I've got to admit, auctiontrader looks like all your Christmases have arrived at once, but features like if you make a maximum bid greater than the reserve regardless of the current state of bidding, that becomes the highest bid, no correspondance if reserve is not met etc etc all in my opinion make this site a waste of time. YMMV
With regards to your problem it's not offtopic, we all buy from sites like this from time to time. Try to source a Xeon Slot 2 board from a distributor for example. I'd go the fair trading route. It is buyer beware but the merchandise has to be as advertised. Also from memory the final bid on auctiontrader isn't final you can reject the bid and the sale if you want either by email or by not replying to the confirmation emails they send for 3 days or something similar. Brett On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:37, you wrote: > I apologise for being largely off-topic: I need either legal or technical > advice regarding my purchase of UPS unit, and the only connection to SLUG > is that UPS was meant to power my Linux box :) But you guys know things, > and besides, it just might be of some use to others... so here's the story: > > The unit in question, Opti-UPS PowerES 420ES came from the online auction > site at <http://www.auctiontraders.com.au>. But when it arrived I found it > sports those three-point straight pin power plugs used in the States. > Apparently it was not intended for sale in Australia! Oops, that's one > little detail that got left out of the description on their website... > > So now I'm wondering what can I threaten them with to get a refund. I'm > aware of the general "buyer beware" attitude in these matters, but surely > there are limits. I don't think it's too much to expect any UPS unit sold > in Australia will be by default suitable for Australian wiring unless > stated otherwise! In fact, isn't there some legal rule in this regard? > Also, this unit has RJ45 jacks for data line surge suppression. Does that > not mean it must be approved for sale in Australia by some sort of telecom > standards body, like modems are? And if they are in violation of some > regulations, who would be interested in hearing this? > > Or should I forget about trying to get a refund and just try to live with > this thing? It does have selectable voltage, but is it possible to get (and > safely use) american-style power cords to plug in my box and the monitor? > Then I need to somehow plug the unit into the wall socket, so that's yet > another kind of power cord. And I don't want to spend a fortune on this > either. The way I see it, I shouldn't have to do any of this at all; I'm > basically covering their asses here. > > So... what can I do? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > "All I know is that I'm being sued for unfair business practices > by Microsoft. Hello pot? It's kettle on line two..." > - Michael Robertson, founder of Lindows > ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
