The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    apple deals - too good to be true?

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Messerchmidt, Apr 12, 2007.

  1. Messerchmidt

    Messerchmidt Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Messerchmidt, Apr 12, 2007
    #1
  2. admlam

    admlam Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    221
    Messages:
    1,203
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    If its too good to be true, it's a scam.

    Then again, the bookstore at my college did have first gen Macbook Pros on clearance for $1100 last year.

    Check resellerratings.com to make sure.
     
    admlam, Apr 12, 2007
    #2
  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,857
    Messages:
    16,212
    Likes Received:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Sometime tells me no...I cannot find a ResellerRatings rating either on that store...
     
    Greg, Apr 12, 2007
    #3
  4. jujube

    jujube Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    181
    Messages:
    1,072
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    jujube, Apr 13, 2007
    #4
  5. Messerchmidt

    Messerchmidt Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Messerchmidt, Apr 13, 2007
    #5
  6. Messerchmidt

    Messerchmidt Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Registrant:
    WhoisProtector Inc. (mocos-store.com)
    550 Burrard Street, Suite 200

    Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5
    Canada

    Registrar: DomainPeople, Inc.

    Domain Name: mocos-store.com
    Created on .............Tue Apr 10 22:17:27 2007
    Expires on .............Thu Apr 10 22:17:27 2008
    Record last updated on .Tue Apr 10 22:17:39 2007
    Status .................LOCK

    LOL, nigerian style scammers
     
    Messerchmidt, Apr 13, 2007
    #6
  7. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

    Reputations:
    1,321
    Messages:
    1,455
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    seems very shady.
     
    Xander, Apr 13, 2007
    #7
  8. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

    Reputations:
    3,300
    Messages:
    7,115
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Yeah. Stay away from it. It's not within any kind of reasonable discount price, they're just farming for credit card information.

    Edit: I just went through their "purchase process" with fake info, and they don't have any secure connection to the server, as well as "confirm" sending the information to http://ftp.gumtree-vehicle-protection-program.com, hosted by Internic.at, an Austrian based site, therefore outside of US jurisdiction, as well as sending you an email with payment instructions, which is probably something like "Send me a money transfer". Don't even risk it.
     
    Pitabred, Apr 13, 2007
    #8