I got scammed on eBay... on purpose! PART 2
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In the last video I bought a textbook example of an overpriced MacBook listing from a shady eBay seller to demonstrate what low quality and overpriced laptops they sell, but it didn't go as planned. I was sent a late 2013 MacBook Pro, leaving me with more questions than answers. In today's video we'll answer those questions by buying another MacBook from the same exact listing but ship it to a friend to see how a normal eBay shopper would be treated...
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The fact someone tried to use that credit card for Steam, then you turn around and use that instance as a reason to use your sponsor is absolutely hilarious.
Yeah i thought that was hilarious
Plot twist the email was set up before hand and he was the one who charged the $5
Its BS. He bought on Ebay. Ebay does the checkout via Paypal. The seller doesn't know his CC number.
@@segredosdotiosam9989 Dude he literally showed all card details when setting it up in the last video
@@K0MEPCA yes
Love your videos Luke‼️ I have been thinking about getting a used MacBooks to replace my 2012 Dell laptop but I have desired instead to get a new iPad Pro. With the new iPad OS it now makes it possible for me to use the iPad for multitasking! Great video! 👍🎥👏
What does that seller flip a coin and decide who is getting fucked and who is getting a decent deal any given day?
So at 4:26 I asm thinking what if he bought a 3rd one using his normal account which he used the first time - will he get a great deal again - do they know who they send to ?
someone fucked up.
Okay... I see. 2009 shouldn’t cost 500$
@3:03... what did you not want to reveal? Maybe I missed it.
We should all start calling ourselves "Luke Miani" when buying eBay electronics..
@@KurisuYamato was sarcasm.
@@bikesandcoff3e Aha gocha. Hard to tell over text XD
Bikes And Coffee yes... lol 😆
Big Brain time.
Are all computers sold on eBay scams.
i'm so happy i'm living in the future and I don't have to wait for this part 2.
YUP
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Lol same
Yep me to
Normal People: Stupid scammers, I hate them.
Luke: Scammers, well, they give me content, they're no so bad.
I was gonna like ur comment but we gotta preserve the 699 soo....
@@vnuh-op2zf Ha, I did the 700
The world is back in order.
I bet they recognised your account.
Yes.
Obviously
Watch the previous video - used another account, with another card, and another address.
Henbush Dumbass he used a different account
@Henbush I think he/she meant the last video
One thing I noticed immediately... The machine came running macOS 10.13 High Sierra, which isn't natively supported on the Mid-2009 model (they support up to 10.11 El Capitan officially). I'm curious about whether or not they used my High Sierra Patcher tool to install it; I can almost guarantee you they did.
Very true, and it definitely looks like they upgraded from Mavericks so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they used your patcher
Check and see if the portions of my patcher are there... Should have Patch Updater in /Applications/Utilities, LegacyUSBInjector.kext in /Library/Extensions, as well as a few other files and directories.
@@dosdude1 Yep, sure enough!
this is over my head, but did't I see something about discontinuing support for patchers?
I bought a MacBook Pro updated to Mojave using your patcher, but it was what it was advertised as and was a decent price.
Are you going to get eBay involved, get the money back so they are banned from eBay at some point? I mean, you can't just let them laugh all the way to the bank with your money just on principle alone right? Nice topic. I like it.
Excellent experiment! You never did come back to the keyboard issue, though (or did I miss it?)
Oh yeah you’re right 😂 it was the old f4 key with dashboard instead of launchpad so I knew it was old
Luke Miani bet you didn’t think 2009 though
Luke Miani at least its not a powerbook
Luke Miani I was hoping it would be a custom backlit keyboard or something 😂
A company like this would definitely have an ebay store and pay only 6% ebay sellers fee not 10% so their profit margin would be even larger.
That’s true, they might have closer to 55% profit margins
Electrosoft and they have to get the computers to sell them so it might me lower
Possibility is that they knew it was you who ordered it, so they sent you a newer one so you would recommend that seller and their sales will raise.
@Fabian Bebber Just picked the wrong one from the shelf.
3 possibilities I see:
1. Knows it’s a TH-camr so fluffed the sale so then possibility that would get recommended (I say unlikely)
2. Someone grabbed the wrong pre-packed box or switched labels by mistake. (Most likely) as someone who used to sell on eBay this has happened to me I no longer pre-pack boxes.
