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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: jimbo100 on May 31, 2007, 01:53:37 PM
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Anyone had much to do with the German ebayer by the name of amix68k ?
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No, but what's up?
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Nope but he seem to bid on almost every Amiga auction I look at :-o
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Have had quite some business with him. Mostly through amiga-news.de and not Ebay. He is quite relyable, never had a problem buing things from him.
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Same here..
I only have good things to say about him. :-)
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Purchased a PIV card from him on Ebay, card is dead.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220104798285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=012
It looks like this card which was dead when he bought it.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180094694368
He claims they are different boards and that he bought the one he sent me from a user group and that he used it for a long time!
At the time he offered me a A4000 mainboard which guess what, is also dead! He claims he took it out of a working machine and stored it but when I received it it was missing jumpers and the kickstart socket is broken which he didn't tell me about at the time of purchase.
When I questioned him about the jumpers he claims that he may have removed them but does not answer me about the kickstart socket damage.
He is an Amiga user who sells a lot of gear but for some reason he doesn't test some things. Looking back thru his feedback there are a few complaints of him selling dud gear which he simply replays as untested and bad luck for the buyer.
He certainly doesnt help the Amiga cause and now he is also telling me bad luck.
It leaves a sour taste in my mouth and down $420+.
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He's the one selling 1Mbitx1 ZIPs that he claimed to be compatible with the A3000 but that are in fact totally incompatible.
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Of course I have quizzed him all all this and asked for a refund but when I get home tonight I see he has put an eBay dispute in saying I haven't paid for the items when I have lodged a dispute with paypal?
Surely eBay can see that I have paid using Paypal? Talk about childish, this guy is completly dishonest!
One to watch out for guys!!
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And he's still trying to push his MCM511000 ZIP chips which can destroy an Amiga 3000...
See item 220116843536
A 3000 requires 514400 ZIP chips...
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Some of his feedback from eBay that I have found (translated with AltaViata)
1. Supply and completion of OK ONE. Commodity clearly defectively!
2. Board very worst than the description and NOT WORKING -- very BAD --never again
3. The non removable disk was unfortunately operatingunable, went more zurueck(aber still no money)....
4. Defective commodity supplied!! Stirs up off (function of a Festpl can. n. examine)
5. commodity defectively therefore neutrally
6. Quick supply, good packing. But the commodity is defective unfortunately. Harm
7. Commodity as lack those were not indicated. Equipment in no good condition
Sometimes the negative feedback tells you a whole lot more about a person than the positive stuff esp when it's the same negative feedback. No one can be that unlucky with things breaking between him selling and the goods arriving!
There are many more but the common theme is he is not adverse to buying faulty gear and selling it again simply claiming untested and responds with each feedback with the same line, "Sales without function warranty"
Dishonest people need to be avoided, they ruin the whole Amiga exprience!
ONE TO STAY WELL CLEAR OFF!
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I actually bid on a motherboard he had for sale on ebay, and unfortunately I didn't read through the whole auction description. Anyway, it turned out I won the motherboard, and I looked the auction over, and stumbled across the words "Ohne funktionsgarantie" which means without guarantee of it working or something similar. I started to dig into his feedback, and saw his negative feedback, which looks like things he is selling "ohne funktionsgarantie" means more or less defective.
I took the discussion up with him, and he started with some vague reasons, like he had also sold items "ohne funktionsgarantie" which were working fine. All he could dig up was some auctions ending at around 15-20 USD, so nothing most people would cry about. I was amazed by some of the auctions he got a negative feedback on, as it was a zorro card, and he claimed that his A4000 didn't have zorro slots at the time of testing, becuase he had switched to PCI (no A4k pci solution is without zorro slots). As I asked, he said that he only had an A2k at the time of the auction; again very questionable. And finally, the same time the a4k motherboard I bid on, he had a z2 scsi controller for sale, which he surprisingly had have the time to test. In the end, all of this doesn't make any sense to me, so I decided to accept the negative feedback I might get, and save my 150 USD the auction would have set me back. Unfortunately another user will most likely end up with the dead motherboard :-(
Bottom line and sorry to say it, I cought him lying enough times through the emails sent back and forth, that I would ever trust him.
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You should have warned us users!!!!
I noticed you didn't get any negative feedback. You were right the mainboard is dead and I have a dispute with Paypal who have removed the money from his account. He has now opened a dispute in eBay claming I haven't paid for the item stating I have made a withdrawal from his paypal account. I wish!
Clearly he has no idea about how Paypal works. I offered to send the boards back asking for a refund minus postage. He basically told me that there was nothing he could do and that I must have made a mistake. The board has a broken kickstart socket which he forgot to tell me about. I should have checked his feedback more closely but I needed an A4000 mainboard. In the end I have nothing but empty bank account!
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I will only write in this thread once, as I am not used in washing dirty dishes in public. Also I am no native english speaker so please apologize for my bad english.
Friends and amiga-collectors have pointed me to this thread and I have registered here because I think this should not be left unanswered.
James on 31.05.2007 (which is exact the date of your posting here), you sent a mail that the board is not working. I sent you a mail asking some questions (was the parcel damaged, did you make mistakes in assembling the boards, etc.). You answered none of my questions. Instead you began to rant about betrayal and started to insult me.
After that you told me, that you will begin to start a campaign of character assisination, which starts here I think.
To the board I sold you: a Picasso IV, tested and in good condition sells on ebay germany for about Euro 200,- and up (about USD 250,-). You won the auction for a fracture of that, because the card was offered UNTESTED. Now you are angry, because the card does not work (which I cannot believe really, as the card was pulled from a working system), which I can understand. But as you do not answer questions on the topic, I am not able to help you. I assume it is only a little problem, but to avoid problems I offered the card UNTESTED and explicitly without working garuantee. This was stated in the auction and as you are not a german native speaker, I told you so via mail more than once and you confirmed that.
I sent you proofs that the both cards you mentioned in the different auctions are not the same, but you keep ignoring them. As the police detective you claim to be you should react different.
As for paypal: you are right, I do not have experience with such a situation, as I never had any complaints like this.
I apologize to the members here who are bored by such a thread, but I had to clearify this.
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Oh I can't let this go without rebuttal!
amix68k wrote:
James on 31.05.2007 (which is exact the date of your posting here), you sent a mail that the board is not working. I sent you a mail asking some questions (was the parcel damaged, did you make mistakes in assembling the boards, etc.).
Really, funny, the email I have from you says something very different. You never asked me about the condition of the parcel? I advised you the board was dead and your response was, "Are you sure? Did you make any mistakes in putting the things together?"
I replied no that I didn't make mistakes and your next reply was, "At first, I am sorry, that you have problems withe the two boards. But I cannot be of much help"
I answered all your questions, the trouble I asked a lot more and got these responses!
You then went to rant about selling untested boards etc and paying a fraction etc. You never confirmed anything prior in fact I clearly asked you if they worked prior to paying and shipping to which you replied, "Both boards were pulled from working systems a few weeks ago"
I have all the emails here.
