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buying off craigslists

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tgwarmac32

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I saw a 15'' retina macbook pro 2.6ghz quad core i7 8gb ram and 512gb ssd with Samsung display for $1900 on craigslist. It's only a month old, seller says they need a built in CD ROM thats why they're selling it. This sounds like a great deal, but maybe too good to be true.

I've never bought a big ticket item on craigslist and was wondering if anyone has bought off of craigslist how was your experience and can you offer any advice??
 
tgwarmac32 said:
I saw a 15'' retina macbook pro 2.6ghz quad core i7 8gb ram and 512gb ssd with Samsung display for $1900 on craigslist. It's only a month old, seller says they need a built in CD ROM thats why they're selling it. This sounds like a great deal, but maybe too good to be true.

I've never bought a big ticket item on craigslist and was wondering if anyone has bought off of craigslist how was your experience and can you offer any advice??
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Make sure you check the serial number on here ---> https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

to make sure it isnt stolen or anything :p
 
tgwarmac32 said:
I saw a 15'' retina macbook pro 2.6ghz quad core i7 8gb ram and 512gb ssd with Samsung display for $1900 on craigslist. It's only a month old, seller says they need a built in CD ROM thats why they're selling it. This sounds like a great deal, but maybe too good to be true.

I've never bought a big ticket item on craigslist and was wondering if anyone has bought off of craigslist how was your experience and can you offer any advice??
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It doesn't really sound thaaaat too good to be true, I bought a 2.6ghz 16gb ram 512gb SSD rMBP off of apple refurb store for $2289. So that's a difference of $389 for 16gb ram and a full year warranty.

Aside from that, I sell my old macs on craigs for very fair prices and it's all been babied. I think people are getting a hella good deal when they buy from me.
 
The price is nothing out of the ordinary ,meet in a public place ,check the serial number on the apple website, make sure all the keys work ,check for stickiness on the keyboard.maybe bring a friend .? If it looks suspicious don't buy it, like I said price is not really an awesome deal.
 
I got the 2013 2.7 16gb ram 512ssd brand new sealed for $1700.00 + ps3 collectors edition ps3 skyrim! That was a steal!! This deal is decent. Work the price more. Checking the serial number does not tell you if its stolen, only warranty info.
 
thanks for the replies!! Im going to try to get the price down some more. Thanks again
 
iPhonesandMacs said:
x2, apple doesn't even keep track of stolen products.
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Actually, they do, but they just won't release owner info which makes it darned near impossible to get any help from them, nor will they blacklist your device.

They'll sure as heck put a flag on every serial # of devices stolen from them though, some have popped up seen by users here from smash and grab Apple store thefts.

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Crzyrio said:
It tells him if it was bought legitimately or stolen from a store. Better?
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Not really. It's more a link to tell if it does or doesn't have an active warranty. Why it doesn't could be anything from bought from a reseller and never registered to an invalid serial.
 
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