Woman Duped Into Buying Wooden iPad

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Police: Wooden Block Painted Black, Decorated With Apple Logo

POSTED: 1:27 pm EDT August 31, 2011
UPDATED: 1:35 pm EDT August 31, 2011

Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office

A South Carolina woman told police she was scammed into buying an Apple iPad made of wood by two men in a McDonald's parking lot.
According to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun, 22-year-old Ashley Mcdowell claimed she was buying food at the restaurant when the men approached her. They claimed to have bought iPads in bulk and were selling them for $300.
Retail price for the gadgets normally begins at $499.
Mcdowell told the men she only had $180 and they went for the deal, and she was given a FedEx box with the assumed iPad inside.
On the drive home, Mcdowell discovered "a piece of wood painted black with an Apple logo" in the box and called police, the report stated.
The fake iPad came complete with a Best Buy price tag and pasted-on app icons.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is searching for the two men.

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[Unicorn Jeff]

What a dumb bitch LOL

[HarrisonTX]

What is even the point in this: "Best Buy price tag and pasted-on app icons", other than complete hilarity?

[SMKR]

Oldest scam in the parking lot book

[347Mike]

No charges should be pressed. If you are dumb enough to buy a 50% off iPad at mcdonalds then you asked for it......

[Juiced4v]

Dumbass....How dumb can people be

[LANTIRN]

No charges should be pressed. If you are dumb enough to buy a 50% off iPad at mcdonalds then you asked for it......

I would have to agree on this one.

[mk5.0]

Wonder if they were driving a white van full of speakers

[Chili]

So she gave someone $180 for a sealed Fed Ex box and didn't open it first?? What a fucking maroon. That's an idiot tax right there.

[greenbullitt]

they were talking on the radio that its been happening in GP also

[gav91183]

HAHAHAHA no way!! I had 2 guys come up to me in Cedar Hill the other day while i was pumping gas saying they worked for Best Buy and had a hookup with macbooks and ipads.. Maybe i shoulda took them up on thier offer!

[Sergio]

a fool and his money...

[Big A]

I have nothing to add, other than "small world." I did a sizeable quote for Spartanburg Community College this afternoon.

Super sweet woman, but for those of you that listen to KISS FM, I couldn't help, but hear Kelly's dad's quote.

[Ted]

HAHAHAHA no way!! I had 2 guys come up to me in Cedar Hill the other day while i was pumping gas saying they worked for Best Buy and had a hookup with macbooks and ipads.. Maybe i shoulda took them up on thier offer!

I had one at the walmart gas station right there off 1382 in Cedar Hill try and sell me a MacBook about a month ago.

[Big A]

I had one at the walmart gas station right there off 1382 in Cedar Hill try and sell me a MacBook about a month ago.

The simple solution (if you have time, and don't mind buying possibly stolen goods) is to ask to see it out of the box.

I did that shit when I was a kid (18-19), and it wasn't a scam, back then at least, it was just low life's peddaling sub par speakers and stereos.