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Originally Posted by Crossnerd
But atak just bought a car on ebay..
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Originally Posted by well named
yeah but atak is crazy yo
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Originally Posted by Mark_K
I would rather buy a car off of ebay versus buying a "Like new" iphone 5 from a ebay seller with a rating < 100
Yeah, still not sure how I feel about this. I pick up the car Wednesday afternoon, and start heading home with it (assuming it checks out). Guess soon thereafter I'll know if I got ripped off.
But there are indeed a lot of reasons this is safer than buying some random piece of cheap electronics off eBay. For one thing, I won't pay until I actually see the car and the title, so I can't be falling for the biggest scam out there, which is just not getting the item you bought. That's huge.
For another, I've spoken with the owner. Not guaranteed, of course, but there's at least some likelihood I'd sense something off if I were getting cheated. (He has perfect eBay feedback, btw, with hundreds of transactions.)
There's the carfax, too, which doesn't exist for computers.
Finally, a weird little twist: The model I'm buying,
in this particular color, is almost always in good condition. A lot of S2000s have been abused, but I've never heard of it happening to a blue one.
Anyway, I acknowledge that notwithstanding this is not the wisest thing I've ever done.
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Did cross finally decide to get a decent computer? If yes, good. The things worth splurging on are those with which you spend the greatest time or that otherwise affect your life a lot; most of us here are on our computers a lot (way too much), so it's a good thing to get right. (Relatedly: I was at the Apple Store yesterday having my Time Capsule looked at, and had taken my computer. When the tech guy saw the specs on the latter, he actually called over a couple of his coworkers to see — I don't think they'd ever seen a 17" MBP set up as beefily as this one is.)