Well played Sam. You'll get yours, don't worry. These things come
around eventually.

Rob
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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
>
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