[Coco] Buyer beware

[Rogelio Perea]

Well, look at it from the bright side: as the CoCo already is not working,
no worse could happen to the machine if you open the case up and check it
out; you note there is something loose inside... it could be one of the
chips that fell out of the socket - that can happen during shipping so maybe
the thing is just a simple fix.

Unplug your CoCo from the AC and open it up carefully. See what's bouncing
in there and come back to the list with your findings.


-=[ Rogelio ]=-


On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Well, I'm among the (probably) thousands who have been bilked on eBay. I an
> effort to find an affordable Coco, I bought a 16K 26-3002 machine. The body
> is in great shape, but it won't even boot up. Garbage on the screen. And
> there is a piece of something rattling around inside. The "tamper hole" has
> had a replacement seal put very carefully over the damaged one, and the
> buyer MADE SURE that it was sold AS-IS-no refunds.
>
> I know I'm not the only one to fall for something like this, and I "puts
> down my money and takes my chances" along with everyone else.
>
> This is just a reminder to those who have never bought from eBay: BE
> CAREFUL. You too, could get screwed.
>
> This is just one that I will have to accept and move on.