Warning: That used PC from the Craigslist guy in Spokane was a nightmare

Picked up a Dell Optiplex for $80 last month from a guy named Mike. Said it was freshly wiped and ready to go. Got it home and found he left the old hard drive in with full tax files from 2018 and a bunch of family photos - not to mention some suspicious downloads. Has anyone else had a seller lie about wiping a drive like that?

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susan_wright3410d ago

Man, I once bought a truck that still had the last guy's half-eaten sandwich in the glovebox.

jana_hart189d ago

Wait, it was still in there? Like, the actual sandwich?

burns.jenny9d ago

Wait, is a half-eaten sandwich really that big of a deal? Like I get that it's nasty and kind of gross but people act like it's a crime scene or something. You find it, you throw it away, you move on. I found a moldy coffee cup in a minivan I bought once and I just tossed it and didn't think about it again. I feel like everyone makes this way more dramatic than it needs to be, it's just some old food. Unless it's like radioactive or growing life of its own, just pitch it and be grateful you got a free truck out of the deal.