I notice you didn't comment about the claims of doctorq but thats your style isn't it. Avoid the hard questions. So whats with the dispute on eBay then?
I find your comments on eBay thou quite disturbing thou. You stated that I had committed a crime when the money was withdrawn out of your account by Paypal. I of course advised you that it was called fraud when you sold faulty goods as working and your response,
"Fraud would be, if I sold the cards to you fully working. But I sold the cards as "not tested".
So is this an admission the boards were not working? Couldn't you have tested in the A2000 you mentioned in this thread!
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29540
The board worked fine in my A2000 (Blizzard 060, CV64/3D, VLabt-Motion, Toccata and X-Surf), so PSU seems no problem
At least now Amiga users will now know what you mean as "untested"
Point in case thou, the Amiga 4000 mainboard was not won in an action, doctorq won that. You just offered it to me when he pulled out and we now know why. I clearly asked you if it was working.
Anyway I will be sending both boards to Amiga France for them to check out. Now if they report they are faulty and tell me why then will you take them back minus postage?
Yes or no? Am I being unreasonable?
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@amix68k
I'd contacted you some months ago about the 511000 chips not being compatible to Amiga 3000 - please stop offering those chips! They may be compatible with some extension boards but they're not with an A3k and never will be.
If you don't, I'll buy a set and then you owe me an A3000...
btw: 'without warranty' means exactly that: if the board stops working after some time, it's the buyer's problem. But if it doesn't work right away, it's the seller's problem because he sold it as 'used' which doesn't mean 'dead'. If you have hardware that's dead or untested, sell it as such and not as 'used, no warranty'.
Read eBay's comments, they say the same thing.
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I'm still surprised people buy stuff on Ebay which is 'untested' and think it will work. 'Untested' on EBay means it will be defective.
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James, please configure your mail-system, as mails to you are bounced with the following error:
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I've bought some "untested" stuff which worked fine from ebay including an a1200 for about £7.
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Wait - I am NOT taking sides here, but are both the seller and the buyer aware that a Picasso IV DOES NOT WORK without the snap-off module?
Lots of people think this is just the flicker fixer, which it isn't. The flicker is actually placed on the Picasso IV itself.
I had the same experience, but the other way around: I bought a Picasso IV which was sold as defective (explicitly), but was tested without the module. Needless to say, testing the board myself - it did not work. Attach the included snap-off module, and hey presto! A working PIV.
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Hey Tahoe you really took me on the machine side (no 3000UX or 2500 or 3000T-040 here, but an Access to throw in as a countermeasure :lol: ) but I`ll take you on on the cards side anytime :-P
Maybe some day I have the time to list all my stuff just like you
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Zac67 wrote:
@amix68k
I'd contacted you some months ago about the 511000 chips not being compatible to Amiga 3000 - please stop offering those chips! They may be compatible with some extension boards but they're not with an A3k and never will be.
Thank you for confirming my position on this.
I don't think he should stop offering the chips but he should certainly NOT claim that they are compatible with the 3000.
I know some PC video cards are compatible with these chips. Some various old motherboards and accelerators also are compatible with these but I don't know which.
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eslapion wrote:
I don't think he should stop offering the chips but he should certainly NOT claim that they are compatible with the 3000.
Yes, I meant offering them for the A3000, of course. There's no problem in selling them for what they are. ;-)
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Tahoe wrote:
Wait - I am NOT taking sides here, but are both the seller and the buyer aware that a Picasso IV DOES NOT WORK without the snap-off module?
Lots of people think this is just the flicker fixer, which it isn't. The flicker is actually placed on the Picasso IV itself.
I had the same experience, but the other way around: I bought a Picasso IV which was sold as defective (explicitly), but was tested without the module. Needless to say, testing the board myself - it did not work. Attach the included snap-off module, and hey presto! A working PIV.
I didn't know that!!!!!
Do you mean he lied about it working then??? Cos he told me it came from his system and he used it!
Well well well amix68k....seems you have been well and truly caught out!
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Do you mean he lied about it working then??? Cos he told me it came from his system and he used it!
Well well well amix68k....seems you have been well and truly caught out!
Well could also proof that he is right when saying "pulled from a working system" I think it worked when it was in the system, but when it was pulled off the snap off modules was left in place thus leaving the card fully functional but totally useless at the same time.
If amix68k didn`t know that all you can hold him for is that he didn`t giveit enough thought, but then again you didn`t know as well.
So just talk to him and see if he has the modules somewhere and send it to you or simply give the card back. This should be no problem knowing what we know now.
Maybe I`m a little biased about situation when the buyer wants to shoot the seller, because I was once in the same situation. The buyer finally had to admit embarrased that the problems where caused by a powercable that came lose during transport. Something that could have easyly be worked out by calmly talking to each other.
I know it is a little bit different here but I too sense lack of communication.
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There has been plenty of comms. He has clearly advised me it came from a working system pull. He has clearly told me that has has used the card.
So if he is honest and it's all been a mistake then he will have the FF part and will send it to me and I will be the first to say I am wrong!
But if he doesn't have the FF part what does that prove?
There has been plenty of communication, but it's all been along the lines of sorry, you bought it, you have them, sorry I can't help!
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Just a little update, amix68k has avoided the question about the flickerfixer part of the Picasso IV card. I have so far asked him three times and on each occasion he keeps on going on about me breaking the Amiga 4000 mainboard? Not sure how he keeps coming back to this?
So I guess I have my answer!
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Sorry James, but now you have talked me into it :(
I did answer the question to you via the ebay message system. I even offered a solution. But you ignored me or have a problem with your mail system.
All emails to you are bounced and I have severe diffculties in working out a solution in 1000-character pieces.
Also I asked for details of the check of the A4000 motherboard which you claimed you had at a tech shop this weekend. They surely diagnosed what is wrong (if something is wrong).
I am really interested in working out a solution, so repair your mail system or give me a valid email-adress and stop talking nonsense and half-truth here.
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We have been communicating via eBay. I want you to go through eBay as I told you so everything is recorded, why you don't want to do this is beyond me.
But please tell me about this solution you are going on about because you certainly haven't haven't offered me any such thing yet. All you have told me is that the flicker fixer part you have in your system and when I asked you for a photo you tell me it's now with a friend?
You have told me that you didn't know that the card needed the flicker fixer part otherwise you would have put that in your auction and of course if you had I would not have bought it!
I have told you the A4000 mainboard is dead, I have had this comfirmed by someone else. He is a tech, I have never said I took it to a shop, you again have assumed incorrectly. We both don't know whats wrong with it becuase it is lifeless, there are no error messages, colors or anything!
So what is your solution you offer?
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I stated in the thread clearly that I will not wash my dishes in public.
But at least I owe you an answer. As your mail system seems defective and I am into it anyway, here is the answer which I first sent yesterday, but was bounced two times now.
Really, funny, the email I have from you says something very
different. You never asked me about the condition of the parcel? I advised you the board was dead and your response was, "Are you sure?
Did you make any mistakes in putting the things together?"
