just to hammer home my earlier statement. buying items untested really is 50/50 if you research/study well. if you are buying stuff "untested" you have to look at all the angles. is the thing in good/bad condition? is the item repairable and easily repairable? would it be expensive to repair (or if you can repair it yourself)? is this item rare (would the replacement parts be easy/cheap to obtain)? stuff like that. maybe look on their feedback too as a quide. see, when i buy "untested" goods on ebay, i make sure not to spend too much - as it would be a huge gamble. the following 2 i have bought "untested" recently on ebay:
zx spectrum 128k bought untested £20 - did not work properly. sold it as parts (i think the guy i sold it to may of even repaired it!
commodore 64 bought untested 99p! - works fully! nice package! although the brown case is battered a little. i think i may sell it though to get a profit(!) and more room.
so the above is the last 2 items i bought on ebay untested. and i got a 50% success rate!
and i didn't spend over £20.
right, the next point i'd like to make is about jimbo100 behavior/language thru this. obviously the guy isn't happy. maybe this seller is in the wrong... who exactly knows?! its exactly that! no-one really knows because of the over the top attitude of both jimbo100 and the seller (forgotten his name). sorry, but if jimbo100 had maybe toned down his volume a bit and calmed down we (and possibly paypal/ebay) may have taken him more serious and maybe even got to the bottom of this with more discussion and facts instead of him shouting the odds and quoting the bible/whatever. thats my opinion!
