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  • Pre-Apple Jobs and Woz check sells for $135,000

    shaminoshamino
    bloggerblog said:
    I used counter checks before, I remember having to handwrite my account number in a blank area on the check, I do not remember the number being printed on the check.

    You're obviously older than me.  When I opened my first checking accounts (in the early 90's), the bank had a laser printer with a MICR toner cartridge.  They printed a few sheets containing (I think) 3 checks each for me to use as starters while waiting for the officially printed ones to arrive in the mail.
    baconstangwatto_cobra

  • Feds seize $400,000 worth of counterfeit Apple devices

    shaminoshamino
    No disagreement with the text of the article, but I'm surprised about the topmost photo shown.  That watch looks very much like an Apple watch, but the packaging doesn't seem to have any Apple branding, calling itself "smart fitness gear".

    IMO, if you don't use someone else's branding, then you're not selling a counterfeit.  Even if the product looks similar.

    WRT Amazon, their problem is that they co-mingle products from multiple sellers.  If 50 sellers, including Amazon are all selling a particular product via Amazon fulfilment, Amazon will combine the stock from all the sellers.  This isn't a problem when all the sellers are legitimate, but it's a nightmare when some are crooked, because you have no idea what you're going to get and careful investigation of the seller is pointless.

    I got burned by this a few times last year when I was trying to buy some Blu-Ray movies.  I got obviously used and damaged items (missing download codes, missing insert cards, serious scratches on the discs, the wrong discs in the box, etc.), even when the purchase was "sold by Amazon".  Because some crooked sellers are re-wrapping their returns, selling them as new, and Amazon co-mingles it with legitimate stock.

    Because of this, I no longer buy older titles from Amazon.  Only new releases (where hopefully there isn't enough time to pack the warehouses with returns).  For anything older, I go looking at other web sites where (hopefully) this nonsense doesn't happen.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Old Mac malware lurches back to life, hiding in productivity software

    shaminoshamino
    Ummmm....   You are aware that this malware isn't actually from Microsoft?
    gatorguy

  • Elon Musk wants Apple to bend more App Store rules for X

    shaminoshamino
    If anybody really cares, I'm sure they can subscribe via the web site and avoid the mobile app altogether.

    And if not, why not?
    williamlondonkillroywatto_cobraFileMakerFeller

  • These ultra-rare Apple sneakers can be yours -- for $50,000

    shaminoshamino
    Wow.  Apple's random marketing schwag is bringing in big bucks.  I wonder how much anyone will pay for my used "Shop Different" shirt from the opening day of the first Apple Store (Tysons Corner, Virginia).  :smile: 

    I've got some pristine marketing schwag from other companies, but somehow I doubt they'll ever become collectibles.

    Anybody want a set of Kia branded earbuds?  :smile: 
    FileMakerFellerbyronlwatto_cobra