Cape and tights? That will be pretty. Ranulph
On 30 Aug 2011, at 19:57, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > 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. -- 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.
