.:`=-~rANdOm~`-=:. Game Servers
.:`=-~rANdOm~`-=:. Game Servers (Read Only) => Discussion => Topic started by: Tiger Guy on September 05, 2011, 05:59:34 AM
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“Spectacularly stupid.”
That’s what Gawker (http://"http://gawker.com/5835890/woman-buys-a-block-of-wood-with-an-apple-logo-thinking-its-an-ipad") is calling Ashley McDowell, the woman who bought a block of wood with an Apple logo on it, thinking it was an iPad.
Two men approached McDowell in a South Carolina McDonald’s parking lot and told her they had a special deal on new iPads. They wanted $300 for their specially-painted block of wood, but when McDowell only had $180, they decided to make the deal anyway. It wasn’t until McDowell got home that she realized her super cool new gadget was really a wooden block.
(http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ipad1-620x347.jpg) (http://"http://www.theblaze.com/stories/woman-embarrassingly-buys-180-block-of-wood-thinking-its-an-ipad/ipad1/")
(http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ipad2.jpg) (http://"http://www.theblaze.com/stories/woman-embarrassingly-buys-180-block-of-wood-thinking-its-an-ipad/ipad2-2/")
There’s more.
After McDowell realized her mistake, she called the police and they actually launched an investigation (http://"http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/wooden-ipad?page=0") into the duplicitous scammers. McDowell claims that the men told her they bought the iPads in bulk and were selling them at a discount.
But the craziness doesn‘t end with McDowell’s less-than-prudent purchase or the police investigation. The crooks are bonkers, too. They took the time to paint a screen and a couple of fake icons onto the block of wood they sold in a taped-up FedEx box. They may be good artists, but if anyone asked to open the box it’d be pretty hard to pass a block of wood off as the sleek (not wood) new tool, even with the most accurate of painted-on icons. It’s probably a better idea to keep people from opening the package in the first place.
A warning to all the bargain hunters out there: If you swipe the screen of your new iPad and get a splinter, you may have gotten duped. In addition, a general caution to not make purchases from guys who approach you in McDonald’s parking lots.
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woah :o , who would be stupid enough to buy an ipad from strangers especially in a mcdonalds parking lot without checking it ::)
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Saw this a few days ago. It was really funny :D
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woah :o , who would be stupid enough to buy an ipad from strangers especially in a mcdonalds parking lot without checking it ::)
(http://images.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/9685102.jpg)
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I would've fallen for it too.
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>McDowell
OH! That explains it then...
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(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpgWaqZ3OVW9_y0LIXI7ICqUfGdRHjKWk0xhBiZfUjx17EGy61ZQ)
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>south carolina
that explains a shit ton.
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>south carolina
that explains a shit ton.
Wait wha-?
*Reads report*
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
People always makin' my home state look bad.
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Wait wha-?
*Reads report*
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People always makin' my home state look bad.
yeah this home state sucks.
wanna leave so bad T_T
After I graduate from USC, I'll go to Boston.
Just anywhere else but this fucking state.
gah.
co-workers and customers ask retarded shit everyday.
me: urgh.. I'm taking astrology this semester
coworker: rayy-ly??? so yall like, can guess mah sign den?
me: wat... no. like... comoslogy..
coworker #2: OMGAH I LUUUV MAEK UP!
me: *badpokerfaic*
me: That would be 10 bucks :)
customer: Can i buy 6 of dem thangs?
me: sure! *gets 6 more*
customer: ....so.. if it's 6 and its 10 bucks each... how much would dem thangs be? *digs into purse and grabs 100 dollar bill* I thank this will cover it.
me: *silence*
OH AND LOL
me: Yeah after I finish tech I might get into computer science
coworker #3: OMGAH LIKE A SCIENTIST?
coworker #4: LIKE TOM CRUISE?
me: LOL
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yeah this home state sucks.
wanna leave so bad T_T
After I graduate from USC, I'll go to Boston.
Just anywhere else but this fucking state.
gah.
co-workers and customers ask retarded shit everyday.
me: urgh.. I'm taking astrology this semester
coworker: rayy-ly??? so yall like, can guess mah sign den?
me: wat... no. like... comoslogy..
coworker #2: OMGAH I LUUUV MAEK UP!
me: *badpokerfaic*
me: That would be 10 bucks :)
customer: Can i buy 6 of dem thangs?
me: sure! *gets 6 more*
customer: ....so.. if it's 6 and its 10 bucks each... how much would dem thangs be? *digs into purse and grabs 100 dollar bill* I thank this will cover it.
me: *silence*
OH AND LOL
me: Yeah after I finish tech I might get into computer science
coworker #3: OMGAH LIKE A SCIENTIST?
coworker #4: LIKE TOM CRUISE?
me: LOL
That reminds me, I was once at best buy, looking at the games section, and some redneck family was looking at GTA4
Daughter: Dad, can we get this game? *holding up copy of GTA4*
Dad: *Looking at the front cover* I'm not sure, it's rated R.
Me: *just walks of laughing*
Shit was SO cash.
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yeah this home state sucks.
wanna leave so bad T_T
After I graduate from USC, I'll go to Boston.
Just anywhere else but this fucking state.
gah.
co-workers and customers ask retarded shit everyday.
me: urgh.. I'm taking astrology this semester
coworker: rayy-ly??? so yall like, can guess mah sign den?
me: wat... no. like... comoslogy..
coworker #2: OMGAH I LUUUV MAEK UP!
me: *badpokerfaic*
me: That would be 10 bucks :)
customer: Can i buy 6 of dem thangs?
me: sure! *gets 6 more*
customer: ....so.. if it's 6 and its 10 bucks each... how much would dem thangs be? *digs into purse and grabs 100 dollar bill* I thank this will cover it.
me: *silence*
OH AND LOL
me: Yeah after I finish tech I might get into computer science
coworker #3: OMGAH LIKE A SCIENTIST?
coworker #4: LIKE TOM CRUISE?
me: LOL
Wait, what part are you living in?
I'm in the Upstate, so I don't have that many issues.
Also, lol'd.
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southern california is like sc and florida mixed
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southern california is like sc and florida mixed
(http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/2303465/hell666welcome.jpg)
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woah :o , who would be stupid enough to buy an ipad from strangers especially in a mcdonalds parking lot without checking it ::)
Lol, totally agree and what was she thinking when she bought it
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Wait, what part are you living in?
I'm in the Upstate, so I don't have that many issues.
Also, lol'd.
You both live near Greenville.
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Wait, what part are you living in?
I'm in the Upstate, so I don't have that many issues.
Also, lol'd.
I live in Greenville County but somwhere.... in the middle of nowhere....where haystacks and barns are everywhere.
Regardless, it's painful to go to walmart..
We go to ingles now because it's filled with old people who are usually nice..
But then again they cringe at the fact that I date a white guy and I am asian causing them to be racist somewhat towards me..indirectly.
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wait
buying ipad...
nvm she completely deserved it
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wait
buying ipad...
nvm she completely deserved it
I don't know what is more useful to be honest, an iPad or a block of wood? :A block of wood doesn't break if you drop it, you can nail it to a wall and it will still works, and it costs about 500 times cheaper than an iPad.