What retro things have you done today?
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I bought a 939 board, ATX for once and Nforce 4 ultra, I've only used the budget Nforce chipsets.
Got a weird cap though
Edit looks like it happened in postage along with the top right cap leaning over a lot (but still connected fine).
Got a weird cap though
Edit looks like it happened in postage along with the top right cap leaning over a lot (but still connected fine).
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Nah I just asked to return it as I don't want to chance it and it was expensive for me for a late night retro purchase (£35 
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)This happened to me returning a GB game. The game arrived was in a much worse condition then the photo they used on the ad. Seller agreed to refund me and sent me the returns label etc but after returning the game I never received the refund and the sellers just been ignoring my messages. EBay has now automatically closed the refund and I can’t seem to escalate it with them!
The majority of things I order arrive with woefully insufficient packaging.
I think most people are either clueless or simply don't care.
I had a relatively weighty GPU (GTX280) ship to me wrapped in in clingfilm and shoved in a catfood box which was barely big enough, with no packaging around it whatsoever.
I had a fairly desirable 478 motherboard with a CPU cooler and a fairly desirable GPU (X1950 AGP) shipped to me with no packaging at all just rattling around in the box... Fortunately the box wasn't very large, so they couldn't move a huge amount.
And I had an entire computer in a hefty case (Antec P180) ship to me with no packaging other than some scraps of card hastily taped around it, no padding, and tonnes of gaps... That one was unsurprisingly damaged, the door was detatched, the side panel was a little bent, and it had water spots on it...
And thats just from the past few weeks.
I think most people are either clueless or simply don't care.
I had a relatively weighty GPU (GTX280) ship to me wrapped in in clingfilm and shoved in a catfood box which was barely big enough, with no packaging around it whatsoever.
I had a fairly desirable 478 motherboard with a CPU cooler and a fairly desirable GPU (X1950 AGP) shipped to me with no packaging at all just rattling around in the box... Fortunately the box wasn't very large, so they couldn't move a huge amount.
And I had an entire computer in a hefty case (Antec P180) ship to me with no packaging other than some scraps of card hastily taped around it, no padding, and tonnes of gaps... That one was unsurprisingly damaged, the door was detatched, the side panel was a little bent, and it had water spots on it...
And thats just from the past few weeks.
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After I posted that message I thought I would go and escalate it.. Got to a human on the web chat within 1 minute and he closed it in my favour with full refund + postage within about 3 minutes. Worth a try!
The AI bot thing did say it was closed and the decision was final but I just ignored that as I wanted to ask if it was officially ebays stance that if sellers just ignore the whole process that they can get out of refunding.
I would love to know what some of these people think happens at the couriers, that each parcel is delicately placed down in each stage and never has another parcel put on top of it...
I have had some VLB cards literally posted in jiffy bags before.. Expensive and somewhat desireable pieces of history with not even a piece of cardboard to try to stop them from being bent or crushed.
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(In a thick Welsh accent) that's absolutely shocking.Just escalated it with ebay and got a refund withing 10 minutes. Thats more like it!
Not exactly surprised when it was posted like this:
I actually dont mind them, My driver is sound and I can rely on him not busting things, also from a sending perspective my wife works at a drop off point so we can be sure its ok into the van at least
I’ve been quite fortunate then it seems as my purchases have all been very well packaged…I just dread seeing that it’s been sent by Evri
That’s a fair point actually, the drivers are fine but unfortunately over the past couple of months it seems 50/50 as to if it actually gets from the depot onto a van!
oh yea! They lost my secret santa parcel for like a whole month, that was after I had paid extra for "next day"That’s a fair point actually, the drivers are fine but unfortunately over the past couple of months it seems 50/50 as to if it actually gets from the depot onto a van!
)Finally got around to trying to fix my £8 ISA VGA card.
It was sold to me like this: (I knew about it thats why it was cheap)
Bit of poking around with the soldering iron later and:
Happy with that, although I was trying to make a video on it which is now going to be quite short!
It was sold to me like this: (I knew about it thats why it was cheap)
Bit of poking around with the soldering iron later and:
Happy with that, although I was trying to make a video on it which is now going to be quite short!
What was the fix?Finally got around to trying to fix my £8 ISA VGA card.
It was sold to me like this: (I knew about it thats why it was cheap)
Bit of poking around with the soldering iron later and:
Happy with that, although I was trying to make a video on it which is now going to be quite short!
The main IC had some legs that were not quite soldered down. I am not really equipped to solder things that small but used the "drag" method and it came out really clean and fixed the issueWhat was the fix?
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Picked up a dell 1908FP monitor in a charity shop today.
As soon as I remember the safe place I stored the DVI cables I will give it a test
As soon as I remember the safe place I stored the DVI cables I will give it a test
Nice!
I'd love one of those as an upgrade for my 1707FP. 17" is just a touch too small.