Introducing the Apple iPlank
A fool and his money are soon parted, said poet Thomas Tusser in 1557.
iHope she got a receipt.
Thanks to those who shop for electronics in McDonald’s parking lots, that idiom holds true today.
The Smoking Gun provides the details: Ashley McDowell, from Spartanburg, S.C., was at the fast food restaurant when two men asked her if she wanted to buy an iPad. They showed her a brand new iPad and told her they’d give her one just like it for $300.
She talked them down to $180 and they gave her a FedEx box from the trunk of their Impala.
Lo and behold, when she opened the box, she found out she was an iDiot.
Instead of a much-beloved tablet computer, she was the proud owner of a piece of wood painted black and adorned with Apple and Best Buy stickers.
Police say the scam is unusual only in that the crooks took the time to create a crude facsimile of the sold item.
Note: The original version of this story incorrectly said the men offered to sell a stolen iPad.
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76 comments Add your comment
George Mathis
August 31st, 2011
5:44 pm
Crime … thx for the catch!
Patrick
August 31st, 2011
5:47 pm
@Dave: I think you mean (Nelson Muntz-laugh).
All together now: HA-HA!
A. E.
August 31st, 2011
5:50 pm
…Free schools and Dumb Asses.
Clark Howard says.....
August 31st, 2011
5:55 pm
She should have spent the extra $29.99 for the service contract in case her iPlank breaks down she can take it back to the McDonald’s parking lot and exchange it for another iPlank with no questions asked!
Ahhhh
August 31st, 2011
5:56 pm
I’ll bet she can’t even spell moron . . . Geez, talk about gullible. I bet she just loved making the headlines . . .
Ahhhh
August 31st, 2011
5:57 pm
Interesting that they would target a McDonald’s for their victim . . . hhhmmmmmm
Caribourancher
August 31st, 2011
5:59 pm
Best laugh I’ve had all day…… “iDiot”!!!!
Bro
August 31st, 2011
6:04 pm
What did the giver of stolen property say to the getter of such property:
GOTCHA.
iGnorant
August 31st, 2011
6:04 pm
I can’t stop laughing. She should be charged for attempting to purchase stolen property to boot. This is too funny…
Amy Barnes
August 31st, 2011
6:25 pm
I for one do NOT have sympathy for someone who buys goods SPECIFICALLY advertised as stolen – this is like when I had to listen to a teenager plaintively cry that her boyfriend stole my phone fair and square – and I mean that – “But – BUT! He stole yo’ fone FAIR and SQUARE — you LEFT it OUT!” The phone was on the Customer Service desk, tucked into the indentation of the computer monitor at the desk. She was trying to demand the Retail Store price for that phone.
What is wrong with society today??? It’s like some people *believe* that theft is somehow appropriate!
Grrr – when I see people who contribute to theft cry over being stolen from themselves – I want to publicly humiliate them. Everybody loses out when someone is dishonest!