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A friend of mine is thinking about this deal with Apple laptops that are from 2000. This guy in the apartments next door is selling APPLE laptops that have been refurbished. He has up- graded them he says and has included wi fi (sp). He is offering them to people who can't afford to get a computer and pay for an internet connection. He expects you to go use the wi fi at Starbucks or the soda place downtown (which he owns) to get on the internet. In other words, he doesn't want you to do it at home.

Now, if my "poor" friend could afford a computer she would just go out and buy one and choose her own home internet connection. The deal is that you pay him 20 dollars a month for a whole year whether the computer gives out or not. No guarantee of it working for a whole year. No guarantee that it will work at home without you replacing the battery.

This guy is a minister of a church that meets in his soda store. . . they don't like the mainline churches. He admits that th...See More
Neal On 5/10/09, Just wodnering wrote: Snip The deal is that you pay him 20 dollars a month > for a whole year whether the computer gives out or not. No > guarantee of it working for a whole year. No guarantee that > it will work at home without you replacing the battery.

IMnsHO you'd be better off buying a $250.00 computer that comes...See More
May 10, 2009
tech wiz I agree- no deal On 5/10/09, Neal wrote: > On 5/10/09, Just wodnering wrote: Snip The deal is that > you pay him 20 dollars a month >> for a whole year whether the computer gives out or not. No >> guarantee of it working for a whole year. No guarantee that >> it will work at home without you replacing the battery. > > ...See More
May 10, 2009
East End Long Islander Sounds like a major illegal scam to me. Run, run, run away from it. And I'd even report it to Apple and the police, it sounds so fishy.
May 10, 2009
Thanks, everone! Friend is grateful for your opinions nfm On 5/10/09, tech wiz wrote: > I agree- no deal > On 5/10/09, Neal wrote: >> On 5/10/09, Just wodnering wrote: Snip The deal is that >> you pay him 20 dollars a month >>> for a whole year whether the computer gives out or not. No >>> guarantee of it working for a whole year. No guarantee that >>> it will ...See More
May 10, 2009


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