Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
On Sun, Feb 5, 2006 at 11:28 pm -0500, Donald Keenan wrote: I use Mozilla. (For some reason I have had no success in installing Firefox on my Jaguar susyetm. I just pulses in and out of the dock, but never launches and it won't quit the dock.). Have you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up#Firefox_.28Mac_OS_X. 29_fails_to_start TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:27 AM, kaldav wrote: n I tried Safari, an ebay auction page was not saved with the images, the page did not have a correct title, and later double clicking on the page just opened the page on my desktop but there was no web url at the top- just a link on my Desktop so I could not connect again to this page. What browser are people using to follow ebay auctions- a browser that downloads the page content and pictures? So far, I have found IE the best for auctions, on both OS9 and OSX. Would appreciate alternative suggestions. Thanks. Try SHIIRA @ http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/en -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
On Feb 5, 2006, at 3:27 AM, kaldav wrote: However, when I tried Safari, an ebay auction page was not saved with the images, the page did not have a correct title, and later double clicking on the page just opened the page on my desktop but there was no web url at the top- just a link on my Desktop so I could not connect again to this page. Have you tried FireFox? Has options for save as web archive, html only, and save as web page, complete. Due to ebay page naming, the file you r get is named .dll not .html, but a quick rename to .html and you have something that opens fine in either Safari or other web browsers. Safari just doesn't cut it for almost any serious web viewing, unfortunately. IMO. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
Of course the other option is to save the auction in the My eBay area, and then regardless of the browser, simply sign in to your account on ebay, and click on the link there under Items I'm watching . :) Later.Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
Test message--are these going thru? I've sent several messages to the list last couple of days, but I can't tell if they're making it thru. Could someone respond to me offlist to confirm if you see this? Thanks! Later.Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
I have it, Howard. Best regards, stanton From: Howard Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:45:35 -0600 To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures? Test message--are these going thru? I've sent several messages to the list last couple of days, but I can't tell if they're making it thru. Could someone respond to me offlist to confirm if you see this? Thanks! Later.Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
Hello ebayers on NMUG I use a thing called baywatch which adds any frontmost auction to my ical and alarms me. I don't use it for everything but it can be handy. One can also drag and drop the URL to the Desktop to have temporary but convenient access to an auction (rather than saving the page). Havent tended to use it but select all from browser, copy and paste into textedit gets the lot - images and links too!. (In a sort of package document). Just been outbid on an icurve - oh well. Anyone selling an iCurve? (Its a laptop stand), I fancy a wireless keyboard too if I see one at a good price. Has anyone a verdict on the might mouse or a recommendation for a wireless mouse with scroll and right click? all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
On Sunday, February 5, 2006, at 03:27 AM, kaldav wrote: What browser are people using to follow ebay auctions- a browser that downloads the page content and pictures? So far, I have found IE the best for auctions, on both OS9 and OSX. Would appreciate alternative suggestions. Thanks. I use Mozilla. (For some reason I have had no success in installing Firefox on my Jaguar susyetm. I just pulses in and out of the dock, but never launches and it won't quit the dock.). I have had good success with loading my pics and accessing all of the feautres. Safari for Jaguar has been HORRIBLE to use with eBay. Features don't appear or won't function (such as relist an item after having made a second chance offer that goes unwanted) and pictures often won't upload when using safari. I have to assume that my version of Safari is, in a way, like an orphaned application. I wish Safari were upgradable. If I can find a set of legit Tiger installation CDs second hand someday (I'm NOT going to jump through the hoops Apple has set up...at least not now.), I'd love to see how much better the newer version of Safari is. Meanwhile, Mozilla does the trick. Good luck! Donald -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)
On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The G3-French guy, when I first replied to his first message (both of us using the ebay message center), I got an automated reply from a US Air Force email account which had English and French wording and his name. So I thought that was a good thing if he was in the military. But when I asked Mr. G3 in the next ebay message if he was in the military, he wrote that No, he was not, but he had access to that Air Force email account. Now THAT, I thought, was also really strange! ... unless he is dating some Air Force lady! ;-) Not necessarily. Contractors and Civil Service employees are granted official USAF email addresses if their jobs call for it. Even keeping that in mind, though, I agree that this whole thing sounded a little too fishy. Kurt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)
On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The G3-French guy, when I first replied to his first message (both of us using the ebay message center), I got an automated reply from a US Air Force email account which had English and French wording and his name. So I thought that was a good thing if he was in the military. But when I asked Mr. G3 in the next ebay message if he was in the military, he wrote that No, he was not, but he had access to that Air Force email account. Now THAT, I thought, was also really strange! ... unless he is dating some Air Force lady! ;-) Not necessarily. Contractors and Civil Service employees are granted official USAF email addresses if their jobs call for it. Even keeping that in mind, though, I agree that this whole thing sounded a little too fishy. Kurt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On 4 Dec 2005, at 12:18 PM, Amber R. wrote: The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. In my experience, these kinds of problems are not from using a Mac. They result because E-bay is busy. Their computers cannot keep up with the traffic. For such a large and successful company, E-bay has some of the worst software and hardware I have seen. I don't know how they manage to get things wrong so consistently. When I'm dealing with the techs at e-bay, I expect to get wrong answers and poor information. If they knew what they were doing, they'd be doing something else. I also feel sorry for them. They are trying to solve problems on a system that has problems built-in. It's a thankless and endless job. Peter -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On 12/12/05, Donald Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, some sites like Gmail and GAP.com refuse to use certain versions of browsers, like the Safari I have with Jaguar. It's not unusual for Mac users to still be given the short end of the stick. Just an FYI, Gmail works with all browsers, albeit in a truncated fashion - some features may not be available, but you can still access, read, compose email. I even use it on a unix shell account with both lynx or links text-based web browsers when geting online with my Apple //e. It may not be pretty that way, but I can still get to my email. :) Later..Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Monday, December 12, 2005, at 02:07 PM, Howard Katz wrote: On 12/12/05, Donald Keenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, some sites like Gmail and GAP.com refuse to use certain versions of browsers, like the Safari I have with Jaguar. I Just an FYI, Gmail works with all browsers, Not with the version of Safari that one has to use with OS X 10.2...and there's no upgrading Safari without upgrading to Tiger or Panther. I wish were'nt true. Also, aren't there other Google programs that are Windows only? Picasa? GoogleEarth just started support for Tiger? I guess I'm a dork for still being in Jaguar, but the whole DVD trade-in program to get a CD install has turned me off just enough to demotivate me. Donald -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
Hmmm.must be your settings. I used an early version of Safari early in the year (what was the version of OS X before Panther? This mac was running that one) , and it let me in. I couldn't access my Gmail account settings, but I could read and write email. Later.Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Monday, December 12, 2005, at 02:46 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Hmmm.must be your settings. I used an early version of Safari early in the year (what was the version of OS X before Panther? This mac was running that one) , and it let me in. I couldn't access my Gmail account settings, but I could read and write email. You're absolutely right. I just tried Gmail and got in. Before, it wouldn't even load, so they must have spent some time tweaking things to give the limited, feature-free access. I'm glad this came to my attention! Thanks. Oddly, gap.com loads for a second or two and then a page loads telling me that my browser isn't sipported. Donald -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
