G5 Quad w/ 16gbram + 23" display for 1500 dollars

[ldenman]

I AM PRETTTYY SURE THIS IS FAKE.
Although, he did provide pictures...

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From: otv17@aol.com <otv17@aol.com>
Date: January 21, 2006 11:20:23 AM EST
To: ldenman@gmail.com <ldenman@gmail.com>
Subject: Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz, 16GB ram, 1000GB hdd - ONLY 1500 USD

Hello ,

I saw that you are a reputable seller in Apple, Macintosh Computers section. If you like and you want to buy what you will see below just email me at using compose at: OTV17@AOL.COM

YOU CAN BUY THIS RIGHT NOW AND SELL IT ON EBAY FOR MORE.

NEED MONEY FAST. I SELL THE MOST POWERFULL G5 FOR MY BOSS. His loss is your gain!! HE'S SELLING IT FOR ONLY $ 1500. THE COMPUTER IS BRAND NEW IN BOX - 0 MILES WITH ALL PAPERS , DOCUMENTS, WARRANTY AND CD'S. HERE IS THE DESCRIPTION:



ONLY $ 1500 FOR THE ENTIRE PACKAGE: G5 AND Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel). FREE OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SHIPPING THRU FEDEX.



1 Power Mac Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC,
• 16Gb (8x2Gb) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (a $7100 value in itself)
• 1Tb (1 Terabyte = 1000Gb) Hard drive space, as 2x500Gb Seagate Barricuda Serial ATA drives
• NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256 MB SDRAM Video card
• 16x SuperDrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Built-in Airport Extreme and Bluetooth technology
• 2 Apple logo stickers with which to spread the love

• Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse - U.S English

Extra software included (from Apple website):

Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (Updated to version 10.4.4, new as of 1/10/06) Mac OS X Tiger delivers native 64-bit support, enabling you to run applications that address massive amounts of memory. It features amazing Spotlight search technology, handy Dashboard widgets and hundreds more new features. Tiger also includes the following system applications:

• Safari 2
• Mail 2
• Address Book 4
• iChat AV 3
• iCal 2
• Font Book 2
• DVD Player 4.5
• Preview 3
• Xcode 2

More software

In addition, the Power Mac G5 comes with an incredible bundle of software:

• iLife '05
• QuickBooks New User Edition
• Art Directors Toolkit
• FileMaker Pro Trial
• GraphicConverter
• OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner
• Microsoft Office 2004 Test Drive
• Zinio Reader
• Apple Hardware Test

Also in the box:
• USB keyboard extension cable
• DVI to VGA adapter
• Power cord
• Install/restore DVDs
• Printed and electronic documentation

 

[iGary]

Yeah, go ahead and buy it.

Make sure you give him cash.

 

[dornoforpyros]

I really hope you don't have to go and lose $1500 just to learn a lesson about scams

the ram alone is worth more than $1500

 

[ldenman]

don't worry, i'm not an idiot(for the most part.)
I just emailed him back with a:
" I'm sorry, I doubt the validity of this sale.

-ldenman"

 

[Benjamin]

... lol

 

[zap2]

You should have offered a local pick-up and then you could have seen his "reason" for not having you pick it up

 

[ldenman]

ack!
That would have been good!
Oh well, there will be a next time...

 

[BakedBeans]

Ask to collect

Take a shot gun

 

[ieani]

He uses AOL, thats the first clue.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

• 2 Apple logo stickers with which to spread the love

Spread the love to his pocket....you'd think they'd be a little smarter and not make the price so cheap - that or offer a $2k machine for $1.5 - you'd get the same money but probably more real offers.

This stupidity just screams scam....

D

 

[TheMasin9]

scam

I really hope you don't have to go and lose $1500 just to learn a lesson about scams

the ram alone is worth more than $1500

yeah try 10,300$ for that much ram. INSANITY SUPER SCAMMMM.

 

[Benjamin]

yeah try 10,300$ for that much ram. INSANITY SUPER SCAMMMM.

nah its only $7100 as said in the email, we have to assume Non-ECC RAM

 

[ldenman]

nah its only $7100 as said in the email, we have to assume Non-ECC RAM

well, still no reply from the dude. must be a fake.