Does anyone have experience purchasing from Mac Fanatic (macfanaticshop.com)? They have prices on both ibooks and powerbooks that are $100-$250 less than those on Apple.com, and they offer free shipping and an education discount on top of that. Seems kind of fishy to me, but the price is far better than I had expected (I'm looking at the 14.1 ibook, 1.2Ghz, Combo drive, NOT the superdrive). Any advice would be great. Thanks!
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Buying from Mac Fanatic Shop?
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NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
Do not buy from them. They are a scam!
See this Mac Whiz thread, the last few pages of it.
Do not buy from them. They are a scam!
See this Mac Whiz thread, the last few pages of it.
Something needs to be done about the guy that runs those sites. Too many people have been swindled out of their money... 
I believe that most (if not all) of the "wire money now for discount" ads are scams... I vaguely remember reading something online that gave a best practice for online shopping is to just say no to those sorts of things...wish I could remember where I read that, now... if it comes back to me, I'll share the link
Another Complete Scam
The words on the site are lifted straight off the fraudulent macwhiz site. There wherehouse distribution center is just a picture of the back of a building (http://macfanaticshop.com/images/warehouse.jpg). It could be anywhere. If you have attempted to order and they have requested a wire transfer, please post any info they have given you e.g. what account to transfer the money to. Keep posting any info to this thread to help save others.
The words on the site are lifted straight off the fraudulent macwhiz site. There wherehouse distribution center is just a picture of the back of a building (http://macfanaticshop.com/images/warehouse.jpg). It could be anywhere. If you have attempted to order and they have requested a wire transfer, please post any info they have given you e.g. what account to transfer the money to. Keep posting any info to this thread to help save others.
michaelrjohnson said:
I don't think so. I just got through to it at 10:45am est. Still up and scamming.