Warning about buying from karmanss

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I just received the Picasso IV board I ordered from karmanss.  All in all, it was a bad deal for me.  Here is the description on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8809683147&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

I payed $250 US for it, which is not a great deal, but I felt it was still worth it because the Picasso IV has a built-in scan-doubler.  Or so I thought.  

Not this one, however.  The scan doubler module on this card had been completely removed but there is no mention of this anywhere in the ebay description.  Now because there was no scan-doubler, the installation directions in the manual do not work because they assume a working scan-doubler, so at first I thought it was broken and I wrote karmanss an email saying so.  I thought I could get my money back because he claims to have a "Guaranty [sic] against  ( DOA )  dead on arrival"  Yeah whatever.  All he told me was that it worked fine and there were no refunds or returns.  I did eventually get it to work, albeit with no scan-doubling modes available.

If you look you will see that he does not allow people to see any of the feedback buyers leave.  I can understand why.  

I feel cheated.  I will never again buy anything from him and I would suggest to anyone thinking about buying any from karmanss to seriously reconsider.

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zipper wrote:
All the necessary SD/FliFi circuitry is on the main board itself, the breakout board contains just connectors; with right leads you can use the SD/FliFi - just as I use in my A500T which has a VT built Denise adapter to get the necessary video signals; my Zorro board has no functional video slot.

On this photo:
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/download_photos/picassoiv_big.jpg
you can see that there are some ICs on the scan doubler portion.  Are you sure you can just connect the wires?  I have a Piccolo I'd be willing to strip for the connector portion I need, but I think it requires more than just wires?

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Yes, I asked him if he had one and told him I didn't think it would work without it and I was afraid to try it in case it fried something in my a4000 (or itself).  This was his reply:

"this board does work in a2000 a3000 a4000 computer regardless if the scan doubler is installed or not , this is a used item there is no returns or refunds"

He knew it was not attached.  He just didn't bother to mention that in the ad.