3. Technique I heard happens, occasionally randomly “fluffing” sales by upgrading users to higher spec machines. Do this hoping someone makes a second purchase (which will atleast break even) or blindly recommends it on reddit and social media and they see a flood of sales.
Bonus 4th: someone may not known the difference, maybe new person being trained didn’t know better or was being rushed. This again happened to me back when I was a regular seller and had seasonal high volume sales, hire help on it seems easy enough even had things stacked and labeled but was always a few that got mixed up.
He said that he used a friends account.
@@mattoboyle8998he used a friend's account for the SECOND order
You should make a part 3.... and order the same listing from the original account. I want to see if they are sending YOU the nicer computer on purpose.
I just bought a MacBook Pro Core i7 2.4 GHz 15" Retina (Early-2013) | 16GB for $336 with free shipping. Is that any good?
That's a crazy deal
my budget is 1k $ what best can I get with this price?
Aseel probably macbook pro 13 2019
Woah nice deal
That's an insane deal!
Yo, who tried to use Luke's card? I know you're here, HOLLA BACK.
Plot twist... Luke used it, to make sure the amount of the attempted charge equaled the sponsor bonus.
I used it (kidding)
Luke: look how fast this 2013 MacBook is compared to the 2009 one
Me: crying with my 2009 13' MacBook Pro
P7750 2.26 Ghz gang where y'all at 😭
@@jackf1684 you lost me at P
@@thebakabee2941 basically the base model 2.26 GHz Mid 2009 model. A blazing 60 MHz faster than the plastic macbooks at the the time. 2 cores 2 threads.
"Granted, you're gonna think I'm an idiot" Nah, someone has to do this experiment for the rest of us to enjoy.
Third installment should be about how you launch a INAD dispute and how that pans out regarding the 2009 model :)
I bet the "something" you noticed was the old dashboard and app exposé function keys ;)
Ha! I just (last month) retired my mid 2009 MacBook Pro! Say what you will about it, It was a work horse and served me very well.
A malnourished work horse at best
Damn, I paid a total of like 46 bucks in total for my 2009 MBP 13 and its repairs/upgrades lololololol
i got a gaming pc for 20 dollars cause i traded a laptop my friend said was "broken" with someone on letgo. turns out you just had to plug it in and hold the power button to turn on
@@gordonlin6120 hahahahahaha ur a bad friend😂
Scammer: Ahaha! I know this guy! I'll send him a better computer for free publicity!
Luke: So I bought it again with a new eBay account and a different shipping address
Scammer: *surprised pikachu face*
3:03 still dont know what is wrong with the keyboard ???
early unibody macbook pros had a different set of symbols on the function keys than the later ones. they changed it when mission control was implemented into OS X
@@ascari4741 ok tks
YEAH, They knew it was you.
I definitely saw this coming. Good job calling out the seller.
Timur Tripp Pretty wild they have 3000+ ratings with 100% positive feedback lol
try to make a 3rd order of the same listing.
If it's not covered under warranty, just hit up Louis Rossman, the dude invented Mac repair 😎
I would love to see a video on what happens if you tried to return it because of false advertising. Nice work on your videos BTW.
if you make refund where money will go ?
privacy.com - ohhh no ... I am a US resident ...i am not ...
You saved me alot of trouble.. I bought a mid 2012 Macbook pro 15 inch with a quad core i7 from a private seller and it is fantastic. I almost fell for the ebay scam. Thanks for saving me about 400$
You know what you have to do now: buy a third laptop to confirm your findings.
You should create a card that says "take my money". And make sure there's no money on the card after you use it.
I got a mid-2009 13 inch
Its fine, just crashes when I close it with a website open
Yep. They recognised your account XD Damn, wish that happened to me
5:12 Anyone else bothered by that one screw left on the table?
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Did you just forget to unplug the battery before disconnecting the RAM and HDD???
I think they have a bunch of Macbook Pro 15s in the storage, all packed and just labeled MBP15.
"aww beans!"
AND YOUR POINT IS. WHAT WERE YOUR VIDEOS FOR. ?????????? AS FAR AS I CAN SEE YOU WERE NOT SCAMMED. YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY ON YOUR HANDS.
