[GLLUG] Laptop Power Cords

[Richard Houser]

Smaller electronics like cell phones, opossum, etc often use standard power
adapters that someone may want to keep.  My kindle and ipod didn't even
come with a charger new.  Any semi-recent laptop should come with a brick
 On Jun 2, 2012 10:09 AM, "Charles Ulrich" <charles at bityard.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I like to check out the ads on Craigslist for laptop PCs.  Many of them
> say
> > they don't include the power cord.  Does anyone have any real idea of why
> > this seems to be so common?  Could it be that the laptops are stolen?  Do
> > any of you have problems keeping track of your laptop power cords?
>
> Any laptop that doesn't come with a power brick or any other
> accessories is a good candidate for having been stolen. Same for a
> cell phone, iPad, or other portable electronic device. I don't care
> how disorganized you are, if you bought the thing new, you should be
> able to dig up *something* that came with it.
>
> One possible way to tell if an item is hot: ask for the serial number.
> If it's a thief (or fence) trying to sell it, I doubt you'd get a
> response.
>
> Charles
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