[Ti] Powerbook scamming the scammer

[John]

>>  A guy from italy wanted to sell a powerbook that was given to him as 
>> a x-mass gift.
>
> Yeah I know someone who (foolishly) sent a cheque to Italy in the same 
> way. He lost £1000 that way.
>
> Strange coincidence (or not) but the scammer in this story calls 
> himself Luciano.
>
> What is it with Italians and Powerbook scamming?

I won a Powerbook G4 on eBay that some Italian kid "got as a gift" blah 
blah blah. I was very suspicious, and offered everything, form an 
escrow service to meeting him in person (I knew someone who was in 
Italy at the time). He dropped off communications, didn't post any 
feedback. He got 3 consecutive negative bids.

I figured, the heck with it, I'll buy one as a student, and got the 
current machine for the student price. At least I could trust buying 
from Apple.