 12" or old 14" combo model or indeed 12/15" P'Book combo model isn't difficult, it is just fiddly. Just sourcing the slot loading mechanism and that's half the game won.

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If people are stupid enough to go for this without doing a little research, then too bad for them.

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D3v1L80Y said:
There are still ways to let people know they are being scammed. All one has to do is use the "ask the seller a question"...and then type in your warning, you don't really have to ask a question. It will automatically get posted in the listing, since that is one of the more recent improvements to eBay.

Those questions don't get automatically posted, the seller has to answer then and there is an option for displaying on listing.
 
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If he can get people to buy them for 1000 bucks too much, good for him.
 
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And no negitave feedback? He's good.
 

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