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
CapnLouie
September 1st, 2011
9:18 am
I think the greater crime would have been if she had actually gotten the iPad.
Steve Jobs is behind this
September 1st, 2011
9:37 am
She should’ve waited for the IPlank 2. Heard it’s made of mahogany, and painted metallic silver.
Steve Jobs is behind this
September 1st, 2011
9:39 am
To “Go Back to Second Grade”….how many people do you know go through four years of college, pay a lot of money to establish a higher education, and then become a police officer? Many (not all) become a police officer BECAUSE they didn’t learn proper grammer, if you know what I mean.
i wonder
September 1st, 2011
10:16 am
bet she was of the black race, what a dumb jig! only in american can two black man (shouldn’t have a ipad) sell a ipad to a women out of their 1995 impala – and the black woman thinks its in the norm to buy a ipad for 180… hmmmm no wonder obama is where he is today (thank you africans) good old honest Abraham must be rolling in his grave! Thanks ab
G
September 1st, 2011
10:17 am
@Hilliard Crump does it really matter. a crook is a crook. a thief is a thief. a sucker is a sucker. slap yourself.
G
September 1st, 2011
10:22 am
@i wonder you are the scum of the earth for that statement. really? smdh
SC
September 1st, 2011
12:30 pm
@iwonder Take your stupid a$$ back to grammar school. You’re the one looking dumb with your incorrect spelling, improper use of punctuation and inability to capitalize proper nouns. You think you’re so superior?
@Hilliard Crump Kick rocks! You prove that stupidity comes in all colors.
GreatGal
September 1st, 2011
2:02 pm
@iwonder….another BIG DUMMY!
katfishjak
September 1st, 2011
2:19 pm
….but she talked them down to $180. This was a savings of 120 dollars. What a deal!
Michael
September 1st, 2011
2:29 pm
Back before school let out in May a girl in front of me sold her iPad for $100 at the pawn shop. I would have offered more but the pawn shop frowns on that.