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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
You know they already opened it. They're just trying to scam you by selling the unknown.

Reminds me of a time I went to a computer show and they were selling top of the line hard drives for $20. They said the only catch was that the drives were untested so it was luck of the draw. They weren't sure if the drives worked or not so you might get a good one, but you might get a bad one. Take your chances for $20. But they could not be returned once you bought them, and they wouldn't let you test them at the show.

I called them on their BS and they tried to get me to stop telling customers my reasoning. I told everyone that you know 100% that all the drives were already tested by the merchant and known to be bad, because all you have to do is plug them in and test them. In a few minutes you'd know if the drive was good or bad, and you could sell a dead drive for $5 or a new drive for $150. (these were new OEM drives in opened packages that were normally going for $200 at the time) . They're not going to sell a $150 item for $20, they're going to be damn sure that they're making a profit on the deal. The were scamming you by leading you to believe that you might get a good drive for $20.
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Its a lot easier to test a bad HDD then to open a safe... I'd say the seller is legit.
 
I say we buy a safe and fill it with stuff like:
Beanie Babys
Simpson Dolls
"Sorry you didnt win" Mt. Dew caps
a burned copy of XP

and sell it.
 
Originally posted by: Crazymofo

Its a lot easier to test a bad HDD then to open a safe... I'd say the seller is legit.
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If you believe that, you're a total sucker.

No locksmith is going to demand half the value of the contents of the safe. The story is bogus.
 
Originally posted by: lozina
Absolute BS.

Whole story made up, took an old safe, put some junk in it lmaybe including a lead bar and some quarters, and put it up on ebay...
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It would be really funny if the quarters had a 2004 date on them 🙂
 
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I say we buy a safe and fill it with stuff like:
Beanie Babys
Simpson Dolls
"Sorry you didnt win" Mt. Dew caps
a burned copy of XP

and sell it.
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Eh I wouldn't put that last item in there, little Billy might sock you for it.
 
Originally posted by: lozina
Absolute BS.

Whole story made up, took an old safe, put some junk in it lmaybe including a lead bar and some quarters, and put it up on ebay...
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yup...i'm kinda thinking about doing it myself now 😀
 
The safe looks pretty modern to be filled with awesome old stuff.
It's one of the coolest auctions I've seen in a long, long time.
I hope everyone comes out on top.
 
Originally posted by: suse920
Originally posted by: LASTGUY2GETPS2
Originally posted by: CraigRT
that's kinda cool... i want to know what's in the safe now!
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I hope he puts the answer to what's in it right in the auction... that would be sweet.

If I bought it and it was like a brick and some screws though I don't think I'd want everyone to know I paid $900 for them.
 
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