that actually happened to me. a few years ago i ordered a dell laptop off eBay from an online-only retailer. when i received the box, i opened it to find an ancient compaq beige-box computer instead of the shiny laptop i expected. apparently one of the packing guys stole the laptop off the line and swapped in the tower case, figuring i wouldn't notice.
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Mine shipped today -- scheduled arrival is Friday before 10:30 am. Or maybe they're just shipping shoeboxes full of newspaper!
@Jon Lam -
that actually happened to me. a few years ago i ordered a dell laptop off eBay from an online-only retailer. when i received the box, i opened it to find an ancient compaq beige-box computer instead of the shiny laptop i expected. apparently one of the packing guys stole the laptop off the line and swapped in the tower case, figuring i wouldn't notice.