She gave one to her best friend for Xmas and kept the other. Similar iPhones were going for up to $300 each on eBay. Honestly, they looked brand-new when the boxes were opened. I gave the phones/cases a thorough cleaning using OpTech cleaner. Mint condition (cased from Day One), batteries with a whole lot of life left in them, new unused Apple earbuds, three Otterbox Defender cases and the original accessories/boxes. The last items I sold were two unlocked iPhone 4S 16GB smartphones. All my buyers sign a sales receipt stating that they agree with the advertised condition and that it is an "as-is" sale with no warranty or returns. I will reduce my asking price up to 10-15% because I am avoiding the eBay costs/hassles. I can afford to wait for a buyer who is serious and who realizes after personally inspecting the item that it is worth the price. CL prices tend toward the lower-end, Everymac on the high-end while eBay is a more democratic representation of current selling prices. I usually priced them at the high-end of the range after researching prices on eBay, CL,, etc. Except for a 2006 iMac with a dead optical drive all were in excellent or mint condition and they often included extras such as cases, sleeves, etc. When an unknowing buyer later learned the computer was stolen, she contacted police who traced the Craigslist ad back to Byrd.I have sold a variety of Apple products on CL. The stolen laptop appeared in a Craigslist ad the same day. The MacBook Pro was taken out of an SUV in the parking lot of The Landings Riverfront Apartments off East Hill Avenue, according to the warrant. In a news release Monday, the Sheriff’s Office says five of the 20 stolen computers have been recovered.īyrd also faces felony burglary and theft charges in connection with a laptop computer that was reported stolen July 1. Neither has been charged with the burglary of the school. Both are set to appear in Knox County General Sessions Court on Thursday. The men have since been released on $10,000 bond each. He checked the computer’s serial number against a list of those from the stolen iMacs and found a match, according to the warrants.īyrd and Harrison each are charged with one count of theft. The detective answered the ad and met the suspects in the parking lot of a West Knoxville shopping center July 23. The base model normally retails for $1,299. The Craigslist posting advertised the “sealed in the box” 2013 model iMac for $900, the warrants state. It was one of 20 computers taken during the burglary, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Kiarra Montrez Byrd, 23, and Victor Laroy Harrison, 35, were arrested by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly selling a computer to an undercover detective, according to arrest warrants.Ī 21.5-inch iMac desktop turned up for sale on Craigslist shortly after it was stolen during a break-in at the school July 20. An online deal too good to be true has led to felony theft charges against two Knoxville men and the recovery of several computers reported stolen last month from the new Carter Elementary School, authorities announced Monday.
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