offered a latop today by 2 blokes in a car

KdjaCL

2 eastern europeans offered me a lovely Dell 610 today for €200 showed it to me as well..... but i asked if i got to keep the laptop or was i getting a phone book in the bag and they drove off

If i hadnt got my son with me i would have been tempted to grab it and leggit (know the area well would have done it very easily). Would that be a bad thing to do to these bad men with their phone book in a lappie bag



kdjac

ballooba

Jees. thats a pretty old scam. They must be getting away with it still.

Binomate

Why didn't you direct them to the boards.ie computer hardware fs forum?

Blackjack

You would have got a Milk Can instead of a Computer if you'd fallen for it.

Shrimp

thats crazy!

Binomate

Did you get the registration plate of the car?

boneless

Binomate wrote:

Did you get the registration plate of the car?

That's what I did the time I was being offered electronic gear from a car. That time it was two ''London business men''. passed it on to the Half Yards.

drdre

u should have grabbed it and legged it if u didnot have ur son with u.and brought it to the police to investigate:D

cournioni

€200... Sounds like a good price.

TerrorFirmer

Shoulda said yeah, great! Can I see? Then try offer them the 200 when it's in your hand and say nah, dont need a bag lads, cheers...:D

samo

Same thing happened to a mate a few weeks back in the Tyrellstown D15 area (only the potential sellers were irish for a change!!!)

It was a Sony Vaio with the bag, charger and the whole shebang, when he said he was taking it, they went to follow him to the cash machine at which point he jumped into his car and ended up being pursued up around an industrial estate by 2 mad little feckers in a clapped out micra!!!!

Wasnt the best decision he ever made!

Binomate

He should have tried to loose them on the motorway.

Creamy Goodness

should of thrown your son on your shoulder, grabbed it, then leg it.

Kur4mA

Train that young lad of yours in ASAP in case of any future incidents such as this. Depending on the wee ones height, your best bet may be for him to go for the shins.

Next time, give a casual wink to the boy and then grab the lappy after he gives a swift kick to the shins. LEEEROOY JENNKIIIINS!

HarryHoudini

Cremo wrote:

should of thrown your son on your shoulder, grabbed it, then leg it.

Or better yet, throw your son at them and then leg it.

C_Breeze

samo wrote:

Same thing happened to a mate a few weeks back in the Tyrellstown D15 area (only the potential sellers were irish for a change!!!)

It was a Sony Vaio with the bag, charger and the whole shebang, when he said he was taking it, they went to follow him to the cash machine at which point he jumped into his car and ended up being pursued up around an industrial estate by 2 mad little feckers in a clapped out micra!!!!

Wasnt the best decision he ever made!

same guys tried to get me in D15 , same Vaio and bag and all .
two Tinkers in an english reg car. beware

eirebhoy

There was a couple of travellers doing this scam around my area. They were selling 3 phones but you got a bag of bricks.

Pet

eirebhoy wrote:

There was a couple of travellers doing this scam around my area. They were selling 3 phones but you got a bag of bricks.

My god, imagine shelling out your hard-earned cash and getting some ****ing 088s in the bag. Scarleh or wha'!

Mimikyu

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marco murphy

A freind of mine (sold by two travellers) got a laptop bag full of rocks LOL

Creamy Goodness

Solitaryman666 wrote:

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nah it's fairly common, loads of people buy things before seeing them

joseph brand

People should never have anything to do with John Reillys, except the burning and extermination of them all.

How come no one ever mentions anything about the Romanian Gypos (female) swiping handbags from sweet old ladies on Dublin buses. My GF saw a girl attempt to do this, but she told the driver, who called the old woman up near the front of the bus.

"...Gypos, la la la la, what are they good for?
Absolutely nothin, say it again"

Cuddlesworth

Saw 3 people in a pub buy 3 boxs with mars bars in them. Took them at least 15 minutes to find out that their nokia was edible

cormie

Would that be a bad thing to do to these bad men with their phone book in a lappie bag

There was a guy who posted here a while back who actually got stung by this scam. It would be a nice gesture to him if you did leg it with it and got in contact with him and gave it to him. Ahww. Or you could try catch him again and get yourself €200 :D:D

Tusky

What would happen if you said you didnt want the bag and would take it as it was ?

billy the squid

joseph brand wrote:

"...Gypos, la la la la, what are they good for?
Absolutely nothin, say it again"

*jaded yawn*

Hobbes

Quite common http://www.boards.ie/wiki/index.php/Scams

Cabaal

Anybody that thinks their getting a nice new lovely Dell laptop for 200e deserves to part with their money

IceHawk

Remember: "You can't buy a Dell in the shops", so they hire travellers to drive around until they find someone who looks like they need a laptop, and then sell it to them.*




*[size=-2]Warning: May not be true. Not a guarantee. Dell computers Ltd. reserves the right to change offers without notice. Actual computer may vary from advertisement in colour, shape, constituent elements, and/or functionality.[/size]

Victor

IceHawk wrote:

*[size=-2]Warning: May not be true. Not a guarantee. Dell computers Ltd. reserves the right to change offers without notice. Actual computer may vary from advertisement in colour, shape, constituent elements, and/or functionality.[/size]

May have been manufactured by the construction or food industries.

samo

C_Breeze wrote:

same guys tried to get me in D15 , same Vaio and bag and all .
two Tinkers in an english reg car. beware

Thats sounds like them alright!