A Woman Who Bought Two iPhones Was Scammed with Two Apples Instead‏

[Archean]

A Woman Who Bought Two iPhones Was Scammed with Two Apples Instead‏

When you're looking to buy an Apple iPhone off a classifieds ad, you expect certain things. Like it having a working touchscreen. Like it maybe be in one piece. Like it actually being an Apple iPhone and not... just an apple. A woman made the dear mistake of buying two apples in an iPhone box when she really wanted two iPhones.

Hard to believe, but well, I guess there is no end to ............ you know what

 

[bobcat]

Is there a reputable source that this actually happened or is it just a made up story (I don't mean by you) doing the rounds? I tried to google it, but the first results all lead to gizmodo which gives no further trustworthy source.

 

[Archean]

Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/na...6iphone8217-sale/story-fnii5v70-1226689346060

The reason I said 'hard to believe'

Edit:
By the way 'Googling' just doesn't work some times.

 

[bobcat]

OK, thanks. Assuming that the story is real, I see the weakness here:

The two women arranged to meet at Sunnybank McDonald's where the transaction took place. The woman paid $1500 and was handed two iPhone boxes that looked new but she did not check inside.

The ruling quote is: "Let the buyer beware"

 

[lchu12]

I guess this is worse, than the people who bought iPads from the store and got an clay tablet instead. Turned out some scammers bought real iPads and returned the boxes with clay tablets.

 

[wholesalestunna]

Yeah... There were people locally here buying up iPads and resealing the boxes after they removed the iPads and returning them to Target