Wooden iPad 2 Sold For £110 to Woman In McDonalds

Ashley McDowell, 22, thought she had picked up the bargain of the century with an iPad 2 for $180 (£110) - unfortunately, she later found out she'd actually shelled out for a painted plank of wood.

Ms McDowell was approached by two men in a McDonald's car park in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who claimed to have bought the cutting-edge Apple tablets at a knock-down price.

They showed Ms McDowell a brand new iPad as a show of good faith and even knocked $120 off the original price they quoted her of $300, well below the listed price for the gadget.

The duo then carried a Fed-Ex box to her car and she handed over her money without checking its contents, only to find she had been sold a piece of wood, with an Apple logo on the back.
It was also framed with black tape and had pasted icons for the California-based firm's web browser Safari, an email inbox and an iPhoto icon.

The duo even mocked up a fake Best Buy receipt for the iPad.

Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Tony Ivey said while the department has seen a rise in scams involving items bought from craigslist or eBay, this is the first it has heard about iPads being sold from a vehicle.

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