First one I think you got the wrong one in your favor. I never buy off eBay unless it has a model number, or serial number so I can look it up.
I think when they saw whom they were shipping to they said we needed to give him a really good deal.😂
I use a mid 2006 b/c I’m a broke student. Don’t act like a 2009 is bad 😂
I find this ironic because in 2014 I bought a used 2010 base MacBook pro and it only costed me $500
Sorry but seems weird. You allowed $600 on your credit card allowance, but spent $558. Then steam apparently declines a $5 transaction. Also, this just looks to me like a mistake when shipping, sending out the wrong laptop 🤷♂️
Because he most likely cancelled it after or changed the limit to the actual charge when performing the actual purchase.
I want to know who the guy was who saw the last video and tried using the card lol
Scammer: exist
Luke Miani: I'm gonna end this guy's career!
If i would try this I would be scammed
Lime 1202 yes. You WILL be scammed. Don’t try your chances and be stuck with a crappy machine.
Of course I won’t try this
Isn't that 100% profit?
Technically you're both right. If it costs me $20 to make something and I sell it for $40 then my profit is 100% of my costs. The other direction is that of the $40 in gross income, my profit margin is 50%. Depends on what story you're trying to tell with the data.
You forgot to say what you noticed when you opened the box and looked at the keyboard.
C M looked for that comment
Macbooks of different eras have slightly different keyboard layouts, and Luke has demonstrated multiple times that he can recognize even the slightest of those differences and pin a model year to them, so my guess is that that's what happened there as well.
I'm pretty sure he noticed the old dashboard and app exposé function keys ;)
I think you need to buy at least another 5 from them and get them sent to different addresses, just to be 100% sure. ;)
So Luke #1 got preferentially treatment because someone there probably recognized him while Luke #2 got the standard treatment because he was incognito so no one there recognized him. Sounds about right.
Me: To poor to buy a videogame. Luke: Hey let‘s buy every Mac
Hi, Luke, buy a MacBook Pro 15 ”with Intel Core i7 and upgrade it with increased RAM, and put an SSD there instead of a hard disk and a drive, install macOS Mojave on RAID0 and compare it with your MacBook Pro 15” with Retina Display. It will be interesting)
A 2009 Macbook Pro is worth around $50 now
Would I be right in guessing that what he saw at 3:08 that stood out to him was the dashboard key?
It is actually nearly 100% profit margin not 50% they more or less doubled the price which is 100% mark up
It is actually nearly 100% profit margin not 50% they more or less doubled the price which is 100% mark up
Yeah I was scammed by one of these eBay sellers. I wanted a cheap MacBook to use for classes and watch movies on. So I found a 2015 MacBook Pro saying it was upgraded, yada yada, I even got the same navy case, it looked nice and flawless too.
But, I had to sell it on offerup bc it wouldn’t even read my iPhone X or wouldn’t update to a newer version of software. 😭
But, 1 year later and I recently bought a 2020 MacBook air for about the same as what I paid for that old macbook 😙 I think because I bought off an actual persons eBay account they were more honest in messaging.
I had to research before buying, compare them to other listings, look at current Mac’s & older models to see what would work best, asked questions from the sellers, looked at ratings, what they are selling, where they were located, looked/zoomed at the pics, viewed the description etc. 🥴 definitely take your time and research before you buy!
We all know they recognized your account or name from shipping. They tried to avoid a hit video by upgrading your order.
I refurb'ed my old 2009 MacBook Pro with new high quality OWC battery and SSD and it works just fine as a daily driver, even in 2019.
Did the same with my 2011. Like a new machine, except can't load the latest software.
@@greghilt8492 Mojave Patcher
Interesting. I think you should have (without telling anyone) ordered ANOTHER one to your address with your exact name/details just to make sure the first one wasn't a fluke. It could have been some new factory worker who mixed up your order or it could have been someone intentionally thinking you making a video on the mistake would drive people to buy from them thinking they would benefit from the same mistake. If you had ordered another one secretly and gotten another good computer that was better than what you expected - you would know that it was no fluke - that someone was trying to use you to scam your viewers. If your second one sent to your home would have been the same as the one sent to your friend then you would know you just benefited from someone's careless mistake.
Why won't apple repair it?
