German Ebayer - amix68k

[jimbo100]

Anyone had much to do with the German ebayer by the name of amix68k ?

[jimbo100]

Purchased a PIV card from him on Ebay, card is dead.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220104798285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=012

It looks like this card which was dead when he bought it.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180094694368

He claims they are different boards and that he bought the one he sent me from a user group and that he used it for a long time!

At the time he offered me a A4000 mainboard which guess what, is also dead!  He claims he took it out of a working machine and stored it but when I received it it was missing jumpers and the kickstart socket is broken which he didn't tell me about at the time of purchase.

When I questioned him about the jumpers he claims that he may have removed them but does not answer me about the kickstart socket damage.

He is an Amiga user who sells a lot of gear but for some reason he doesn't test some things.  Looking back thru his feedback there are a few complaints of him selling dud gear which he simply replays as untested and bad luck for the buyer.

He certainly doesnt help the Amiga cause and now he is also telling me bad luck.

It leaves a sour taste in my mouth and down $420+.

[jimbo100]

Of course I have quizzed him all all this and asked for a refund  but when I get home tonight I see he has put an eBay dispute in saying I haven't paid for the items when I have lodged a dispute with paypal?

Surely eBay can see that I have paid using Paypal?  Talk about childish, this guy is completly dishonest!

One to watch out for guys!!

[jimbo100]

Some of his feedback from eBay that I have found (translated with AltaViata)

1. Supply and completion of OK ONE. Commodity clearly defectively!
2. Board very worst than the description and NOT WORKING -- very BAD --never again
3. The non removable disk was unfortunately operatingunable, went more zurueck(aber still no money)....
4. Defective commodity supplied!! Stirs up off (function of a Festpl can. n. examine)
5. commodity defectively therefore neutrally
6. Quick supply, good packing. But the commodity is defective unfortunately. Harm
7. Commodity as lack those were not indicated. Equipment in no good condition

Sometimes the negative feedback tells you a whole lot more about a person than the positive stuff esp when it's the same negative feedback.  No one can be that unlucky with things breaking between him selling and the goods arriving!

There are many more but the common theme is he is not adverse to buying faulty gear and selling it again simply claiming untested and responds with each feedback with the same line, "Sales without function warranty"

Dishonest people need to be avoided, they ruin the whole Amiga exprience!

ONE TO STAY WELL CLEAR OFF!

[jimbo100]

You should have warned us users!!!!

I noticed you didn't get any negative feedback.  You were right the mainboard is dead and I have a dispute with Paypal who have removed the money from his account.  He has now opened a dispute in eBay claming I haven't paid for the item stating I have made a withdrawal from his paypal account. I wish!  

Clearly he has no idea about how Paypal works. I offered to send the boards back asking for a refund minus postage.  He basically told me that there was nothing he could do and that I must have made a mistake.  The board has a broken kickstart socket which he forgot to tell me about.  I should have checked his feedback more closely but I needed an A4000 mainboard.  In the end I have nothing but empty bank account!

[jimbo100]

Oh I can't let this go without rebuttal!

amix68k wrote:

James on 31.05.2007 (which is exact the date of your posting here), you sent a mail that the board is not working. I sent you a mail asking some questions (was the parcel damaged, did you make mistakes in assembling the boards, etc.).

Really, funny, the email I have from you says something very different.  You never asked me about the condition of the parcel?  I advised you the board was dead and your response was, "Are you sure? Did you make any mistakes in putting the things together?"

I replied no that I didn't make mistakes and your next reply was, "At first, I am sorry, that you have problems withe the two boards. But I cannot be of much help"

I answered all your questions, the trouble I asked a lot more and got these responses!

You then went to rant about selling untested boards etc and paying a fraction etc.  You never confirmed anything prior in fact I clearly asked you if they worked prior to paying and shipping to which you replied, "Both boards were pulled from working systems a few weeks ago"

I have all the emails here.  

I notice you didn't comment about the claims of doctorq but thats your style isn't it.  Avoid the hard questions.  So whats with the dispute on eBay then?

I find your comments on eBay thou quite disturbing thou.  You stated that I had committed a crime when the money was withdrawn out of your account by Paypal.  I of course advised you that it was called fraud when you sold faulty goods as working and your response,

"Fraud would be, if I sold the cards to you fully working. But I sold the cards as "not tested".

So is this an admission the boards were not working?  Couldn't you have tested in the A2000 you mentioned in this thread!

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29540

The board worked fine in my A2000 (Blizzard 060, CV64/3D, VLabt-Motion, Toccata and X-Surf), so PSU seems no problem

At least now Amiga users will now know what you mean as "untested"

Point in case thou, the Amiga 4000 mainboard was not won in an action, doctorq won that.  You just offered it to me when he pulled out and we now know why.  I clearly asked you if it was working.

Anyway I will be sending both boards to Amiga France for them to check out.  Now if they report they are faulty and tell me why then will you take them back minus postage?

Yes or no? Am I being unreasonable?

[jimbo100]

Tahoe wrote:
Wait - I am NOT taking sides here, but are both the seller and the buyer aware that a Picasso IV DOES NOT WORK without the snap-off module?

Lots of people think this is just the flicker fixer, which it isn't. The flicker is actually placed on the Picasso IV itself.

I had the same experience, but the other way around: I bought a Picasso IV which was sold as defective (explicitly), but was tested without the module. Needless to say, testing the board myself - it did not work. Attach the included snap-off module, and hey presto! A working PIV.

I didn't know that!!!!!

Do you mean he lied about it working then???  Cos he told me it came from his system and he used it!

Well well well amix68k....seems you have been well and truly caught out!

