FS: 17" PB 1.33GHz Maxed Out

[akushlan]

17" 1.33Ghz PB G4
80GB 5400RPM HD
2GB PC2700 DDR33 RAM (2x1GB Dimms)
2x SuperDrive
AirportExtreme Card
BlueTooth
AppleCare through October 2006
Tom Bihn Messenger Bag

NO dead pixels, NO white spots
NO warping, NO physical damage

Computer has been my absolute baby. Sadly willing to part with it, in fabulous shape. Hoping to find it a good home! Amazing computer

will load pictures later tonight.
Apple price is $4000 + tax, + bihn bad price ($150)

I am asking $3600 + shipping

i get up to 3 hours battery life out of this machine, depending on what i am doing, and what hte energy settings are.

[akushlan]

PICTURES

[akushlan]

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[thetman]

not to be nosy but whyis it that you keepselling these maxed out apple computers?

[akushlan]

I really need the money, some bad occurences lately, and i need to sell my stuff (sadly)

[akushlan]

btw, in the pic that is the mouse, not a dead pixels

NO DEAD PIXELS
NO WHITE SPOTS!

[akushlan]

maybe open to trades (e-mail me with any akushlan@mac.com)

NEED TO SELL!!!

[jxyama]

i don't want to be nosy either, but since starting to post at MR back in June, you've done nothing but sell stuff - sometime, very expensive stuff.

i'd clarify what is that you do and how/why you obtain these machines every few weeks and selling/trading them.

"bad occurances lately" doesn't cut it when you do this every few weeks for 6+ months.

with an onslaught of scams out there, i hope you wouldn't be offended that i point these out.

[akushlan]

Well i have recieved these machines through work, but really found them unnecessary, and have gotten their allowance to sell them, and since i really need the money, i am seeling them.
These are not scams in any way shape or form.
If you want protection, i will use www.escrow.com as long as you pay the fees!
I am not sure how else to tell you these are not scams, since they are not

[jxyama]

again, not to be picky, but if you need $$$, what's with trading offers?

you must work for one heck of an interesting/strange company if they give you a fully spec'ed machine every few weeks and give you the option of selling them if you don't need it.

anyway, good luck with your sale. if you really need the money fast, i'd put up the price using escrow. since you didn't pay for them, what's the loss of few hundred bucks in escrow fee to speed up the selling process?

[akushlan]

Ill agree to split the escrow fee with anyone who wants to do that

I cant go too low, since i did pay a portion for these laptops as a "punishment" for selling them

and i can trade them possibly for something that more peopel want to buy, people maynot want to go all out for these maxed out laptops, since they may be too far out of their price range

[BernieV]

Let me get this straight your company lets you sell these machines cause you need the money, WOW COOL PLACE TO WORK FOR..

No offense but I will tell you straight out either your selling hot machines or its a set-up...


My advice to my mac community friends pass...

and yes I am selling a machine also but I guarantee that whoever buys mine will post great things of my transaction.

Ive been scammed for alot cash and it hurts.... Dont be like me friends

[akushlan]

THIS IS NOT A SCAM, i have sold other things on this board, ask those people

they are all saisfied with their computers

[akushlan]

the person i sold my 12" PB to:
stceb@earthlink.net

ask her if this is a scam

she seemed pretty satisfied

[MrSugar]

still available

dude it does seem a little sketchy... I mean just read over your posts... would you buy from someone in your situation?

[akushlan]

IM willing to use http://www.escrow.com

i dont know how to make it any more secure?

ill pay all fees

[tranceguy]

I've got a dual 2.0 for auction on Spymac that I'd trade for it. I could throw in the 19" monitor 2nd gen apple airport base station Logitech MX700 mouse and silver JBL creature speakers.

Edu. discount at apple comes out to $2699 and 2 gigs of ram can be had for $600. Applecare is $250.

[iEric]

If he's been selling things from June, and if he was scamming them since then, don't you think we would have heard about it by now? I dont think someone would just forget about $3000+. And if he was found scamming on MR, I think he would be booted off. And he's willing to use Escrow. What's the problem. If I had the money, I would buy it. And if he scammed me, i would get the AFA (American Fraud Association) and the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mountie Police) on his a$$.

[Keith Purfield]

If he's been selling things from June, and if he was scamming them since then, don't you think we would have heard about it by now? I dont think someone would just forget about $3000+. And if he was found scamming on MR, I think he would be booted off. And he's willing to use Escrow. What's the problem. If I had the money, I would buy it. And if he scammed me, i would get the AFA (American Fraud Association) and the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mountie Police) on his a$$.

Actually, this guy has been scamming. And it's always the same story, too.

Someone paid him, and then he never sent it. So they got the law on him, and it took a while, but I think they got their money back.

[akushlan]

Actually, this guy has been scamming. And it's always the same story, too.

Someone paid him, and then he never sent it. So they got the law on him, and it took a while, but I think they got their money back.


ummm, this never happened to my knowledge
can you tell me why you made this up?

how much safer can you get than www.escrow.com?

unless you wanna come over and try it out yourself (which i will let anyone interested do)

[Rezet]

Actually, this guy has been scamming. And it's always the same story, too.

Someone paid him, and then he never sent it. So they got the law on him, and it took a while, but I think they got their money back.

You know, I don't know if you are right or wrong. But if you make such a serious accusation such as this, you better provide some proof.
I'm not sure why you should mess him with dirt on his own thread, and i don't understand why we should just take your word over his. :mad:

[ChoMomma]

http://contact.ebay.com/ws1/eBayISAPI.dll?ReturnUserIdHistory&requested=akushlan


Is this why you aren't just Ebaying this?

http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?searchid=49148

... is a lot of stuff to sell

Not crapping on your thread buddy... just posting info that a potential buyer should see. Not everyone reading these forums is guaranteed to know about scams on the net, especially with regards to Apple equipment.

