I may have been a dick

"Nibbles" (nibbles)
11/21/2013 at 22:11 • Filed to: peepl r dum

I'm not sad about it. Five months ago I sold someone a very nice Macbook Pro. We agreed on terms and he made one payment. He then refused to call me back, text or respond to my emails. He thought he was going to get a Core i7 with 8 gigs of RAM for $300.

However, to protect my investments, I kept my iCloud account active. Smart, eh? Smart. I sent the lock command yesterday. It locked today and not 5 minutes later I had, in my inbox, a rather self-serving email accusing me of hacking into the laptop and selling him a huge pile of shit that never worked. Said I can have the damned thing back and consider the only payment he made as rent.

LOL. I asked him what he expected, buying a laptop off of an IT guy. Did he actually think he'd get away with it? I don't really care. I'll have the laptop back, clean all his shit off it, make sure it's in good condition again and resell. Cash only this time.

DISCUSSION (22)

iaintafraidofnoghost > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:13

You're lucky you're getting it back and he's not smashing it to pieces.

Aaron James > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:15

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Manuél Ferrari > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:17

You weren't a dick. You had the right to do that.

But yeah that was a risky thing to accept a payment plan. When selling something to an untrusted random person you have to treat it like a drug sale and Biggie's 10 Crack Commandments ;)

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MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:17

Kinja'd!!!

Justice served.

Nibbles > iaintafraidofnoghost
11/21/2013 at 22:17

That's destruction of property, a misdemeanor. I don't think he is quite that dumb.

Nibbles > Manuél Ferrari
11/21/2013 at 22:19

When the deal was struck, we were working together and I honestly expected that to not change.

Suffice it to say, I know exactly which IT department he is going to take it to tomorrow, to see if they can unlock it. I also know exactly who that IT department is gonna call

iaintafraidofnoghost > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:20

Stupid knows no bounds. I'm glad you got it back safe and sound. Awesome story haha

Manuél Ferrari > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:26

Oh I see. That makes it different. Sucks someone you used to work with tried to screw you.

Some people...

Nibbles > Manuél Ferrari
11/21/2013 at 22:39

Douchebaggery knows no bounds

Manuél Ferrari > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 22:44

The only thing worse is when you get screwed over by someone you were close with. When a friend, family member or someone you dated screws you it is a million times worse than a random person or ex coworker.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 23:15

Call the police and report it stolen.

M54B30 > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 23:21

I only take payments from family. And that's kinda iffy.

ddavidn > Nibbles
11/21/2013 at 23:39

Not a dick. That was pretty good rent, though.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 00:59

Well what is property theft then? Because that's what he's doing.

rabbitman > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 01:34

oops

rabbitman > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 01:37

Hopefully he doesn't know google'fu, That iCloud lock is shit. pram reset with a memory change and your sol...

I use casper and some one accidentally locked down a 100 computers. defeated the crap out of that.

lepie > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 02:17

Beating him up would be acting like a dick. This isn't being a dick at all. He's trying to screw you over. If anything, i'd say you're being too nice to the guy.

Rico > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 11:15

I'm confused. If he didn't pay all at once why would you give him the laptop at all?

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 11:16

IT might be too late, but see if you can get the other guy to unlock it, "but it might take some work..." for another $300. Then lock it back up again, three or so hours later. You know he's gonna take it back to the guy that fixed it and demand he do it right this time. he calls you, you stroll in, he gives you half the 300 and the laptop, you both laugh and go get a beer!

Nibbles > Rico
11/22/2013 at 11:38

Well, as far as payment plans go, usually the person paying gets to use the equipment while making the payment - a lot like a car loan. That's why I left my account on there, in order to disable the computer in case of nonpayment.

Rico > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 12:09

Rule number 1, don't fall for "payment plan" unless you are a bank or creditor. Person to person should always be in full. Whether it's a friend of yours or your own mom. It just avoids the hassle of non payment or having to ask about payment. "Hey where's my money", it just creates animosity.

Rico > Nibbles
11/22/2013 at 12:09