Is there a downside to buying a laptop on the street for 200 bucks?

where do these fake items usually come from?



where were you in NYC.



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i quickly googled dell 5300, and all i got was printer toner.

 

Since your in NYC take some advice from a former now retired officer that used to work your neck of the woods. Pass on this.... 90% of the time it is a scam and generally the other 10% of the time the items are hot.

You wouldn't believe how reckless stores are on their deliveries of items the use to stock their shelves. I wrote up countless reports for angry stores owners who lost merchandise because people merely walked up into their trucks and right back out with what they could carry all the while going unnoticed.

Use your common sense here it's already telling you something is wrong here otherwise you wouldn't be posting this question here. Be wise and just say no to this.

 

Be careful, I was thinking maybe it was a stolen item....then thinking about it more......You said you were in china town. Most likely it's a fake.

I saw some of those fake Ipods before, look real from a distance, but up close you can tell it's fake.

Also, be careful when dealing with people on the street. Don't tell them how much money you have on you. That's a GREAT way to get mugged.

 

$200 hollow laptop, what could go wrong?

 

Legally yes especially if you know it is stolen in the first place and proceed with the purchase.

Nine time out of 10 though most people are to naive to realize what is going on (though it is most obvious) and usually just hand over the merchandise with no charges at all. Unfortunately though most of the time you are out of the money you spent on the item if the seller isn't caught.

Again just use your better sense and pass on this.

 

If it was a legit item from Best Buy, then the seller would have taken it back for some type of exchange rather than take a significant loss by selling it at a discounted price on the street for cash.

 

One time my uncle ran into a guy who looked really winded and was carrying a new tv in its box. the guy told my uncle that he had recently stolen it and was trying to get rid of it asap. i think it was about 100 dollars he was asking. he was obviously in a hurry since he had just stolen so my uncle went ahead and bought it.

he then gets home and opens it up and realizes that he just paid 100 dollars for a box full of bricks.

if it sounds too good to be true....well you know the rest

 

Sounds like your uncle got what he deserved. Do people just have no morals these days?

 

Hot=good
Fake=not

 

Karma..

 

Buster!

 

i'm posting from my $200 china town laptop from ny as we speak.

 

lol if you go to star bucks near any college, CUNY or IVY and everything in between, there will always be people offering stolen laptops. i remember one guy was trying to unload a dell xps, 15 inch model i think, for $400...good times.

 

is it hot jerry?

 

For the longest time I had no idea that was the singer from the New York Dolls. Though, I had never heard of the New York Dolls when I was a kid and that Hot Hot Hot song was always played at parties.