Now all buyers can see your past history (just like on Ebay) and make up their minds as to your reliability.

[akushlan]

My eBay account was suspended because there was fraudulent use of my account, so i told them to stop that account (someone racked up a huge bill selling stuff illegally under my name). This has been settled and i am already re-registered on eBay under another username

Maybe you should have asked this before just making a wild accusation.

I am offering the strongest method of protection i know, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO SCAM THROUGH WWW.ESCROW.COM????

[liquidh2o]

there are people over at spymac who will vouch for him, as he does the same thing over there.

Of the past years i've spent watching what happens on the various apple fs/t forums, nothing has led me to believe that aksushlan is a scammer(he's sold a lot of items between the forums), rather he is just buying/selling computers on these boards to make a profit.

[ChoMomma]

I was just posting the facts.. everyone is allowed to make their own decisions based on the information.

:rolleyes:

[SwitchHitter]

I have a hunch that the link he provides to the escrow service is part of the scam.

People go through the supposed escrow service.. and find out that it's a fraud as well.

There was a Dateline or 60 Minutes (or something similar) on TV just a few weeks ago - and they were alerting viewers to the fact that scammers are setting up fake and/or mirror sites of legitimate sites and giving them similar names, etc. - but in the end they are scams.

I would suggest that if anyone buys from this guy that they FLY OUT and meet him in person and physically pick up the computer. Heck, if it's such a great deal - then the cost of the flight would be worth it - or if you're within a few hours drive, it would be easy as well.

I "uncovered" a similar scam for a supposed guy in Iowa, who was trying to see a PowerBook last month. He said it would be shipped from Iowa, where his parents lived - well, I have family all over the state and offered to go have it picked up. ALL of a sudden, he whistled a different tune and said that his parents couldn't meet up, one was travelling, working.. whatever..

SCAMMER A**HOLE (him, not me ;)

[liquidh2o]

I have a hunch that the link he provides to the escrow service is part of the scam.

People go through the supposed escrow service.. and find out that it's a fraud as well.

There was a Dateline or 60 Minutes (or something similar) on TV just a few weeks ago - and they were alerting viewers to the fact that scammers are setting up fake and/or mirror sites of legitimate sites and giving them similar names, etc. - but in the end they are scams.

I would suggest that if anyone buys from this guy that they FLY OUT and meet him in person and physically pick up the computer. Heck, if it's such a great deal - then the cost of the flight would be worth it - or if you're within a few hours drive, it would be easy as well.

I "uncovered" a similar scam for a supposed guy in Iowa, who was trying to see a PowerBook last month. He said it would be shipped from Iowa, where his parents lived - well, I have family all over the state and offered to go have it picked up. ALL of a sudden, he whistled a different tune and said that his parents couldn't meet up, one was travelling, working.. whatever..

SCAMMER A**HOLE (him, not me ;)

that's very good advice, but I think you jumped the gun.

www.escrow.com is recognized (and i think even owned in part) by ebay as the only legitimate online escrow service.

see: here (http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/payment-escrow.html)

i wouldn't recomend anything else.

[jxyama]

I have a hunch that the link he provides to the escrow service is part of the scam.

People go through the supposed escrow service.. and find out that it's a fraud as well.


please don't post such a serious allegation on your hunch alone. the link he provided goes to www.escrow.com. there's no hunch - that is *the* escrow service to use online.

while i have questions about the source of all the Macs he has, i don't question that he's actually selling things he says he is.

[akushlan]

www.escrow.com is the safest escrow i can think of.
and if anyone wants to come meet me to check it out ro pick it up, that would be totally cool with me

[0s and 1s]

I'd love to buy it! I'd trade my PB 15" 1ghz, 20gb 3rd gen. iPod, AND my new SE z600 for it (plus accessories for ipod/z600). (i know, it won't happen!!... :( ) I'll drive up and even take you to lunch! :)

I'll drive up and check out the computer for someone. Let me know. I don't see why he would be scamming. Maybe he's just lucky...

[akushlan]

I'd love to buy it! I'd trade my PB 15" 1ghz, 20gb 3rd gen. iPod, AND my new SE z600 for it (plus accessories for ipod/z600). (i know, it won't happen!!... :( ) I'll drive up and even take you to lunch! :)

I'll drive up and check out the computer for someone. Let me know. I don't see why he would be scamming. Maybe he's just lucky...

you wnat to come up and check it out to make sure its real? I would loveto have you, just let me know when you wanna drop by

e-mail: akushlan@mac.com
IM: avi11687
Phone #: xxx-xxx-xxxx

[akushlan]

Computer has been sold, thank you all for yourinterest

[akushlan]

Sale fell through, still up for sale

PRICE DROP: $3000 + Shipping

1.33GHz PB G4
17" Display
80GB 5400 RPM HD
2GB RAM
AppleCare Protection Plan Through Oct. 2006
Tom Bihn Case

[akushlan]

i also will split escrow fees with buyer, if buyer chooses to use escrow

[akushlan]

also available for $2000 + Shipping with no RAM


and i will now pay all escrow fees, and i will use www.escrow.com

[Calvinatir]

I have a 1gz 17" I'll trade you + $200

[akushlan]

I have a 1gz 17" I'll trade you + $200

no thanks, not interested in a PB, and not a good deal for me

[krisjon]

I have a 1gz 17" I'll trade you + $200

DUH. Why would he want to trade you for a lesser machine and a couple a hundred bucks? And if he wanted a powerbook, why wouldn't he keep his?

He wants to S-E-L-L.
:rolleyes:

Good luck, akushlan.