Someone at my school got ripped off.

So there's this kid at my school who recently bought an iPod Touch 2G for about $100. A week later, he thinks that his iPod broke because no matter what he did, he couldn't unlock the device. Then, another person offers to sell him a PSP. What did he sell it for? $200 and the supposedly broken iPod. The other one happily agrees, convinced that it was a steal. As you all know, PSPs are about $120. And it turns out that the iPod just needed a restore and now, it's back in working condition. Obviously, he got ripped off REALLY bad, and he doesn't even realize it. What do you think about the situation?

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[quote name='awssk8er' post='3589901' date='Apr 14 2011, 01:21 PM']I don't feel bad for the kid.

He/she deserves it for being a dumbass.[/quote]

QFT
 
[quote name='awssk8er' post='3589901' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:21 AM']I don't feel bad for the kid.

He/she deserves it for being a dumbass.[/quote]

Hey now. If it was a girl, we beat the guys ass and get her stuff back.

But it was a guy. So, totally hilarious.
 
Some people just cant handle money. If I was you I would keep that guy as a friend for years just to have a laugh when he blows all his money and loses everything to the IRS.... too much?
 
[quote name='Hells Malice' post='3590080' date='Apr 14 2011, 04:03 PM'][quote name='awssk8er' post='3589901' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:21 AM']I don't feel bad for the kid.

He/she deserves it for being a dumbass.[/quote]

Hey now. If it was a girl, we beat the guys ass and get her stuff back.

But it was a guy. So, totally hilarious.
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Truth.
 
If that bothers you I advise never looking at half the services, sales and repair industries (some aspects of tech as well)... worse is when you have to charge according to the prices others as well.

I will echo the others- those not willing to do the smallest amount of research or worse lack the mindset to do such a thing have it coming really.

[quote name='Hells Malice' post='3590080' date='Apr 14 2011, 07:03 AM'][quote name='awssk8er' post='3589901' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:21 AM']I don't feel bad for the kid.

He/she deserves it for being a dumbass.[/quote]

Hey now. If it was a girl, we beat the guys ass and get her stuff back.

But it was a guy. So, totally hilarious.
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Interesting logic there.
 
[quote name='FAST6191' post='3590215' date='Apr 14 2011, 09:06 AM'][quote name='Hells Malice' post='3590080' date='Apr 14 2011, 07:03 AM'][quote name='awssk8er' post='3589901' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:21 AM']I don't feel bad for the kid.

He/she deserves it for being a dumbass.[/quote]

Hey now. If it was a girl, we beat the guys ass and get her stuff back.

But it was a guy. So, totally hilarious.
[/quote]

Interesting logic there.
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Its a great hypocrisy of our society that comes from women striving for "equal rights". Nonody cares if the inequality benefits them.

Anyway, the guys really dumb for giving the iPod back AND paying $200 for the PSP with no games. I feel I ripped off the guy I bought me PSP from. Cost me £50 and he gave me everything with it, load of games, a 1GB memory stick, the camera, a case etc.
 
Whatever your take is on the situation, don't tell him. Sometimes some cliches are true and in this case, ignorance really is bliss.

Oh, and if you get the chance, learn from the other kid, guy sure knows how to run a mean con.
 
[quote name='Shinigami357' post='3590265' date='Apr 14 2011, 02:49 AM']Whatever your take is on the situation, don't tell him. Sometimes some cliches are true and in this case, ignorance really is bliss.

Oh, and if you get the chance, learn from the other kid, guy sure knows how to run a mean con.[/quote]

I told him this morning about him being ripped off. He denies it and is convinced he ripped off the other guy. He also told me that it was worth it because the new PSPs are expensive. The PSP he got was either a 3000 or 2000.
 
Meh, let him waste his money, it's his fault if he can't google "PSP" and look at the prices in the search results, he deserves to be ripped off.
 
Damn. The guy who sold the PSP was really lucky. And to be honest, if you told him that he was ripped off, and he denies it, he deserves to have been ripped off. Don't bother telling him any more, let him think he got a steal.
 

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