News, Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops (download, USB)

[JD59]

JACKSON, Miss. - Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops.

Hinds County authorities charged the men with trademark infringement and selling goods with counterfeit labels.

Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops | AP | 07/31/2010 (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/weird_news/20100731_ap_police2mentriedtosellwoodblocksaslapto ps.html - broken link)

[Charles]

Originally Posted by John1960

JACKSON, Miss. - Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops.

Hinds County authorities charged the men with trademark infringement and selling goods with counterfeit labels.

Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops | AP | 07/31/2010 (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/weird_news/20100731_ap_police2mentriedtosellwoodblocksaslapto ps.html - broken link)

Those useless wood blocks with no USB ports may actually have been iPads.

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[TurcoLoco]

This was in Mississippi so it is not a huge shocker but I'd love to see some pictures of those 'laptops'!



I wonder what OS was running on them?