Quote from my email from 31.05.2007:
> I do not clearly know whether the boards worked here (and told you so)
> i do not know what happened to the boards on its lomg trip around the world (you did not mention, whether the package was damaged or opened)
> I do not knwo what you did with the boards and hown much experience you have in putting systems together
> I do not know if you are trying to trick me to get your money back
No question marks but clear open points, dont you think? In the paypal-procedure you told them of a damage on the outside and complained about shipping costs, but you did not answer my questions.
I replied no that I didn't make mistakes and your next reply was, "At first, I am sorry, that you have problems withe the two boards. But I cannot be of much help"
This is true., I have NOT TESTED the boards. What in this sentence dont you understand? They have been pulled working, but not tested prior shipping. That was stated in the acution text and repeated to you by mail as you are not a german native speaker. You accepted this condition of the cards happyly that you do not have to pay EUR 400,- for a mainboard.
I answered all your questions, the trouble I asked a lot more and got these responses!
See above.
You then went to rant about selling untested boards etc and paying a fraction etc. You never confirmed anything prior in fact I clearly asked you if they worked prior to paying and shipping to which you replied, "Both boards were pulled from working systems a few weeks ago"
That is right.
I have all the emails here.
Fine. Read them.
I notice you didn't comment about the claims of doctorq but thats your style isn't it. Avoid the hard questions. So whats with the dispute on eBay then?
I have discussed the topic with him extensively. In privat mails. Ask him for my comments on this.
I find your comments on eBay thou quite disturbing thou. You stated that I had committed a crime when the money was withdrawn out of your account by Paypal. I of course advised you that it was called fraud when you sold faulty goods as working and your response,
The first is right, it is not legal to withdraw the money via paypal, as you received what you paid for. And the second thing is right, it is fraud when I sell known defective cards as working.
"Fraud would be, if I sold the cards to you fully working. But I sold the cards as "not tested".
And that is true also.
So is this an admission the boards were not working? Couldn't you have tested in the A2000 you mentioned in this thread!
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29540
The board worked fine in my A2000 (Blizzard 060, CV64/3D,
VLabt-Motion, Toccata and X-Surf), so PSU seems no problem
Sure I could have (technically), but I do not have time and pleasue in doing so. I am trying to clear some things up her, so I have a severe lack of time. In fact I have lots of amiga systems here, but no time, as I have a very time-consuming life and job. This may be different as "police detective".
The A4000 board could not be tested in the A2000 of course.
At least now Amiga users will now know what you mean as "untested"
I leave this uncommented, is that ok?
Point in case thou, the Amiga 4000 mainboard was not won in an action, doctorq won that. You just offered it to me when he pulled out and we now know why. I clearly asked you if it was working.
Yes and got you the answer you quoted above. You had the auction number, you had the auction text, you even had the picture (and would have got some more, if you asked for it).
Anyway I will be sending both boards to Amiga France for them to check out. Now if they report they are faulty and tell me why then will you take them back minus postage?
We surely could have found a solution, but but do you really think we find a compromise after you miscredite me on several platforms? This is the wrong way of communication, sorry.
Anyway I offered a solution for the PIV and I offered help for the A4K-board, but you are not willing (or able) to communicate.
EDIT: also you told me you have them checked, but do not want to present any resuld, what should that be good for?
Yes or no? Am I being unreasonable?
Paypal does check the whole situation. They are maybe more objective than both of us. If you are right, you get your full money back, if you are wrong you should accept it and adjust your posting on amiga.org. The posting on amiga-news was cancelled due to legal causes I think. I even did answer you there (but I do not think you are reading my answers anyway).
Can you accept that?
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That's your solution? Wow that was worth waiting for? Oh gee I am so excited that you managed to get that all out. So your solution is to wait for a paypal action which I initiated!
Anyway I offered a solution for the PIV and I offered help for the A4K-board, but you are not willing (or able) to communicate.
Please tell me what these solutions are, either here or via email because to date you have offered me nothing! You have not offered to help me AT ALL!
All you have said and I quote from you, "But I cannot be of much help"
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jimbo100 wrote:
We have been communicating via eBay. I want you to go through eBay as I told you so everything is recorded, why you don't want to do this is beyond me.
I told you it is hard to find a solution when you only have 1000 charaters for doing so. Why dont you repair your mail system?
But please tell me about this solution you are going on about because you certainly haven't haven't offered me any such thing yet. All you have told me is that the flicker fixer part you have in your system and when I asked you for a photo you tell me it's now with a friend?
i told you from the begining, that the flicker-fixer dongle is in a system of a friend (the one I won the auction for of the PIV you mentioned in your first post). I have a dongle in my cabinet too, but this is needed for my PIV.
You have told me that you didn't know that the card needed the flicker fixer part otherwise you would have put that in your auction and of course if you had I would not have bought it!
So who is to blame now? I did not know, you did not know? Who has to inform himself, when he bids on an item? I am sory about that, but I simply did not know.
I have told you the A4000 mainboard is dead, I have had this comfirmed by someone else. He is a tech, I have never said I took it to a shop, you again have assumed incorrectly. We both don't know whats wrong with it becuase it is lifeless, there are no error messages, colors or anything!
Sorry about me asuming it was a tech shop, How did you test? What did you put in (memory, Zorro-board, etc.). Did you wait a longer time, if you did not connect a IDE-HDD? And so on. Please give me mor detail.
So what is your solution you offer?
Dont you read my mails and ebay-messages?
Here is a quote from my ebay-messages four mails ago:
Sure it was working when pulled, but the FF-Parte remained in the system. You could easyly see that on the pircture.
Besides, I did not know that the small dongle is necessary. If you want to, I can look for the dongle here. The original dongle, that was in the working system, is built in the system with the card of the other auction you quoted at amiga.org.
Bottom Line: I do not want to pull all this in public, so if you ever decide to come back to normal communication, drop me a mail with working repy-to.
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jimbo100 wrote:
That's your solution? Wow that was worth waiting for? Oh gee I am so excited that you managed to get that all out. So your solution is to wait for a paypal action which I initiated!
To me this is resonable as we both seem to be biased by our own point of view. I have severe difficulties in arguing with you (which may be my own fault, as I have another point of view on the topic).
Anyway I offered a solution for the PIV and I offered help for the A4K-board, but you are not willing (or able) to communicate.
Please tell me what these solutions are, either here or via email because to date you have offered me nothing! You have not offered to help me AT ALL!
Read your ebay messages, read my response above. If this is not enough, I cannot be of much help.
All you have said and I quote from you, "But I cannot be of much help"
That is right, that was a quote from my FIRST (of about 20) mails on the topic.
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James there is no point in sending emails, that I cannot answer. Maybe you can get into detail what you tried with the A4k-board here. Here are reading some skilled person too.
Or fix your email-account.
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I have sent you an email to which you can reply. I await your solution.
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jimbo100 wrote:
I have sent you an email to which you can reply. I await your solution.
Lets see, I have replied.
Are you not willing to go into technical detail here?
Would you answer my postings?
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ok seems you don't want to answer the email I sent.
