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I'm really starting to hate eBay
gprime:
Well.. not really. But recently I've had terrible luck on eBay.
My last 3 transactions:
1) My sister had a fried xbox motherboard, so I went on eBay to get a replacement. I ended up paying $60 for someones failed modchip attempt (which was advertised as "100% working v1.3 xbox motherboard." The board was burned, some resistors literally melted off, and the board didn't boot at all; not even a FRAG. PayPal for some reason closed my dispute against the seller because I received a package (they didn't care that it wasn't as described). Basically I'm out $60. (Note: This persons feedback was 100%).
2) After beinng frusterated about the motherboard ordeal, I saw "brand new" xboxes for really cheap. The guy was selling like 50 at once (all ended within 5 minutes of eachother) so I thought I could get a great deal for a replacement Xbox. I won one for just over $100 (not bad for a new xbox!). This person was kicked off eBay 3 days later, and he hasn't reponded to my emails for a week. He is currently being flooded with negative feedback, so things don't look good. My PayPal dispute is "pending." (Note: This persons feedback was 95%.)
3) I needed a large Compact Flash drive for my digital camera, and i saw a 5GB disk for $150. It was more than I was wanting to spend, but 5GB beats the cheap 1GBs I was looking for, for only a little more. It was Buy-It-Now and a deal I couldn't pass up! The auction noted that even though this card was pulled out of a Rio MP3 player, it was compatible with Digital Cameras as long as they can support the capacity. What a crock that was. After I received it, I discovered the newer Rio's have crippled CF's that can only be read by computers and the Rio player itself. I have 2 different cameras, and a friends too, and it wasn't compatible with any of them. I'm now stuck with a $150 external hard drive. (Note: This guys feedback ratings were something like 99%).
I'm now flat broke and don't have a thing to show for it :(
daywane:
My Pc sees a CF card as a extra drive.
5 gig :o
wow I did not know they went so large. wonder if you can toss windows on it and boot from it ???
I fell for you on the X box.
5 gig CF .... I think would play with it.
I know you bought it for a camera. You did get hosed. >:(
5 gigs is a large CF. Wish gameboy adv could use CF ;D
MP3S with no skip ;)
you really must have one bad ars camera to be able to use that.
sorry to go on about it but ...man i am freaking out here. A 5 gig CF
If I was not broke right now I would give you your money back. and buy it off you.
put it on buy/sell/trade (the cf)
gprime:
Thats not a bad idea. I'm not *as* pissed about the CF because it does have some resell value (it works as an external hard drive if you have a memory card reader).
daywane:
I could toss in my favorite movie. tuck it in my shirt pocket and off to the lake.
sweet
gprime:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,36480.0.html
;D