I am a victim of a laptop seller in town

bytey · 01-06-2010 4:11pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhXcEpajN0

dnme · 01-06-2010 5:20pm

OP

You're a complete fcukwitt! you deserved it

FruitLover · 01-06-2010 6:25pm

thebiglad wrote: »

Any advice not to report this, regardless of how much evidence there is to pursue it is just rubbish

I agree!

Wait, did someone actually advise not reporting it somewhere in this thread?

caspa307 wrote: »

wow it really amazes me the ignorance of some people

I know, but there really are people who fall for these scams! Even in 2010!!

BrokenArrows · 01-06-2010 6:38pm

FruitLover wrote: »

I agree!

Wait, did someone actually advise not reporting it somewhere in this thread?

I know, but there really are people who fall for these scams! Even in 2010!!

they didnt advise not to report it they mentioned there was no point.

aidan_walsh · 01-06-2010 7:35pm

dnme wrote: »

OP

You're a complete fcukwitt! you deserved it

Banned. The same will come to anyone else who decides to throw insults around.

zilog_jones · 01-06-2010 9:40pm

simoniz wrote: »

THANK YOU the reg number match the car (polo). I'm going to report it later when I got home coz now I know the car have the original plate number on it.

It could be cloned, i.e. they are using fake number plates copied from another car of the same type and colour. However the guards are well aware of cloning and have ways of dealing with it, so you should report the reg you saw regardless.

ED E · 01-06-2010 9:44pm

TBH you'd have to be quite naive not to be suspect of such an offer...:rolleyes:

Bob Z · 02-06-2010 2:33am

bugler wrote: »

Here's a helpful tip for Consumers: Don't buy goods from people who pull in front of you in a car. Surprisingly, these tend not to be legit.

Hi don't tar them with the same because of the actions of bad apples. Most of these sellers are hard working and hones...well hard working anyway

Overheal · 02-06-2010 2:38am

So brand new laptop, being sold for better than retail, from a car.

The old adage "if its too good to be true, it is" really does apply here.

If I have a **** hot laptop and I wanna sell it brand new, and i do it from a car, I must have stolen it, for one thing.

/Note: the user that gets scammed at this stage of the thought process gets karma thrown right back at them: when you think the item is Hot and you buy it anyway. Never buy stolen merchandise, for many and varied reasons. But the least ethical reason [the one that anybody should be able to understand] being that if they stole the item in the first place, do you really trust them to make an honest exchange?

Another thing is why would i sell it from a car? Was I in trouble with the law? If I had just bought the thing say, and needed to make rent, I'd just give it to my landlord :pac:

if I really had a brand new laptop and i wanted to sell it - id make money off it. Not give it away on the side of a road to the first taker. Its called eBay, or Adverts.ie - List the item, wait, ?????, profit! No driving around in a smelly car and making bingo profit margins.

So yeah, hope you learned something about life and economics today.

Sid_Justice · 02-06-2010 2:56am

ipods and laptops sold in this manner are (unless someone knows other wise) stolen. This includes stolen from Lorries and PC World but also stolen out of the pockets and homes of decent folk. I've no sympathy for those conned while trying to buy stolen goods.

by all means report it to the police (not sure if it's actually illegal to buy goods in this manner).

oceanclub · 02-06-2010 2:58am

I have a bridge to sell if anyone is interested?

P.

Gadgetman496 · 02-06-2010 3:00am

How much do you want for it?

Is it USB 3.0 enabled?

Flickr · 02-06-2010 3:19am

victim? I dont think so! The only victim is the poor sod that had it stolen in the first place. And its because of people like you that myself, and the other good people on here will continue to have our laptops stolen. So go tell the gardai that you tried to buy a stolen lapton from two knackers in a car and the nasty men stole your money and see if they have any more sympathy for you than I do! I doubt they will...