I won't take cards using PayPal. Why? Once I did and the card was stolen. I not only lost the money but the merchandise as well. Peter http://www.apockotos.com http://www.macmariner.com http://www.knightrider.org On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why you should always pay with a credit card. Paypal may come through, but they will laways take forever. Though they are getting better (due to vociferous public complaint) a sure way to insure yourself is to ALWAYS use your credit card. If someone WON'T take a credit card payment, it is not unlikely that he or she have dealt with reversed credit card payments before, i.e. cheated someone and was caught--often not a good sign. By using a credit card that offers buyer protection, you are covered--fully. I have been reimbursed fully in three bad deals totalling over 2k in value in the past year. Despite ...we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run... I am glad there is a full protection plan available. USPS may or may not come through, they are often as lackadaisical as Paypal--USPS Money Orders or no. From: Richard Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:15:07 +0100 LOL yeah right they recovered 97 cents on a purchase of $56.00 for me. Basically they said sorry that is all we could get case closed. Richard On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Krow Magnum wrote: And CC-Paypal payments are covered but we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run. Only Paypal and the theives make money. Paypal will still charge you a fee to give your money back. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
At 10:00 AM -0500 12/10/2005, Peter Apockotos wrote: I won't take cards using PayPal. Why? Once I did and the card was stolen. I not only lost the money but the merchandise as well. Sorry to hear you had that experience. Regretfully, problems occur - it's the cost of doing business. Consider that the fraud rate over the 'net is only about 2/3 of the fraud rate of normal mail-order and card-present use. If you had used a standard merchant account, such as thru your local bank, you would not only be out the basic money and the merch, but you'd be hit with up to a hundred dollars in chargeback processing fees. AND be faced with higher transaction fees in the future, since you now have a history of fraudulant processing. Paypal is one of the better card processing services. But just because they're better doesn't mean you can relax. You simply must use common sense. Review Paypal's policies and procedures carefully. Make sure the buyer is Verified. Only ship to the verified address. Always use tracking / delivery confirmation. For expensive items, always buy insurance and require a signature. When fraud occurs, work with Paypal to get back what $ you can. But then you can also file an insurance claim and fraud charges, since you have the signature. This is no different than what you would have to do in a normal meatspace transaction. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
I sell on ebay but will not take credit cards through PayPal because PayPal charges me a higher fee for the service, and I have never cheated anyone-100% positive feedback! Tom On 12/10/05 9:00 AM, Peter Apockotos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's why you should always pay with a credit card. Paypal may come through, but they will laways take forever. Though they are getting better (due to vociferous public complaint) a sure way to insure yourself is to ALWAYS use your credit card. If someone WON'T take a credit card payment, it is not unlikely that he or she have dealt with reversed credit card payments before, i.e. cheated someone and was caught--often not a good sign. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
At 1:14 PM -0500 12/10/2005, Peter Apockotos wrote: I have a 99.1% on ebay only because some idiot placed a bid of $20.00 that started at 0.1 cents. And blamed me because he overbid. Of course that was before you could respond to feedback. But I guess only one negative is okay. But still. Negs happen. Even the best of us end up with a ding in our armour. :) - Dan (finally up to 99.8%) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)
Krow Magnum at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 4:10 PM Not cool at all ! I'm pretty sure that's a violation of eBay policy and is sleazy at the least. And if he is overseas but the item is here in the states I would be very very cautious ! That is a very common scam used on Craigslist and other places laptops are sold. Thank you for confirming my suspicions! And funny, while looking around the past few weeks, I had ended up on that Craigslist site, too! Not even sure how I found it, probably google. I'll steer clear of that one. The G3-French guy, when I first replied to his first message (both of us using the ebay message center), I got an automated reply from a US Air Force email account which had English and French wording and his name. So I thought that was a good thing if he was in the military. But when I asked Mr. G3 in the next ebay message if he was in the military, he wrote that No, he was not, but he had access to that Air Force email account. Now THAT, I thought, was also really strange! ... unless he is dating some Air Force lady! ;-) BTW, he's also a 0 feedback person, a brand newbie on ebay, but then so am I so didn't want to hold that one thing against him. Anything I buy through on-line places like eBay I only pay with Paypal which will protect the buyer or USPS money orders. Nobody wants the US Postal Inspectors on their butt from mail fraud and it's even worse if a USPS money order was payment. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ I agree about PayPal and credit card thru PayPal, that way you get double protection if needed. And surprisingly, Mr. French-G3's item shows he does accept PayPal. -- Good to know about the USPS money orders and them sicking the calvary on fraudulent sellers! I didn't think of that! Thanks! Gail --- On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The G3/500mhz/55gig/384ram/Tiger guy actually sent me an ebay message asking if I wanted to look at his ebay item, and he listed the item #. When I asked how he knew I was even looking, he never gave an answer (I assumed he saw my name in another bid) but I wondered how cool was it for him to contact people like that who have bid on other items? I dunno, since I'm not an experienced ebay'er, maybe that's the norm and is no big deal. Then it turns out he's French but the item is in TX, and since his English (or maybe just his typing) is choppy, he doesn't write complete answers. So that was making me nervous even though his is a good-sounding-deal, too. So Yes, indeed, beware. Thanks! Gail -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)
On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The G3-French guy, when I first replied to his first message (both of us using the ebay message center), I got an automated reply from a US Air Force email account which had English and French wording and his name. So I thought that was a good thing if he was in the military. But when I asked Mr. G3 in the next ebay message if he was in the military, he wrote that No, he was not, but he had access to that Air Force email account. Now THAT, I thought, was also really strange! ... unless he is dating some Air Force lady! ;-) BTW, he's also a 0 feedback person, a brand newbie on ebay, but then so am I so didn't want to hold that one thing against him. It's getting realy fishy now And I would never make a large purchase from someone on eBay 0 feedback. Everyone has to start somewhere but that would be a risky thing to do for very much money. And CC-Paypal payments are covered but we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run. Only Paypal and the theives make money. Paypal will still charge you a fee to give your money back. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)
LOL yeah right they recovered 97 cents on a purchase of $56.00 for me. Basically they said sorry that is all we could get case closed. Richard On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Krow Magnum wrote: And CC-Paypal payments are covered but we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run. Only Paypal and the theives make money. Paypal will still charge you a fee to give your money back. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
That's why you should always pay with a credit card. Paypal may come through, but they will laways take forever. Though they are getting better (due to vociferous public complaint) a sure way to insure yourself is to ALWAYS use your credit card. If someone WON'T take a credit card payment, it is not unlikely that he or she have dealt with reversed credit card payments before, i.e. cheated someone and was caught--often not a good sign. By using a credit card that offers buyer protection, you are covered--fully. I have been reimbursed fully in three bad deals totalling over 2k in value in the past year. Despite ...we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run... I am glad there is a full protection plan available. USPS may or may not come through, they are often as lackadaisical as Paypal--USPS Money Orders or no. From: Richard Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ron/ibooks ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:15:07 +0100 LOL yeah right they recovered 97 cents on a purchase of $56.00 for me. Basically they said sorry that is all we could get case closed. Richard On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Krow Magnum wrote: And CC-Paypal payments are covered but we all (consumers) end up paying the cost in the long run. Only Paypal and the theives make money. Paypal will still charge you a fee to give your money back. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture?
