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<blockquote data-quote="peacockharris" data-source="post: 1919702" data-attributes="member: 415058">I can confirm that the item was listed as 'Brand New', with the rest of the description pasted from the apple site. Before buying, I messaged the seller asking if it was sealed, and he replied that it was. It arrived and it wasn't. And then there were the other erroneous details (The RAM upgrade, the OS update).Questioned him about this and he stated he bought it direct from Apple a few months ago and it's never been opened (he didn't address the fact it was not sealed as he originally claimed).Also, nope, not a volume seller of any kind. First item he's sold in over a year and he's only ever sold 3 items in his entire time on eBay. Seems to just be a regular guy. Which begs the question who buys a brand new Mac, doesn't open it (apparently), then sells it for a substantial loss within a few months?Anyway. I AM happy with the purchase despite these mysteries. Especially as I've just had more success than I expected going through the migration assistant. Looks like I'm not going to have to jump through all those hoops after all.EDIT: Also, I've since realised said hoops may not have ended up working anyway, so it's a good thing I never wasted my time on that solution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="peacockharris, post: 1919702, member: 415058"] I can confirm that the item was listed as 'Brand New', with the rest of the description pasted from the apple site. Before buying, I messaged the seller asking if it was sealed, and he replied that it was. It arrived and it wasn't. And then there were the other erroneous details (The RAM upgrade, the OS update). Questioned him about this and he stated he bought it direct from Apple a few months ago and it's never been opened (he didn't address the fact it was not sealed as he originally claimed). Also, nope, not a volume seller of any kind. First item he's sold in over a year and he's only ever sold 3 items in his entire time on eBay. Seems to just be a regular guy. Which begs the question who buys a brand new Mac, doesn't open it (apparently), then sells it for a substantial loss within a few months? Anyway. I AM happy with the purchase despite these mysteries. Especially as I've just had more success than I expected going through the migration assistant. Looks like I'm not going to have to jump through all those hoops after all. EDIT: Also, I've since realised said hoops may not have ended up working anyway, so it's a good thing I never wasted my time on that solution. [/QUOTE]

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