Hey, here's something you shouldn't do -- buy an iPad out of a McDonald's parking lot. For $180. Without seeing if it works first. Yeah, that would be really dumb.
But, hey, look at that, some woman did it. Yeah, she was approached by two dudes post-midday Frozen Strawberry Lemonade. They offered to sell her the Apple product for a measly $300. She only had a measly $180, though. But they sold it to her anyway!
Nope, nothing fishy going on there.
Turns out the iPad was actually a block of wood. In a Fed-Ex box. And the crooks even painted a screen and some fake icons on the block so that it would look like the real deal. (If she chose to take it out of the box.) They claimed they bought them in bulk and were selling them at a discount.
So, this is what it's come to, huh? A world where people are willing to shell out just under $200 so they can tote around something with an Apple on it? Does Apple really have that much of a strong-hold over us? Has Steve Jobs been Jedi-mind controlling us for the past 10 years or so? What has happened?!
I mean, think about it. What other product would get people to take part in such a shady deal? Panasonic? Pshh. Sony? Laughable! Dell? HA. HA. HA. Apple -- and only Apple -- could do this.
Which is why these guys were selling fake iPads. They knew nothing else had the ability to turn a person into a gullible idiot so quickly. It's the only product that would make people bite. An Apple.
Would you buy an "iPad" out of a FedEx box in a McDonald's parking lot without looking at it first?
Image via Sean MacEntee/Flickr
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Comments 15
Good greif . Stories like this make me glad I'm not buying into Apple's crap .
"Does Apple really have that much of a stronghold over us?" No, this woman is just dumb as a bag of hair. How is this Apple's fault???
Correlation does not equal causation (though I've never cared for Apple over any other Os's). The woman was probably already stupid.
Omg She is so stupid!!!
this woman was very foolish. I might buy something from someone in a parking lot, but you're nuts if you think I'm paying a cent before I've had a chance to thoroughly check it out first.
she's just stupid - plain and simple. *please* click over to the original story, there's a photo there of the fake 'iPad' and it's absolutely laughable. had she been smart enough to even bother opening the box before she paid for it, this wouldn't even be a story. and if they were telling her no she couldn't open it, well shouldn't that have been a red flag?
and yes, it's all about the iPad. that statement doesn't mean it's apple's fault, but they do have such driving brand recognition that apparently it causes the stupid to tread to levels we can't imagine. because look at it this way - this lady essentially just paid $180 to have herself look like an idiot to the world for an apple product. i can't say that i would actually have told anyone about being so stupid and getting scammed out of my own money. :/ but that's just me...