hayseed, there is no way I'm selling a new $2800 laptop for $750 in bitcoins. Really don't you have anything better to do than sink my sale ? At least ebay lets people auction in peace. You're being personal and nasty. No need for that, put the pitch fork away. Its just a garage sale.
Regarding the memory issue, yes thats a bummer, but what the apple technician told me is A) these laptops after they find a bad sector they isolate it in firmware so OSX doesn't use it and B) they will replace the logic board for $310 if it bothers me that much. The laptop has never crashed and I have used it for the last 14 days as my main computer. Pay an extra $310 and I'll go get the logic board changed for you. But I really dont think it makes any difference.
If escrow is the big issue we will work something out. My buddy (eoakland) has volunteered to go to the fedex and ship it with me, so he can be the escrow.
Now, does anyone actually want to buy it ? Until i get a "yes I want it" , I'm done with this thread. This right here is the definition of unprofessional. This is why bitcoins are losing value.
Topic: [WTS] Macbook pro 2012 and various surplus, monitors, routers, FPGA boards etc. - page 2. (Read 4083 times)
August 24, 2014, 06:38:02 PM
August 24, 2014, 06:21:58 PM
It does look suspicious, there are plenty of reputable escrows. when you're selling a 2012 MacBook for 4btc, what's a few pennies of btc to secure a sale ?
Not to mention that the memory issue is a killer. I bet it would fail memTest86 and you can't just pull a sim and replace as they are chips soldered to the MB.
I know all too well what flaky memory will do. Put cheap ram in a MBP several years back, had all kinds of intermin weird behavior. finally ran memtest86 in single user mode and
bam. errors like crazy even though apple diagnostic would pass. was OWC and they took back and allowed me to upgrade to best ram.
Had to restore from backup (always make before any upgrade hard or soft) and had to diff against current to recover changes.
never again will buy bargain ram. Not worth the issue's it caused.
So highly risky even at $750 for example (even if it does get delivered).
August 24, 2014, 06:20:37 PM
I actually told the poster about this site yesterday, that should explain the "newbie" status. But I do agree, prices are a bit steep. I live near this guy, if anyone is interested in having me see the items listed and confirm I can do so or I can act as escrow with no fee on my end, just the btc dust to pay the transfer fees.
Nice trust you have there...
August 24, 2014, 11:55:26 AM
It does look suspicious, there are plenty of reputable escrows. when you're selling a 2012 MacBook for 4btc, what's a few pennies of btc to secure a sale ?
August 24, 2014, 10:32:02 AM
you know what, forget it. I'll just use craigslist
You can't follow the suggestions and rules then go home and take your toys (scams) with you.
August 24, 2014, 01:27:23 AM
I've sold and purchased lots of stuff here using escrow and NEVER got screwed. Your only hurting yourself by not taking escrow.
I've been screwed 2 times and both times NO escrow was used.
I've been screwed 2 times and both times NO escrow was used.
August 23, 2014, 08:26:18 PM
you know what, forget it. I'll just use craigslist
August 23, 2014, 07:10:22 PM
ouch hostile
Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin
Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal.
No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok.
I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above.
http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpg
My buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already
This forum is very.... sour.
Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin
Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal.
No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok.
I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above.
http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpg
My buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already
This forum is very.... sour.Were all tired of scams that won't list full specs/pics, don't take escrow, just joined, list old tech at new prices looking for a gullible noob to bite.
Scammers are leaving ebay and heading here as they can't scam on ebay with its new policy and paypal. Looking for noobs that
dont "grasp" that btc is final no take backs and that no one can help them recover btc lost to scams.
August 23, 2014, 06:42:32 PM
ouch hostile
Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin
Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal.
No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok.
I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above.
http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpg
My buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already This forum is very.... sour.
Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin
Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal.
No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok.
I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above.
http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpg
My buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already
This forum is very.... sour. August 23, 2014, 06:10:13 PM
Hi hayseed,
Theres a youtube video of the goods with me in it so feel free to take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
I can't negotiate on the price but it is a legit offer.
Best
Thom
Theres a youtube video of the goods with me in it so feel free to take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
I can't negotiate on the price but it is a legit offer.
Best
Thom
I looked, no where in the video do you associate your id/date here with the notebook. Would not be the first time a scammer hijacked
someone else's pictures/videos to scam a product.
