# Ordered a new MacBook Pro, FedEx delivers an obviously empty box **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-new-macbook-pro-fedex-delivers-an-obviously-empty-box/996691 "2024-01-26T16:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-new-macbook-pro-fedex-delivers-an-obviously-empty-box/996691/41 "2024-02-02T15:39:57Z")
Geez, dude, when you buy a house on Fake Street, aren’t you prepared for wonky deliveries? A retired couple who bought a house on Fake Street in North Kackalacka showed up after the closing to find the entire street gone. [(Totes Legit News link)](https://files.nc.gov/dncr/styles/event_image/public/images/2023-06/nowhere-young7.jpg?VersionId=1YjTmDTuzAG7W.iTWQMuzcbVVjiCjrx6&itok=taFdK6VT) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-new-macbook-pro-fedex-delivers-an-obviously-empty-box/996691/42 "2024-02-02T15:48:13Z")
Pranks (and scams) like that recall the SSD’s which are typically high-capacity and fast, being sold cheaply. Not only did they have a regular SD card or two inside - maybe 8 Gb each) they had flashed the microcontroller to report 512Gb, 1024Gb. And they would work. Slowly and only up to 16Gb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-new-macbook-pro-fedex-delivers-an-obviously-empty-box/996691.md?page=2)