Terrible Deals Thread

[HTWingNut]

I got married. Does that count as a "terrible deal"?

Worse return on investment you can ever get.

[s2odin]

17" HD Multimedai/Gaming Laptop



Custom Gaming Computer with 32in HDTV

Custom Built 3.4GHz Quad Core AMD 8G DDR3 RAM

Nice gaming rig for sale Case is nice that's about it.

[s2odin]

Double post (hours later)

But holy cow....
Hand-Crafted Gaming Machine
$3,300?

ELITEBOOK 8740W Gamer Laptop SW-TOR
1920x1600? Now that's awsum.

[H.A.L. 9000]

Buy.com - Monster Cable Beats Pro MH BTS-P OE DTX Headphone - Stereo - Black - Mini-phone - Wired - Over-the-head - Binaural - Ear-cup - 5.91 ft Cable

[invisible]

Buy.com - Monster Cable Beats Pro MH BTS-P OE DTX Headphone - Stereo - Black - Mini-phone - Wired - Over-the-head - Binaural - Ear-cup - 5.91 ft Cable

$599.95 + FREE SHIPPING. Atleast they can afford to give you free shipping.

[knight427]

ELITEBOOK 8740W Gamer Laptop SW-TOR
1920x1600? Now that's awsum.

Yeah, that 1920x1600 Dreamcolor display would be worth quite the premium given that it is exactly as rare as a unicorn. I also find the sticker situation interesting. Looking at the right side of the palm rest, right to left I see Win7, Corei7, and then what? The GPU sticker should be below the Intel sticker. Since it has ATi (no reason to lie there as it was the cheapest) it would clearly be red. It looks more like an Nvidia Quadro sticker, but something looks off beyond just its position (hard to tell given low resolution). More importantly, there is no Dreamcolor sticker on the upper right corner of the screen bezel.

Anyway, even assuming it is as claimed, certainly a bad deal. It was a custom order, BluRay was only offered in CTO, and it was like $400. I'd guess that configuration was right around $3,000 when new.

[DirtyTrickster]

You must mean this one. The review section quickly turned into an absurdity contest. They are pretty entertaining.

Review:
"I knew my day was going to improve when the truck pulled up at my home with this cable deep within. No ordinary truck, this one was Holy White, and the gold Delivery logo sparkled like a thousand suns reflected through shards of the purest ice formed with unadulterated water collected at the beginning of the universe. The driver, clad in a robe colored the softest of white, floated towards me on the cool fog of a hundred fire extinguishers. He smiled benevolently, like a father looking down upon his only child, and handed me a package wrapped in gold beaten thin to the point where you could see through it. I didn't have to sign, because the driver could see within my heart, and knew that I was pure. Upon opening the package, an angelic choir started to sing, and reached a crescendo as I laid this cable on my stereo system. Instantly, my antiquated equipment transformed into components made from the clearest diamond-semiconductor. The cable knew where to go, and hooked itself into the correct ports without help from me - all the while, the choir sang praises to the almighty digital god. With trepidation, I pushed "play," and was instantly enveloped in a sound that echoed the creation of all matter, a sound that vibrated every cell in my body to perfection. I was instantly taken to the next plane, where I saw the all-father. I knew with my entire soul, that all was good in the world."

[Mobius 1]

[Datamonger]

I just saw a Dell Dimension E520 for $750 on Craigslist. I don't even think it cost that much brand new.

[s2odin]

GAMING MONSTER COMPUTER

/sigh...