It was in the middle of May 2007 when I first bought an electronics gadget other than a cellphone. A friend of mine at work who desperately needed money for his tuition-fee (we were working students) approached me to ask for an appraisal of his iPod Nano. I don’t remember exactly how our conversation went but from what I can recall it went a little something like this:

Friend: Dave, I need money. I’m thinking of selling this MP3 player my cousin gave me, it’s from Japan. You know, the iPod?

Me: (thinking he must be talking about a cheap Chinese knock-off upon hearing the words iPod and the name of a country other than the USA) Is it really an iPod? The original? Let me see it.

Friend: I don’t have it with me, it’s at home. I’ll show you tomorrow. It’s a silver 2 GB iPod Nano that’s only been used 2 months.

Me: (still unbelieving) I think it’s supposed to sell for about P7,000 or something since brand new units are still P9,000 plus. I’ll help you find a buyer a.s.a.p., and if I can’t, I’ll buy it myself.

Standing true to my word, I really did end up buying my friend’s iPod myself. I loved listening to music anyway and I figured I could make a profit by re-selling the iPod for a higher price (I haggled so hard with him the iPod only cost me P4,000).

That marked the beginning of my journey through the online marketplace and my love affair with Apple. But that’s another story. Here, meanwhile, I’ll talk about the time I became a victim of a devious online seller when I purchased from him a cellphone that was bricked by the NTC.

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