Hi All My client bought a second hand laptop and asked me to configure it with data from their iBook. When they mentioned it was bought from CashConverters my initial reaction was (somewhat jovially) that it was probably stolen. On closer inspection I found the previous user's name in the Computer Name field of the System Preferences > Sharing section. I googled the name with "brighton" and found the company he worked for, called him and asked if he'd recently sold a laptop to CashConverters.
He was relieved to recover the laptop stolen from his flat and grateful that the thieves weren't clever enough to wipe all the personally identifiable information from it. I explained to my client that £450 for 2nd gen MacBook was a ripoff anyway and that money would be better spent on something decent. Moral of the story, always take care when buying 2nd hand goods. I was expecting a karmic lottery win but it seems I must try harder! I'm off to buy a cape and some tights. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
