Hi avilasan,
Yes I too have had a bad experience on EBay with a person selling various Amiga items.
Email #1:
I am writing to you because I am extremely disappointed not
only by the fact I've had to wait more than 3 weeks for the
following items to arrive:
3056434411
3056434209
3056434344
3056434497
3056853656
But also the fact they were very poorly package and secondly I
feel I've been mislead and cheated of £120 that I paid you in good faith
for items I auctioned on believing they were in immaculate condition as
you stated and they are not.
The Commodore MIPS1270a is scratched, covered in ink stains and has no power
supply so I can't test nor use it.
The Action Replay Amiga mk1 [not mk4] as you stated doesn't work because
several pins on the edge connector are visibly detached from the solder.
Also the Commodore A590 Hard Drive for the A500 is very badly
cosmetically damaged and is missing 2 external screws that mount the HD
in place.
Inside the A590 the internal IDE HD ribbon was not connected correctly to
the HD, the internal IDE ribbon is faulty. [I've test a new cable to prove
it is faulty]
2 data pins on the right side of the HD are bent out due to misuse and the
P10 power supply connector to the HD is faulty altogether causing the unit
to have intermittent power up and data reading faults.
'Swapping out' these cables to get the device to boot I discover that one
of the partitions 'DH1:' won't read, prompting concern for the physical state/
usability of the HD itself. Why was this unit not properly packed knowing
full well it is a fragile product.
The Commodore A1010's external Disk Drive for the A500, you stated was
immaculate, is NOT. It is again very badly scratched along the front and
all across the top left.
What I want to know is 'what are you going to do about this?' Because if
we can not resolve this issue quickly I am taken action and further more
will demand a FULL refund and return ALL the items.
Photographic evidence of all these items was taken as proof of the poor
condition of these item upon arrival to my home address.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Mr Paul Andrews
Ebay User: Amiskippy
Email #2:
As stated in an e-mail dated 7/11/03, I know absolutely nothing about amigas
so I consulted a friend on the items. The friend assured me that for their
age they were in immaculate condition. If there are scratches on the items,
I must apologies. I obviousley should have inspected the goods as well as
trusted my very knowledgable friend.
If something is immaculate it is free from dirt, stains, impurities and unsoiled
regardless of age. Hence the reason I was prepared to auction on these items and
pay that bit extra.
Summary of faults:
3056853656 - RARE Commodore MPS 1270A - Immaculate [no power supply/clogged ink cartridge, untested and cosmetically damaged. currently being serviced by my friend whose profession is a printer technician]
3056434497 - Amiga A590 20MB Hard Disk + Extras [faulty internal p10 power cable and IDE ribbon. bent HD pins, signs of tamper and missing screws. cosmetically damaged]
3056434411 - Amiga 500 External Disk Drive - Immaclate [works ok. cosmetically damaged]
3056434344 - Amiga 12 - Colour Digitser Video Input [box contained 'faulty disks [write/read errors]' but no device, instead a Rendale 8802 FMC genlock with a broken 23pin RGB connector, so can't test]
3056434209 - Action Replay Cartridge - Amiga - Mark 4 [mk #1, faulty edge connector pins detached from solder, PCB very bad condition]
Basically I've paid you £120 for 5 items that are not what I believed to have auctioned on because
the descriptions you gave were not correct and consequently misleading.
The friend assured me that for their age they were in immaculate condition.
Your friend obviously hasn't tested any of these items, otherwise you'd had known they didn't work.
Please let me know what you would like me to do??
I accept your apologises and can see from feedback you are good ebayer. I genuinely believe you
thought to be auctioning these items in good faith and in working order.
I was an IT Hardware Technician for 7 years and I've specialised in the Amiga since 1990 and even
run my own website [www.amigarealm.com] so I am fully aware of the ins and outs of this computer and
its peripherals.
Although I could repair some of these items, apart from the cosmetic side; I feel it is only fair that
an agreed amount of money be refunded via paypal for the unnecessary inconvenience and disappointment,
as the £120 spent on these items can not be justified by their poor condition.
Paul Andrews.
Email #3:
3056853656 RARE Commodore MPS 1270A - Immaculate £5.50 [shipping £8.00] [being serviced by friend]
3056434497 Amiga A590 20MB Hard Disk + Extras £42.00 [shipping £8.00] [can be repaired]
3056434411 Amiga 500 External Disk Drive - Immaculate £21.00 [shipping £5.00] [works ok]
3056434344 Amiga 12 - Colour Digitser Video Input £10.00 [shipping £6.00] [wrong item]
3056434209 Action Replay Cartridge - Amiga - Mark 4 £9.00 [shipping £3.50] [doesn't work]
Total Goods = £87.50
Total Shipping = £30.50
Total = £118
Total via Paypal = £121 @ 4%
After inspection of goods I'd be prepared to pay = £35
Actual Total Shipping = £9.23 Royal Mail [Difference of £21.27]
New Total = £44.23
Difference = £73.77
Never heard from him again.
Skippy