The Amiga 4000 mainboard has been tried with an A3400 030 CPU board and an A3640 040 board. (I must add the jumpers are changed each time a different CPU board is installed) Both same result. I removed all the fast ram from the board you sent and installed the board in an Amiga 4000 case with a daughter board. I tried two versions of a daughterboard, Rev 1 & B. I exchanged the chipram with some from my working A4000 in case that was dead. There were no cards installed in any Zorro slots and only a floppy drive installed. No hard drive. The result on each occasion was the same.
Kickstart 3.0 and 3.1 have been tried. My working A4000 has been pulled apart to see if we can get the mainboard working. I left it sitting on power up for 20 minutes and no go.
The board failed the powerup self test.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#power-upself-test
I then checked the CPU board was making good contact as that can cause the machine to play dead.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#deadmachineproblems
The jumpers have been checked and rechecked via many websites and the Amiga 4000 User's guide I possess.
End result is the same. This was all redone again today, same result.
As for the PIV card, well that just didn't register in software or in the kickstart Expansion Board Diagnostic but we now know why that is.
Now, again I ask and not for the first time and you yourself have stated it and I quote once again what is your solution for the Amiga 4000 mainboard?
And your previous response of
Besides, I did not know that the small dongle is necessary. If you want to, I can look for the dongle here.
I have replied to this twice now, yes I would like the FF or dongle as you call it. If you don't have it, I would like a refund minus postage. I will send the card back to you! This only addresses one issue, there are clearly two here!
oh and I must correct you with your comment "in the beginning, this only came out today!
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amix68k wrote:
as mails to you are bounced with the following error:
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Dunno what T-Online fouled up here, but the only correct MX for iinet.net.au is filter.iinet.net.au. :roll:
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amix68k wrote:
I told you from the begining, that the flicker-fixer dongle is in a system of a friend (the one I won the auction for of the PIV you mentioned in your first post). I have a dongle in my cabinet too, but this is needed for my PIV
The original dongle, that was in the working system, is built in the system with the card of the other auction you quoted at amiga.org.
One thing has me puzzled thou and excuse me if I haven't quite understood this but why would you pull out a perfectly working Picasso IV card with Flicker ficker attached to replace it with one you bought off eBay without flicker fixer only to sell the original Picasso IV on eBay without flicker fixer as untested?
That doesn't make sense? Am I the only one here to find that strange? :-?
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One thing has me puzzled thou and excuse me if I haven't quite understood this but why would you pull out a perfectly working Picasso IV card with Flicker ficker attached to replace it with one you bought off eBay without flicker fixer only to sell the original Picasso IV on eBay without flicker fixer as untested?
The PIV board was bought on ebay and completed with the dongle from the card in my cabinet (as in this system FliFi/ScanDo was needed and I thought the dongle was only user for this). A few weeks after (watch the timeline please) I did offer my PIV in good faith.
I have to clear a lot of things at the moment and do sell the doublettes of my collection. The cause for this is very personal :(
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jimbo100 wrote:
ok seems you don't want to answer the email I sent.
I still have and you received the answer, why do you complain?
The Amiga 4000 mainboard has been tried with an A3400 030 CPU board and an A3640 040 board. (I must add the jumpers are changed each time a different CPU board is installed) Both same result. I removed all the fast ram from the board you sent and installed the board in an Amiga 4000 case with a daughter board. I tried two versions of a daughterboard, Rev 1 & B. I exchanged the chipram with some from my working A4000 in case that was dead. There were no cards installed in any Zorro slots and only a floppy drive installed. No hard drive. The result on each occasion was the same.
Kickstart 3.0 and 3.1 have been tried. My working A4000 has been pulled apart to see if we can get the mainboard working. I left it sitting on power up for 20 minutes and no go.
The board failed the powerup self test.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#power-upself-test
I then checked the CPU board was making good contact as that can cause the machine to play dead.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#deadmachineproblems
The jumpers have been checked and rechecked via many websites and the Amiga 4000 User's guide I possess.
End result is the same. This was all redone again today, same result.
Have you pulled out the socketed chips and cleaned the contacts? Have you looked for any missing parts? Have you reseated the socketed chips? The board was flown once around the world and this was some journey.
Were thec parcle damaged (you mentioned that in your paypal-complaint)?
Are the boards different between PAL and NTSC, 110V and 220V? I dont know that.
As for the PIV card, well that just didn't register in software or in the kickstart Expansion Board Diagnostic but we now know why that is.
And this is only my fault?
Now, again I ask and not for the first time and you yourself have stated it and I quote once again what is your solution for the Amiga 4000 mainboard?
To be honest I cannot believe it is totally dead. Did you measure some currents? Do you have appropriate equipment? Did and condensators leaked out (there may have been some rumbling on the transport)?
In my experience if it is not the accu it can only be a tiny thing.
And your previous response of
Besides, I did not know that the small dongle is necessary. If you want to, I can look for the dongle here.
I have replied to this twice now, yes I would like the FF or dongle as you call it. If you don't have it, I would like a refund minus postage. I will send the card back to you! This only addresses one issue, there are clearly two here!
Well communication with you is not simple for me, sorry. I can only repeat my offer to search for such a dongle.
oh and I must correct you with your comment "in the beginning, this only came out today!
Yes, but was sent to you days ago. Thats your fault with your mail account not mine.
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amix68k wrote:
One thing has me puzzled thou and excuse me if I haven't quite understood this but why would you pull out a perfectly working Picasso IV card with Flicker ficker attached to replace it with one you bought off eBay without flicker fixer only to sell the original Picasso IV on eBay without flicker fixer as untested?
The PIV board was bought on ebay and completed with the dongle from the card in my cabinet (as in this system FliFi/ScanDo was needed and I thought the dongle was only user for this). A few weeks after (watch the timeline please) I did offer my PIV in good faith.
I have to clear a lot of things at the moment and do sell the doublettes of my collection. The cause for this is very personal :(
Yes we get all that, but why did you need to buy a another PIV without FF if you already had one with a FF?
So I am all clear on this.
1. You had a Picasso IV card with FF installed in your Amiga.
2. You decide to buy one off eBay that doesn't have a FF
3. You take out the prefectly working PIV and replace it with the one you bought off eBay
4. You sell the Picasso IV mentioned in point 1 some weeks later on eBay which I end up with?
That doesn't make any sense and you haven't really answered that question or responded to my emails or given me the A4000 solution!
You have stated "I have a lot of amiga-friends and maybe I can get this" which I assume means you might be able to get me a VillageTronic Picasso IV Flicker fixer.
Not entirely sure that would even be possible?
Still waiting :cry:
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jimbo100 wrote:
Yes we get all that, but why did you need to buy a another PIV without FF if you already had one with a FF?
Who is we?
So I am all clear on this.
1. You had a Picasso IV card with FF installed in your Amiga.
2. You decide to buy one off eBay that doesn't have a FF
3. You take out the prefectly working PIV and replace it with the one you bought off eBay
4. You sell the Picasso IV mentioned in point 1 some weeks later on eBay which I end up with?
Exact.
