When i pointed out that the idiot who suggested twisting capacitors off amiga motherboards was causing inexperienced people to rip the pads off boards and doing harm. When i told the mods this instead of taking the message down their solution was to tell me to write a better guide,meanwhile leaving this damaging info up.. UH HELLO?:furious:
There are lots of different opinions on teh interwebs.
I remember that thread and people brought up that it could be risky.
The person posting (doing this from memory, since they are still down) originally was maintaining that pulling straight up was bad and could damage pads, but twisting wouldn't for some reason...
I don't remember all the reasoning behind it. It sounded risky to me, but it was his opinion.
He's apparently done that a lot and not had a problem.
He posted his belief. People posted replies that they weren't so sure...
He was (IIRC) a working electronics tech (which doesn't mean he's right, but..).
That's the internet.
I read that thread and decided not to try that.
They suggested you write your own guide.. That sounded like a good recommendation..
They say silly things like EVIL BAY and yet they have bay in their name.
They? All of them? ;-)
I'm know some people there say that.. I like to say e-bait. :-) Yes, it's silly.. I don't think anyone takes me seriously, and I shop more on e-bait than I do on Amibay.. ;-)
As for the mods, they don't like people talking about e-bay at all...
They would prefer it not come up, and get frustrated when their users rant about it..
Sounds like you would like Amibay to be much more restrictive in their moderation... Interesting, most people who don't like Amibay seem to think they do too much moderation..
Its delusional to think amibay is any safer than any other method of buying and selling/
Yes and no..
It can be safer, if you know the person selling; and frequently you do. It's a smaller area.
On e-bay, you have to rely on the ratings system.
That being said, especially with new sellers, there is risk; and they remind people to be careful.
To me, it's more about keeping the Amiga/retro equipment in the community. I bought my 8M RAM card for $xx on Amibay. A good deal I think.. Then I got an ACA.. I sold the 8M to someone on Amibay who needed one for less than I paid. I felt good about helping out someone that way. I could try to do that on e-bay, but I think I'm more likely to get it into the hands of someone who needs it (rather than a re-seller) at a good price that way. I could be wrong, but that's the way I feel about it.
It is basically the UK "good old boy network" as far as i can tell.
Well, as long as your thoughts are based on facts and not some geographical bias, we're all good. ;-)
As I've said, Amibay is an option. It's not perfect. It's not for everyone. It's not for you. That's OK.. But it's not a bad site..
It just is what it is..
As is e-bay and Amiga.org and.. etc..
IMHO
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