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:09:57 -0600 Subject: Re: Macs and eBay From: Tom Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ebay like many companies on line is PC anal and they are big enough that they don't care if other platform users are having issues with their site. I find Safari to be much slower on ebay than Firefox and the last version of Explorer for the Mac to be almost unusable on ebay. Tom Question re best browser to use to save ebay pages with text and picture: I have found that the last version of Explorer for the Mac is the only browser that allows me to quickly download an ebay page, with pictures, all in one file. To check the progress of the auction I just double click the downloaded page, click on 'Connect' and check progress. Are there other browsers that will save the text and picture as one file, as Explorer for the Mac 5.23 does? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay and OT
THe other thing that could be done with a tech person who says you need to use a real computer is to immediately ask to speak to their supervisor or manager. Expalin nicely to them that the choice of the COMPUTER is up to the customer, and wouldn't they agree that insulting the individual is poor customer service? It's amazing how things can change in tone when you do that, and also maybe request the name and mailing (snail or e-) of the Company president so you can pass on your experience. :) Later..Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
In a message dated 12/4/05 1:52:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm a PC admin, as well as one of only a handful of Mac users in my area, but I can tell you that even the best PC is still worse than the worst Mac. I know, I own a PowerBook 190, which is generally considered to be a Road Apple, that ran OS 7.5.2 until only recently. That's beside the point, though. My point is that many support types are too dumb to support Mac users because nobody uses them. I still remember the headache I had when calling my ISP to setup the 190 on my dialup account. Yes, unfortunately we all have similar stories to share. Often, while traveling for work, I visit little ($99 complete Pentium systems!) computer places around AL, TN and MS, I will find Mac stuff at PC refurbishers, seperated and stored away from the PC stuff in the back of the store. In some of the smaller towns, even pre-pentium PC stuff would be displayed proudly, and G3-G4 Mac stuff is stored away just because the tech there does not know how to startup the thing, or the flashing question-mark disk spooks them. The PC guys will usually say I know nothing about Macs, just get it out of here! I think that, as experts in the PC world, it must frustrate them to no end that Macs are beyond their realm of comprehension. Kinda like Dr. McCoy used to react when he attemped to treat Mr. Spock (or any other alien) for any illnesses. Your heart is in the WRONG place...! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Ivy F., AL Roll Tide! Beiges, 'Books and other oddities xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture?
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:52:58 +1100 From: kaldav [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture? Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:09:57 -0600 Subject: Re: Macs and eBay From: Tom Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ebay like many companies on line is PC anal and they are big enough that they don't care if other platform users are having issues with their site. I find Safari to be much slower on ebay than Firefox and the last version of Explorer for the Mac to be almost unusable on ebay. Tom Question re best browser to use to save ebay pages with text and picture: I have found that the last version of Explorer for the Mac is the only browser that allows me to quickly download an ebay page, with pictures, all in one file. To check the progress of the auction I just double click the downloaded page, click on 'Connect' and check progress. Are there other browsers that will save the text and picture as one file, as Explorer for the Mac 5.23 does? Thanks. iCab will to this very elegantly. You can also print to pdf from any browser if all you want is a copy - but then edited in Acrobat (commercial) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
At 6:32 AM -0800 12/04/2005, Amber R. wrote: It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. And getting less so. Many of the functions barely work in WaMCom Mozilla now, which is the newest browser available to people using OS 8/9. And eBay's JavaScript is getting more and more buggy (careless errors, mostly)... which makes unforgiving browsers like Safari problematic. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. So far, every problem I've had with Safari on eBay has been eBay's fault. They've been decent about fixing 'em, even tho it took days. This is one of the reasons we need to be armed with multiple browers. Of course, keep in mind that if you spoof your browser's identities then you're actually doing us all a disservice. eBay's access statistics will then show that fewer people are using Macs and/or Safari -- which will give them less reason to fix the problem... in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. The box said Windows 3.1 or better... So, I bought a Macintosh. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Macs and eBay
Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up-to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. I've had reasonable success using Firefox with eBay, although I had significant issues (eventually resolved) with ANY browser and missionfish, their charity auction. They said I needed to use a PC. I didn't. Seth --- Seth Austen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sethausten.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber Amber, What kind of problems are you having? I haven't experienced any problems with Safari and ebay. Are you running Mac OS X 10.4.3? With the updates that came out the other day? Peter Apockotos http://www.apockotos.com http://www.macmariner.com http://www.knightrider.org -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. I have had an eBay account almost since its inception. Over the years I have used assorted Macs with different OS (now Tiger) and browsers (now mostly Safari), all with no problems. For sellers who prefer to use Macs, there is an excellent auction program at: http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageSale/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
Ebay like many companies on line is PC anal and they are big enough that they don't care if other platform users are having issues with their site. I find Safari to be much slower on ebay than Firefox and the last version of Explorer for the Mac to be almost unusable on ebay. Tom On 12/4/05 8:32 AM, Amber R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up-to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: y browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber Safari just does not support things that well. When I started using FireFox, I have had almost no problems with even complex sites- only limit is those that need activeX components downloaded and run. Hope that helps. B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
Amber R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up-to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber I've had some minor issues with eBay, but nothing that would create any big problems. I use Camino, and in the preferences (extra download) you can use agent spoofing to fool sites into thinking you are using a different browser. I rarely use it, but some sites will not work at all without using say IE for Windoze. Take care. James aka Sacredsystem -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 12/4/05, James aka Sacredsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had some minor issues with eBay, but nothing that would create any big problems. I use Camino, and in the preferences (extra download) you can use agent spoofing to fool sites into thinking you are using a different browser. I rarely use it, but some sites will not work at all without using say IE for Windoze. iCab has this option also, if it's needed. I don't see that in FireFox tho. Later...Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. That's just plain wrong. I've been using ebay with Safari since Panther came out and haven't had any problems whatsoever. The support dweeb you were talking to was talking out of his lower orifice. On Dec 4, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Howard Katz wrote: On 12/4/05, James aka Sacredsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Camino, and in the preferences (extra download) you can use agent spoofing to fool sites into thinking you are using a different browser. I rarely use it, but some sites will not work at all without using say IE for Windoze. iCab has this option also, if it's needed. I don't see that in FireFox tho. It's an extension for Firefox. Just search for it on the extensions page. Safari also has this option if you enable the Debug menu by typing this line into Terminal: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1 To turn it off, you simply type: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 0 -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. I don't believe that the tech knew what he was talking about. My wife and I are heavy users of ebay for some years. We use a 15 Ti-book and never have problems except when there's a slowdown with heavy network use. Then things take longer to load. But there is no interface problem. The tech is ill informed or just a nasty Mac hater. I'm sure your problem lies elsewhere. You mentioned that you have a keyboard problem. Someone suggested that you try another keyboard and another mentioned all the settings to check. Sounds like good advice. Wish you luck. dan_A Out of the darkest reaches of NYC -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 12/4/05, dan_A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. I don't believe that the tech knew what he was talking about. My wife and I are heavy users of ebay for some years. We use a 15 Ti-book and never have problems except when there's a slowdown with heavy network use. Then things take longer to load. But there is no interface problem. The tech is ill informed or just a nasty Mac hater. I'm sure your problem lies elsewhere. You mentioned that you have a keyboard problem. Someone suggested that you try another keyboard and another mentioned all the settings to check. Sounds like good advice. Wish you luck. dan_A Out of the darkest reaches of NYC I've used Firefox and Mozilla for years on ebay with no problems. I did have some minor problems back in the days of OS 8 but not since then. Firefox is an excellent browser and you may want to try it. I have both Safari and Firefox on my PB G4 running OS 10.4 and I rarely use Safari. