A not so merry Christmas.
Posted by Keldyn on 13 December 2002 - 10:49 · 22 comments & 1037 views
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#1 Posted by JohnSK on 13 Dec 2002 - 11:07
- I hate it when they write articles in such complicated manner... i.e." of extraordinary perseverance and pluck "
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#2 Posted by Wickedkitten on 13 Dec 2002 - 11:25
- [quote]Smith says he's file a civil suit, but doesn't expect to receive any damages. But there's a happy ending: a senior Apple executive who Smith declined to name has offered him a coutesy employee discount on a spanking new G4 PowerBook.[/quote] thats really lovely of him to do that. Hell even if he did just get an ibook, the employee discount is like 50-75% so I'd jump on it.
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#3 Posted by Eduardo on 13 Dec 2002 - 12:24
- [quote]Returning from his Thanksgiving holiday, Eric Smith discovered that the buyer of a newly bought PowerBook had paid for the machine with a phoney check. Smith changed his mind over the machine, opting to buy an iBook and Airport base station instead. He took his appeal for information to the community boards, and was inundated with help. [/quote] English is not my primary language, but have to read this many time trying to make sense of it. It's me or it's very bad written?
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#3.1 Posted by JohnSK on 13 Dec 2002 - 12:51
- It's badly written... that's what I was reffering to in my post.
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#3.2 Posted by Wickedkitten on 13 Dec 2002 - 13:08
- [neoquote=#3.1 by JohnSK]It's badly written... that's what I was reffering to in my post.[/neoquote] hows it badly written? [quote] Returning from his Thanksgiving holiday, Eric Smith discovered that the buyer of a newly bought PowerBook had paid for the machine with a phoney check. Smith changed his mind over the machine, opting to buy an iBook and Airport base station instead. He took his appeal for information to the community boards, and was inundated with help.[/quote] true the bit about him changing his mind should have been put better like "Smith had changed his mind about the powerbook, and instead had opted to sell it and buy an ibook with airport instead." but other than that I don't know what you are on about.
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#4 Posted by werejag on 13 Dec 2002 - 12:25
- should of just gave him the spanking new G4 PowerBook as a gift from apple
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#5 Posted by PeterHammer on 13 Dec 2002 - 14:58
- THE STORY TOLD BY JASON ERIC HIMSELF: http://www.remodern.com/caught.html
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#6 Posted by azazel- on 13 Dec 2002 - 15:20
- [quote]So I'd know what kind of neighborhood I was looking at, I asked for help again in the Mac boards. Two Chicago residents replied, and the next morning, courtesy of Tim, I had 23 pictures of the house, the cars in the driveway (with license plate numbers) and the neighborhood. I'd like to see a Dell user do something like that at 4:30 in the morning for a complete stranger a thousand miles away.[/quote] Too funny. Too true.
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#6.1 Posted by macrosslover on 13 Dec 2002 - 15:29
- [neoquote=#6.0 by azazel-][quote]So I'd know what kind of neighborhood I was looking at, I asked for help again in the Mac boards. Two Chicago residents replied, and the next morning, courtesy of Tim, I had 23 pictures of the house, the cars in the driveway (with license plate numbers) and the neighborhood. I'd like to see a Dell user do something like that at 4:30 in the morning for a complete stranger a thousand miles away.[/quote] Too funny. Too true.[/neoquote] well you see Dell users (well most PC users) have this thing called a life. so usually at 4:30 in the morning i'm sleeping with my girlfriend so i'm not about to interrupt my LIFE that earlier in the morning lol
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#6.2 Posted by Eduardo on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:06
- [neoquote=#6.1 by macrosslover]well you see Dell users (well most PC users) have this thing called a life. so usually at 4:30 in the morning i'm sleeping with my girlfriend so i'm not about to interrupt my LIFE that earlier in the morning lol[/neoquote] Lol!! so true! BTW, there's something in humans that make them join when they are few. eg: * Two mac users encounters in a party: User1: I work with a Mac User2: Me too! let's get drunk together! *Two pc users encounters in a party: User1: I work with a PC User2: So?
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#6.4 Posted by Wickedkitten on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:15
- [neoquote=#6.1 by macrosslover]well you see Dell users (well most PC users) have this thing called a life. so usually at 4:30 in the morning i'm sleeping with my girlfriend so i'm not about to interrupt my LIFE that earlier in the morning lol[/neoquote]
so, I guess that most of the people that I see on neowin at 9:00 GMT (4:00 am EST) are mac users?
