And like others have said - kidnapping and robbery is the headline here, not "iPad stolen"
Kidnappings and robberies, unfortunately, happen every day. But theft of a prototype iPad? Thats news!
And like others have said - kidnapping and robbery is the headline here, not "iPad stolen"
This is a pretty big screw-up by this young man. Can't imagine Apple's security team will take this lightly. This a step above leaving a phone in a bar or something.
Those were my takeaways as well.Responded to a woman's online advertisement? Doesn't report being kidnapped for 5 days?
Hmm....
You think it was the kids fault he got mugged and robbed?... Wow.....
Hmmm.... Hmmmm.... HmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmH!Responded to a woman's online advertisement? Doesn't report being kidnapped for 5 days?
Hmm....
If this IPad was the next one do you think Apple could say this? #
Does it fire fluoro elastomer buckshot?The Marc Newson designed Beretta Shotgun makes for a perfectly stylish way to prevent armed kidnapping while complimenting your Apple devices.
Hard to say how much cash there really was--the total of everything taken (electronics, prescription drugs, iPad, and cash) was estimated at $7500 all together.First of all i didn't realize that guys under the age of 75 kept that much money in cash in the house with them, wait that's right he was prepared to pay for a service that he would never ever forget.
This should be easy to find. Look for a prostitute carrying an iPad Pro with a MacBook motherboard and running a full operating system.
First of all i didn't realize that guys under the age of 75 kept that much money in cash in the house with them, wait that's right he was prepared to pay for a service that he would never ever forget.
Exactly, Apple would never let it be known that somebody has a pre-release prototype. Even if pictures stared to show up they would be like politicians/crooks. Deny, deny, deny
Lessons learned... (needed for 20 year olds...)
1. Don't have prototype stuff at the house
2. Sometimes, people lie of Craigslist
3. Maybe, just maybe, try hookup.com for these kinds of things, and leave the iPad at home
4. Don't give people that don't know you on these types of things your home address. Meet at a neutral place.
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Could one of Apple's competitors be behind this?
If (let's say) Samsung somehow knew that a future iPad prototype was at this property, could we put it past them - or some shadowy middle man - to arrange to have it stolen and made to look like a random break in?
After all, having a few months advance knowledge of Apple's designs would potentially be worth tens or hundreds of millions in extra sales to an electronics giant which is known to have, shall we say, "loose morals".