Well played Sam. You'll get yours, don't worry. These things come around eventually.
Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 30 August 2011 19:57, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> 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.