That doesn't make any sense and you haven't really answered that question or responded to my emails or given me the A4000 solution!
Why I have to sell some stuff is personal so I cannot give you answer on this.
For the A4000 board, see the questions above and answer them. I cannot believe it is dead.
You have stated "I have a lot of amiga-friends and maybe I can get this" which I assume means you might be able to get me a VillageTronic Picasso IV Flicker fixer.
Yes, but that is no promis but a try. And it qoule not be free of charge, as you auctioned the card without the dongle.
Not entirely sure that would even be possible?
Still waiting :cry:
As I said it is an offer (and I told you what should happen before) and not a promise.
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Answered in email again!
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Why dont you answer on the tech-questions above here? Here may be some technicans, who are able to help?
For me it is very hard to debug a system half around the world :(
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amix68k wrote:
Yes, but that is no promis but a try. And it qoule not be free of charge, as you auctioned the card without the dongle.
As a seller, I think this truly indicates a form of "blind" bad faith on your part.
I truly think it should have been your responsibility to know that the card you auctioned is useless without the dongle.
It is as if I sold a pair of ROM 3.1 chips for the Amiga 4000 but one in one auction and the other chip in another auction and just played dumb as if I didn't know that one is totally useless without the other.
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I have to clear a lot of things at the moment and do sell the doublettes of my collection. The cause for this is very personal :(
I wish I could believe you, but the above statement can not be trusted, since I can dig up several ebay auctions which you are bidding on (so can AMIGAZ apparently). Clear a lot of things and still be active buyer of equipment doesn't quite match. It has chop-shop written all over it.
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eslapion wrote:
As a seller, I think this truly indicates a form of "blind" bad faith on your part.
I truly think it should have been your responsibility to know that the card you auctioned is useless without the dongle.
It is as if I sold a pair of ROM 3.1 chips for the Amiga 4000 but one in one auction and the other chip in another auction and just played dumb as if I didn't know that one is totally useless without the other.
Well, I am not playing dumb, I just did not know (as James also did not). I solt the card explicitly without functioning garuantee, because I wanted to have it out of my way.
Everybody who bids on such auctions should be aware. James got the card for a fracture of the possible worth, that should be taking into calculation.
For the card not working without the dongle I see it as a failure on both sides (but that is just my point of view).
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doctorq wrote:
I have to clear a lot of things at the moment and do sell the doublettes of my collection. The cause for this is very personal :(
I wish I could believe you, but the above statement can not be trusted, since I can dig up several ebay auctions which you are bidding on (so can AMIGAZ apparently). Clear a lot of things and still be active buyer of equipment doesn't quite match. It has chop-shop written all over it.
Clearing doublettes does not mean to buy no other items.
That you have a problem with me you have clearly written via mail :(
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Everybody who bids on such auctions should be aware. James got the card for a fracture of the possible worth, that should be taking into calculation.
And you as a "collector" are fully aware of the full price such a card would sell for, so selling it for a fraction of a price is suspecious, when you have the possibility to test it, so why settle for less?
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amix68k wrote:
eslapion wrote:
As a seller, I think this truly indicates a form of "blind" bad faith on your part.
I truly think it should have been your responsibility to know that the card you auctioned is useless without the dongle.
It is as if I sold a pair of ROM 3.1 chips for the Amiga 4000 but one in one auction and the other chip in another auction and just played dumb as if I didn't know that one is totally useless without the other.
Well, I am not playing dumb, I just did not know (as James also did not). I solt the card explicitly without functioning garuantee, because I wanted to have it out of my way.
Everybody who bids on such auctions should be aware. James got the card for a fracture of the possible worth, that should be taking into calculation.
For the card not working without the dongle I see it as a failure on both sides (but that is just my point of view).
I got it for 40 euro more than you paid for the same thing so stop the crap about paying a fraction. The fact is it is worth nothing as is!
The end result of your solutions so far is as follows
1. You will try and find a FF for the PIV card at my expense but no promises and no refund if you dont find one
2. The Amiga 4000 board you continuing repeat that you can't beleive it's dead line and offer no solution whatsoever apart from me attacking it with a multimeter which you seem to think will spring it back to life :roll:
Why you can't believe it's dead when you stated in one of your bounced emails This is true., I have NOT TESTED the boards. What in this sentence dont you understand? If you didn't test it why can't you believe it's dead.
Yes I could read all your bounced emails fine...you did forget this quote thou on Amiga.org
Above I think of consulting a lawyer as the whole things gets messed up by your campaign.
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That you have a problem with me you have clearly written via mail :(
I haven't got a problem with you specifically, I have a problem with the way you do things. Seing how this thread evolves, makes me certain I did the right thing in not transfering the money to you for the motherboard in the first place. Now jimbo100 is left with the dogshit on his hands, instead of me.
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Hi Jimbo100,
I´ve received your both messages using eBay.
But I can´t answer you there, because eBay doesn´t allow that to me. :-?
Maybe a preventing function of Spam...
And you didn´t tell me your eMail address in there.
Yes, I´ve sold a Picasso IV Card to amix68k. Art. No. : 180094694368
I´ve got the card together with an Amiga 2000 and some other stuff like a network card (Ariadne), Harddisk and a Picasso II Card.
The only card that didn´t seemd work was the PIV.
For me it looked like the card wasn´s detected from the A2000 and the Picasso driver.
I remember a message that told a Picasso.resource wasn´t found. (or so ... )
The Picasso II worked fine, so I thought the Amiga itself was OK.
I was happpy, with the PII card and sold the PIV as DEFECT / use for spare parts, because I didn´t know if I´ve made something wrong.
NOW, I´ve bought a "new" PIV Card with FliFi / Scandoubler part and it works fine. It also works with the scandoubler part disconnected in my A2000.
That means that there is no error message like the card I´ve sold to amix68k.
So one thing I wonder is he said that "my" card works fine ... :-o
Your second post to me :
No, unfortunately I still don´t have the original photo I´ve made anymore. And I don´t know the serial number.
Best regards
Andreas
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doctorq wrote:
And you as a "collector" are fully aware of the full price such a card would sell for, so selling it for a fraction of a price is suspecious, when you have the possibility to test it, so why settle for less?
Exact, I wanted to have it out of my cabinet quick. I do not have time nor pleasure (at the moment) in testing everything. Therefor I sell it explicitly WITHOUT working garuantee.
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Thank you very much Andreas for your answer to my email
So one thing I wonder is he said that "my" card works fine ...
Oh dear, then how did he get it to work in his Amiga because he has clearly told me vcr4000's card worked and he sold me his old card?
Surely he isn't lying to me? :-o
It is clear now that amix68k has been lying as the original owner of the PIV card sold to amix68k has stated it does not function.
The whole story of buy the card to replace his already working card wasn't too believable and now it has been proven so.
I have sent you an email amix68k so you can try and save something of your reputation. The ball in now in your court my friend!
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jimbo100 wrote:
I got it for 40 euro more than you paid for the same thing so stop the crap about paying a fraction. The fact is it is worth nothing as is!
I told you above that this is not true.
