[Coco] Buyer beware

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Mon Feb 23 13:39:45 EST 2009


I have spare MC68B09E and MC68B21 chips. 

james

On 23 Feb 2009 at 12:13, N8WQ wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> I have a boatload of spare CoCo's. If you need some replacement chips,
> ect. Let me know...
> 
> Alan Jones
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> Bill 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. 
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