PACIFICANW on ebay-Dead A600 HD

[mechy]

Ok,i promised a update on the Dead A600 drive saga,here it is,i just recieved a reply from mike lafayette of PACIFICANW (his ebay id).

to reiterate.
i won the A600 on ebay here:

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8703124238&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Ok,ya,the text written about it should of been a redlight,i know.but alas i won it.
i payed by money order quick(fast as mail got it there).
it took him 13 days to send me the machine
he gouged me for shipping($25),actual shipping was $11.39 which is printed on the USPS sticker + his $5 handling fee.
i get the A600 finally. i crank it up for about 1 hour playing with it,and the HD dies,just sits there knocking and wont spin up.
i emailed him and asked him if he would replace the the HD with a good used one or refund enough $$ so i could find one on ebay.he did mention charging me more shipping if he sent me another HD to replace the defective one it came with(ohhh k?).In any case i offered to send the bad HD back for proof,since this is way cheaper than sending the whole machine.
Then he replied that the 600 worked for 1 hour and he didnt think he had to do anything,then after that he decided he wouldn't do anything since i had posted here earlier,even tho i only stated the facts.
his reply was he didn't have any but he would send me one when 'he gets some in' uh huh.
here's where i went to the bathroom mirror to look for the word 'sucker' printed on my forhead.

anyway,he deems since it worked for 1 hour in my possession its a good working amiga as described,even tho it died shortly after.If plugging it in and turning it on was bad for it,i guess i'm guilty.i didn't realise it was for show only. hmm.

to top it all off,he says it can be hooked to tv's on the composite etc,well thats true,if i lived in europe,since most american tv's dont do PAL,and mine DONT.the 600 is a german PAL machine.i guess i should of asked.thats my fault.

to be fair,he is going to refund the shipping he gouged me for,but no hard drive,gee that does me alot of good.
the special packing tape and packing claimed in the auction description is not there,just regular packing tape,bubble wrap and crumpled paper packing,which is adequate.
I've managed to keep 100% positive feedback,with no negatives or even a neutral,i've dealt with alot of people over the years and always managed to work any problems out 100%,but this guy doesn't want to replace the hd,so i guess that may be the end of my long record of good feedback because i am sure i will get a retalitory negative feedback from him.

gee,maybe i'm just unreasonable.


Mike

[mechy]

What can i say,i really wanted a A600,its the only of 13 amiga systems i was missing!  

Mike

[mechy]

lierbag28,
 
yes,it was my fault for not thinking to ask if it was pal.i also didn't think to ask if the 600 came with a power supply since it doesnt work too well without it either:)) ,and it didnt The reason i wanted the 600 to use it where ever i took it by hooking it to any tv,oh well...
I knew the 1084 could display pal,but i don't want to drag one with me everywhere
the whole point was the 600's nice portability,i could take it to my friends house and use his nice fast wireless cable connection(have a orinoco silver card).its definately pal and scrolls wildy on any tv i try it on,the sync rate if off enough that i dont think vertical hold adjustments would help(assuming u can find a tv with them these days).

He as offered me a 3.5" scsi hd as a offer of good faith to make up for the bad a600 hard drive,which i will take.This will make us close enough to even as far as i am concerned.

oh well live and learn

Mike