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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The same thing is available with Safari, as long as you install the Debug menu (I don't recall the details, but it was covered in a recent Macworld issue). However, regardless of how I have the User Agent set, I have not seen any differences in behavior or usability on various sites. Regards, Harry Corsover -- On Dec 4, 2005, at 8:56 AM, James aka Sacredsystem wrote: I use Camino, and in the preferences (extra download) you can use agent spoofing to fool sites into thinking you are using a different browser. I rarely use it, but some sites will not work at all without using say IE for Windoze. = Feel better, look younger, live longer and make more money with Synergy Worldwide: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED]303-909-9218 www.harryc.biz -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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There are some seller features that I was told are not available on Macs. I don't recall the details (I've just sold one thing on eBay), but I think it had something to do with editing photos for a listing. Regards, Harry Corsover -- On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. That's just plain wrong. I've been using ebay with Safari since Panther came out and haven't had any problems whatsoever. The support dweeb you were talking to was talking out of his lower orifice. = Feel better, look younger, live longer and make more money with Synergy Worldwide: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED]303-909-9218 www.harryc.biz -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 4-Dec-05, at 9:00 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: There are some seller features that I was told are not available on Macs. I don't recall the details (I've just sold one thing on eBay), but I think it had something to do with editing photos for a listing. Regards, Harry Corsover -- Hello Harry, The thing about this situation is that I was having really no problems with this site or any other until about a week ago. eBay seems well aware of the problem with the missing t's in their live chat. Typing in all caps resolves it. I have been able to list numerous items with photos on Safari, on eBay, with no problem for sometime now. However, in the last week, it has suddenly become very problematic. I have changed my eBay password, emptied the cache, dumped Safari preferences, reset Safari, tested the keyboard etc etc. Still don't know what the problem is but am going to try Firefox and iCab and see how they work for me. Thanks for your reply ! Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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I use eBay with no problems. Tech support is woefully ignorant. you're back to keyboard/input problems. Make sure that you don't have Universal access enabled. Check in international settings for US/English. Try opening a new text document and type each key to make sure they all type correctly. HTH John On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- As Republicans, we will always point out where the other party is misguided and mistaken, but we will never embrace their hateful rhetoric. [Democrat leaders hope] their loud talk and angry rhetoric will hide the fact that they have nothing to say and nothing to offer. --RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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So, in the gasoline analogy, the Mac would be a premium computer, or a plus at the very least. I'm happy with that, thank you very much! Shawn On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Amber R. wrote: Yes..I believe he was experiencing a significant ignorance challenge on this one. He stated that he had just spoken to one of their techs and determined that eBay is not really designed for Mac users and that is basically where his suggestion to buy a regular computer came up. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber, Sounds like your conversation with the eBay tech (term used VERY loosely) confirms the continual dumbing down of America! Shawn On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Amber R. wrote: Yes..I believe he was experiencing a significant ignorance challenge on this one. He stated that he had just spoken to one of their techs and determined that eBay is not really designed for Mac users and that is basically where his suggestion to buy a regular computer came up. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 4-Dec-05, at 6:43 AM, Peter Apockotos wrote: Amber, What kind of problems are you having? I haven't experienced any problems with Safari and ebay. Are you running Mac OS X 10.4.3? With the updates that came out the other day? Peter Apockotos Hi Peter, The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I assure you there is no typing error on my part either. I will be setting up an auction listing and hit continue and then it will take me back to the sign-in page !! I am indeed running 10.4.3 and just installed the most recent security update which is supposed to address Safari related problems amongst others. Apple Software update is not listing any others. Which ones were you referring to ? As I mentioned in my other note to the list, all of these problems just started occurring a week ago but I have not installed any new software at all. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 4-Dec-05, at 10:15 AM, Shawn Harley wrote: So, in the gasoline analogy, the Mac would be a premium computer, or a plus at the very least. I'm happy with that, thank you very much! Shawn Hi Shawn, LOL - While this is a terrific analogy and very favorable towards the Mac, I can assure you that this individual was intent on trying to prove that Macs were quite inferior to PC's. To follow your Gasoline analogy, he was referring to Mac's more as dirty diesel and PC's as Gold/Premium. He seemed to feel that their PC programmers were completely incapable of making eBay work on Safari and suggested I upgrade to Explorer 6.0. I immediately informed him that changing to Explorer in any shape or form would be a DOWNGRADE and that as I understood, Microsoft stopped working on Explorer for Mac after version 5.2 because of the popularity (and superiority) of Safari. There was a fairly long silence after thisthen he said he was glad that he could be of assistance today and asked if there were any other questions.hm Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber, You must have stumped him with your reply. Either that, or his pee- cee was experiencing the BSOD syndrome. Way off topic, but still has me laughing...about a month ago I went through the McDonald's drive through for breakfast. It had one of those nice, new video screens that display your order. After about a minute, I was asked for my order. I gave it, and it was repeated back to me. Silence. Then I was given the total. I waited before proceeding to the window because throughout the entire ordeal, about 3 minutes; the nice, new screen had an image of Windows Scan Disk running (well, sort of) that was stuck at 87%. I only wish I had the digital camera with me! Shawn On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Amber R. wrote: On 4-Dec-05, at 10:15 AM, Shawn Harley wrote: So, in the gasoline analogy, the Mac would be a premium computer, or a plus at the very least. I'm happy with that, thank you very much! Shawn Hi Shawn, LOL - While this is a terrific analogy and very favorable towards the Mac, I can assure you that this individual was intent on trying to prove that Macs were quite inferior to PC's. To follow your Gasoline analogy, he was referring to Mac's more as dirty diesel and PC's as Gold/Premium. He seemed to feel that their PC programmers were completely incapable of making eBay work on Safari and suggested I upgrade to Explorer 6.0. I immediately informed him that changing to Explorer in any shape or form would be a DOWNGRADE and that as I understood, Microsoft stopped working on Explorer for Mac after version 5.2 because of the popularity (and superiority) of Safari. There was a fairly long silence after thisthen he said he was glad that he could be of assistance today and asked if there were any other questions.hm Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Shawn, He certainly was not the brightest bulb - poor fellow. I am not sure if he is really deserving of the term Tech either. Another example of his response to my question re: Safari : He supplied me with a link to update my browser - the link was for Safari V. 1.2 !! I advised him that we were now up to 2.0.2. He had nothing to say to that either. Oh well...I guess that live help chat was 20 minutes of my life that I wasted and will never get back. Amber On 4-Dec-05, at 10:18 AM, Shawn Harley wrote: Amber, Sounds like your conversation with the eBay tech (term used VERY loosely) confirms the continual dumbing down of America! Shawn On Dec 4, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Amber R. wrote: Yes..I believe he was experiencing a significant ignorance challenge on this one. He stated that he had just spoken to one of their techs and determined that eBay is not really designed for Mac users and that is basically where his suggestion to buy a regular computer came up. