The ULTIMATE Potato Computer!

[ray]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=1&u=/nm/20040112/tc_nm/odd_germany_computer_dc

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.

The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said on Monday.

"The second time he said he didn't need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash," a police spokesman said.

Police are now investigating the man for fraud.

[raimin]

well when i was working for compusa many years ago, and dvd kits were rare and expensive
somebody came in and tried to return a dvd and mpeg card kit with a cdrom and cheapo isa tv tuner. I wouldn't allow it, but he claimed that was in it when he bought it. My manager told me to give his 200 bucks back. Idiot

I have so many stories of managers saying ok the return

[attgig]

yeah... same scam with hard drives.
people buy a huge 200 gig hd...
put in their old hard drive and try to return it.

[topane]

mmmmmmmm...potatoes....:lick:

[ski]

wouldn't the potatoes rolling around when it was carried send off a signal the first time?

unless they were taped in...

[brainsmile]

maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes

[Grimm]

Originally posted by brainsmile
maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes :duh:
I think that was the whole point.

[attgig]

Originally posted by DarkFury
/me senses "invisible sarcasm" tags coming from Brainsmile. :hmm:

<sarcasm>brainsmile</sarcasm>

that's why his initials are BS :P

[brainsmile]

:bonk: who's being sarcastic? :P

[djradam]

i think a computer filled with potatoes would be a LOT heavier than a computer without potatoes

[bachviet]

Originally posted by brainsmile
maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes
:stupid:

He's really stupid.... :P