iPlanks For Sale!

A South Carolina woman thought she purchased an iPad from two men in a McDonald’s parking lot, but discovered that the tablet was actually “a piece of wood painted black with an Apple logo.” According to a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office report, Ashley McDowell, 22, told deputies that she was approached by two men who claimed to have purchased iPads in bulk and were selling them for $300 apiece. After McDowell explained that she only had $180, the duo agreed to sell her the device at a cut rate. But when McDowell drove home and opened the FedEx box containing the iPad, she instead discovered the wood with the Apple logo. The “screen” (which was framed with black tape) included replicas of iPad icons for Safari, mail, photos, and an iPod. It also had what police described as a “Best Buy sales ticket.”