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I'm blacklisted from Aron's auctions ? (Vagabond)

I haven't had anything to do with him , in fact he offered me a fixed price offer a couple of days ago ?

I'm gonna have to find my kids gloves !

Is he on here? Seems unusual to blacklist unless you were asking "prickly" questions. (You know... really strange shit like "perhaps you could plug it in and tell us whether it works")

I'm definitely on the blacklist for the dreamer offering that so called "bulk deal". Can't remember what prickly question I asked, but I think I suggested he engage with the community here. Apparently his ego is too fragile for "comments".

I thought they have to be 13 years or older to join trade-me ?

I have been flamed several times for asking if something works.

I haven't asked vagabond any questions, bid on his items or anything ?

It is spectrum stuff and I am guilty of purchasing a C64

Next time I ask a question on Trade-Me its gonna start like "can you please ask your mum....." or "hey when daddy gets home from work can you ask him if ...."

RonTurner wrote:
Next time I ask a question on Trade-Me its gonna start like "can you please ask your mum....." or "hey when daddy gets home from work can you ask him if ...."

That might be the reason right there.

Gibsaw wrote:I'm definitely on the blacklist for the dreamer offering that so called "bulk deal". Can't remember what prickly question I asked, but I think I suggested he engage with the community here. Apparently his ego is too fragile for "comments".

That guy is deluded but he's consistently deluded ($1300 every relist). What I've been noticing is people will get no bids then they relist at a way higher price. WTF!? Actually I sometimes feel like I'm kind of over tm. I ran an ad in the paper yesterday. Didn't know what to expect but I've been pleasantly surprised. Apparently there is a world outside the internet - who knew. Still looking for that elusive apple-in-the-garage though

Matt.

I'm not bothered by what a seller values there gear, if its to high no one will touch it, no harm done. Maybe he considers worth that much or he would rather hold on to it.

but I would like to see him move the IIc monitor off the GS and put it with the IIc

what does bother me is when you ask if it works and they get angry, ignore you or blacklist you for wanting to know if it currently works.

Last years punch line was *going in the bin if no one bids* this years punch line is *used to go 30 years ago*

The punch line I want to hear is *Was powered up today and it works fine, just added photo of it turned on so you can see*

its tough to get a good deal when snipers are all over the place

My favorite is actually 'plugged it in' combined with 'nothing happens' or 'I let the smoke out'.
Unless of course it comes with a three digit reserve.

My favourite is "plugged it in and it works fine" which after a question or two ends up being "plugged the power in and a light turned on."

Yes. The term "Powers on" often means the power light goes on. Nothing more.

RonTurner wrote:...but I would like to see him move the IIc monitor off the GS and put it with the IIc

I see that causes a tick for you too..

RonTurner wrote:The punch line I want to hear is *Was powered up today and it works fine, just added photo of it turned on so you can see*

This is my goal also. I don't mind the "let the magic smoke out" one though. It's at least a vaguely known condition that usually is just caps, although sometimes not.

As an example, I went to pick up a "magic smoke" IIe from antiphrasis a couple of nights back. Took a working PSU with me. The dual drive one (yet to appear on TM) went fine. I think he's going to re-cap the PSU, now that it's shown to be working.

The single one showed no life and has an... interesting... flickering power LED on the MB. I suspect that's my PSU's short protection saying "turn me off!! turn me off!! turn me off!!".

So a bit of bad luck there... Nothing obviously swollen/blackened/burnt so I have a bit of investigation to do on that one. (Looking suspiciously at the row of caps and diodes by the power connector.)

Gibsaw wrote:So a bit of bad luck there... Nothing obviously swollen/blackened/burnt so I have a bit of investigation to do on that one. (Looking suspiciously at the row of caps and diodes by the power connector.)

Absolutely. I had to replace two in one of my apples. The first one was obvious (burnt/blackened), the second one not so (but a test showed it was shorted). The symptom was the ominous click-click which showed the PSU was not a happy-chappy.

SpidersWeb wrote:My favorite is actually 'plugged it in' combined with 'nothing happens' or 'I let the smoke out'.
Unless of course it comes with a three digit reserve.

My favourite is * it wont tune into my modern TV set *

RonTurner wrote:My favourite is * it wont tune into my modern TV set *

Depending on the machine this can be valid. My ZX-81 for example has real trouble tuning into any modern TV set. Autofind just skips over it, or even if it does find it, it's hard to get a good signal. On older TVs it's not a problem.

Yeah it's funny these days. I actually keep a VCR around as an RF -> RCA adaptor.
Been thinking I should probably get a cheap 14" TV set for the workshop.

SpidersWeb wrote:Been thinking I should probably get a cheap 14" TV set for the workshop.

Not a bad idea. People can't even give them away these days.