A loser on ebay

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In the past I've weighed up the time/effort/return/possibly could be doing something else balance...and decided to give stuff away, or throw in the bin - yes, shock horror, Amiga items

But, you're right, 99c or $99, it's still apparentely a contract. And sometimes you've gotta pick your battles. Sometimes you win by not even fighting.

+1 for good words for airey. Never had a problem and I've bought from him in the UK to me in Australia probably over a dozen times now. And the general consensus seems to be that he is a good seller based on most things I've read

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Seriously if you have to waste your time bitching on Amiga.org about 99 cents you really don't have a life!

Actually, what he doesn't have is the 99c he is entitled to

Whatever else he does or doesn't have is irrelevant and a matter of opinion - and of course you're entitled to your opinion. Do you have any idea what 99c means to the OP? Do you know the full story behind the 99c?

I've bitched to people who owe me $10 before - it's amazing how the lender is always the c*&t! It's never the borrower that is the c*&t when it isn't paid back! But we had an agreement. And I didn't need the money back. But I was owed it. And when I got it, I donated it to a charitable cause. The $10 meant so much more to someone else/other people that I didn't even know, than it did to me. It almost certainly saved multiple lives!

Only 99c huh?

The tables could also be turned the other way! Instead of "It's only 99c, so get over it"...why not "It's only 99c for f*&k sake - just f*&(ing pay it!"?

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I'm just going to throw this out there as a hypothetical. Based on your statement that "it was months before you could inspect the Amiga", is it possible that the A520 was misplaced and cracks occurred after he shipped it, but before you had a chance to inspect it?

I'll throw out a hypothetical to Wrath of Khan as well How did the case get broken? Airey, Postal Service, your Niece, someone else at your Nieces house? If you sold something, and regardless of the story you were given, were contacted months later with issues, what would you do? Did you actually contact Airey with the issue? Was he at all open to listening/trying to sort the issues? (I'm not implying he did anything wrong or that you did, but just trying to put it all into perspective - as stories aren't usually 100% as they come across).

And to the other posters stating that things were "broken"...I understand that Airey has a s*&tload of items listed at any one time, so when something is listed as working, I read between the lines and assume that a quick test only was given. It's not likely that he has had the item personally for years and knows every intricate detail about it. Likewise he is not likely to test an item for weeks prior to listing. I suppose with the A3000 Zorro slot issue, you don't know the slots don't work until you open them and try them - I get that. And it's not likely Airey actually tested them. But likewise, if we are being 100% transparent and open to possibilities, how do you know the slots (or whatever related item) wasn't broken by you accidentally? Or broken by a faulty card that you installed? Or that you had some kind of power glitch on install/test? (Once again, not saying blame shouldn't be laid with Airey. But likewise, why should it go down in history as his stuffup when maybe it wasn't???).