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Ebay listing that made me chuckle
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Where I work we have learned from experience that anyone who buys laptops in bulk and sells them as 'untested' because they haven't got the time to test them are liars. We have caught a number of sellers out by noticing various tell tale signs on the laptops that they have been messed with. We confront them with their lies, they say they are not lying, we tell them they are defrauding us by selling us stuff that is claimed not to have been messed with but has been messed with and that we will take up the matter through the courts (at the time we would spend spend thousands in £££ and $$$ buying supposedly untouched faulty laptops) and that's when they admitted they have messed with them (powered them up and took out the working parts and replaced them with faulty parts).I'm a seasoned eBay veteran but the seller's stance still bemuses me.
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They have no time to test the computers, even to just power them up and see what happens? I doubt that very much. Rather, they don't want to confirm outright that the items are dead or have problems - in preference of describing them as "untested." 9 out of 10 times that I've asked people/organisations questions about an item or to check/test it for me to the best of their ability, they've always obliged. If they refuse, that's an instant red flag.
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So, based from my own experiences, any seller that buys laptops in bulk and sells them off on ebay with the specific instruction that they do not have the time to test them thus why they selling as 'untested', do not believe them.
“Don’t have the time? Don’t do a crime to make some quick dime. Instead, go suck on a lime.”
I'm indifferent regardless of the explanation if it's being sold "as-is / parts". That said I take the position a system described as untested (and listed "as-is / parts") but possibly working as tested and not working but we don't want to say so. Occasionally there are systems out there like that but I think they're in the minority.
Next one:
Notice, that "Tomioka" merely means "one of the factories belonging to Yashica".
These Tomioka lens are quite common, many no-name (Hanimex, for instance) 21mm 1:3.5 lens were made by Yashica, that is, Tomioka.
I have one labeled as "Hanimex" and one labeled as "Yashica". Not sure about the first, but the second is 100% Tomioka. And there is one Chinon M42 made by Tomioka. Bought that on "Jófogás" (ca. the same as ebay-kleinanzeigen.de in Germany) for 70000 Ft. Seller wanted 100000 Ft, I was not very exited about it, so he lowered the price. At that time 300 Ft was worth $1, so it's about $230 versus $330. No one was happy with the 70000 Ft deal, that means it was a fair deal.
Now the same lens made at the same factory (but an earlier design, with earlier coating) is offered for $3600?
A large diamond is likely hidden inside of these lens, I probably just can't find it.
Time to buy a house in Cupertino? The one I got in Hungary was the most expensive... ROFL.
The most modern one (Yashica) has a tiny scratch on the coating, so it was thrown at me. The Hanimex is a no-name, in pre-AI Nikon mount. Was under $50.
[TOP MINT] Tomioka Auto Tominon 21mm F/3.5 Wide Angle Lens M42 Mount From JAPAN | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for [TOP MINT] Tomioka Auto Tominon 21mm F/3.5 Wide Angle Lens M42 Mount From JAPAN at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
www.ebay.com
Notice, that "Tomioka" merely means "one of the factories belonging to Yashica".
These Tomioka lens are quite common, many no-name (Hanimex, for instance) 21mm 1:3.5 lens were made by Yashica, that is, Tomioka.
I have one labeled as "Hanimex" and one labeled as "Yashica". Not sure about the first, but the second is 100% Tomioka. And there is one Chinon M42 made by Tomioka. Bought that on "Jófogás" (ca. the same as ebay-kleinanzeigen.de in Germany) for 70000 Ft. Seller wanted 100000 Ft, I was not very exited about it, so he lowered the price. At that time 300 Ft was worth $1, so it's about $230 versus $330. No one was happy with the 70000 Ft deal, that means it was a fair deal.
Now the same lens made at the same factory (but an earlier design, with earlier coating) is offered for $3600?
A large diamond is likely hidden inside of these lens, I probably just can't find it.
Time to buy a house in Cupertino? The one I got in Hungary was the most expensive... ROFL.
The most modern one (Yashica) has a tiny scratch on the coating, so it was thrown at me. The Hanimex is a no-name, in pre-AI Nikon mount. Was under $50.
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Matrox Flat Panel DVI Upgrade Module For G400 Series | eBay
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Matrox Flat Panel DVI Upgrade Module For G400 Series.</p> <br>
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Sure, a Matrox G400 with DVI is da bomb, but come on!
It’s been pre-cut and, uh, weatherized for the local climate.
GRAFIKKARTE RETRO VINTAGE 3DFX VOODOO5 5500 64MB 210-0413-001 AGP BOX | eBay
VOODOO5 5500 GRAFIKEN. KÜHLART Aktiv. SPEICHERBUS 256-Bit. STROMVERBRAUCH (TDP) 30W. Molex NETZANSCHLUSS. UNTERSTÜTZTE BIBLIOTHEKEN DirectX 7, OpenGL 1.1. ARTEN VON D-SUB-AUSGÄNGEN. EAN 5903864633283.
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Now, if that were a 6000 it would be the deal of the month.
It is still an exceptional value. Only in comparison with an other super-deal of the same seller:GRAFIKKARTE RETRO VINTAGE 3DFX VOODOO5 5500 64MB 210-0413-001 AGP BOX | eBay
VOODOO5 5500 GRAFIKEN. KÜHLART Aktiv. SPEICHERBUS 256-Bit. STROMVERBRAUCH (TDP) 30W. Molex NETZANSCHLUSS. UNTERSTÜTZTE BIBLIOTHEKEN DirectX 7, OpenGL 1.1. ARTEN VON D-SUB-AUSGÄNGEN. EAN 5903864633283.www.ebay.de
Now, if that were a 6000 it would be the deal of the month.
