Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-06 Thread Tim Hodgson
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:

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Donald Keenan
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

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Brian Steere
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).

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Stanton Mitrany
I have it, Howard. Best regards, stanton > From: Howard Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-Books" > Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:45:35 -0600 > To: "G-Books" > Subject: Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures? > > Test message--ar

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Howard Katz
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 and...

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Howard Katz
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

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Brian McEwen
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

Re: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?

2006-02-05 Thread Clem Bacani
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

Re: Ron/ibooks & ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)

2005-12-13 Thread Kurt Cypher
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 > thoug

Re: Ron/ibooks & ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)

2005-12-13 Thread Kurt Cypher
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 > thoug

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Donald Keenan
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Howard Katz
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Donald Keenan
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Howard Katz
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Donald Keenan
ntil it catches. This used to happen to me all the time. I would write ebay and get a run-around about how I should clear my cache, etc. Sometimes, the features (such as writing a seller a question) don't work consistently. The text box for a question would never clear of the boilerplate

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-12 Thread Peter Saint James
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 - espe

Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-10 Thread darm0k
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

Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-10 Thread Peter Apockotos
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. Peter On Dec 10, 2005, at 12:11 PM, Tom Ethen

Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-10 Thread Tom Ethen
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

Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-10 Thread darm0k
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. Cons

Re: Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-10 Thread Peter Apockotos
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 clo

Buyer Protection (was iBooks & eBay)

2005-12-09 Thread illovox
MAIL 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. > > Ri

Re: Ron/ibooks & ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)

2005-12-09 Thread Richard Clark
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. Onl

Re: Ron/ibooks & ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)

2005-12-09 Thread Krow Magnum
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 > thoug

Ron/ibooks & ebay (was: Re: John-Re: G4-iBook w/o OS)

2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
> 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 v

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-05 Thread darm0k
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

best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture?

2005-12-05 Thread Frank Cornew
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:

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-05 Thread GalBros
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 App

Re: Macs and eBay and OT

2005-12-05 Thread Howard Katz
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 poo

best browser to save ebay pages with text and picture?

2005-12-05 Thread kaldav
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 o

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Stanton Mitrany
From: "Amber R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "G-Books" Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:16:41 -0800 To: "G-Books" 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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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.

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Stanton Mitrany
hope some of you can tell me I'm misinformed. . . Many blessings, stanton > From: Harry Corsover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-Books" > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:00:29 -0700 > To: "G-Books" > Subject: Re: Macs and eBay > > There are

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Paul Stamsen
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 o

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Tim Collier
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.

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread GalBros
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
ot;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).

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Barry Muller
s, 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."

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread ncicchek
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 p

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Aaron Willems
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 Corso

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Harry Corsover
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 Saf

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Harry Corsover
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Caleb Cupples
hat 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 afte

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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 wit

Re: Macs and eBay and OT

2005-12-04 Thread Shawn Harley
erior 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 immediat

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
rs 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 be

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Shawn Harley
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Shawn Harley
lenge" 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 <ht

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread John McGibney
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
lems 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. Yes..I believe he was experiencing a "significant ignorance

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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, Harr

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Harry Corsover
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 w

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Harry Corsover
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. Rega

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Krow Magnum
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 r

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread dan_A
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 prob

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Dylan McDermond
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Howard Katz
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 thinki

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread James aka Sacredsystem
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Brian McEwen
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.

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Tom Ethen
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Fabian Fang
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

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Peter Apockotos
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 wou

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Seth Austen
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

Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Amber R.
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

Re: eBay

2005-10-07 Thread Peter Saint James
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 ar

Re: eBay

2005-10-07 Thread Howard Katz
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 s

Re: eBay

2005-10-06 Thread Stuart Saunders
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

Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?

2004-03-29 Thread Mikael Byström
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. Be

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread peter webster
lar 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/ ca

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder
he 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,

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
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

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-27 Thread Dan K
ped for one is still somehow savvy enough to _not_admit_ to it here. 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 existen

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-25 Thread pjspop
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?ViewItem&item=

Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?

2004-02-24 Thread Allen Brewer
] Behalf Of Matthew D. O'Conner Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:02 AM To: G-Books Subject: '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 su

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Don P.
[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?ViewItem&item=2789

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Donald Keenan
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?ViewItem&item=2789998233&category=51036 Appartently if you

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread peter webster
n 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 t

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Wayne Schneck
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

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread kochkodin
: 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?Vie

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Andrew
amid 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: >>

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread kochkodin
te: 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?ViewItem

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Michael Shaw
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?ViewItem

Ebay G5 query

2004-02-23 Thread simon goslin
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?ViewItem&item=2789998233&category=51036 Appartently if your bid is sucessfull you'll get the instructions on how to go

Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?

2004-02-23 Thread Paul Nicholson
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 n

Re: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?

2004-02-23 Thread Ken
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 batt

'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective?

2004-02-23 Thread Matthew D. O'Conner
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

Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00

2003-12-06 Thread Frank P. Eigler
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

Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00

2003-12-05 Thread James Rohde
.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3444622980&category=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 eB

Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00

2003-12-05 Thread Andre Ruegg
gt; >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3444622980&category=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 > de

Re: IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00

2003-12-05 Thread Laurent Daudelin
ry=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 t

IBM/Hitachi 20GB Travelstar on ebay for 67.00

2003-12-05 Thread DPrice
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?ViewItem&item=3444622980&category=38119cg -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sma

Re: > Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-28 Thread Doug Behr
--- 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 d

Re: > Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-28 Thread Mark Kippert
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

> Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-28 Thread Christopher Hack
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

Re: Saving your own life (on eBay)

2003-07-28 Thread Illovox Media
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

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-28 Thread Mark Kippert
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 en

Re: Saving your own life (on eBay)

2003-07-28 Thread Mark Kippert
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)!! -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished D

Re: Ebay: some more news

2003-07-23 Thread Greg Gilmore
>> : TYS...:( >> >> "TYS" ? "Teach Your Self" ? > > Ah, the game's afoot! Try "told you so". -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on

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