I Bought a $49 Thinkpad... And Got Scammed!

So... I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop on eBay for $49. Turns out things weren't as the seller described in the listing! Oh boy, I love getting scammed! #ebay #laptop #scammed

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Laptop specifications:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8GHz (before upgrade)
2GB DDR 2 555MHz Ram (before upgrade)
120GB WD 5,400RPM Hard Disk (before upgrade)
Intel GMA Graphics

Music Used:
Peaceful Background Music - Nathan Sivewright (2015)
Reminiscent Changes - Nathan Sivewright (2015)

[psivewri]

The rules are listed in the Twitter thread listed above. I'm posting to the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand 🙂 Goodluck!

[LGR]

That teeny little keyboard light is just lovely. Reminds me of the map light in my old Buick.

[AlexTechYT]

It wasn't a complete scam: At least you got a free Aldi bag!

[munenex]

255% available charging.
Now that's quite a deal

[skraegorn]

Good video! I’ve had eBay purchases come in just like this, you’re not alone.

[skyediann]

On the GPU front you actually got lucky in a way, the Quadro NVS cards in the 61 series ThinkPads are notorious for failing. Still doesn't excuse a scam.

[criostasis]

I think it would be a good video to show your audience why you weren’t eligible for the eBay buyer protection aka money back guarantee. This way they can see what went wrong and how to avoid getting scammed like you did.

[dtl]

Clicked faster than you could say "Eucalyptus Oil"

[PearCoin]

a little unreleated but i really miss laptops with a hell ton of ports

[applenotbanana]

Man, I can’t wait for these videos! 😂😂

[RuruFIN]

The bios can probably be cleared like many other older Thinkpads. My second hand E540 was also locked but I found a guide how to reset it.

[pafawagbbb]

my mom still uses this exact laptop every day, i think even with the exact same specs, but i'm not sure about that

[frostech]

I was breathing until Psivewri released a new video and decided that was more important

[MIZUch.]

"It looks like some school students thought this was a touch screen"

That must be the most Gen Z thing I've ever heard in a while

[Mtthw]

@Psivewri when you had the laptop open, bios locked laptops can *sometimes* be reset by removing the cmos battery.. laptops have one, they're just abit different to pc cmos batteries.

[k.b.tidwell]

Great video! I love those old Thinkpads!

I never buy from sellers with less than a 97% or so positive rating because of junk like this. And I always read a lot of the customer feedback for the ones I do buy from. You can get a good feel really quick for who you're dealing with.

I'm strict with myself over that because I got scammed myself. I ordered an SSD from a 97% positive seller a year or so ago and tracked it til I was told it had arrived at my home. It had not.

I contacted EBay, they said wait a day or so. Never came.

I took the tracking number, called UPS, and they said it had been delivered to another address a couple miles from me. It had not.

I contacted the seller, who said that yes the package had been delivered. It...had not been delivered.
Then I noticed...the seller's name in the email was different than the one I had purchased from. I followed the link in the email, and I ended up at a totally different store...with a 77% positive approval!

No amount of maneuvering could get me back to the original seller. That seller simply didn't exist.
I contacted EBay and put them on the scent, presenting my evidence. They not only immediately refunded my $$$, but they contacted me back and said they had shut the seller down for fraud.

A few very stressful days taught me not to skip the details. It wasn't a lot of money but nobody likes to get taken and honestly I've got much better ways to waste time than that.

[Maximus]

Seller :HAHA I'VE SCAMMED YOU

Him: hold my eucalyptus oil

[tianna]

“It’s always very satisfying to remove old paste, maybe that’s just me though” Definitely not, I love getting to the part of the video where the thermal paste is removed haha literally so satisfying seeing it cleaned off

[Raphaelwelingston]

I had this laptop from 2016 until 2018. It was the first thinkpad i could actually use to work on and what a pleasure it was ! I made some various upgrade, and finaly swap the motherboard for the nvidia equiped. Sadly, the card failled 8 month after i've buy it. So it's much better you have the intel equipped, because the nvidia was notorious to fail !

[sahdw]

Another awesome video!!! Sorry you got scammed but it was still fun to watch you finagle with it. I agree about the keyboard... I have an old Lenovo laptop from 2010 and although the system itself is slower than molasses, the keyboard feels AMAZING to type on. I wish newer laptops offered the same typing experience.