Apple Computers? Pshaw…try Potato Processing!

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 12, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

This has got to be one of the most inventive (and stupid) ways I’ve heard of yet to try to score some free computer parts:

German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.

The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said on Monday.

“The second time he said he didn’t need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash,” a police spokesman said.

Police are now investigating the man for fraud.

(via Neil Gaiman)

iTunes: “Voodoo People” by Prodigy, The from the album Hackers (1994, 4:08).