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rob1234:
Ok I honestly think the guy is nuts. I have been leaving his name out of the topic out of kindness. I didn't get a paper signed saying as is, however I didn't imply any type of warranty either. I took 45 minutes of my time on the phone, (long distance) and tried to help him troubleshoot the problem. That was more then generous I think. As with all private property purchased, it is sold as is. You inspect it and make your decision. He bought a working game and now its not working after his car ride home. Here is the last message he sent me:
Hey Rob, tried the regular monitor suggestion, no luck. I took another video
card from another computer and tried it and it didn't work either.
I guess the big question is what are you willing to do to help resolve this
deal? I believe that it isn't unreasonable to think that all I needed to do
was bring the cab, pc etc. home and put it together and be able to get to
playing. You said you would be willing to work on the pc to fix it as long as
it didn't cost you any money. My fear with that is I send it to you, you have
to get parts to repair it and I have to spend even more money to handle
that.
I am not willing to drop any money into the pc either, it should have worked
when I got it home. It wasn't mishandled on my part, I have no clue whats
wrong with it. What would you expect if you were in my place and this happened
to you? Any suggestions would be appreciated. As an option I would be willing
to pack up the cab, pc etc. and bring it back up to you for a refund of my
$500. That may be the least costly, most sensible way to handle it, I don't
know.
LMK what you think, Thanks,
I am going to tell him I obviously can't take back a machine that was working upon purchase and is not working now. I would then be responsible for the damage incurred within his possession. I think its something to do with the graphics card...the screen just shows up white when the computer loads. I think he busted somthing on the motherboard so I am going to look up the motherboard on ebay and tell him he should try that. Any other comments/suggestions?
Arcadiac:
OK, y'all, I'm the "guy".
I was hoping to resolve this with Rob privately, but since its been opened for discussion by Rob I'm gonna put my 2 cents in.
The PC worked at Rob's as he said. He disassembled it, the cab etc. Put parts in a box, helped load up the stuff into the
van. The PC was loaded in the back of my van by Robs dad, looked ok to me where it was so I left it there.
Unpacked everything, brought it into the house, let it sit inside overnight.
Today, I set it up and while the PC was booting, I got a BIOS errror saying "cpu is unworkable or changed. Please recheck -
CPU SOFT MENU" Pressing F1 or DEL to enter setup did not work. At that point I called Rob and asked him what to do,
assuming that since he built the PC he would be a bit more knowledgeable than I. At Rob'suggestion I checked "to see if the
ram, cpu, video card were all seated properly along with all the cables."
While removing the AGP card, the small white clip that helps secure the card to the AGP slot came off with it. It snaps in and
out, it is not "broken", look at an AGP slot and you will see what I mean.
I'm not a freakin' monkey with Godzilla hands, I've successfully installed video cards before.
I did not mishandle or damage the PC in any way, it simply didn't work when I tried to use it.
The bottom line is not that I am looking to place blame or "get over" on somebody to pay for a repair that is probably no
ones fault, just looking to get exactly what I paid for, a working pc in an arcade MAME cabinet. With out the working PC the cab is worth ~$100-200 at the most.
I expected to have a working MAME cabinet when I assembled it today and that is not the case.
So I'm simply seeking the least costly solution.
I don't believe that Rob was trying to F' me over or anything, I've never had a deal like this go bad so I simply asked for some help.
I really don't think that asking for help in absorbing half of the cost to fix the PC problem was unreasonable.
Whenever I make a deal with someone, If its wrong I try to make it right, and if they are not satisfied I offer them a refund, period.
I stand behind whatever I sell, its just that simple. My word, reputation and integrity is worth more to me than all this kinda crap. So I probably am wrong in thinking that other people might want to operate that way, well so be it, I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
I'm not angry with Rob or anything, just feeling that if this is the best I get for $500 cash.......well how exactly would any one of you feel?
At this point I have an empty cab, an old TV, and a dead (at this point) PC.
"Smokin' deal"-Gunstar Hero, what a stupid thing to say.
Do you REALLY think that without the working PC that this would have even been a "deal"?
Maybe the best solution is to pack up everything and bring it back and get my $500 cash back?
With the lack of trust shown here maybe it will be the only solution, then we could both cut our losses and someone
else could get this "smokin' deal"?
Anyway, just my 2 cents before all these "opinions" ::)
get out of hand.
Rob call me, email me, whatever, I'm open to solutions,
Thanks, Ron
ARCADIAC!<<<------Not a --cream-filled twinkie--!!
rob1234:
emailed ARCADIAC and told him motherboard is $30 on ebay if he buys it and ships that and the computer to me and pays all shipping cost I would take the time to work on it free of charge. I think that is more the reasonable.
Wizard of DelRay:
Tell you both what. I have an extra motherboard and processor. It's an Asus A7N266-VM with an Athlon XP 1700. Now I will send this to you, Arcadiac, to help you with your problem with Rob. It has worked fine for me but I'll state it now, once you get it it is your responsibility. Especially since it's free.
As long as you already have memory, hard drive, etc., you should be good to go. If you both agree to this, just let me know.
rob1234:
It is arcadiacs decision. I am not promising its the mother board, but it has to be somthing to do with the graphics card and since he claims its not the card I think its the only other sollution.
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