The end result of your solutions so far is as follows
1. You will try and find a FF for the PIV card at my expense but no promises and no refund if you dont find one
2. The Amiga 4000 board you continuing repeat that you can't beleive it's dead line and offer no solution whatsoever apart from me attacking it with a multimeter which you seem to think will spring it back to life :roll:
Please stop qouting only parts of my mails. I asked you what to do, but I told you that my paypal-account is blocked.
With a multimeter you could specify the error.
Why you can't believe it's dead when you stated in one of your bounced emails This is true., I have NOT TESTED the boards. What in this sentence dont you understand? If you didn't test it why can't you believe it's dead.
Ok, I believe it is dead. I sold it untested. If you are not willing to elaborate the board what else should I do?
Yes I could read all your bounced emails fine...you did forget this quote thou on Amiga.org
Above I think of consulting a lawyer as the whole things gets messed up by your campaign.
Great that you read my emails. Why did you not answer and left me in the dark?
And for the lawywer. you threatened me with legal actions and yes I am going to consult a lawyer and I hope he tells me how to react on such situation.
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jimbo100 wrote:
So one thing I wonder is he said that "my" card works fine ...
Oh dear, then how did he get it to work in his Amiga because he has clearly told me vcr4000's card worked and he sold me his old card?
It worked in an A4000, yes.
Surely he isn't lying to me? :-o
No need for offensive talk again.
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And amix68k, what do you have to say about vcr4000?
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amix68k wrote:
jimbo100 wrote:
So one thing I wonder is he said that "my" card works fine ...
Oh dear, then how did he get it to work in his Amiga because he has clearly told me vcr4000's card worked and he sold me his old card?
It worked in an A4000, yes.
Surely he isn't lying to me? :-o
No need for offensive talk again.
It doesn't stop with you does it? vcr4000 has already said his card was dead! Stop the lies, you have painted yourself in a corner and your reputation is in tatters!
Do the noble thing before you have nothing left!
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jimbo100 wrote:
The ball in now in your court my friend!
It seems to be so. We are running around in circles here. You do not believe me, but you also does not want to elaborate the boards.
The board from Andreas was not dead, but it did not work in his A2000.
Anyway, I have sent you a mail and I think it is the best to let a outside party decide over the whole mess.
I am offline now for some hours.
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jimbo100 wrote:
It doesn't stop with you does it? vcr4000 has already said his card was dead! Stop the lies, you have painted yourself in a corner and your reputation is in tatters!
Please read carefully, he said the card did not work in his A2000 without the dongle.
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It wont work any ANY AMIGA without the dongle!!!!!
This guy is unbelievable even when he is caught out lying!
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amix68k wrote:
jimbo100 wrote:
The ball in now in your court my friend!
It seems to be so. We are running around in circles here. You do not believe me, but you also does not want to elaborate the boards.
The board from Andreas was not dead, but it did not work in his A2000.
Anyway, I have sent you a mail and I think it is the best to let a outside party decide over the whole mess.
I am offline now for some hours.
A mess by your creation. I don't have a 2000, only 3 Amiga 4000's and it dont work in any other of them either!
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jimbo100 wrote:
It wont work any ANY AMIGA without the dongle!!!!!
This guy is unbelievable even when he is caught out lying!
James please read.
VCR4000 said: "NOW, I´ve bought a "new" PIV Card with FliFi / Scandoubler part and it works fine. It also works with the scandoubler part disconnected in my A2000."
So it seems to work without the dongle in his A2000.
Does he lie also? Does everybody which does not speak after your mouth lie?
I have really diffiulties to argue with you as you do not reply to questions, rip parts of my mails apart to quote them here out of the context, call me names and so on.
As a conclusion we should leave it to an objective organisation to decide. Is that ok?
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Hello people,
If I am not completely mistaken it is in my believe that zorro is ZORRO no matter what way you turn it.
Even if you put the PIV in a zorro expanded A500....
IT IS STILL ZORRO.
So for a conclution;
If it shows up NOT WORKING...
it is not working no matter what amiga you put it in...
So jimbo, if (hopefully) you have any friends with an A2000. Try it in an A2000 then. just to be sure...
But my guess is, it is dead...
As for the dongle... amiga-hardware (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=468) says nothing about the card not working without it...
But they do state that it is intended for the A2000... though, but being zorro II/III autosensing...
(a close friend of mine have an A4000 which he had a PIV, working. But changed it into a cybervision 64/3D (mkII)..
He still has the A4000 and i am nagging him to sell it :-D )
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For testing in Z II mode - JP1 & JP2 can be used to force that.
Looking at a detail shot of the PIV it looks like the 'flicker fixer', 'dongle', whatever card is nothing more than a simple connection to the video slot. Nothing that is of any use by itself - and nothing the card wouldn't work without (at least I fail to see a reason).
Since there's no trace of dedicated flicker fixer RAM (little circuitry at all), it looks pretty much like the FF part in the PIV is realized by running the video output into the VESA feature connector of the CL5446, writing that video to the frame buffer and voilá, 31 kHz output.
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Ok, I´m not that much into Amiga.
More into C64 stuff.
So I´ve tested now what I´ve had in my mind and posted here.
My A2000 has a 68060 processor card with 64mb.
Kick 3.1, OS 3.9 is installed on a 4gb SCSI harddisk.
A2000 users have to split the PIV card and use ribbon cables, because the connector for the video part is not close to the Zorro slots.
So it is easy to test a PIV without flifi / scandoubler part (dongle).
I´ve completely removed the ribbon cables and connected a low resolution monitor (CBM 1084S) to the 23pin onboard videoconnector and a VGA monitor to the PIV.
OS 3.9 starts fine on the VGA Monitor in high resolution.
Games using low resolution I could see on the 1084S.
Removing the PIV and starting OS3.9, the 1084S showed me a window : "Error loading PicassoIV.ressource"
That was exactly the same message that I´ve seen all the time with the card connected that I´ve sent to amix68k.
As I know an A2000 has a Zorro II bus and A4000 Zorro III. I really don´t know if my old card was jumpered in the right way.
I´ve tried some jumpers, but no effect.
Andreas
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This (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=468) may help in identifying what the different jumpers are intended for....
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amix68k wrote:
jimbo100 wrote:
It wont work any ANY AMIGA without the dongle!!!!!
This guy is unbelievable even when he is caught out lying!
James please read.
VCR4000 said: "NOW, I´ve bought a "new" PIV Card with FliFi / Scandoubler part and it works fine. It also works with the scandoubler part disconnected in my A2000."
So it seems to work without the dongle in his A2000.
Does he lie also? Does everybody which does not speak after your mouth lie?
I have really diffiulties to argue with you as you do not reply to questions, rip parts of my mails apart to quote them here out of the context, call me names and so on.
As a conclusion we should leave it to an objective organisation to decide. Is that ok?
No vcr4000 does not lie, but you don't seem to get the fact that what he is saying questions your honesty and tells me you are being dishonest again!
Ok so if it seems to work without the dongle in his A2000 that only confirms what he said, that his previous card was dead.