FESTPLATTE WD CAVIAR BLUE 80GB 7200U/min 8MB ATA IDE PATA WD800AAJB 3.5'' Zoll | eBay
Modell: WD800AAJB. Umdrehungsgeschwindigkeit: 7200U/min. Speicherkapazität: 80GB. Cache: 8MB. 10 Jahren auf dem Markt. Serie: WD BLUE.
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But wait... I can buy a PATA <--> SATA housing and a SATA WD "Blue" 1 TB M.2 SSD drive locally for much less.
Maybe THAT particular 80GB drive indeed has a large diamond hidden inside?
It's just well-hidden, but it's there. This is why it's 3.5 inch, very slow - and not well suitable for laptops.
Unlike the WD "Blue" M.2 SSD with the proper 44-pin PATA housing.
A friend of mine thinks that there must be some money laundering scheme behind such listings.
…or the drive contains a Bitcoin wallet that’s worth quadrillions.
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I knew I should have held onto my old Caviar HDDs! Even in non-working condition, I could have gotten at least ten per cent of that! 🙃
Amethyst1 and myself have unfair advantage. Not only there is unlimited supply of red caviar in MixMarkt and buying a largish can under 20 Euro is not a big problem: once in a while I can buy a similar can for ca. 1 Euro.
To bad: I can't eat it and have it at the same time. And I prefer to eat it.
Update: while the origin of that 1 Euro can is obvious, cans from MixMarkt
Ihr Supermarkt für osteuropäische Spezialitäten | Mixmarkt
Mix Markt - Ihr Supermarkt für russische Produkte, polnische Lebensmittel und rumänische Spezialitäten ❤️ Jede Woche neue Angebote und Rabatte %%%
have no mentioning of the country of origin.
I buy them and can testify: the taste is exactly the same I expect. As for price: this is of salmon or trout (i.e. Red Caviar, but not Western Digital Red). Once you start to think about Western Digital (NOT!) "Black", that price even in RU is very-very much above the price of "Red". Good so, the fish in question is almost extinct and "Red" is by no means less healthy, than "Black".
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At those prices, I can’t imagine the planet will have fish for much longer.
The 1 Euro price is only in RU, maybe in BY and UA.
Otherwise it's 17 and up. And only salmon or trout "red" one.
The one from nearly extinct Caspian fish (sterlet for genuine "black") costs far above what anyone with FirmTek background can afford, even if buying in RU.
Heck, even buying just sterlet, not even it's caviar is rightfully a price shock.
Eating trout is by no means less healthy.
The eBay insanity beats the price even of genuine sterlet "black" caviar. And you can't even eat it.
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Well, sturgeon (sterlet), which are a very slow-growing species, have been under threat in the Black/Caspian Seas for a long time due to over-harvesting of roe. So have sturgeon in the Nearctic regions (i.e., North America) — most of them found on inland freshwater lakes in or near the Great Lakes system.
Even so, other roe/caviar sourced from trout, salmon, and other species are overharvested and populations are measurably crashing. This is especially so for salmon along the West Coast of Canada and the U.S., up and to the point of regulatory bodies halting annual catching/harvesting seasons or mandating that river-caught salmon by individual anglers, found to be swollen with eggs about to be released, must be released back to the river immediately.
Our consumptive eyes are bigger than our planet’s capacity to supply it steadfastly.
The trick is to find the fish which haven’t been over-harvested.
Speak for yourself. A girl needs her recommended daily allowance of iron!
Not eBay, but the Dutch equivalent (which is owned by eBay)
It's a steal!
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It's a steal!
WHY STOP AT €123.456,00? Keep going with €123.456,78(9)!
"Integer overflow error: Price reset to 000.000,00".
The Amiga 2000 is still one of my favorites - I used one way back in the day to analog fan-sub anime laser discs thanks to the A2300 Genlock card.
They like the abalone soup. Same here. One of my favorites - but my wallet hates it.Well, sturgeon (sterlet), which are a very slow-growing species, have been under threat in the Black/Caspian Seas for a long time due to over-harvesting of roe. So have sturgeon in the Nearctic regions (i.e., North America) — most of them found on inland freshwater lakes in or near the Great Lakes system.
Even so, other roe/caviar sourced from trout, salmon, and other species are overharvested and populations are measurably crashing. This is especially so for salmon along the West Coast of Canada and the U.S., up and to the point of regulatory bodies halting annual catching/harvesting seasons or mandating that river-caught salmon by individual anglers, found to be swollen with eggs about to be released, must be released back to the river immediately.
Our consumptive eyes are bigger than our planet’s capacity to supply it steadfastly.
The trick is to find the fish which haven’t been over-harvested.
Speak for yourself. A girl needs her recommended daily allowance of iron!
On the other side the offerings in European food store chains are quite different than in California.
The only comparable store is Trader's Joe. It's essentially Aldi North which is not the more common Aldi South.
When we lived in Cupertino we used to shop in Trader's Joe and different ethnic food stores and avoided "Lucky" and "Safeway". And at that time (2008 and earlier) we thought, the monthly $1500 rent for a house in the hills overlooking the Apple campus is a lot of money. 🤣
You know, you gotta give it to some folks with their hustle, marketing themselves locally on Marketplace (which, interestingly, one can browse without having a FB account) for the service of slapping OCLP onto older Macs to give them current macOS builds… for fifty bucks. 🤣
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Pssst, hey Marketplace browsers… you can do this yourself, for free.
Pssst, hey Marketplace browsers… you can do this yourself, for free.
Like, you know, selling copies of LibreOffice?