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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: -BobW- on December 22, 2015, 02:49:59 AM

Title: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: -BobW- on December 22, 2015, 02:49:59 AM
"Working Pull"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-2000-3000-4000-500-CLOCK-BATTER-Y-good-condtion-working-pull-/262203054435?hash=item3d0c851963:g:84MAAOSwhkRWeKZo
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on December 22, 2015, 03:46:09 AM
I chuckled.  ;)

:lol:
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Matt_H on December 22, 2015, 03:47:26 AM
Oh dear... and it's already leaking!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: AmmoJammo on December 22, 2015, 04:05:39 AM
If it was working, this implies it came off a working motherboard... so why remove it?
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: QuikSanz on December 22, 2015, 04:13:56 AM
Not a trace of solder on the tabs. Must have been in a drawer!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Rob on December 22, 2015, 06:34:17 AM
Quote from: AmmoJammo;800552
If it was working, this implies it came off a working motherboard... so why remove it?


So you can replace it with something that's not about to spill it guts all over the surrounding motherboard.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: gertsy on December 22, 2015, 06:40:17 AM
Quote from: Rob;800554
So you can replace it with something that's not about to spill it guts all over the surrounding motherboard.


Sort of like donating a cancerous organ but expecting to be paid for it.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: LoadWB on December 22, 2015, 08:11:55 AM
No words...
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Robbie on December 22, 2015, 10:56:53 AM
"fun rare commodore items for the holidays"

Full of corrosive goodness. Not exactly what I would call 'fun'. We should all bid on it just to be able to stop it.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: curtis on December 22, 2015, 03:15:37 PM
Kind of like bidding on a MS-DOS 4.0 just for the opportunity to burn the package and rid the world of another copy of the worst DOS EVER!

Quote from: Robbie;800559
"fun rare commodore items for the holidays"

Full of corrosive goodness. Not exactly what I would call 'fun'. We should all bid on it just to be able to stop it.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: kreciu on December 22, 2015, 04:47:32 PM
Quote from: -BobW-;800549
"Working Pull"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-2000-3000-4000-500-CLOCK-BATTER-Y-good-condtion-working-pull-/262203054435?hash=item3d0c851963:g:84MAAOSwhkRWeKZo


...but this is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! If you did not get it: it is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! Must have for hard core Amiga user.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: zipper on December 22, 2015, 07:02:16 PM
With original, non touched green goo!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: mechy on December 22, 2015, 07:39:22 PM
Had to laugh when i saw this... ranks up there with the single amiga keyboard keys for $9.99 each that clog the listings up
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: amigakid on December 22, 2015, 09:59:31 PM
HAHA, I better throw in my $100 bid since it is so rare and collectible.....
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: TheMagicM on December 22, 2015, 10:08:52 PM
"Original Amiga battery... re-cored, good for another 30 years!"
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: tonyvdb on December 22, 2015, 10:50:58 PM
Quote from: mechy;800591
Had to laugh when i saw this... ranks up there with the single amiga keyboard keys for $9.99 each that clog the listings up


isn't that the truth!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: mechy on December 22, 2015, 11:07:52 PM
Another:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-1000-KEYBOARD-REPLACEMENT-BRACKET-2-KEY-CAP-KEYS-CAPS-A1000-BAG5-/281881656560?hash=item41a174bcf0:g:P88AAOSwxN5Walzu

lets list a bunch of auctions 1 key each for a silly price.

ebay name is commodoretreasures,i guess he will retire from the sale of breaking up one keyboard.:rofl:
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on December 22, 2015, 11:25:18 PM
Quote from: mechy;800609
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-1000-KEYBOARD-REPLACEMENT-BRACKET-2-KEY-CAP-KEYS-CAPS-A1000-BAG5-/281881656560?hash=item41a174bcf0:g:P88AAOSwxN5Walzu

He could've at least wiped the darned thing off first, before taking pictures.  :angryfire:
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: kreciu on December 23, 2015, 02:21:02 AM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;800610
... before taking pictures.  :angryfire:


You this perfectly sharp pictures?
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: slaapliedje on December 23, 2015, 02:48:25 AM
This is fantastic, I should put my battery up on eBay and sell it as an Ultra rare component!  Oh wait, I threw that thing in the garbage after I ripped it off the motherboard.  Fortunately the person I had bought it from had replaced it not terribly long ago, but I didn't want to take any chances and it now has a coin battery like it should have done in the first place.  Still not sure how new the NVRAM batteries are in my Ataris that have them.