No one is going to buy this without escrow.
Also the price is high as its 8gb which can not be upgraded.
A current (brand new) with 16gb, 2.2 with 256gb is 1999. BTC4.05 at current $495/BTC
You also get haswell vs ivy bridge (haswell has power nap and better performance/power spec's), faster SSD, better graphics, USB 3, 20gbs vs 10gps
thunderbolt plus a warranty.
You want current price for 2 year old tech. And no don't event mention installed adobe as Im sure you are not transferring the license even if it was legit.
You must hang around with the guy that wants $255 for an ant miner S1.
August 23, 2014, 05:59:37 PM
August 23, 2014, 04:41:38 PM
Newbie user, No pics, no escrow, hates ebay, selling high priced items. Sorry dude, but you sound super fishy. Do you have any other verification that you're a legit seller (other than your own word)? Heatware? Other presence on forums/boards/reddit?
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
You mean I sound super fishy?
Seriously though, there are MANY trusted escrow services, and you can even find some for free (mine!). Escrowers have no incentive to run with the money, their reputation is probably worth a lot more that a couple of BTC. If you're really concerned, you can divide the escrow among different people (I'd consider that more secure, but apparently you seem to think that the more that escrow the less secure
)Post some pics with your username and the current date, if not, you shall be neg bombed!
August 23, 2014, 02:50:07 PM
Hi hayseed,
Theres a youtube video of the goods with me in it so feel free to take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
I can't negotiate on the price but it is a legit offer.
Best
Thom
Theres a youtube video of the goods with me in it so feel free to take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
I can't negotiate on the price but it is a legit offer.
Best
Thom
August 23, 2014, 02:36:59 PM
I actually told the poster about this site yesterday, that should explain the "newbie" status. But I do agree, prices are a bit steep. I live near this guy, if anyone is interested in having me see the items listed and confirm I can do so or I can act as escrow with no fee on my end, just the btc dust to pay the transfer fees.
August 23, 2014, 01:32:59 PM
As said above, you registered yesterday.
You are not posting any pictures and won't use escrow.
You are wanting the same price as new equipment for something 2 years old.
You hate ebay. (probably because of the new "guarantee" )
it certainly smell's like scammer.
You are not posting any pictures and won't use escrow.
You are wanting the same price as new equipment for something 2 years old.
You hate ebay. (probably because of the new "guarantee" )
it certainly smell's like scammer.
August 23, 2014, 09:04:33 AM
People are going to be harsh because you want to sell stuff, but you're expecting everyone else to take all the risk. That's precisely why escrow services exist.
By the way, you're asking way too much for those items. You'd be lucky to see 3BTC... more likely 2.5BTC for that MBP.
By the way, you're asking way too much for those items. You'd be lucky to see 3BTC... more likely 2.5BTC for that MBP.
August 22, 2014, 06:14:59 PM
Well for what its worth here is a video of the stuffs and I put my face on too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
Not sure what heatware is but it sounds very exciting
Anyway, not a scam, does anyone want to buy my stuffs ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwfTW02oKM&list=UUgw3n4pI3UZKSkMrj8x41pw
Not sure what heatware is but it sounds very exciting
Anyway, not a scam, does anyone want to buy my stuffs ?
August 22, 2014, 04:58:27 PM
Newbie user, No pics, no escrow, hates ebay, selling high priced items. Sorry dude, but you sound super fishy. Do you have any other verification that you're a legit seller (other than your own word)? Heatware? Other presence on forums/boards/reddit?
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
August 22, 2014, 04:52:02 PM
Yea but I'm not so
Using the escrow doubles my risk. Now I have to trust two people with my funds instead of one. None of the escrows are legit.
I can facetime with buyer instead, we will work something out
Using the escrow doubles my risk. Now I have to trust two people with my funds instead of one. None of the escrows are legit.
I can facetime with buyer instead, we will work something out
August 22, 2014, 11:52:02 AM
Things to note, nope I won't use escrow. I just dont trust the escrow people. But you can call me and verify whatever you need. Its my first shot at this stuff so please dont be harsh 
Best, Thom
Best, Thom
Nobody will buy from you if you refuse escrow, that makes you look like a scammer.
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