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Fake iPad 2s made of clay sold at Canadian stores
http://news.yahoo.com ^ | 01-17-2012 | By Eric Pfeiffer

Posted on 01/17/2012 2:55:50 PM PST by Red Badger

As many as 10 fake iPad 2s, all made of slabs of modeling clay, were recently sold at electronic stores in Vancouver, British Columbia. Best Buy and Future Shop have launched investigations into how the scam was pulled off.

The tablet computers, like most Apple products, are known for their sleek and simple designs. But there's no mistaking the iPad for one of the world's oldest "tablet devices." Still, most electronic products cannot be returned to stores. For the the stores and customers to be fooled by the clay replacements, the thieves must have successfully weighed out the clay portions and resealed the original Apple packaging.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Technical
KEYWORDS: apple; computer; ipad; napl; tablet
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I bought a SSHD from Fry’s and had all the personal photos from the previous 18-year-old Asian girl on there... They were aroused and did NOT conceal it


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