As far as the keys go... I've been seriously considering purchasing a 3D printer, figuring out how to do laser etching of keys, and then selling them in sets to replace keys.  I wonder how many people would be interested in that?

slaapliedje
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: paul1981 on December 23, 2015, 10:45:02 AM
Quote from: kreciu;800580
...but this is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! If you did not get it: it is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! Must have for hard core Amiga user.


Are you reading this scuzzb494? :)
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: som99 on December 23, 2015, 02:12:43 PM
Quote from: kreciu;800580
...but this is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! If you did not get it: it is ORIGINAL Amiga battery! Must have for hard core Amiga user.


Would make a nice display item on top of a can of genuine secondhand Amiga PSU dust. But then it would rot a hole in the can ;)
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: mechy on December 23, 2015, 02:22:16 PM
Quote from: slaapliedje;800620
This is fantastic, I should put my battery up on eBay and sell it as an Ultra rare component!  Oh wait, I threw that thing in the garbage after I ripped it off the motherboard.  Fortunately the person I had bought it from had replaced it not terribly long ago, but I didn't want to take any chances and it now has a coin battery like it should have done in the first place.  Still not sure how new the NVRAM batteries are in my Ataris that have them.

As far as the keys go... I've been seriously considering purchasing a 3D printer, figuring out how to do laser etching of keys, and then selling them in sets to replace keys.  I wonder how many people would be interested in that?

slaapliedje

I think it would be much cheaper to just have a kbd maker make some new key sets, i might be wrong but i dont think you could get the smooth finishes on a 3d printer, and you would be running it to death to make full sets,not to mention the electricity used :)

But it would be cool if you proved me wrong on this ;)
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: motrucker on December 23, 2015, 07:15:55 PM
Damn, a lot of morons show up selling stuff on Ebay!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: curtis on December 23, 2015, 10:45:21 PM
And Christmas through New Years is really a bad time to be trying to sell.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: mechy on December 31, 2015, 02:27:07 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-4000-040-Desktop-Computer-Bundle-W-Keyboard-Mouse-Box-More-/172036711001?hash=item280e2fe259:g:MoAAAOSwk1JWeMGM

What kind of fool leaves the already leaking battery on the board, letting it eat more each day!  argh!
To top it off, he even posts how its leaking in the LISTING!  i mean :whack:Cmon!

Really bugs me to see this... heh

Someone should buy this if not just to get his address and stop by and hit him with the dead trout...  and remove that damned battery!
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: tonyvdb on December 31, 2015, 04:04:47 PM
$2000 for an a4000??? That alone is crazy. It will never sell at that price.
There are several a4000s on eBay right now, the only one that is selling is the one I have listed with no battery damage and it's at a fair price.
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: danbeaver on December 31, 2015, 08:37:35 PM
Let's face it, the motherboard is toast and will likely need extensive repairs to get it to function, but he is otherwise being honest, "...very nice used cosmetic condition."  He just didn't say "Non-working, for parts or repair only," and that, "the seller suffers from delusions that he is an an Amiga expert and ignores the probability that he is an idiot."
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on December 31, 2015, 08:46:55 PM
I can't even read that massive wall of text.  Would it kill the guy to put some linefeeds in there?  Maybe some bullet points, or something?  My policy is simple: if the seller looks like a *bleeping* idiot, don't bid on the item.  :lol:
Title: Re: Worst Ebay listing ever?
Post by: paul1981 on December 31, 2015, 09:09:27 PM
Quote from: danbeaver;801113
Let's face it, the motherboard is toast and will likely need extensive repairs to get it to function, but he is otherwise being honest, "...very nice used cosmetic condition."  He just didn't say "Non-working, for parts or repair only," and that, "the seller suffers from delusions that he is an an Amiga expert and ignores the probability that he is an idiot."


I agree, it'll be kaput for certain. He states it powers up fine but all that means is a green power light.