I recoiled in horror

pitchfork · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:34

My mate has been building a pc, buying parts off a mate at work...
E4600, the bloke charged him £550!!!!
£70 for a gig of value ram

Man I feel bad for him, is there any real way he can get his money back legally?

Jokester · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:35

Not unless it was missold and if it was a private sale then even then you can probably forget about it.

Jokester

Andelusion · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:36

£550 for an E4600, is your mate special?

He deserves to be ripped off to be honest, should do his research.

Azagoth · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:36

Yeah, take his £235 keyboard into work and beat the crap out of him!

yhack · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:37

Talk to some people who know people that kill people.

Raikiri · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:38

£550!? Surely he thought something was up?

Cookie-Monster · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:40

tbh your mate sounds very rich and very stupid.

Azagoth · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:40

Hell, he could get a Q6700 for £200 less.

badbob · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:42

lol what a ****. A fool and his money.

buying parts off a mate at work

The term "mate" is slightly incorrect here.

Raikiri · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:42

Does your friend need a graphics card too? I have a 7800GT he could have for only £250

pitchfork · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:44

Ha ha, he's one of those ***'s who know nothing about pc's but this bloke said "I'll help you build one"

Azagoth · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:46

Why didn't you tell him that he was been conned and offer to help him yourself?

Andelusion · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:46

pitchfork said:
Ha ha, he's one of those ***'s who know nothing about pc's but this bloke said "I'll help you build one"

Just because he doesn't know anything about PCs doesn't make him a '****'. But there's no excuse for not doing your own research so you know you're not being taken for a ride.

Greenlizard0 · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:54

Oh dear....I guess the saying that people will do whatever they can believe they'll get away with applies here..

snowdog · 23 Sep 2007 at 21:58

OWNED XD

badbob · 23 Sep 2007 at 22:12

If I were the ripped off, I would probably do a poo in his locker.
There is nothing he can do to get the money back. Well unless he mugs him.

Tom0 · 23 Sep 2007 at 23:22

badbob said:
If I were the ripped off, I would probably do a poo in his locker.
There is nothing he can do to get the money back. Well unless he mugs him.

I like this idea, give this man a medal.

Kol · 23 Sep 2007 at 23:27

badbob said:
If I were the ripped off, I would probably do a poo in his locker.
There is nothing he can do to get the money back. Well unless he mugs him.

edit - ignore me! I assumed pitchfork worked at the same place, rather than his mate buying off a mate at his own workplace. Doh!

krisboats · 23 Sep 2007 at 23:33

badbob said:
If I were the ripped off, I would probably do a poo in his locker.
There is nothing he can do to get the money back. Well unless he mugs him.

Even better idea... diahorea into a sealed jiffy bag type thing and have it posted to him at his works address. Seal it up so nicely from the outside that he has to use scissors to get it open and sit back in delight at how he gets covered in the sloppy goo.

Sinny · 23 Sep 2007 at 23:37

krisboats said:
Even better idea... diahorea into a sealed jiffy bag type thing and have it posted to him at his works address. Seal it up so nicely from the outside that he has to use scissors to get it open and sit back in delight at how he gets covered in the sloppy goo.

Thats pretty fresh