It's got nothing to do with whether or not you are sleeping or what. It's the fact that if you are awake at 4:30 in the morning, you would not get your ass up and help a guy get his computer back. -
#6.5 Posted by azazel- on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:25
- Yeah, exactly, I mean, c'mon...If someone came on here, and posted in the forums "Oh shit, I sold my $3k Alienware laptop to some dude on Ebay, and the fscker ripped me off. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, but he could split any second. Can anyone help me find this ass?" and I replied "Well, I live in Omaha, but damn dude, it's late, and I'm sorta busy watching my Simpsons boxed set. Looks like your ass out." I'd look like a real dickhead. But hey, to each their own, I guess.
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#6.6 Posted by PeterTHX on 15 Dec 2002 - 08:36
- "It's got nothing to do with whether or not you are sleeping or what. It's the fact that if you are awake at 4:30 in the morning, you would not get your ass up and help a guy get his computer back." Not if it's some elitist loser who bought a Mac. Phony check for a phony computer. Sounds right to me.
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#7 Posted by azazel- on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:05
- Yeah, and I have one as well. I also have a wife and a 6 month old child. Still, if I could help out someone that needed it, I'd do it. Sorry that you are so busy that you wouldn't drive across town to help out someone who's gotten seriously screwed over. You proved his point better than he or I ever could. Thanks.
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#7.1 Posted by sheer on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:14
- I was thinking exactly the same myself. I guess on the evidence of this, Mac ppl really do *think different*
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#7.2 Posted by macrosslover on 13 Dec 2002 - 16:51
- [neoquote=#7.0 by azazel-]Yeah, and I have one as well. I also have a wife and a 6 month old child. Still, if I could help out someone that needed it, I'd do it. Sorry that you are so busy that you wouldn't drive across town to help out someone who's gotten seriously screwed over. You proved his point better than he or I ever could. Thanks.[/neoquote] hey if you are going to get up at 4:30 in the morning and drive across town for a complete stranger thousands of miles away who could be joking with you....well that's good for you, but back to my point SOME of us have a life. but the dummy shouldn't have taken a check, that's his fault. live and learn. he should have waited for it to clear before he sent the goods out, you know like most smart sellers do on ebay.
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#7.3 Posted by azazel- on 13 Dec 2002 - 17:08
- You know, you trying to sit and defend the fact that you wouldn't help out someone in need with something as simple as driving across town to take some pictures, each thing you say just makes you seem like more of a self-centered ass. I have a life too, but sitting there saying "He should have known better, so fsck him Sorry about him losing 3 grand, but oh well, I gotta sit on my ass" is pretty shitty. Chances are, I wouldn't be up at 4:30am and on the net...I'd probably either be sleeping or getting ready for work. But more than likely whoever did that was already up. Some people *do* have night jobs, you know. It really has nothing to do with having a life or not, it's more about being decent to your fellow man and not being a self-centered twit when you don't have to be. Maybe mac users aren't deluded freaks, they just aren't assholes to each other.
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#8 Posted by Ishmael on 13 Dec 2002 - 23:38
- amen to azazel's well put comments. I sure hope that if I need some help some day that macrosslover and his ilk aren't the only ones who see my plea. Kudos to this guy for getting justice and to the folks who helped him out. Ishmael
Police in Markham, Illinois charged a 38-year old man this afternoon on two counts of forgery
The arrest is the result of extraordinary perseverance and luck from a 21 year old New Orleans student, aided by the online Mac community.
Melvin Christmas obtained a G4 PowerBook from a student Jason Eric Smith, and paid for it using a counterfeit check from LaSalle bank.
"He has prior arrests for forgeries," the arresting office Sgt Jim Knapp told The Register today. Knapp charged Christmas at around 4pm ET today, and said it was likely that four more counts would be added over the coming weeks. Police discovered stolen IDs at Christmas' residence on Notthingham Avenue in Markham.
Returning from his Thanksgiving holiday, Eric Smith discovered that the buyer of a newly bought PowerBook had paid for the machine with a phoney check. Smith changed his mind over the machine, opting to buy an iBook and Airport base station instead. He took his appeal for information to the community boards, and was inundated with help.
"I wouldn't have got nearly as far as I did without their help," Smith told us today.
Collating cellphone subscriber information from other Mac users who had had similar experiences, Smith tracked down Christmas, and embarked a sting operation...
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