Okay OP I gotta ask. Are you like 12 years old or something? Wake up! You have gotten told by 50 different people to simply call the police and report the incidend to see what the say and you are STILL asking us all what to do.
CALL THE POLICE.
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I got scammed :/
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Okay OP I gotta ask. Are you like 12 years old or something? Wake up! You have gotten told by 50 different people to simply call the police and report the incidend to see what the say and you are STILL asking us all what to do.
CALL THE POLICE.
alright, i'll give them a call i guess.
didnt know u could just CALL AND REPORT and not go in. but thanks sodner for clearing that up.
didnt know u could just CALL AND REPORT and not go in. but thanks sodner for clearing that up.
It's worth a shot, but chances are your MacBook Air will be brought into the Apple Store by the next person that he scams or sells it to. My guess is that he won't be holding onto your Mac for long before flipping it.
Some times a Deal too Good to be True Winds up not being so.
I will sell my old systems on eBay, but I never buy from them, or Craigslist Ever.
I bought an ATV1 from Best Buy in Nov 2010, something went wrong early May, called Apple under warranty but since BB bought this from Apple in May of 2010, Apple says the warranty was done end of May, but I had the receipt and they had to change the warranty. Point of this story is if I have to buy a product I buy Apple direct, even resellers do not always have products up to par, so best to buy from Apple, spend a little more time and $ but less issues when something goes wrong.
Good Luck OP
I will sell my old systems on eBay, but I never buy from them, or Craigslist Ever.
I bought an ATV1 from Best Buy in Nov 2010, something went wrong early May, called Apple under warranty but since BB bought this from Apple in May of 2010, Apple says the warranty was done end of May, but I had the receipt and they had to change the warranty. Point of this story is if I have to buy a product I buy Apple direct, even resellers do not always have products up to par, so best to buy from Apple, spend a little more time and $ but less issues when something goes wrong.
Good Luck OP
You do realize the page states it's using a 2.7 ghz i7 QUAD core, in the 13inch that's your first hint.
iWork 2010 is another hint I believe, it only counts up to 2009 right?
Don't be ridiculous - this Craigslist guy wouldn't be the first one to mistakenly think that an i7 CPU capable of 4 simultaneous threads is quad core. Given that there IS a new, 13" MBP with a 2.7GHz i7, the mere fact that it says quad core isn't enough to say the OP should have known. Same with being off by one year on a program version.
I'm just saying it's worth a shot to notify the authorities and the sooner the better. Again worse case they say sorry they can't help, but maybe they can.
Well, Graigslist is still good for hookers.
LOL yo'ure my favorite person right now. That's funny as hell haha
Dude, grab yourself a couple of buddies, some bats and set up some sort of reverse sting to nail his ass. And I don't mean something as simple as getting your laptop back, I mean bad enough where he never does this again.
Then again, I'm a New Yorker... don't you dare pull crap on me and think you're getting away smiling.
Then again, I'm a New Yorker... don't you dare pull crap on me and think you're getting away smiling.
hahah, i know man. my bad on getting snappy.
just called the police station. have to go in and talk to an officer. will do that later today i guess!
That sucks man. But thanks for posting your experience, hopefully it helps others avoid the same mistake.
Hey, sorry to hear about what happened, it really sucks
By any chance, have you tried removing the hard drive and running data recovery on it? If he didn't zero the drive before he formatted it then its likely a lot of information could potentially exist on it if he was using it before he scammed you (ie. photos, text, etc, anything for that matter if you are looking to find out who this individual is and aid the cops in finding him). Simply formatting the drive doesn't technically 'delete'. Just don't fill up the hard drive whatever you do or then you might over-write anything if its still there.
By any chance, have you tried removing the hard drive and running data recovery on it? If he didn't zero the drive before he formatted it then its likely a lot of information could potentially exist on it if he was using it before he scammed you (ie. photos, text, etc, anything for that matter if you are looking to find out who this individual is and aid the cops in finding him). Simply formatting the drive doesn't technically 'delete'. Just don't fill up the hard drive whatever you do or then you might over-write anything if its still there.
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You appear to be very reluctant to go to the police, why is that? it's probably your only shot to make things right, even if the odds are against you. At least it'll flag the issue to the authorities and if a similar scenario were to occur again in the same area the authorities might catch on to it.
Hey, sorry to hear about what happened, it really sucks
By any chance, have you tried removing the hard drive and running data recovery on it? If he didn't zero the drive before he formatted it then its likely a lot of information could potentially exist on it if he was using it before he scammed you (ie. photos, text, etc, anything for that matter if you are looking to find out who this individual is and aid the cops in finding him). Simply formatting the drive doesn't technically 'delete'. Just don't fill up the hard drive whatever you do or then you might over-write anything if its still there.
That sounds like a good idea, maybe it'll give you (and potentially the authorities!!) more evidence and an address to find the guy...
I don't think you lost that much with the scam. Used 2010 MBA base is going for around $700 on CL.
Dude, grab yourself a couple of buddies, some bats and set up some sort of reverse sting to nail his ass. And I don't mean something as simple as getting your laptop back, I mean bad enough where he never does this again.
Then again, I'm a New Yorker... don't you dare pull crap on me and think you're getting away smiling.
YES! Kick the door in and start 'choooooting!
some what nervous. not cause i feel i did something wrong, but just nervous about going to the police. this would be my first instance getting involved with the law enforcement. first time jitters haha.
anyways, i went to the police station and unfortunately they said the fraud guy wasn't there so i would have to call a number to get a officer dispatched to my house. gr.
yeah, i always could. the idea of using more money kind of puts me off though. i guess i'll just use this comp until it dies.
if i look at it in a "glass is half full" way, i gained some processor speend (1.86 to 2.40) and 2 gigs of ram haha.
the 13" base? i can see the 11 going for that much but not the 13 inches yet. but maybe its just my location?