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber R. wrote: On 4-Dec-05, at 10:15 AM, Shawn Harley wrote: So, in the gasoline analogy, the Mac would be a premium computer, or a plus at the very least. I'm happy with that, thank you very much! Shawn Hi Shawn, LOL - While this is a terrific analogy and very favorable towards the Mac, I can assure you that this individual was intent on trying to prove that Macs were quite inferior to PC's. To follow your Gasoline analogy, he was referring to Mac's more as dirty diesel and PC's as Gold/Premium. He seemed to feel that their PC programmers were completely incapable of making eBay work on Safari and suggested I upgrade to Explorer 6.0. I immediately informed him that changing to Explorer in any shape or form would be a DOWNGRADE and that as I understood, Microsoft stopped working on Explorer for Mac after version 5.2 because of the popularity (and superiority) of Safari. There was a fairly long silence after thisthen he said he was glad that he could be of assistance today and asked if there were any other questions.hm Amber I'm a PC admin, as well as one of only a handful of Mac users in my area, but I can tell you that even the best PC is still worse than the worst Mac. I know, I own a PowerBook 190, which is generally considered to be a Road Apple, that ran OS 7.5.2 until only recently. That's beside the point, though. My point is that many support types are too dumb to support Mac users because nobody uses them. I still remember the headache I had when calling my ISP to setup the 190 on my dialup account. Try using Firefox is all I can suggest. I use it on my PC, as well as having setup FF on my Grandpa's OS X machine. I'd run it on mine, but the Lombard won't be in until tomorrow. I'd go ahead and install either the SafariFox or iFox skin from the start, to get the beautiful Safari look, though. Caleb -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Amber R. wrote: Yes..I believe he was experiencing a significant ignorance challenge on this one. He stated that he had just spoken to one of their techs and determined that eBay is not really designed for Mac users and that is basically where his suggestion to buy a regular computer came up. I have very little tolerance for that kind of stuff. Depending on my mood, I would at least be tempted to reply with Your ignorance is only exceeded by your arrogance and hang up. Calling back would likely get a different person. Regards, Harry Corsover = Feel better, look younger, live longer and make more money with Synergy Worldwide: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED]303-909-9218 www.harryc.biz -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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I have the same problem with a couple of sites where I regularly purchase products. This last time, I decided to try it in IE, and it worked fine. Since I had already placed my order, I didn't try it again with Firefox, but I may do so next time. In at least a couple of instances, it is Safari that their sites won't work with, regardless of which User Agent I have it set to. OS X 10.4.3, Safari 2.0.2. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Amber R. wrote: The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I assure you there is no typing error on my part either. = Feel better, look younger, live longer and make more money with Synergy Worldwide: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED]303-909-9218 www.harryc.biz -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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I'm also in the IT field and all my Macs and PCs at the office have Firefox installed. Whenever I have a problem with Safari I just load up Firefox, and I'm good to go. Cheers. Aaron Willems IT Administrator Lieberman Productions Philo Television On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: I have the same problem with a couple of sites where I regularly purchase products. This last time, I decided to try it in IE, and it worked fine. Since I had already placed my order, I didn't try it again with Firefox, but I may do so next time. In at least a couple of instances, it is Safari that their sites won't work with, regardless of which User Agent I have it set to. OS X 10.4.3, Safari 2.0.2. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Amber R. wrote: The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I assure you there is no typing error on my part either. = Feel better, look younger, live longer and make more money with Synergy Worldwide: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED]303-909-9218 www.harryc.biz -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber, New idea: download and run a utility called DoktorKleaner. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21470 Its a shell script that runs various repairs based on your current problem. It has 4 or 5 repair scripts just for Safari. John - Original Message - From: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, December 4, 2005 2:37 pm Subject: Re: Macs and eBay I have the same problem with a couple of sites where I regularly purchase products. This last time, I decided to try it in IE, and it worked fine. Since I had already placed my order, I didn't try it again with Firefox, but I may do so next time. In at least a couple of instances, it is Safari that their sites won't work with, regardless of which User Agent I have it set to. OS X 10.4.3, Safari 2.0.2. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Amber R. wrote: The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I assure you there is no typing error on my part either. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber, I don't recall seeing which PB or iBook you are using, but I have a Pismo 400 MHz that I picked up las June. You mention problems with the t not showing up - I have this problem with my Pismo - it is very hit or miss. Most of the time the t types, but not always. Perhaps your t key is flaking out too and you wouldn't see that on a password that doesn't echo back. I am running 10.4.3 and use Safari 2.02 without any problems on eBay (never sold anything on eBay though). Just my $0.02. Barry --- Amber R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4-Dec-05, at 6:43 AM, Peter Apockotos wrote: Amber, What kind of problems are you having? I haven't experienced any problems with Safari and ebay. Are you running Mac OS X 10.4.3? With the updates that came out the other day? Peter Apockotos Hi Peter, The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I assure you there is no typing error on my part either. I will be setting up an auction listing and hit continue and then it will take me back to the sign-in page !! I am indeed running 10.4.3 and just installed the most recent security update which is supposed to address Safari related problems amongst others. Apple Software update is not listing any others. Which ones were you referring to ? As I mentioned in my other note to the list, all of these problems just started occurring a week ago but I have not installed any new software at all. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 4-Dec-05, at 4:53 PM, Barry Muller wrote: Amber, I don't recall seeing which PB or iBook you are using, but I have a Pismo 400 MHz that I picked up las June. You mention problems with the t not showing up - I have this problem with my Pismo - it is very hit or miss. Most of the time the t types, but not always. Perhaps your t key is flaking out too and you wouldn't see that on a password that doesn't echo back. I am running 10.4.3 and use Safari 2.02 without any problems on eBay (never sold anything on eBay though). Just my $0.02. Barry Hello Barry - Sorry, I am using a 1.25 ghz 15 PB - running 10.4.3 and Safari 2.02. The problems are mainly with sites that require entering any sort of text information and some drop down menus. The t key works fine in Word and text edit etc...it's just that this keyboard seems to be a bit quirky. i.e. a few times now, the entire keyboard has suddenly become inverted - i.e. with caps lock key on, the letters are all lower case and with it off, they are all upper case. No rhyme or reason behind it...it just starts, then stops with no clear reason as to why. I am not sure this is related to the Safari thingwho knows. Anyway, thanks for your reply, Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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In a message dated 12/4/05 7:53:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps your t key is flaking out too and you wouldn't see that on a password that doesn't echo back. I am running 10.4.3 and use Safari 2.02 without any problems on eBay (never sold anything on eBay though). I use IE 5.1 on my classic-laden Wallstreet, and I have no problem with Ebay, buying or selling, though I mostly buy. I know I have listed an item at least once using my WS, and I have never upgraded it to OSX. I remember once I had a problem listing an item I was going to sell, but that was awhile back and I am not even sure I was using IE 5.1 at that time. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Ivy F., AL Roll Tide! Beiges, 'Books and other oddities xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Amber, I buy and sell on Ebay using my G4 iBook ALL THE TIME.not one single problem. I'm running OS 10.4.3 with the latest Safari. And Safari is the only Browser I use. Tim On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. In fact, in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- Exterminate all rational though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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My reply follows quote. On 12/4/05, at 10:28 am -0800, Amber R. wrote: He seemed to feel that their PC programmers were completely incapable of making eBay work on Safari and suggested I upgrade to Explorer 6.0. I immediately informed him that changing to Explorer in any shape or form would be a DOWNGRADE and that as I understood, Microsoft stopped working on Explorer for Mac after version 5.2 because of the popularity (and superiority) of Safari. There was a fairly long silence after thisthen he said he was glad that he could be of assistance today and asked if there were any other questions.hm Clearly none he was equipped to answer correctly. -- If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. -- P. G. Wodehouse -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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On 4-Dec-05, at 5:55 PM, Tim Collier wrote: Amber, I buy and sell on Ebay using my G4 iBook ALL THE TIME.not one single problem. I'm running OS 10.4.3 with the latest Safari. And Safari is the only Browser I use. Tim Hi Tim, I guess just don't understand what is wrong with this PB then. It was working fine up until a week ago and then suddenly - all kinds of problems. This is exactly how the keyboard inversion happened - out of the blue - no new software installed, etc etc. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
