Woman buys iPad for $180, finds out later it's just a block of wood

She thought she was getting this:

But instead, she got this:

[spoiler] [/spoiler]

She called the police after she found out what happened. Naturally, people wasn't too kind to her and are making fun of her for falling for it.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/epic-ipad-rip-off-college-pool-party-makes-155945131.html

She deserves it for being an idiot.

Meh, both have basically the same functionality.kuraimen

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]Meh, both have basically the same functionality.MushroomWig

"A South Carolina woman thought she was buying an iPad for dirt-cheap, but ended up with a block of wood. According to a police report, two men approached 22-year-old Ashley McDowell in a McDonald's parking lot to sell her a new iPad for $300. They explained they were able to offer her a discounted price because they bought the iPad in bulk. McDowell made the purchase after negotiating the men down to $180"

who does thir shopping in mcdonalds parking lots? lol

"A South Carolina woman thought she was buying an iPad for dirt-cheap, but ended up with a block of wood. According to a police report, two men approached 22-year-old Ashley McDowell in a McDonald's parking lot to sell her a new iPad for $300. They explained they were able to offer her a discounted price because they bought the iPad in bulk. McDowell made the purchase after negotiating the men down to $180"

who does thir shopping in mcdonalds parking lots? lol

weezyfb

"A South Carolina woman thought she was buying an iPad for dirt-cheap, but ended up with a block of wood. According to a police report, two men approached 22-year-old Ashley McDowell in a McDonald's parking lot to sell her a new iPad for $300. They explained they were able to offer her a discounted price because they bought the iPad in bulk. McDowell made the purchase after negotiating the men down to $180"

who does thir shopping in mcdonalds parking lots? lol

weezyfb

But now that it's a story, the thing might actually be worth something. She should take advantage of her 15 minutes of infamy, and put it on eBay.

"A South Carolina woman thought she was buying an iPad for dirt-cheap, but ended up with a block of wood. According to a police report, two men approached 22-year-old Ashley McDowell in a McDonald's parking lot to sell her a new iPad for $300. They explained they were able to offer her a discounted price because they bought the iPad in bulk. McDowell made the purchase after negotiating the men down to $180"

who does thir shopping in mcdonalds parking lots? lol

weezyfb

Oh geez. There's something really sad about this.Allicrombie

if she bought it in a case how would she know? maybe she just trusted them that there was a legit ipad in there. or didnt want to open it if it was a present?

:lol:

Things like this make everything seem better ^_^

Is she sure it isn't an actual iPad?

if she bought it in a case how would she know? maybe she just trusted them that there was a legit ipad in there. or didnt want to open it if it was a present?

akdiuuuryttt

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]Meh, both have basically the same functionality.MushroomWig

But it's an official Apple block of wood..that has to be worth more than your run of the mill block of wood.

Lol read this earlier on Yahoo. People who are dumb do dumb things and suffer the consequences of their stupidity. Funniest thing was she wanted the police to hunt the guy down and arrest them. This just further proves her stupidity becasue their was nothing illegal about the transaction, she just got played.

Cheap ipod, ipad continues to be a strong scam.

It almost ranks up there with male enhancement and weight loss supplements

That's why you don't buy electronics in a back alley.

That's why you don't buy electronics in a back alley.

sonicare

And that's why she should've opened it on the spot, plus she should've been suspicious since it was so cheap.

And that's why she should've opened it on the spot, plus she should've been suspicious since it was so cheap.

soulless4now

The woman wasn't suspicious as she wasn't wanting to pay full price. The thing is, I doubt she learned a lesson one bit.

[QUOTE="weezyfb"]

"A South Carolina woman thought she was buying an iPad for dirt-cheap, but ended up with a block of wood. According to a police report, two men approached 22-year-old Ashley McDowell in a McDonald's parking lot to sell her a new iPad for $300. They explained they were able to offer her a discounted price because they bought the iPad in bulk. McDowell made the purchase after negotiating the men down to $180"

who does thir shopping in mcdonalds parking lots? lol

Hallenbeck77

I just think it's funny that they actually tried to make it look like an iPad, when they could have easily just put a plain old block in the box. At least we know they take pride in their work! :D

Haha, that's pretty funny. I'm sorry but she deserved it and probably learnt a valuably lesson. If someone walks up to you in a ******* McDonald's car park to sell you an IPad for under half price, then you can be sure it's a scam, especially when you are able to haggle the price down to nearly half of the original offer.

lol, gotta read the fine print on whatever you buy because every detail of the thing you buy must be on there

she should have been more cautious... maybe have them open the package and show that it is actually an iPad and not a block of wood.

she kinda deserves to be made fun of.

I'll be damned if conspiracy theorists say this was hinted by Hollywood years ago,*tinfoil hat* because in the comedy "Coming to America", Semmi(Arsenio Hall) & Akeem(Eddie Murphy), two black men, fell in love with some girl who's father offered the migrant Akeem some work at his prosperous fast-food restaurant called McDowell's, a blatant copycat restaurant of McDonald's. That this incident of a girl lastnamed McDowell getting ripoffed by two black men on a McDonald's parking lot is payback for copying it in the movie!!!

The block of wood seems perfectly functionable to me. She got a great deal.

Wow this made me lol

I wonder how long it took her to realize it was a block?

In the great words of Hank Hill

"If something is too good to be true, it often is"

hahahahahaha

Wow this made me lol

I wonder how long it took her to realize it was a block?

z50macdaddy

i'd like to know this as well

thats really sad, but not surprising

Reminds me of that women who was told she'd be getting a Toyota if she sold enough beer at work, and was given a Toy Yoda doll instead. She ended up suing and getting the car anyhow.

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