Don't let SHINY! SHINY! SHINY! rule your life

[adam1991]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/ipad-sold-t ... 00866.html

only the greedy can get conned.

[STC]

Rule #1

Don't buy cheap stuff from the shady guy on the street corner.

[Ack]

I bought one of those iPads. All I can get on it is a picture of myself.

[makryger]

The better lesson to learn: "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." "Unless it's a free DVR included in every copy of Windows 7!"

[adam1991]

it's not just the shady guy on the street corner:

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

except this guy, again a greedy guy, got conned himself for trying to pull a con.

I love that story.

[TeddyR]

... ... "Unless it's a free DVR included in every copy of Windows 7!"

You wont believe how many acquittance's/friends/coworkers/neighbors at first did not realize that all they needed was a "tuner" and that they already had the DVR and software already on their systems... Many repeated the "its too good to be true".. line...

[newfiend]

it's not just the shady guy on the street corner:

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

except this guy, again a greedy guy, got conned himself for trying to pull a con.

I love that story.

Thanks for that story.. loved it. haha...P-P-P Powerbook! LOL