One thing missing in our world is the ability to schedule auction sales to begin at a specific seller-chosen future time, rather than immediately. A number of solutions providing this valuable feature are available in the PC world, but, to the best of my knowledge, aren't available to us. I hope some of you can tell me I'm misinformed. . . Many blessings, stanton From: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:00:29 -0700 To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: Macs and eBay There are some seller features that I was told are not available on Macs. I don't recall the details (I've just sold one thing on eBay), but I think it had something to do with editing photos for a listing. Regards, Harry Corsover -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
On 4-Dec-05, at 7:50 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: One thing missing in our world is the ability to schedule auction sales to begin at a specific seller-chosen future time, rather than immediately. A number of solutions providing this valuable feature are available in the PC world, but, to the best of my knowledge, aren't available to us. I hope some of you can tell me I'm misinformed. . . Many blessings, stanton Stanton, You can schedule them to begin whenever you want but eBay charges a small fee for that ability if you list them through the website on the spot. With eBay software, you can prepare the auction listings ahead of time and then have them automatically upload when you're ready. This is great when the 10 cent sales roll around like the one tomorrow on eBay.ca. I think Garagesale does this - I just learned about it from another member here when we were talking about this Mac/Safari problem. Take care, Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Macs and eBay
From: Amber R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:16:41 -0800 To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: Macs and eBay On 4-Dec-05, at 7:50 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: One thing missing in our world is the ability to schedule auction sales to begin at a specific seller-chosen future time, rather than immediately. A number of solutions providing this valuable feature are available in the PC world, but, to the best of my knowledge, aren't available to us. I hope some of you can tell me I'm misinformed. . . Many blessings, stanton Stanton, You can schedule them to begin whenever you want but eBay charges a small fee for that ability if you list them through the website on the spot. With eBay software, you can prepare the auction listings ahead of time and then have them automatically upload when you're ready. This is great when the 10 cent sales roll around like the one tomorrow on eBay.ca. I think Garagesale does this - I just learned about it from another member here when we were talking about this Mac/Safari problem. Take care, Amber Dear Amber, The last time I checked with eBay I was told their software which could provide the ability to store a seller's listings prepared all week long, to all go live on a designated day and time was a feature only available to those accessing with their site with Windows platform browsers/computers. I was further told that they were unaware of any software which could provide this enhancement for Macintosh users. Further, when I visited the Apple store in Emeryville, CA in October, for the express purpose of finding such a program, I consulted with the Mac Geniuses there, who suggested iSale and GarageSale. When I looked at the package of the one carried by the store (iSale, I believe) and also read reviews the Geniuses referred me to of both of these packages on-line while I was in the store, I ended up returning the iSale to the shelf, and not seeking to acquire GarageSale either, since neither seemed to be able to ably do what I'm describing- at least without dramatically limiting the content you could include in your postings. I believe the limitation which most discouraged me here was not being able to have more than perhaps three or four rather small photographs per posting, if my memory serves me correctly. Bottom line is that I went home and got myself a used PC (which I'm beginning to learn to use) just simply (but importantly) to acquire the ability to have my ads all begin and end at the one time each week which I feel is most advantageous to me. Again, I'm hoping the information I gathered then was wrong, or that this shortcoming to the Mac eBay applications I mentioned here have now been augmented to provide this feature. Many blessings, stanton -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: eBay
Ed sed, I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so I'm skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things I have bought many things on ebay and never been disappointed. (Got shilled once, so enjoyed letting her keep it!) The good sellers jealously guard their feedback rating by giving great service and product - feedback is your best gauge. Good luck if you dips your toes again. Stuart. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: eBay
Oh, I don't know--I'd say be very cautious about using eBay. It's so damn addicting--and you can find so many great non-computer items too, that it's hard to keep to any monthly budget you might set up for yourself. Let's see--there was the telephone stuff, the pizza stone and peel (well, that was a gift), the battery charger, the comic/doll stuff for a friend's little girl, and a whole lot more over the years. :) So yes.be very cautious about using ebay. :) LaterHoward -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: eBay
On 7 Oct 2005, at 2:38 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote: Ed sed, I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so I'm skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things I've gotten more good deals than bad ones on ebay. There are plenty of scams on there, however. I see some every time go there. I've even gotten a few shut down. Someone else mentioned that it's addicting. Sometimes it can be. I always think about it for at least a day before bidding. Once I happened across a yard sale that consisted of a whole room of unopened items obviously bought from a television shopping channel--and one television. Peter -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?
I'm not sure how much this is related, but I also can't boot with batteries *some times*. However, my WS II won't forget dates unless it have lost power while in sleep and I have to do a Power Reset. As one of the screws won't take on the batery side, this happens during movement while in sleep. Because of this I always turn it off. Could my backup battery be starting to show its age? Is there some way to measure the backup battery and make sure? I do have another one, but I'm not sure about the quality and it comes from a WS I that kept turning itself off, though I think it was a combination of the PMU and the motherboard. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
LOL, having now read through this thread from its start I've noticed no-one here has offered up an explanation of how this (obvious) scam actually works. Can it be no lister has popped for one of these 'deals'?? Or is it possibly the case that any lister niave enough to have popped for one is still somehow savvy enough to _not_admit_ to it here. G BTW, this topic is rather _on-topic_. Similar ads form an overly largish percentage of eBay's PB-area listings as well. Any lister interested in purchasing a recent 'Book from eBay should be aware of their existence, forwarned being fore-armed and all that . . . Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
On Feb 27, 2004, at 1:54 PM, Dan K wrote: LOL, having now read through this thread from its start I've noticed no-one here has offered up an explanation of how this (obvious) scam actually works. Can it be no lister has popped for one of these 'deals'?? Last year there was a lister who lost $1200 on a 'discounted' new TiBook in a similar deal. The scam is that for the $235 'fee' you're put in touch with someone who purports to be clearing property from a failed business, a cancelled transaction, a bankruptcy deal, or the ever-popular 'Apple employee with a discount'. The explanation is that the seller knows full well that the value of the computer is much higher than what they're asking, it's just that they need the cash as soon as possible, so they'll take the small loss to stave off a larger loss; often some sob story about Eastern European gangsters threatening the seller's family is added for color. (Many of these scams are coming out of Romania) Then you're directed to wire the cash to the seller and the computer will be shipped to you. Riight. The deal with the $235 is that they've suckered people out of that much, even if they get cold feet later. Another con that is being done is people selling powerbooks in this fashion, but the seller even gets the Powerbook. However, the original one was purchased with stolen CC information, and the buyer is on the hook for receiving stolen property. Most often the buyer is determined to be an innocent in the scam, but you lose the powerbook anyway, and the money you spent, too. It's a con. Like all cons, they depend on your greed outweighing your common sense. If it sounds too good to be true it is. Remember this, repeat as needed. Shout it if necessary: IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