Thank you Luke for this great review. I was looking at this seller but now no way. Believe it or not my Macbook Pro is a late 2008, and I bought it use! It still works for what I do on it, except for 3 things, the screen is now separating from the body, running on 5 minutes of battery plugged in always and lastly I need to upgrade my browser. I'm not experienced enough to do any kind of updates or repairs so my only option is a newer one. I'm thinking of a 2013 13" so I just want to thank you again for exposing this seller although I have done enough research that I kinda figured this was the case with this seller and I believe several more on Ebay! I'm gonna keep looking thank you again.
My MacBook pro is a 13 inch mid-2010 with the faster 2.66ghz cpu. It was upgraded with 8gb of ram and a 128gb SSD and it’s in pretty nice shape. It has also been upgraded to MacOS Mojave using Dosdude1’s patcher. I recently ordered a 500gb SSD to put into it as I want to put windows on it as well.
@Ricky Bennett tenfourfox is PPC only and is no longer supported. The best browsers for older intel macs I’ve found are Spiderweb, Arctic fox, and Waterfox classic if running 10.7 or newer.
@Ricky Bennett Firefox 78 esr works pretty well on 10.9 as well.
the 2012 macbook pro i got off ebay seems to have a 3 year old hdd but the battery appears brand new but the battery isnt apple branded but rather made by the people who make apple batteries and the hdd appears used it says upgraded which it wasnt ive put a stick of 8gb bringing it to 10gb (it had 4gb when i got it) and i plan to put a ssd when i can afford to
No lie, I bought that EXACT computer and returned it... I literally packaged the charger just like that too 😂😂😂 WOW
NOT TRUE lol 6:46
I'm guessing it isn't anyway if i'm wrong my apologies.
But the "scammer" that you bought the macs from would NOT have your credit card number from ebay
Ebay doesn't GIve your credit card number to them so how could they get your number..Ebay takes out your money and gives it to them
So..just to advertise the sponsor Maybe... Am i missing something, ebay never gives your credit card number to strangers! That would be CHAOS
Hey, I’ll take that 2013 15” off your hands. 😂🤣
Knew it. I the second laptop was a pile of crap. And they tried to use your card. Omg. What an eye opener this video is. Well done and thank you
You do realize you just payed them $600 and gave them your address. As a eBay seller, I'd kill to get Pewdiepies or Mr. Beasts address and get paid $600 in the process.
Unfortunately, none of your viewers are the target audience for these scammers. You know what that means. We all gotta like comment and share this video to spread the word
No one:
Literally no one:
Luke: AWW BEANS
This actually kinda happened to me I bought a unibody MacBook Pro 2012 and I got a 2013 retina
I like how they used the High Sierra patcher lol. It might need a repatch if it’s upgraded
7:00 Like a Boss 😎
guess you scammed the seller because they got cocky and accidentally sent you that 2013 macbook pro
I bought a late 2013 MacBook Air 13" from a guy advertising it on Facebook Marketplace a couple of years ago. He was selling it because he couldn't get the OS to run, so he was running it from a Sandisk dongle. The MBA cost me £200, but after taking it to a Mac Repair shop, it cost me another £150. There were minor scratches on the body, but I wasn't too troubled by that.
When I looked on About this Mac, it turns out that it was a custom build model because the model according to EveryMac specs said it was normally shipped with an i5 core and 4Gb of RAM. My model is an 1.7Ghz Intel Core i7 with 8Gb RAM. SO, it has an i7 chip and maxed out on memory. I'm not too disappointed that it's running High Sierra because it allows me to run my equally old Canon printer which won't run on any OS higher than High Sierra, so anything I want to print, I have to AirDrop to the MBA from my equally old iMac running Mojave. It will accept Catalina, but I'm reasonably happy with Mojave.
I’ll buy a cheap charger the charger doesn’t do damage to my phone my phone does damage to the charger
I’ve got a question HOW THE HELL DOES THAT WORK
2013 15 inch Retina Macbooks has Dual Graphics sir.. ALL OF THEM. 1GB to 2GB. only 13inch models has single integrated graphics card
How much money do u have !?!?!?
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Seller just put your label on the wrong pkg the 1st time. One in a thousand odds.
Your 1st purchase probably went to the person that bought the retina that you received.
