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littleroundman
09-01-2011, 09:52 AM
Woman pays $170 for fake, wooden iPad

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A woman in South Carolina has paid $170 for a shiny, brand-new iPad that turned out to be fake, made of wood and not really that shiny.

It seems like Ashley McDowell, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, had never been told that if something sounds too good to be truth, it usually is.

McDowell was reportedly approached by two men in a McDonald’s parking lot who showed her a new iPad and told her one just like that could be hers.

The men explained that they had bought the tablets in bulk and were now trying to sell them for only $281 – the cheapest iPad model retails for $579.

McDowell, who only had $170 on her, must have thought Christmas had arrived early when the men agreed to sell her the iPad for that price.

The ‘golden-hearted’ men then opened the trunk of their white Impala and gave Ms McDowell a FedEx box, which, they promised, contained the fashionable item.

We assume the FedEx box looked genuine enough to Ms McDowell, who didn’t even bother to check its contents until she got home.

Unfortunately, by the time she finally unpacked her precious tablet, she realised that reading an e-book, checking her email, or even posting a new Facebook status with news of her new acquisition was going to prove difficult...

Particularly considering that this particular version of Apple’s popular product was nothing but a piece of wood, painted black and with a Best Buy sticker on the front and an Apple logo on the back for effect.

On the bright side, she probably also discovered that the ‘gadget’ could go for years and years without having to recharge the battery or back-up its contents.

We’ve checked Apple’s official site and, sadly, the ‘Wooden iPad’ is not listed as one of the devices that will support their upcoming iCloud features.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/10163506/woman-pays-170-for-fake-wooden-ipad/)