I have also tried it without the dongle and it's dead in a A4000, so we have vcr4000 trying it in a A2000 and me in an A4000 and the result is the same, dead.
We have you selling it as untested so you have no idea if it's dead or not.
So now I have 2 items from you, both dead. You find it difficult to argue because you have no concept of telling the truth. As for calling you names, no such thing has occurred, please quote what I have called you?
All I have said is you tell lies and are dishonest! Just stating facts, a concept you have great difficulty doing.
So now your not looking for a PIV FF and it seems pointless now anyway as it will work without a FF. But this board is dead. So you want to wait for Paypal to decide the outcome and you hope your lies will convince them to let you keep the money.
I have replied to all your questions on every single occasion but all you do is try and rebutt my answers with lies. Please advise what has been taken out of context? It's is all here for everyone to see.
As for leaving to to eBay, I have given you an option to resolve it now and not wait 30 days!!
Refund my money minus the 55 euro postage, that is 205 euro and I will cancel the paypal action and return the boards to you at my cost. Don't give me the rubbish about Paypal cancelling your account. They don't do this, all they do is hold the funds while the matter is investigated, you can still get into your account and trade which you are doing despite your personal problems!
DOING THIS WILL GO SOME WAY TO RESTORING YOUR REPUTATION WHICH APPEARS TO BE IN TATTERS!
Anything else just confirms what everyone now knows!
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Yawn.
How about sticking to personal communication?
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Guys,
The PicassoIV most common problem is the flickerfixer chip or another chip comes loose. Make sure all chips are firmly seated in their sockets, and if you can get to early startup screen which recognises PicassoIV, hopefully the rest will be fine. From there you can reflash the EPROM using the boot floppy which will update the picassoiv.resource.
If you can't get it to be recognised in early startup or cannot boot, then looks bad for the card.
Try also to force it to Zorro II mode using the jumpers as one of my a4000s refused to boot without that when i had a cvppc in the same box.
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There is no flixer fixer part but I have made sure all the chips are seated. At the moment it isnt found in the early startup menu!
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odin wrote:
Yawn.
How about sticking to personal communication?
No one forcing you to read it!!
You wont be yawning if you ever want to buy something from amix68k!
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Bring out the popcorn :)
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Zac67 wrote:
@amix68k
btw: 'without warranty' means exactly that: if the board stops working after some time, it's the buyer's problem. But if it doesn't work right away, it's the seller's problem because he sold it as 'used' which doesn't mean 'dead'. If you have hardware that's dead or untested, sell it as such and not as 'used, no warranty'.
Read eBay's comments, they say the same thing.
Zac67 can you point to where on eBay's website that this is mentioned. Been searching for a few days and unable to locate in the maze of web pages.
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i agree with odin on this one. jimbo, you have acted like a loon in this thread. i dont think your attitude is helping you out here. sure amix68k may have done wrong (and with the zip ram maybe). but at the end of the day you won a dodgy picasso iv auction that said untested - so what the hell do you expect? i wouldn't have bidded on it, and no-one else would have unless they are a techie of some sort. you were trying to get gold from {bleep}e and it backfired on you and now your trying to get your revenge. the same thing happened to me on ebay (buying risky untested items that backfired), but i didn't go on a witch hunt and harass the seller, i just got on with it. i dont agree with what amix68k has done though, if intential.
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Don't think I follow you? Who is odin?
Oh of course I should just cop the loss, all my fault, how silly of me :crazy:
I am not interested in revenge, just on fair play! Untested doesn't mean dead, dead means dead! :pissed:
If I have bought the PIV card on it's own and it was dead, your right I would have moved on. What pisses me off is this guy saw I was pretty desperate for an A4000 board and offered me one he couldn't offload to another eBayer and offered me it.
I asked him if it was ok and worked and gave the usual answers. It wasn't an eBay auction! Too right I am pissed off about that and will continue to chase it till time ends. If your happy with shonky amiga sellers, go right ahead and accept it, me I prefer to chase them out of the game.
Evil Prevails When Good Men Fail To Act !
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no. untested means there is a 50/50 chance of it being dead. you buy at your own risk, no one else's fault. for example, i bought a c64 that was untested, and when i received it, it didn't work. no big deal, i just sell it on as spares and cut my losses. the a4000 board is another matter. if that was intential, then he is in the wrong - but it may just be an accident or a miss understanding. it maybe possible that it was working when he had it. another factor is your childish attitude and ranting, it aint helping you and maybe people here aren't taking you as seriously as maybe what the situation suggests. hence why most of this thread have mainly yours and amix68k's posts.
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So MrRail, what should I have I done?
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Evil Prevails When Good Men Fail To Act !
Because Bold And All Caps Give You That Winning Edge ;-).
Seriously though, I can't judge whether something fishy was going on with that A4k. What I can judge however is the apparent strange (melodramatic...) way of communicating both parties seem to have built up. A forum is hardly the perfect place to solve private quarrels =).
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@jimbo
Hmm - I've been looking quite a bit, but it seems ebay(.de & .com) has dropped that definition. They only rant about 'new', but 'used' is barely mentioned...
It seems, therail does have a point afterall. ;-)
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As jimbo does not want to report here:
Paypal decided (on facts) that jimbo is wrong. According to jimbos recent argumentation, paypal is a bunch of liars and betrayers now, but they had the whole facts and decided objective.
This is my last posting on amiga.org
Farewell, goodbye and sorry for listening.
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tch tch,
This is what happens when unrealistic expectations get taken advantage of.
Purchasing old crap over the internet and expecting it to work?
Pay -no more- than you would, knowing it to be broken.
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Finished!
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@amix68k
good riddance, because IMO you did have all the gear to test the cards, and odd are very high that you KNEW that card did not work. Instead of selling the card as dead you claimed they are "NOT tested"...pretty much means the ARE dead, but a weak and lame way tell that to people. I don't believe you... you had the card and tested the card, anybody who got one would....
on the other hand the buy should have know better... not tested does mean dead... and you bought 2 things from this amix68k guy.... you could have figured out how he does business the first time! Not test = dead.
fact is amix68k is a sleazy eBay seller, but he did use a disclaimer. BTW most ppl do this....sometime you see "not DOA", but usually you also find "because of it age I sell this item as is"
just give the guy negative feedback and let other know that he just sells broken stuff.
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fact is amix68k is a sleazy eBay seller, but he did use a disclaimer. BTW most ppl do this....sometime you see "not DOA", but usually you also find "because of it age I sell this item as is"
I'll bite, how is it a fact? The only people who can judge here are the ones affected and everybody else passing judgement basically is basing that on the word of the seller & buyer. It's just pointless and the case has been closed.
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amix68k wrote:
As jimbo does not want to report here:
Paypal decided (on facts) that jimbo is wrong. According to jimbos recent argumentation, paypal is a bunch of liars and betrayers now, but they had the whole facts and decided objective.
This is my last posting on amiga.org
Yes I am more than happy to report. Yes Paypal paid the money to this parasite but we all know how that works and how much of a joke that eBay and Paypal protection is.
