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OpenCore Computer attempts sale of Hackintosh systems

6 points by harambae 6y ago

steveharman 6y ago
I give them a fortnight, allowing for a little delay with postal services and Apple's legal team possibly working remotely on the cease & desist.
kohtatsu 6y ago
They only accept BTC FWIW.
daniel-thompson 6y ago
Here's how you pay for it (seriously!): > The Escrow Process Explained: You configure your system and then pay 30% of the total price. This 30% deposit serves to show as a commitment on your part that you do intend to actually complete the order while we build your machine. The 10% actual USD value of the deposit is subtracted from the outstanding amount that will be settled in escrow. Once we’ve built your computer, we’ll snap a picture of your shiny new machine along with the exclusive, one-off serial number (case and OS screenshots) which we assign to all machines. We inform you that we’re ready to ship. You sign up at Bitrated.com and email us with your Bitrated ID. We create a very simple escrow contract on Bitrated. You deposit the remaining BTC funds in the Bitrated multi-signature escrow wallet. We then ship your new system and add the tracking number to the Bitrated system. Once the tracking number is confirmed as valid, then you must release payment immediately. If you don’t, then we’ll have to call upon a bitrated escrow arbitrator to release the funds. Our only responsibility is to build and ship the system which is why we expect you to agree to fast release of funds after we provide online verifiable tracking.
wayneftw 6y ago
Why don’t they sell just the hackintosh hardware but without the OS pre-installed? Then ship explicit instructions on how to do the perfectly reproducible installation on your own...
osy 6y ago
They stole the logo and name of the well known Hackintosh bootloader (OpenCore)—-none of the developers are involved with this scam and are pretty pissed about it.

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OpenCore Computer attempts sale of Hackintosh systems

6 points by harambae 6y ago

steveharman 6y ago
I give them a fortnight, allowing for a little delay with postal services and Apple's legal team possibly working remotely on the cease & desist.
kohtatsu 6y ago
They only accept BTC FWIW.
daniel-thompson 6y ago
Here's how you pay for it (seriously!): > The Escrow Process Explained: You configure your system and then pay 30% of the total price. This 30% deposit serves to show as a commitment on your part that you do intend to actually complete the order while we build your machine. The 10% actual USD value of the deposit is subtracted from the outstanding amount that will be settled in escrow. Once we’ve built your computer, we’ll snap a picture of your shiny new machine along with the exclusive, one-off serial number (case and OS screenshots) which we assign to all machines. We inform you that we’re ready to ship. You sign up at Bitrated.com and email us with your Bitrated ID. We create a very simple escrow contract on Bitrated. You deposit the remaining BTC funds in the Bitrated multi-signature escrow wallet. We then ship your new system and add the tracking number to the Bitrated system. Once the tracking number is confirmed as valid, then you must release payment immediately. If you don’t, then we’ll have to call upon a bitrated escrow arbitrator to release the funds. Our only responsibility is to build and ship the system which is why we expect you to agree to fast release of funds after we provide online verifiable tracking.
wayneftw 6y ago
Why don’t they sell just the hackintosh hardware but without the OS pre-installed? Then ship explicit instructions on how to do the perfectly reproducible installation on your own...
osy 6y ago
They stole the logo and name of the well known Hackintosh bootloader (OpenCore)—-none of the developers are involved with this scam and are pretty pissed about it.