I've heard of making a battery out of a potato, but.....?

[Skeptical Greg]

German Police Investigate Potato Computer Scam (http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=50900&id=200401121102000272926)



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.



I don't think you could get away with this at BestBuy...

[Charlie in Dayton]

Hey, if you can make a potato power a clock (http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3034357) , why not a computer?

[Zep]

Reading further, I see that the guy tried it again, and was then being looked into for fraud.

Nice thought! Buy a computer, strip it out, fill it with potatoes, return it and say "it came that way", ask for a replacement, repeat as long as you can. Sell stripped parts out for many marks.

Oh well...you can't say Germans aren't imaginative now!

[WildCat]

I've seen "new televisions" sold on the street that are just a shell w/ bricks inside. Always plug it in first folks!

[teddygrahams]

Originally posted by WildCat
I've seen "new televisions" sold on the street that are just a shell w/ bricks inside. Always plug it in first folks!

Where do they get the shells, and why do they bother ?