New laptop ordered! Scam worked lol

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  1. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    So here is how my scam went.....LOL
    Ordered laptop from bestbuy so I would get 18months no interest financing, received it yesterday, went in and exchanged it for 5 $200 visa prepaid gift cards(their cards max limit is 200 its stupid). Then went on newegg, but they only accept 1 credit card per order. So I then had to buy 5 $200 newegg e-gift cards because you can use as many newegg gift cards as you want. LOL

    So the total was 99.99 after my 1k of gift cards.

    Pretty sweet gaming rig for the price.
    Lenovo Ideapad Y510P
    1080p screen
    i7 4700MQ(2.40GHz)
    16GB DDR3 Ram
    1TB HD+24GB SSD Cache
    Dual NVIDIA GeForce GT750M Discrete Graphics (SLI)

    And then I ordered up a cooling pad($20), figured with those 2 cards in there it will get pretty warm! LOL

    Laptop
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834313684

    Cooling pad
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992853

    Will upload some pics when I get it

    So now I need some good games! Any suggestionS?
     
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  3. benbabcock

    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Damn, thats a pretty sweet desktop replacement setup. i blew $$$ on my gaming PC and i cant even use it as i broke my ankle and cant really get to the room or sit in a chair for long. wish i woulda gone the laptop route!
     
  4. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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  5. benbabcock

    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    so swiss's account got hacked...
     
  6. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    It's early and I am on my first cup of coffee, but to me it appears that Toalhisdoom asked for suggestions and Swiss provided a site ( I do appreciate that he did not link to it).
     
  7. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Steam. They have tons of games from all genres. Install their platform (free and secure), then visit the store. Lots of 'free to play' games there, too.
     
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  9. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    OK, I"m a little lost from the first post.

    It happens.

    So you spent 1100 total? So I"m guessing you're still going to pay the gift cards off with the first 18month free finanacing?

    How is that a scam, unless you meant how you got it free financed from one company, for anothers product? If so, nice job.
     
  10. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    so why didnt you just use a credit card in the first place. lol seems like alot of work for nothing!?
     
  11. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    I'm thinking the 18 month no finance?
     
  12. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Same here. I just ignored what I didn't understand. lol

    In rereading, it appears he financed through Best Buy, then returned and exchanged the laptop (not paid for) for prepaid gift cards (paid for), then used them to get one from Newegg.

    Hopefully I'm wrong. Paper and digital trails will find you.