Not sure how Paypal made that decision since they ignored every email I sent to them and didn't reply or ask for any information. You could hardly call it an investigation, more like sweeping under the carpet.
The boards I sent to Amiga France and JJ to have a look and he has replied to me, his response was;
"Hello,
Only bad news, i do not win at any time.
I cannot fix any boards :(
Spent a lot of time for no results."
So there you have it, both boards dead as a doornail and no hope of any life even for Amiga France. What does it mean, lot of grief, negative feedback for me and $450+ down the drain!!
amix68k is a dishonest parasite giving other Amiga sellers a bad name but karma will sort him out I am sure!
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God I can't believe people are selling their broken Amiga gear for hundreds of dollars while I gave away my "working" BlizzardPPC to a friend for free back in the day they were still being produced!
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just to hammer home my earlier statement. buying items untested really is 50/50 if you research/study well. if you are buying stuff "untested" you have to look at all the angles. is the thing in good/bad condition? is the item repairable and easily repairable? would it be expensive to repair (or if you can repair it yourself)? is this item rare (would the replacement parts be easy/cheap to obtain)? stuff like that. maybe look on their feedback too as a quide. see, when i buy "untested" goods on ebay, i make sure not to spend too much - as it would be a huge gamble. the following 2 i have bought "untested" recently on ebay:
zx spectrum 128k bought untested £20 - did not work properly. sold it as parts (i think the guy i sold it to may of even repaired it!
commodore 64 bought untested 99p! - works fully! nice package! although the brown case is battered a little. i think i may sell it though to get a profit(!) and more room.
so the above is the last 2 items i bought on ebay untested. and i got a 50% success rate! :) and i didn't spend over £20.
right, the next point i'd like to make is about jimbo100 behavior/language thru this. obviously the guy isn't happy. maybe this seller is in the wrong... who exactly knows?! its exactly that! no-one really knows because of the over the top attitude of both jimbo100 and the seller (forgotten his name). sorry, but if jimbo100 had maybe toned down his volume a bit and calmed down we (and possibly paypal/ebay) may have taken him more serious and maybe even got to the bottom of this with more discussion and facts instead of him shouting the odds and quoting the bible/whatever. thats my opinion! :D
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@jimbo100
the only thing i would suggest to you is sell the picasso on as broken/spares and cut your losses.
there is probablt some other stuff i forgot to mention but i cant be arsed to remember!
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I would suggest everyone reading this:
Never buy from this guy. He is very famous in all parts of Continental-Europe for selling dead items and totaly crap. I feel very sorry for all his victims.
BTW: The best thing to handle things with him would be good old western style. Shoot him with a gun or hit him with a crowbar;-)
Edit: Ah yes,I forgot. I read the same thing I read here in about 5 different forums concerning things someone bought from him.
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Blinx123 wrote:
I would suggest everyone reading this:
Never buy from this guy. He is very famous in all parts of Continental-Europe for selling dead items and totaly crap. I feel very sorry for all his victims.
Erm... not taking any sides here, but care to back that up with any evidence: links, testimonials, etc?
Otherwise, you're just making baseless accusations, which - incidentally - is against the Posting Guidelines:
Posts of a libellous nature are not allowed.
Everyone has a right to their own opinion, whether you think it right or wrong. Posting false information about an individual is not only bad form, but could become a serious problem, both for the poster, and for Amiga.org itself.
Of course, if you can back it up with some evidence...
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Oh sorry,forgot about the proofment guidelines. Ok,I will have a look at the other forums,but this could take some time because most of this threads have long passed.
EDIT: Ok,I only found this one,which's somehow like a copy of this thread,so it's not a real proof but most of the German forums I read about him are gone for a year or so.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30161&highlight=Amix68k
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Blinx123 wrote:
Oh sorry,forgot about the proofment guidelines. Ok,I will have a look at the other forums,but this could take some time because most of this threads have long passed.
EDIT: Ok,I only found this one,which's somehow like a copy of this thread,so it's not a real proof but most of the German forums I read about him are gone for a year or so.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30161&highlight=Amix68k
thats the same as this thread (see thread starter nic) just on a different forum... no real evidence there! ;)
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Yeah,like I said,it's somehow a copy of this thread. Can't find any other threads anymore using google. Only hundreds of Ebay auctions and links to this thread here. Seems Amix68k is lucky then. Poor,poor customers.
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well this thread will have sullied his reputation anyway
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But 'Jimbo100' bought two defective products from this 'amix68k', that was untested. 'DoctorQ' was quick to point out that there might be something fishy with this seller. I feel that the seller knew that both products where bad. That is why in my opinion that he should refund every Euro he made on that deal. I love to take side. :lol:
It could be cool if Wayne could make a poll about if 'amix68k' should refund the money or not. Jerry...Jerry...Jerry.
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I see this thread is still going!! To answer a few points
@therail
Not sure what behavior/language you are going on about? I called the guy a parasite at the end because he is. As for anything else, really not sure you have a point but thats your opinion.
The PIV was dead long before amix68k got it, he bought it from an auction dead and sold it on. The PIV as JJ said had been exposed to moisture and could not be repaired!
As for the current location of the items I sent both off to Amiga France and JJ advised me both items are dead and can't be repaired. As a result they sit in France, the PIV no doubt is in the bin, the A4000 board I have asked for to be returned so I can pull some chips off and sell them such as Buster 11, Kickstart and ram. The whole thing has cost me near $500 and I will be lucky to get a few bucks for the chips/ram!
I WILL NOT EBAY THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE AS UNTESTED! unlike the parasite ami68k
@BootWB
Is this enough evidence?
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=amix68k&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
Seems to me a common theme, wish I knew about this tool when I bid.
@AMIBY
As for a refund, not the way this guy operates, I have put it down to experience, either way this guy will get what he deserves, just hope I am around to see it!
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jimbo100 wrote:
@BootWB
Is this enough evidence?
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=amix68k&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
Seems to me a common theme, wish I knew about this tool when I bid.
As I said, I am not taking sides, or defending anyone - I just don't like to see people posting "This guy is a crook - famous all over Europe" accusations without providing any evidence to back it up.
I agree that the link you provided strongly suggests a theme in the negative/neutral feedbacks, and I personally would probably not buy from a seller with such feedback (even if this thread had never existed).
Thanks for the link by the way - must bookmark that tool!
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jimbo100 wrote:
I WILL NOT EBAY THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE AS UNTESTED! unlike the parasite ami68k
Haaa MAN! Can you give us all a major break?!?!?
Honestly, I could say when Mr. Amix68k was selling 1Mbitx1 chips as being Amiga 3000 compatible then that was truly dishonest.
But selling something that's being busy collecting dust in some closet for a few decades as "untested" is NOT!
As pointed by other posters, when you get a disclaimer like that then you ALWAYS assume the worst... you could be buying into highly decorative trash!
THAT'S LIFE!
I did sell stuff as untested either because I didn't have the necessary gear to test or because frankly I felt it wasn't worth it. When I do, I usually will start an auction at 1$ but nobody is obligated to do so.