I have also been following this thread. since it has now been brought back up, this is how I 'believe' it goes: You pay for a *spot in a pyramid type scheme. You get access to what they call ebooks. You try to get as many people as possible to go to the site and also buy into the pyramid type scheme. That is why there are so many of them on eBay. People have bought into them, then trying to get others to buy into the pyramid also. The reason I know this is, a friend (now roommate) got suckered into one. It was for a Powerbook!! He is a little eccentric, and really wanted a powerbook. Check it out at electronicsmatrix.com I think. http://www.electronicsmatrix.com/content/templates/tracks.asp? articleid=63zoneid=8 If that link works it is for the Powerbook one. Sorry everyone if this is off topic -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
Hmm, on 2/24/04, clearly thinking quite astutely about Ebay G5 query, simon goslin, penned: Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. Yeah, on hundreds of items. Pure and obvious scam which no one on this list is likely to fall for. I just ignore 'em. Too bad eBay hasn't the ethics to pull that c--p! Now maybe we can get back to on-topic stuff. (Unless the Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz has suddenly become a laptop.) Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
There was a similar ad that ran in Mac Addict last year..in the summer for about 2 months or more IIRC...There was a lot of discussion about it back then...I think it turned out to be a pyramid scam...Haven't heard or seen anything more about it since. Regards, Mike K Michael Shaw wrote: I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
On 2/24/04 5:09 AM, kochkodin kochkodin@verizon.net wrote: There was a similar ad that ran in Mac Addict last year..in the summer for about 2 months or more IIRC...There was a lot of discussion about it back then...I think it turned out to be a pyramid scam...Haven't heard or seen anything more about it since. Regards, Mike K Michael Shaw wrote: I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
Just checked the site...It must be posted from Australia because the person indicates the AU $$$ cost...Also, it's just for email info and the auction ends today...only up for 1 day. Mike K Andrew wrote: On 2/24/04 5:09 AM, kochkodin kochkodin@verizon.net wrote: There was a similar ad that ran in Mac Addict last year..in the summer for about 2 months or more IIRC...There was a lot of discussion about it back then...I think it turned out to be a pyramid scam...Haven't heard or seen anything more about it since. Regards, Mike K Michael Shaw wrote: I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
There was a similar auction running here (US) on ebay for then the latest G4 towers. If you one (and I think everyone who bid probably was contacted by seller and given the info if you paid) you received the email instructions to get a low cost, new G4. One thing that was a red flag, they only accepted money order or checks. So if you received your email and the info was bogus, you lost your money. Be careful of things to good to be true, especially Macintosh products on ebay. I think I read that the Macintosh products (the powerbooks in particular) were the leading scam products. Best Regards, Wayne Schneck Marketing Manager FME 800.327.5676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
I'm glad this topic came up. I have a bridge for sale There was a similar ad that ran in Mac Addict last year..in the summer for about 2 months or more IIRC...There was a lot of discussion about it back then...I think it turned out to be a pyramid scam...Haven't heard or seen anything more about it since. Regards, Mike K Michael Shaw wrote: I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon Ads like these litter ebay...they are the spam of ebay and I wish the censors on ebay would consider them such. It's really annoying when browsing the macintosh categories. Donald -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay G5 query
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:51:58 +1100 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon I'll make the same deal for 1/2 the price! The ebay offer is: This auction is for the information on how to get your Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 (plus shipping). I'll provide the information on how you can rob someone for even less than $235 (plus shipping).. LOL Don __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?
Just bought a replacement Wallstreet II (300) on eBay and it may be defective. It has 128Mb RAM and is running OS 9.2.2 The PRAM battery is shot, no big surprise here. It will start from the battery (I have two known good ones bought new about one year ago) if it has had the date set while the batteries remain in place. What is a surprise is that it will NOT start from the battery (or batteries) if the battery has been removed for a time (and thus the dates / PRAM info. lost). It does consistently start when plugged in (I have one of the updated, warranty Apple power adapters). Even if the dates are all wrong, it should still start from the battery, shouldn't it? I'm thinking that I may need to return this. I have a newish PRAM battery in another Wallstreet II/300 that just died but I don't want to open up the new one just to test this; if I did that, I'm sure that I could not return it. Suggestions? -- Matthew D. O'Conner, Attorney at Law Seattle, Washington, USA - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?
My Reply follows quote. On 23/02/2004 07:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Just bought a replacement Wallstreet II (300) on eBay and it may be defective. It has 128Mb RAM and is running OS 9.2.2 The PRAM battery is shot, no big surprise here. It will start from the battery (I have two known good ones bought new about one year ago) if it has had the date set while the batteries remain in place. What is a surprise is that it will NOT start from the battery (or batteries) if the battery has been removed for a time (and thus the dates / PRAM info. lost). It does consistently start when plugged in (I have one of the updated, warranty Apple power adapters). Even if the dates are all wrong, it should still start from the battery, shouldn't it? I'm thinking that I may need to return this. I have a newish PRAM battery in another Wallstreet II/300 that just died but I don't want to open up the new one just to test this; if I did that, I'm sure that I could not return it. Suggestions? -- First, try resetting the Power Manager (see small decal behind the flip down door on the back of the machine). Try with battery out but plugged into the wall. Then, run Battery Reset with the battery installed. Ken -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?
On Feb 23, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Matthew D. O'Conner wrote: Even if the dates are all wrong, it should still start from the battery, shouldn't it? I'm thinking that I may need to return this. I have a newish PRAM battery in another Wallstreet II/300 that just died but I don't want to open up the new one just to test this; if I did that, I'm sure that I could not return it. I've seen weirdness like you mention on my otherwise good WallStreet. Fix your PRAM battery before you return it. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Ebay G5 query
Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2789998233category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go about getting a G5 for peanuts. Sounds way too dodgy to me, but I just wondered if anyone out there had seen it and proceeded. L8r'S Simon _ Get less junk mail with ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00
My thoughts? 20GB isn't really big enough, especially for OS X. I've a 40GB and it's filling up. On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, DPrice wrote: Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119cg -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00
Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119cg -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00
On 05/12/03 13:48, DPrice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119cg Yes, they would definitely work. Maybe the reason there is no bid is that, at almost $70, they may be a bit on the expensive side, or not a real great deal. I did a few searches on eBay and found a 30GB currently at $62, a few 40GB around $75, etc. Might be the reason why nobody bid so far... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00
on 12/5/03 1:49 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/12/03 13:48, DPrice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119c g Yes, they would definitely work. Maybe the reason there is no bid is that, at almost $70, they may be a bit on the expensive side, or not a real great deal. I did a few searches on eBay and found a 30GB currently at $62, a few 40GB around $75, etc. Might be the reason why nobody bid so far... I picked up a 30GB a couple of days ago for $90 which seemed to be a pretty good deal compared to other auctions at the time. Andre -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00
On Dec 05, 2003 Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 05/12/03 13:48, DPrice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119cg Yes, they would definitely work. Maybe the reason there is no bid is that, at almost $70, they may be a bit on the expensive side, or not a real great deal. I did a few searches on eBay and found a 30GB currently at $62, a few 40GB around $75, etc. Might be the reason why nobody bid so far... That, and that - especially if 1) you're ripping your CDs with iTunes, 2) you are running MacOS X, and/or 3) you want plenty of storage and a quick drive - this drive is no faster than the drive that came with your G3 (Pismo and maybe even earlier) and only twice the size, so it's not that great of a deal. I have found that each time I get a larger drive, I think it's big enough for my needs and yet (year or two later) I soon find the drive getting filled up. So from my 10GB (which actually is about 9.6-9.8GB usable) I expect that my next drive will need to be 60GB. And from posts on this list, there is a big difference between the 4200rpm drives (which tend to have only a 2MB buffer) and the newer 5400 or 7200rpm drives (and the better ones of these have an 8 or 16MB buffer, which makes them much quicker - less going back to the drive). YMMV, of course. Jim Rohde You have to recognize that every out-front maneuver you make is going to be lonely. But if you feel entirely comfortable, then you are not far enough ahead to do any good. That warm sense of everything going well is usually the body temperature at the center of the herd. - John Masters -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay: some more news
