16 Aug
2000
16 Aug
'00
1:54 a.m.
Thank you for posting the pointer and making the facts and
identity of the seller known so that rest of us can caveat
emptor. Many would have sucked it up and kept quiet rather
than let others know they had been cheated, and letting us
know took some guts.
I would have been fooled by this picture too--but what you
bought may well be valuable as an advertising mockup. I think
there would be some poetic justice if (after trying all
the remedies available to you) you sold it on eBay
as what it was and doubled your money--and made sure the
seller knew!
An aside:
I had to create an ID just to view the auction--this was
somewhat irritating, and I hope the information I gave
suitably contaminates their marketing database. The seller's
ID (in case that's all someone was after and he doesn't want
to go through the trouble of making up a birth date,
occupation, etc.) is jwzerocool. Of course, it's pretty
easy to crunch all the user ID's one wants on any of these
sites.
16 Aug
16 Aug
1:49 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Passer, Michael wrote:
I would have been fooled by this picture too--but what
you
bought may well be valuable as an advertising mockup. I think
there would be some poetic justice if (after trying all
the remedies available to you) you sold it on eBay
as what it was and doubled your money--and made sure the
seller knew!
I like the "Make lemonaide if you get lemons" philosophy of life but this
idea that perhaps it was an advertising mock up worth n times more than
what he paid is silly. I know you're all just trying to make Jim feel
better but the fact remains that he was screwed.
Why would a piece of plywood be inside? To make it weigh the same as a
real Sorcerer? Pure speculation but maybe the stupid seller was duped
into buying this a time ago at a flea market, and now feels justified in
scamming the next guy?
Actually, the first thought I had is that the plywood was used as a
mounting surface for the motherboard, but why would it need that when the
case was designed for that purpose?
Jim, I'd say to turn the pressure up on this guy, claim that HE put the
plywood inside to make it weigh the same as a regular Sorcerer. It's not
an unreasonable claim to make and will put his ass on the hotseat.
The nerve of some people.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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3:57 a.m.
At 06:49 AM 8/16/00 -0700, you wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Passer, Michael wrote:
...
Why would a piece of plywood be inside? To make it weigh the same as a
real Sorcerer? Pure speculation but maybe the stupid seller was duped
into buying this a time ago at a flea market, and now feels justified in
scamming the next guy?
...
I think the original keyboard connector was removed and replaced with
another cable that led out of the box, but that cable was cut at some
point. I think the plywood was simply to give the box weight so that
when it was used as a "cool" keyboard, it wouldn't shift around on
the desk it was on.
Finally, I really do think the seller doesn't know a lot about computers.
Looking at the other stuff he was selling, computers weren't his
specialty. I think he had suspicions about its condition but was
willfully ignorant (it takes about 3 minutes to unscrew 5 screws or so
to peek inside). He made *far* more off of it than he was expecting,
and is reluctant to give up any of this undeserved windfall.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
6:22 a.m.
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