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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« on: September 28, 2012, 12:38:04 PM »
Any news from Petro???
 

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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2012, 07:22:56 PM »
I  think I have the key of the broken warranty sticker enigma.

The sticker  says mine is an A1200 FR but it doesn't have the French layout keyboard (AZERTY) but the UK one (QWERTY + 2 blank keys).

I  therefore think the Amigas were open by some third party to switch the original keyboards to UK layout  keyboards.
 

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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 07:56:18 PM »
Well maybe yours was originally a GReek A1200 :)
 

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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2012, 08:46:18 PM »
Over 25000 views for this thread.
The new Gangnam style? :D
 

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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2012, 06:48:20 PM »
Quote from: edd_jedi;720125
FYI, the warranty seals on the bottom of all of the Amiga's were broken YEARS ago when the company went bust and the units were resold as dead stock, because a company that doesn't exist cannot offer a warranty. There is no scam or conspiracy here, they're just a load of old odd Amiga's, and some of them are bound to have issues after so long. If you're not willing to take that risk, buy a tested one from Amibay or something.

And what's the explanation for the missing screws under the Amigas, for the UK keyboard layouts which don't match the stickers under the units, for the rubber pads which are dirty, for the open software boxes inside... ?
 

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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2012, 04:01:13 PM »
Quote from: nadoom;720162
I suppose what you were expecting was a vaccum packed freeze dried A1200 complete with a certificate of authenticity from mehdi ali himself?
You asked for a NOS A1200 is that not what you received? If not exactly what form of 17 year old computer did you receive?
Have you analysed the dirty rubber pads? maybe its been sitting in an indian school all these years.. or maybe its a natural aging of rubber, I havent done the tests myself..
Yes your amiga has been opened and a UK keyboard put in..
It all points to a criminal conspiracy if you ask me!!

Actually the invoice mail I received clearly says "Of course all units are brand new and original packed, but all of them were stored in a warehouse since 1995".

So yes I was expecting an aged but brand new unit (in my mind brand new meaning without broken seal, keyboard transplantation, dirty pads, open software box, missing screw (?)  etc) as I bought for half price on e--y a used C= A1200 which was in better overall condition (including the rubber pads).

IMHO Petro tried to do something nice for our community but he made the mistake not to check by himself the state of the packs before importing them to Europe. I bet that for the next A1200 batch he's not going to say anymore that they are brand new.

And yes he should accept the returns for those of us who are not satisfied with the condition of the pack they received (obviously not brand new). As it seems to be lots of people on this forum who would be happy with a pack in that condition, he wouldn't have any problem to resell them to them...
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Re: Petro: 500 units new Amiga 1200 Magic Pac
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 07:57:50 PM »
Is he still advertising them as "brand new"?
Could somebody post the content of his e-mail?