Warning ...Bad Amiga EBay seller

[melott]

Here's a warning ........

This guy, calls himself 'Terminator3' at sales@nishtek.com

He's passing off PC floppy drives as Amiga HD drives.
I got burned (I know..I should have checked the Mod. No.)

Hereis the link to the one I got burned on.......
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4127612166&rd=1

I filed a complaint with EBay and SquareTrade but I doubt
I'll get my money back.
He responded to my EMails by saying 'AS IS' and implied
the buyer should beware.

[melott]

>Is the drive really an High Density Panasonic JU-257A?

Yes its HD "PC 1.44" floppy.

Doesn't do me much good especially when I can go down
to the local computer store and buy one for $10.00 or so,
that is 'IF' I even wanted one.

[melott]

Panasonic did make some drives for Amiga Technoligies
(my spelling sucks) anyway yes they made some drives for
AT but as far as I know they only functioned as DD 880's.
Also these drives were labeled 'Amiga'. This IS NOT one
of them. I tried the drive in my A2000 and got the message
'Not a Dos device' or something like that.
I thought the guy seemed OK too by his feedback but when
told him this was a PC drive and I hoped it was just a
mistake he sent me to some links to show me this drive
could be used in an AT Amiga A1200/4000. If you look at
his listing there is NO Mention of Amiga Technoligies.
When I pointed this out to him and also said he should
go back and re-read the links he sent me his last response
was to say "AS IS" and in so many words that the buyer
should beware.
I have submitted a complaint to EBay and SquareTrade.
It was to late to file with PayPal, their time limit is
30 days. I think I would have been 4 or 5 days late anyway.

[melott]

>Is there 2 models of the Panasonic JU-257A?

Apperantly there is 2 models of the JU-257A.
The PC version and the Amiga version.
From what I've read these drive are labeled 'Amiga' if
they are for Amiga. Slightly different circuitry for
Amiga I guess. Anyway this drive doesn't work in my
C= A2000.
I guess to be fair I don't think this guy knew this drive
wouldn't work. I guessing he found a few of these drives
and thought they would on Amiga. He said he didn't have a
machine to test them. He just got stubborn when I pointed
out that these drives were not the right ones.