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my macbook pro reciept stolen!!
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haha we just need more people like Peter Gersten. Maybe these people are just bi-polar or the like and not on meds. My cousin stopped taking his one time and he thought people were trying to poison him and all he would eat was packaged foods.
Maybe the OP couldn't give us an update because he/she is currently being locked up at the local police station while the police officers investigate his/her case about creating a massive commotion at the Argos store!
Of course, I'm just kidding....
johnnyturbouk
macrumors 68000
I believe it all went well - OP PM'd me
He stated that the police was informed, and the constabulary superintendent personally took on the case.
The nefarious, and cunning Argos worker was arrested, the OP was finally re-united with his long lost receipt, and the CEO of argos personally made the OP a patron for life - allowing him to have a free MBP for life -
Here an exclusive pictures from Reuters UK covering the story:
Notice OP is in the middle!
Here is CCTV footage of the Argos sales assistant smuggling out the MBP receipt.
PS: OP has undergone considerable psychological strain as a result of this unfortunate incident and would appreciate no further question in regards to the incident. He is currently undergoing medical evaluation and observed rest as ascribed by the local hospital.
He stated that the police was informed, and the constabulary superintendent personally took on the case.
The nefarious, and cunning Argos worker was arrested, the OP was finally re-united with his long lost receipt, and the CEO of argos personally made the OP a patron for life - allowing him to have a free MBP for life -
Here an exclusive pictures from Reuters UK covering the story:
Notice OP is in the middle!
Here is CCTV footage of the Argos sales assistant smuggling out the MBP receipt.
PS: OP has undergone considerable psychological strain as a result of this unfortunate incident and would appreciate no further question in regards to the incident. He is currently undergoing medical evaluation and observed rest as ascribed by the local hospital.
What? No update? I'm pissed! I took off work early just so I could come home and find out what happened.
Safety.
Of course. I did actually get a paper cut from the sharp edges of the cardboard that surrounds the handle opening. In all fairness though, I was handling the box in a reckless manner which was probably not what Apple had in mind when they had someone design the box.
Seriously people, unless you are the OP, stop posting to this thread. I keep logging back in and seeing that there are new posts and am always disappointed.
Seriously people, unless you are the OP, stop posting to this thread. I keep logging back in and seeing that there are new posts and am always disappointed.
We are all the OP and the OP is all of us.
The OP has probably re-registered under a new alias now after he was so embarassed by the issue being sorted out quickly.
For the non-Brits, Argos is a chain of catalogue stores where you select an item to purchase from a catalogue and then they bring it to you from a warehouse.
For the non-Brits, Argos is a chain of catalogue stores where you select an item to purchase from a catalogue and then they bring it to you from a warehouse.
Safety.
That's not what I meant. Walking around north London with an exposed MBP box is really not a good idea. To be fair, its not really advisable to do this anywhere... with or without receipt.
Curious what an Argos receipt is like, is it just a cash register paper tape or something else?
We used to have a chain of stores like that over here in North America. It was called Consumers Distributing.
Now you tell me? I've been carrying these things around Manhattan and the high end mall in my town for years. I am ambivalently ignorant of London geography and how incidents of crime map over the various regions. Is this crime-ridden north London where the Argos store is?
Additionally, your serious comment has no place in this thread. You really brought me down with it. If I wanted to be confronted with harsh reality I'd walk around North London with an exposed box.
Thank you.
Thanks, I didn't think of Googling it. Looks like pretty much a standard register receipt. I imagine it could be misplaced pretty easily. Wish the OP would post and let us know how this turned out.
Believe me, there was no intent in my previous posts so apologies if you read them with a different slant and took it the wrong way. What I was suggesting was that its generally not street-wise to walk around with an exposed box be it London, Paris, New York or Boston but its different in a shopping mall where I could just walk straight to my car. Just a thought for reducing risks thats all... people have been robbed for far less.
johnnyturbouk
macrumors 68000
i find north london a far safer than south london
i live on the 19th floor in elephant - and i can pretty much see crime daily on the Walworth Rd -from my apt...
Back to the tread - where has the OP gone?????
i find north london a far safer than south london
i live on the 19th floor in elephant - and i can pretty much see crime daily on the Walworth Rd -from my apt...
Back to the tread - where has the OP gone?????
Can't agree with you more.
I think he's been kidnapped (by the check-out lady maybe?).
boston is no problem. neither is new york. it's the receipt, not the computer that people want.
i got mine in osaka. i carried the receipt in my pocket (should have laminated it), and carried the macbook pro box around in the open to flaunt my power... i mean pro-ness. nobody even gave me a second look. the girls on the train next to me had chanel and louis vitton bags that probably exceeded the value of my gadget. i was shamed.
Dude, I was kidding. Please note the smiley face at 12 o'clock on my post.
here's another one: