Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media??

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew McCall
Hi, I was looking for a replacement CDRW/DVD-ROM Drive, some more memory and some replacement rubber feet for a Pismo laptop I bought from eBay. After searching the web and reading recommendations on this list I found everything I wanted could be bought at http://www.wegenermedia.com/ On the

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Kurt Appling
Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:42 AM, Andrew McCall wrote: Hi, I was looking for a replacement CDRW/DVD-ROM Drive, some more memory and some replacement rubber feet for a

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media??

2003-06-19 Thread Ryan Coleman
First off, I apologize to Andrew for sending a blank reply to his personal mailbox. Secondly, I just did some research on this through my 9 months of email (yes 9 months, about 7000 emails) for just this list and you are not the first to complain about WegenerMedia. I agree with Kurt: No one

Re: Audio Players Question

2003-06-19 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:36:25PM -0500, Gary D. Adams wrote: : Eugene Lee wrote: : On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:28:33PM -0400, Keith Potter wrote: : : : :Does anybody know of an audio player (CD or MP3) for the Mac : : that will allow you to control the speed of playback (i.e., speed : : it

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew McCall
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 09:08, Ryan Coleman wrote: First off, I apologize to Andrew for sending a blank reply to his personal mailbox. No problem at all! Secondly, I just did some research on this through my 9 months of email (yes 9 months, about 7000 emails) for just this list and you are

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Marc van Gemert
Andrew McCall wrote: Has anyone here, or in the UK had any dealings with wegenermedia.com? Hi Andrew, IIRC it was in 2001 when I bought a CD-RW for a tray-loading iMac from David, no problems at all, he even waited till the end of the month until my PayPal account was activated, I

Re: Audio Players Question

2003-06-19 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 9:33 pm -0500, Eugene Lee wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:28:33PM -0400, Keith Potter wrote: : :Does anybody know of an audio player (CD or MP3) for the Mac that will : allow you to control the speed of playback (i.e., speed it up or slow down)? : Preferably either

Re: Audio Players Question

2003-06-19 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 11:04:52AM +0100, Tim Hodgson wrote: : On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 9:33 pm -0500, Eugene Lee wrote: : On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:28:33PM -0400, Keith Potter wrote: : : : :Does anybody know of an audio player (CD or MP3) for the Mac : : that will allow you to control the

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread PaulaTx1
In a message dated 6/19/2003 2:42:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone here, or in the UK had any dealings with wegenermedia.com? I sent them my clamshell iBook to repair a torn cable, broken internal modem, and install a much larger harddrive. The

2.5 USB 2.0 POWERED Enclosure

2003-06-19 Thread James, Rajah
Hi all. Thought I'd ask the group before trying to sell. I bought this http://www.enhance-tech.com/products/ee2110usb.htm hard drive enclosure about a year ago on E-Bay, because I thought it was a combo enclosure; it was USB 2.0. Another feature I liked was the battery power, which would make

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew McCall
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 19/06/03 04:02, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:42 AM, Andrew McCall

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 19/06/03 10:18, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 19/06/03 04:02, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them,

Re: 2.5 USB 2.0 POWERED Enclosure

2003-06-19 Thread James, Rajah
List, Sorry to have been so hasty on the subject. I did a quick search after posting the message and found several places this retails, where I could find almost no where 9 months ago. For example, http://www.heatsinkstore.com/mipodimiein.html. So, I'm definitely still interested in finding

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:42 AM Subject: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media?? Can anyone comment if this is usual? I have posted to a few newsgroups asking the same

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher D Helmkamp
Items I have purchased from him have been consistently defective, although I never had a problem with shipping delays. --Chris On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:42 AM, Andrew McCall wrote: I was looking for a replacement CDRW/DVD-ROM Drive, some more memory and some replacement rubber feet

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Ed Zelinsky
on 6/19/03 12:49 PM, Christopher D Helmkamp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Items I have purchased from him have been consistently defective, although I never had a problem with shipping delays. --Chris On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:42 AM, Andrew McCall wrote: I was looking for a

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media??

2003-06-19 Thread Ryan Coleman
At 13:18 -0400 6/19/03, Ed Zelinsky wrote: What is this... The Better Business Bereau list? Yes. We watch out for each other here. Please don't quote the entire email, taglines and wasted ads at the bottom. -- Ryan Coleman System Administrator LEMLists.com Get your email account at lemlists.com

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Harbourmaster
Has anyone here, or in the UK had any dealings with wegenermedia.com? Andrew McCall. Andrew and others, I have had several transactions over the last five years with Dave as both a buyer and seller of goods. I have to say that all of my dealings with him have been quite pleasant and straight

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media??

2003-06-19 Thread DPrice
Has anyone here, or in the UK had any dealings with wegenermedia.com? Andrew McCall. I have nothing but nice things to say about my business dealings with David Wegener. Try calling on the phone. I found that to be the best route to quick service. DPrice -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread vicki
Hi all Never bought anything from this firm. But I do tend to buy things from the states a lot as even with shipping you can save a lot off the UK prices. On the shipping side I tend to have to wait at least 10 days for the goods even with express. and around the three week limit is normal

E-bay fraud was Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK)...

2003-06-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
vicki wrote: I lost a lot of money three months ago and I am still waiting for the powerbook I was told had been sent to arrive. Even The email address I had for the seller was bogus (NO BEFORE ANYBODY JUMPS ON THE WAGON WITH THE WRONG END OF THE STICK IT WAS NOT WEGNER MEDIA IT WAS SOMEONE WHO

Re: E-bay fraud was Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK)...

2003-06-19 Thread vicki
http://www.powerbookcentral.com/features/scams2.shtml I sincerely hope you do not recognize your own situation in there. Hi All Sorry to say that this was me only I was given an address in London and about two days later after I had sent the money via WU I was mailed to say that the seller

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, That is not really on topic here, but I will respond with this. I personally have had a paypal

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 3:01 PM, Harbourmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I have to say that all of my dealings with him have been quite pleasant and straight forward and that I have no doubt that you shall receive the goods that you have paid for. David is an honest business person and I

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Illovox Media
on 6/19/03 3:13 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not had trouble with them, That is not really on topic here,

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Brian Deuel
http://www.paypalwarning.com http://www.paypalsucks.com PLENTY of people have had problems with them. I lost $4,500 a couple of years ago when they froze my account for suspicious activity. They refused to tell me what this activity was! After jumping through many flaming hoops with them and

LIST off topic redux re cheating vendors, etc

2003-06-19 Thread James G (Jim) Hardwick
20030619 Hi all snip I lost a lot of money three months ago and I am still waiting for the powerbook I was told had been sent to arrive. Even The email address I had for the seller was bogus (NO BEFORE ANYBODY JUMPS ON THE WAGON WITH THE WRONG END OF THE STICK IT WAS NOT WEGNER MEDIA

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread matt dudek
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 11:21 pm, Illovox Media wrote: on 6/19/03 3:13 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal account that has not

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 6:21 PM, Illovox Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: on 6/19/03 3:13 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/19/03 4:02 AM, Kurt Appling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Re; just my own opinion,I dont personaly know anyone who has a pay-pal

iBook CD drive upgrades?

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew Main
Seems to me I remember seeing someone was offering upgrades for (dual USB) iBooks, to convert the plain CD drive to CDRW or Combo drive. I thought it was MCE, but I don't see anything on their site. Does anyone recall this? Thanks, Andrew Main -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Paypal etc, was Re: Anyone ...

2003-06-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
Brian Deuel wrote: http://www.paypalwarning.com http://www.paypalsucks.com PLENTY of people have had problems with them. I lost $4,500 a couple of years ago when they froze my account for suspicious activity. Note: Your problems with using them to accept funds as a business do not necessarily

Re: iBook CD drive upgrades?

2003-06-19 Thread Heok Hee Ng
You're right. It is MCE. Check out http://store.powerbook1.com/ibcdcomdrivu.html Heok Hee -- 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! |

Re: iBook CD drive upgrades?

2003-06-19 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/19/03 8:03 PM, Andrew Main [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Seems to me I remember seeing someone was offering upgrades for (dual USB) iBooks, to convert the plain CD drive to CDRW or Combo drive. I thought it was MCE, but I don't see anything on their site. Does anyone

Re: Paypal etc, was Re: Anyone ...

2003-06-19 Thread Brian Deuel
OTOH, there is plenty of evidence of how criminal and corrupt these jokers are. But people are blinded, as usual, because of convenience. Oh well. I won't say I told you so when you get screwed. Brian On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 20:06, Bruce Johnson wrote: Brian Deuel wrote:

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew Main
From reading the web site, I believe Wegener Media is David and his brother, and they travel a lot. I've dealt with him now and then for some ten years, since the days when all the Mac trading happened on the AOL bulletin board - which was also where Small Dog got its start, as I recall. David

Re: Anyone ... purchased goods ... Paypal...

2003-06-19 Thread Illovox Media
on 6/19/03 4:50 PM, matt dudek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Kyle meant that talking about PayPal vs. wegener media wasnt on topic for this discussion, because the original topic was talking about the business practices of wegener media, and not PayPal. Cheers, Matt Ah. Well, I

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??

2003-06-19 Thread Illovox Media
on 6/19/03 4:59 PM, Kyle Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the list nanny here said it was? To wit: He he. I *am* the list nanny here (well, one of them) and a few comments are fine. I just don't want a paypal rant war starting. That's all. Kyle H. Hansen Ah...haha. So,

Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener

2003-06-19 Thread Don P.
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:09:51 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media?? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:09:51 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone here, or in the UK had any dealings