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Nano The Above Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 - 2:37 a.m. Friends, in the space of one solar day, I have become more of an expert on counterfeit iPod 3rd generation Nanos that I ever thought I would need to be. What had been a passing comprehension of stuff that happened to other people who were obviously stupider than me has now landed in my living room in a sea of those nice humiliating Styrofoam beads. First, a search on Google Image with the words "fake nano" has yielded alarming results. From Omaha Dave, here's what an authentic 3rd gen Nano package should look like. Over here, we have a writeup over on Smalldog about somebody who got the same package I received. Finally, here's this big glorious idiot-proof eBay Guide. Obviously I have overlooked this in my travels. Today, we get to go to the post office and mail this thing back with the appropriate tracking chrome required by PayPal as part of my dispute claim; before that, John and I will go see the folks at the Mac Berkeley store to get a letter of inauthenticity that we've been admonished to obtain. When John took the counterfeit to work, his colleague inspected the package and rolled her eyes and sympathized. She then gave John the number for the main Apple liaison at John's company, and when *she* heard what happened, she was *very* glad to receive image files of the waybill and business card that were included with the delivery. A cease and desist letter in a case like this is akin to pissing into the Grand Canyon, but Apple is going to do it anyway. Further info as we progress, folks. Somewhere around here, I have a button that says 'Oh no! Not another learning experience!'... --- However, since we are once again concentrating on our Shuffles, we're hoping Santa Claus will notice how cool we think these are. --- Wish us luck with everything. That's it. Have a good Saturday. ---
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