2 Tried to Sell Wooden Blocks with Toshiba labels as Laptops

[Liberal_in_LA]

Cops: 2 Tried to Sell Wooden Blocks as Laptops

Miss. Men Trying to Pass Off Wood Bearing Toshiba Labels as Computers Charged With Trademark Infringement

(AP) Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops.

Hinds County authorities charged the men with trademark infringement and selling goods with counterfeit labels.

WLBT-TV in Jackson reports the men were caught Thursday when they tried to sell the fake laptops to an off-duty state trooper.

Hinds County Sheriff's Lt. Jeffery Scott says authorities also found binders filled with paper being passed off as computers.

However, no one actually bought the fakes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/31/ap/strange/main6732059.shtml

[Enrique]

1. they are laptops

laptop blocks of wood.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Reminds me of the Nigerian scam and the wooden keyboard

Scroll down for details : http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. These 2 didn't bother to carve lapto9p details into their wooden block

[Mnpaul]

7. I like the P-P-P Powerbook sting better

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

They even burned the scammer by making him pay the 27.5% import fee

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. They should have used Dell labels.

Then nobody would have known the difference. :evilfrown:

[Recursion]

4. It's a sad statement that the more serious charge they went with is trademark infringement

There's less of a punishment for ripping off some pour sap than for damaging Toshiba's brand value.

[MilesColtrane]

6. The blocks of wood were infested with termites and they STILL weren't as buggy as a Windows laptop.