Monday, May 17, 2004 |
16:34 - P-P-P-Powerbook!!
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/dumbmrblah/Scamming%20the%20Scammer.htm
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Says the site: "It started with a scam, and turned into the greatest prank ever."
Having been directed to this item via Mark O., I must say I agree with hand over heart.
The tale is only a week or so old, and it's already got several mirrors and its own domain name. Mac lovers and Mac haters alike, this one is worth your time. The eyes, how they stream. The sides, how they ache.
And it's instructive, too. On subjects such as: Ebay scam techniques and how to recognize them! Proper international FedEx shipping practices! And the potential for the grass-roots power of TEH INTARWEB, when wielded by a global network of SomethingAwful goons armed with digital cameras, multi-linguistic friends-of-friends, and foot presence all over the world, right where they need to be!
Like the RIAA's underhanded attempts to "poison" P2P networks with MP3s ostensibly of popular songs, but that instead contain nothing but static or ads, this is a fantastic example of a grass-roots solution arising in response to a grass-roots problem. There is, as Chris says, balance in the world.
"Safari Internet Adventure!" Dear, dear me. And get a load of the "Bluetooth mouse"...
Kris points out, by the way, that if the scammer were smart and/or ballsy, he'd recognize the street value of the P-P-P-Powerbook!! and put it on Ebay. He'd probably make back the money he lost...
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