Me - if both customers had plenty of 100% feedback, I'd send you both labels addressed to each other & ask u to swap(super risky).
But they'll probably just exchange the other customer's after they complain & eat the loss on yours from the difference in price.
Apparently no bad reviews for weliky group. 100% positive feedback. How do they even stay in business??🤦🏼
You can't give bad reviews on Ebay anymore.
I wish I came up like that lmao I just bought a late 2013 13” MacBook Pro for about 500
What I find a bit odd is when I’m searching for “Whitman-technologies” and “ebay” on google I don’t see any serious complaints and on their profile there are about 1260 positive reviews during the last 12 months and no negative ones. Could these reviews somehow be manipulated or do their customers have very little technical knowledge so they wouldn’t have noticed they got scammed?
I paid 230$ for the same 2009 macbook pro from Facebook Market. I spent around 150 to upgrade my ram to 8GB and 1TB Samsung internal hard drive. It runs very fast now.
I bought a MacBook from the place you got yours from. They are located about an hour and a half from me. Anyway, they sent me the first one and it was defective. It was a 2011 and that's what I was buying. Then they sent me a different one to replace that one and it was a 2015 retina. No extra charge. Still using it today. I suppose anyone could have a bad day and if you had contacted the seller, I think you could probably get a replacement to match what you wanted or better.
"Im going to blow money to show people how to NOT blow money" on my vids.... Many of those venders are probably counting on several hundred of your kind, at least.. Thats how they make their money.
There is no surprise pricing, the price is there in bold print. If someone wants to pay it, its their money. And, whether its a 200 gb, 4 gig ram for 500 bucks, or a 500gh 8 gig ram for 500, If they are not even utilizing the 200gb and the 4 gb space, its all mute point to talk them into the higher specs.
Luke didn’t get scammed. The poor schlob who bid on the auction was scammed! If they were trying to impress Luke because he’s famous, that’s the shadiest Potemkin auction in existence. Can’t be coincidental how the first listing turned out.
I hope you returned that mac and got some of your money back, seems like a waste to keep it
Every one should just use your name when they order lmao so they won't get ripped off because they will be scared to be put and blast.... Good job finding these scammer, just terrible people
I think your missing the obvious here, you keep saying computers that cost the same. It’s blatantly obvious that the scammers mistakenly sent you the wrong computer in the first instance. More fool them, you got a half decent deal. You should have compared the first computer you received and explored wether it was worth what they were listing for that model.
Him: uhh, macbook pro 15 inch, mid 2009.
Me, watching on my macbook pro 15 inch, 2009: so it's time for a new one, right?
i paid $150 for a 2010 macbook pro 13 in. and i still feel like i got ripped off, for how slow the damn thing is. even after i installed a ssd and 8gb of ram.
It’s $150 for a reason man.
Core 2 Duo processor?
Try ordering another one to your name you ordered the first one on and see if you get a better pc than what you paid for again.. i bet you dont.. big companies and repair resale wholesale distribution entities dont give two dicks about you, never heard of you, dont look at any ebay rank or whatever they literally just have a branch office and warehouses that receive these big shipments and separate out working/ non working and usable/ non usable and damaged stuff. Then piece back together what they have not giving a shit what goes where or speeds/ value of unit or parts, they just care about looks/ cosmetics and if the damn thing boots up.. then they reship the repurposed loads to the bigger distribution and resale warehouse companies and they have dedicated advertising and sales teams who probably look at the pallet of pc’s as a whole, make and design an ad or listing that looks desirable or hope it looks desirable then ship the shit out. Returning the numbers to the bigger investing companies analytic and revenue processing people who relay to the main big cio’s who check the box of whether to keep using the resalers or not. So the only thing they care about are numbers. Returns and refunds lie on the resalers profit margin so the thought and warranty fine print is their biggest issues.. is why you wont get a lot of this on amazon or a reputable resale megacorporation., ebay is not apart of any resale, only a medium used for resale that has a popular consumer audience..
I smell mechanical hard drive fatigue from hell! Ew... a Toshiba drive? I stay away from those crashing pieces of $h!+.
Why people keep scamming even tho it’s bad to do cuz their stealing people’s money and their too lazy to work on ur own money
I was saving my money to get MacBook but I have to be careful