Joaquim Carvalho on 7/22/03 5:48 AM wrote: Last week I tried to find some honest Powerbook deals on Ebay. Among tens of fake 1GHz 15 and 17 there were a couple of 667MHz 15 from people that accepted direct collect or Escrow. I made a few bids. The prices ended up close to the price I can get a new 1GHz for so I gave up. What is bothering me is that I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim p.s. I'm quite pissed of with Ebay by now, they should do something besides taking our money Actually, they only take the sellers money. You say you're pissed at eBay and they should do something. Well, they can't do anything unless you tell them there's a problem. How are they supposed to read through the millions of emails sent each week to find the small percentage that might be scams? I have a hard enough time keeping up with the few hundred I get each week. This is why they include the disclaimer at the end of each and every message (including the one you posted in your follow-up to this message). Here it is in case you missed it. Note the link at the end regarding stopping spam: This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system. If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member and not through eBay. eBay does not tolerate spam (i.e., unsolicited commercial email) and is taking steps to protect members from this abuse. In addition, solicitations to buy or sell items outside of eBay violate eBay rules and are not covered by services that protect members such as feedback, insurance, escrow, and dispute resolution. If this is an offer to buy/sell items outside of eBay, please do not participate. Enter the following link into your browser to learn more. Link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/stopping_spam.html At the company where I work, we sell thousands of dollars worth of restaurant equipment each month on eBay. I handle all eBay transactions. By providing the best possible customer service we can, we've managed to maintain a 100% feedback rating. Needless to say I also get some spam and unsolicited offers. If I suspect them to be shady, I won't hesitate to report them to eBay. I don't have time to sit around and grumble about eBay's poor service (which I have yet to experience). eBay has a system for reporting and I use it. I guess I'm making this point because I feel like I'm being judge guilty by association. When you consider that there are literally millions of transactions occurring each year on eBay, then even if one percent of them went bad (I don't know the actual numbers), we're talking thousands of people who were ripped off. I don't doubt that eBay is trying to do something about them but I can only imagine that it would take a police force the size of a large city to investigate all the deals that have gone bad, let alone policing all the scam-artists attempting to cheat somebody. I'm actually impressed that it's not as bad as it could be on eBay. -Mark -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Saving your own life (on eBay)
on 7/25/03 8:33 AM, Mark Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Illovox Media on 7/19/03 4:53 AM wrote: Ebay's is Sotheby's for the Jerry Springer crowd. Hey! I reTHemble that remark (he thed through hith mithing front teeth)!! LOL! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Ebay: some more news
Is there some way to forward details of a suspect auction to eBay officials? I have tried looking repeatedly. I have tried sending an email to their fraud investigators. As far as I can see it, the truth is they do not want to know. If they do want to know, they should set up a very simple way of forwarding the auction number of a suspect auction to their fraud office. Chris You say you're pissed at eBay and they should do something. Well, they can't do anything unless you tell them there's a problem. How are they supposed to read through the millions of emails sent each week to find the small percentage that might be scams? I have a hard enough time keeping up with the few hundred I get each week. This is why they include the disclaimer at the end of each and every message (including the one you posted in your follow-up to this message). Here it is in case you missed it. Note the link at the end regarding stopping spam: -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Re: Ebay: some more news
Christopher Hack on 7/28/03 4:40 PM wrote: Is there some way to forward details of a suspect auction to eBay officials? I have tried looking repeatedly. I have tried sending an email to their fraud investigators. As far as I can see it, the truth is they do not want to know. If they do want to know, they should set up a very simple way of forwarding the auction number of a suspect auction to their fraud office. Chris This link takes you to a page that will allow you to report a fraud (or suspicious activity). It walks you through the topics in order to narrow down your specific issue: http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-RS.html It took me a few moments to find it. I clicked on the services (ie. services available to buyers and sellers) link at the top of any eBay page. When I scrolled down the page I saw the topic Safe Harbor with a link to fraud protection. Clicking on Fraud Protection took me to a page with an overview of how eBay deals with fraud. Near the bottom of that page I found a link to a Fraud FAQs page. http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/fpp.html eBay is huge. Just like any huge institution they have a lot of information covering every aspect of their organization. It takes a while to wade through it but it's there. I doubt that there is an quick easy way to find anything on eBay, good or bad. For what it's worth, I've reported questionable activity several times to eBay. This included one seller dealing in pirated software, a seller charging a surcharge on PayPal credit card transactions (which is against the law), and a seller misrepresenting an iBook as a PowerBook G4 (the specs listed were a mishmash of two models with a picture of an iBook). In every case eBay dealt with the situation. The seller who was pirating was removed from eBay. The surcharge was removed from the auction text and the iBook ad was ended early by eBay. HTH, -Mark -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Re: Ebay: some more news
--- Christopher Hack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way to forward details of a suspect auction to eBay officials? I have tried looking repeatedly. I have tried sending an email to their fraud investigators. As far as I can see it, the truth is they do not want to know. If they do want to know, they should set up a very simple way of forwarding the auction number of a suspect auction to their fraud office. Chris The current head of investigations is Rob Chesnut ([EMAIL PROTECTED])--he is a former Asst US Atty. I can only assume he'd like to bust the scammers on the service. HTH = Doug Behr [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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on 7/22/03 3:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last week I tried to find some honest Powerbook deals on Ebay. Among tens of fake 1GHz 15 and 17 there were a couple of 667MHz 15 from people that accepted direct collect or Escrow. I made a few bids. The prices ended up close to the price I can get a new 1GHz for so I gave up. What is bothering me is that I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim p.s. I'm quite pissed of with Ebay by now, they should do something besides taking our money TYS...:( -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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What is this TYS thing? Mike K Illovox Media wrote TYS...:( -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address as an e-bay user name? = Doug Behr [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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Anyone can send anyone email on ebay through the ebay proxy on 7/23/03 12:08 PM, Doug Behr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address as an e-bay user name? = Doug Behr [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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Doug Behr wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address as an e-bay user name? No, I think they're contacting me through Ebay. Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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jdc wrote: Doug Behr wrote: On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote: snip I now am receiving so many Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. Joaquim snip Are you thinking that the scammers are getting your email address through E-Bay? Are you using an email address as an e-bay user name? No, I think they're contacting me through Ebay. Joaquim Unless your username is also your email address, they have to go through eBay to contact you. If you receive spam that way which would include people offering you off-eBay deals you can notify eBay. The person would have to be a registered user and eBay would deal with them. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:02:27AM -0700, Illovox Media wrote: : : on 7/22/03 3:48 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Last week I tried to find some honest Powerbook deals on Ebay. : Among tens of fake 1GHz 15 and 17 there were a couple of 667MHz 15 : from people that accepted direct collect or Escrow. I made a few bids. : The prices ended up close to the price I can get a new 1GHz for so I : gave up. What is bothering me is that I now am receiving so many : Powerbook scam emails I can't count them. : Joaquim : p.s. I'm quite pissed of with Ebay by now, they should do something : besides taking our money : : TYS...:( TYS ? Teach Your Self ? -- Eugene Lee -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