[jimbo100]

There has been plenty of comms.  He has clearly advised me it came from a working system pull.  He has clearly told me that has has used the card.  

So if he is honest and it's all been a mistake then he will have the FF part and will send it to me and I will be the first to say I am wrong!

But if he doesn't have the FF part what does that prove?

There has been plenty of communication, but it's all been along the lines of sorry, you bought it, you have them, sorry I can't help!

[jimbo100]

Just a little update, amix68k has avoided the question about the flickerfixer part of the Picasso IV card.  I have so far asked him three times and on each occasion he keeps on going on about me breaking the Amiga 4000 mainboard?  Not sure how he keeps coming back to this?

So I guess I have my answer!

[jimbo100]

We have been communicating via eBay. I want you to go through eBay as I told you so everything is recorded, why you don't want to do this is beyond me.

But please tell me about this solution you are going on about because you certainly haven't haven't offered me any such thing yet.  All you have told me is that the flicker fixer part you have in your system and when I asked you for a photo you tell me it's now with a friend?

You have told me that you didn't know that the card needed the flicker fixer part otherwise you would have put that in your auction and of course if you had I would not have bought it!

I have told you the A4000 mainboard is dead, I have had this comfirmed by someone else.  He is a tech, I have never said I took it to a shop, you again have assumed incorrectly.  We both don't know whats wrong with it becuase it is lifeless, there are no error messages, colors or anything!

So what is your solution you offer?

[jimbo100]

That's your solution?  Wow that was worth waiting for?  Oh gee I am so excited that you managed to get that all out.  So your solution is to wait for a paypal action which I initiated!

Anyway I offered a solution for the PIV and I offered help for the A4K-board, but you are not willing (or able) to communicate.

Please tell me what these solutions are, either here or via email because to date you have offered me nothing!  You have not offered to help me AT ALL!  

All you have said and I quote from you, "But I cannot be of much help"

[jimbo100]

I have sent you an email to which you can reply.  I await your solution.

[jimbo100]

ok seems you don't want to answer the email I sent.

The Amiga 4000 mainboard has been tried with an A3400 030 CPU board and an A3640 040 board.  (I must add the jumpers are changed each time a different CPU board is installed) Both same result.  I removed all the fast ram from the board you sent and installed the board in an Amiga 4000 case with a daughter board.  I tried two versions of a daughterboard, Rev 1 & B.  I exchanged the chipram with some from my working A4000 in case that was dead.  There were no cards installed in any Zorro slots and only a floppy drive installed.  No hard drive.  The result on each occasion was the same.

Kickstart 3.0 and 3.1 have been tried.  My working A4000 has been pulled apart to see if we can get the mainboard working. I left it sitting on power up for 20 minutes and no go.  

The board failed the powerup self test.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#power-upself-test

I then checked the CPU board was making good contact as that can cause the machine to play dead.
http://home.nikocity.de/rs/A4k-HW3.html#deadmachineproblems

The jumpers have been checked and rechecked via many websites and the Amiga 4000 User's guide I possess.

End result is the same.  This was all redone again today, same result.

As for the PIV card, well that just didn't register in software or in the kickstart Expansion Board Diagnostic but we now know why that is.

Now, again I ask and not for the first time and you yourself have stated it and I quote once again what is your solution for the Amiga 4000 mainboard?

And your previous response of

Besides, I did not know that the small dongle is necessary. If you want to, I can look for the dongle here.

I have replied to this twice now, yes I would like the FF or dongle as you call it.  If you don't have it, I would like a refund minus postage.  I will send the card back to you!  This only addresses one issue, there are clearly two here!

oh and I must correct you with your comment "in the beginning, this only came out today!

[jimbo100]

amix68k wrote:
I told you from the begining, that the flicker-fixer dongle is in a system of a friend (the one I won the auction for of the PIV you mentioned in your first post). I have a dongle in my cabinet too, but this is needed for my PIV

The original dongle, that was in the working system, is built in the system with the card of the other auction you quoted at amiga.org.

One thing has me puzzled thou and excuse me if I haven't quite understood this but why would you pull out a perfectly working Picasso IV card with Flicker ficker attached to replace it with one you bought off eBay without flicker fixer only to sell the original Picasso IV on eBay without flicker fixer as untested?

That doesn't make sense? Am I the only one here to find that strange? :-?

[jimbo100]

amix68k wrote:

One thing has me puzzled thou and excuse me if I haven't quite understood this but why would you pull out a perfectly working Picasso IV card with Flicker ficker attached to replace it with one you bought off eBay without flicker fixer only to sell the original Picasso IV on eBay without flicker fixer as untested?

The PIV board was bought on ebay and completed with the dongle from the card in my cabinet (as in this system FliFi/ScanDo was needed and I thought the dongle was only user for this). A few weeks after (watch the timeline please) I did offer my PIV in good faith.

I have to clear a lot of things at the moment and do sell the doublettes of my collection. The cause for this is very personal

Yes we get all that, but why did you need to buy a another PIV without FF if you already had one with a FF?

So I am all clear on this.

1. You had a Picasso IV card with FF installed in your Amiga.
2. You decide to buy one off eBay that doesn't have a FF
3. You take out the prefectly working PIV and replace it with the one you bought off eBay
4. You sell the Picasso IV mentioned in point 1 some weeks later on eBay which I end up with?

That doesn't make any sense and you haven't really answered that question or responded to my emails or given me the A4000 solution!

You have stated "I have a lot of amiga-friends and maybe I can get this" which I assume means you might be able to get me a VillageTronic Picasso IV Flicker fixer.

Not entirely sure that would even be possible?

Still waiting :cry: