There are lots of different opinions on teh interwebs.
I remember that thread and people brought up that it could be risky.
No, there has been a correct way to replace surface mount caps on electronics since they were invented, this is not about opinion,its about fact (and common sense-which is not so common).
The person posting (doing this from memory, since they are still down) originally was maintaining that pulling straight up was bad and could damage pads, but twisting wouldn't for some reason...
I don't remember all the reasoning behind it. It sounded risky to me, but it was his opinion.
He's apparently done that a lot and not had a problem.
He posted his belief. People posted replies that they weren't so sure...
He was (IIRC) a working electronics tech (which doesn't mean he's right, but..).
It doesn't matter if you do a indian rain dance on one foot while jerking on a capacitor,its the wrong way period. No need for speculation or guessing.
His "opinion" causes damage to good boards period(that i have to fix in many cases).I hope he doesn't starve as a "tech" with bad practices like that.
Its common sense, you have a delicate copper pad soldered with molten metal to a capacitor. its was soldered on originally,it must be soldered off.. i don't see whats so hard to understand-no magic, voodoo, or witch doctoring needed.
That's the internet.
I read that thread and decided not to try that.
They suggested you write your own guide.. That sounded like a good recommendation..
Are you even paying attention? I don't have time, i've been busy fixing boards that people messed up following this guys advice.
They? All of them? ;-)
I'm know some people there say that.. I like to say e-bait. :-) Yes, it's silly.. I don't think anyone takes me seriously, and I shop more on e-bait than I do on Amibay.. ;-)
As for the mods, they don't like people talking about e-bay at all...
They would prefer it not come up, and get frustrated when their users rant about it..
Typical hypocrites.. They don't mind using paypal(a division of ebay).
That is another thing, i see most the users there abuse paypal by sending everything as "GIFT" so avoid all fee's. Its just a matter of time to see that service shut down when the bean counters figure how much they money are losing ruining the service for the rest of us.Its a measily 4% or so which is like $4 of $100. [/Quote]
Sounds like you would like Amibay to be much more restrictive in their moderation... Interesting, most people who don't like Amibay seem to think they do too much moderation..
If that is the conclusion you drew,then you are wrong. taking down bad,damaging info is not over moderation, it is common sense.Asking the person who posted it to take it down didn't work.
Yes and no..
It can be safer, if you know the person selling; and frequently you do. It's a smaller area.
On e-bay, you have to rely on the ratings system.
HUH? i know people who have bought items from amibay here in the usa as well as canada and other countries...small group? it is NO safer. As a matter of fact i know a few people who have gotten broken hardware only for the amibay member to disappear. No different to what can happen on ebay. Why do you keep pushing this farce that it is safer.
That being said, especially with new sellers, there is risk; and they remind people to be careful.
To me, it's more about keeping the Amiga/retro equipment in the community. I bought my 8M RAM card for $xx on Amibay. A good deal I think.. Then I got an ACA.. I sold the 8M to someone on Amibay who needed one for less than I paid. I felt good about helping out someone that way. I could try to do that on e-bay, but I think I'm more likely to get it into the hands of someone who needs it (rather than a re-seller) at a good price that way. I could be wrong, but that's the way I feel about it.
In most cases short of knowing the person,you cannot say what happens to the hardware. it can go in a collectors closet,ebay,or in a landfill. Just because you deal in a narrow range does not mean others have that luxury. When you need a hard to find piece of hardware you go where its available.
Well, as long as your thoughts are based on facts and not some geographical bias, we're all good. ;-)
As I've said, Amibay is an option. It's not perfect. It's not for everyone. It's not for you. That's OK.. But it's not a bad site..
It just is what it is..
As is e-bay and Amiga.org and.. etc..
IMHO
desiv
I just call it like i see it. You guys perpetuate this false "amibay is safer" thing. At the end of the day only using paypal will likely save your butt since it has buyer and seller protections.
I had not intended to hijack this thread,and i will not reply to any further messages here.
Mech
