on 7/15/03 1:48 AM, jdc at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Has anyone tried to buy a Powerbook on Ebay? Have you notices that most >>>> Powerbook sales are scams? Why doesn't Ebay or the police do anything >>>> about this? >>> >>> >>> Most PowerBook sales are scams? I bought recently 2 Pismos and a Lombard >>> on eBay. While still awaiting the Lombard's arrival, I already have both >>> the Pismos and am very satisfied. So that clearly disproves Joaquim's >>> statement! :-) >>> >> >> What he is referring to is the fact that most powerbook titled >> auctions are actually for 'information' on how to get free or cheap >> stuff from the government and other businesses. Yes it is false >> advertising but it is in no way a scam. They say in it that it is for >> information not a computer. Hell, they show 10 different computers. >> You think you are getting those computers for $50? Well, then, you >> fell for it. You will become the laughing stock of the world when you >> get an envelope in the mail full of papers and not a computer like you >> thought you were buying. > > > No, I'm referring to the 15" and 17" G4s you see at Ebay for a good > price, like 1000 to 2000 USD
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