Man orders laptop on eBay and gets a photocopy of it instead
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A surfer bought a laptop on eBay for hundreds of pounds – but was sent a photocopy picture of it instead. Paul Barrington, 38, fell victim to the scam after winning the auction for an Apple MacBook. His winning bid was £300 for the top-of-the-range machine that can cost up to £1,500 when bought new. But the bargain proved too good to be true when a feather-weight package arrived a few days later in a small, square box. It contained only a black-and-white photocopy of a photo of what Paul thought he had ordered. Paul, of Ilfracombe, Devon, had been forced to sell his last surf board to pay for the laptop and was hoping to use it to launch a new career as a wedding DJ. He said: ‘I sold my pride and joy for a piece of paper. ‘It’s the first time I haven’t had a surfboard since I was 10 years old but I need a laptop so I checked the listing and the seller’s rating. ‘He’d been a member for a few years, so there was nothing to be suspicious about.