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Lem wrote:
"Lee J. Moore" wrote: When they arrived with it, I drove the 40 miles back to Trentham Gardens with them because I realised the only chance of a refund was on the same day. Probably wasn't worth the cost of the petrol! You mustn't realise how much modems cost in 1993. A 9,600bps V.32 model (considered 'fast' then) could cost £90. IIRC, USR were selling 28.8 external models for over £300 back then. .....and then there was the phone bill. Ouch. Still remember it. Don't like to talk about it. g -- Lee J. Moore http://cafe-society.com |
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....and then there was the phone bill. Ouch. Still remember it. Don't
like to talk about it. g I topped =A3330 a quarter with alarming regularity, and I was only a home= =20 user ! --=20 Please add "[newsgroup]" in the subject of any personal replies via email * old email address "btiruseless" abandoned due to worm-generated spam * --- My new email address has "ngspamtrap" & @btinternet.com in it ;-) --- |
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snip Yes, I attend a certain auction in Manchester from time to time which is a disposal 'outlet' for Maplins to sell off their customer returned stock. I speak to other bidders and a few are quite open about them buying these returns cheap here to sell at computers fairs without bothering to test them. -- Best Regards Niel Humphreys Snowdon Computers Ltd Did you happen to be there about a month ago? Do they perhaps mention in their FAQ that they don't acceppt general trade stock from companies because it may be "problem stock" that may not work. Instead they sell ****e that there is no question about. It will not work. I resell used equipment but will not knowingly sell faulty items and had to bin at least 75% of the crap I purchased. Well at least it thought me a lesson. David. |
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"David Stritch" wrote in message
news snip Yes, I attend a certain auction in Manchester from time to time which is a disposal 'outlet' for Maplins to sell off their customer returned stock. I speak to other bidders and a few are quite open about them buying these returns cheap here to sell at computers fairs without bothering to test them. -- Did you happen to be there about a month ago? Do they perhaps mention in their FAQ that they don't acceppt general trade stock from companies because it may be "problem stock" that may not work. Instead they sell ****e that there is no question about. It will not work. I resell used equipment but will not knowingly sell faulty items and had to bin at least 75% of the crap I purchased. Well at least it thought me a lesson. Yep, that's the one. You would think that they would at least bother to open the boxes and remeove the maplins RMA sheets if they are trying to pass faulty returned stock off as liquidated & bankrupt stock wouldn't you? I have even found in 2 boxes the original customer receipts along with their credit card numbers! What I find incredible is that as they regularly do this, the stuff still seems to sell for near retail prices anyway. There must be no end of new punters going to each of their auctions who get 'once bitten' to drive the prices up. ...and now the infamouse quote: http://www.robsonkay.co.uk/pages/faq.phtml Q Can I sell my goods through Robson Kay? A We do not accept goods from private vendors. Whilst we are happy to consider one-off sales on behalf of companies closing their factories, shops, or other businesses, we do not accept general tradestocks from companies as we believe this results in "problem stock" such as out-of-date/incomplete/broken items being delivered to us. Whilst we cannot be sure that tradestocks being sold for Liquidators do not fall into the aforementioned descriptions, there is more chance that stock being sold for Liquidators has not been "picked over" in the way that private tradestocks may have been. -- Best Regards Niel Humphreys Snowdon Computers Ltd |
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Dom Robinson wrote:
....and then there was the phone bill. Ouch. Still remember it. Don't like to talk about it. g Neither did my parents back in the late 80s when I disconnected from a BBS late at night, except I thought I had done. I didn't have a phone in my room and I logged off, then switched the Atari ST off obviously just before the signal had returned back to tell the phone line to disconnect. Ouch! Calls weren't 1p a minute then either. 8am the next day..., my Mum asks "Why are you using the phone line before school?" "I'm not", I replied. I picked up the phone upstairs and heard the modem noise... Did you run away/get grounded/have the modem confiscated? (*Delete as appropriate.) I just realised that I used the ST from 1987 to 1994 and it cost £350. I could never get 7 years out of a PC these days. Oh yes you could. Stick a four port (or wireless) ethernet card in it, install a lightweight linux distribution on it, use it as a router that serves four 'puters the internet via your DSL connection. Old PCs never die, they just need a new hobby. I've still got the ST too. I've still got...2xZX81's (one inherited), 1x48k Sinclair Spectrum (circa 1993), 1xCommodore 64, 1xCommodore Amiga and the oldest PC I've kept is an Escom P100 dating back to 1996. All in working order. Getting back +topic, I really should setup a store at a crappy computer fair eh? -- Lee J. Moore http://cafe-society.com |
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Lee J. Moore wrote:
1x48k Sinclair Spectrum (circa 1993) Erm....1983. Oops. -- Lee J. Moore http://cafe-society.com |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:21:51 +0100, "Lee J. Moore"
wrote: I just realised that I used the ST from 1987 to 1994 and it cost £350. I could never get 7 years out of a PC these days. Oh yes you could. Stick a four port (or wireless) ethernet card in it, install a lightweight linux distribution on it, use it as a router that serves four 'puters the internet via your DSL connection. Old PCs never die, they just need a new hobby. Altertivly just use the same apps that came with the PC, which means it still gets its intended use. Providing the capacitors on the mobo don't go off or something else pops. Just turning the PC into an overly power consuming expensive 4 port router is cheating :-) -- This post does not reflect the opinions of all saggy cloth cats be they a bit loose at the seams or not GSX600F - Matilda the (now) two eared teapot, complete with white gaffer tape, though no rectal chainsaw |
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Bagpuss wrote:
Oh yes you could. Stick a four port (or wireless) ethernet card in it, install a lightweight linux distribution on it, use it as a router that serves four 'puters the internet via your DSL connection. Old PCs never die, they just need a new hobby. Altertivly just use the same apps that came with the PC, which means it still gets its intended use. Providing the capacitors on the mobo don't go off or something else pops. hehe. Win95 and an IE version incapable of rendering tables! Oh, and MS Works...an early version which I always thought should be renamed "Office for plebs." And what on earth was the point of MS Space Simulator? Imagine the sheer number of security patches that would have to be installed before connecting to the net. And I do remember that the patches did slow Win95 down drastically on that system. The OS was very /nearly/ Win98 after patching...erm....if that makes sense. -- Lee J. Moore http://cafe-society.com |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:06:58 +0100, "Alec"
wrote: "Computer Fairs, the bricks and mortar version of ebay". Lots of mad people paying over the odds for computer based tat no on else in their right mind would want. -- This post does not reflect the opinions of all saggy cloth cats be they a bit loose at the seams or not GSX600F - Matilda the (now) two eared teapot, complete with white gaffer tape, though no rectal chainsaw |
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