At 3:24 PM -0400 7/31/01, stevenp wrote:
>Another unhappy angle......... I have been reading bits and pieces of
>Ilene's unlucky ventures of her powerbook 2400. I hit the ebay
>history books and have learned that I had purchased the very same
>powerbook, the saturday before she won the bid, herself. I used the
>"buy it now" feature and paid the seller using paypal. I later had a
>voice conversation with him, and got the impression that he was
>hiding something. He shipped the powerbook on monday morning as I
>emailed him stating that I planned to do a charge back on his payment
>if the notebook was not as described, but if there was nothing wrong,
>there was nothing to worry about. He recalled the package back to
>him, and it took me close to a month to retrieve my $399. He told me
>he straightened the matter with the online buying service, but paypal
>told me he had not. By default, I got my money back. Be wary of Mr.
>Fred Rook,"krubitz" and I'm sorry that you were stung.
This whole affair points out to me the wisdom of my decision NOT to
buy a 2400. I am a really proficient technical person (for a self-taught
amateur). I buy non working machines on ebay, and turn them into
functional ones to sell. However, I would buy a V-12 Jag to maintain
myself before I would buy a 2400.
I've been on this list for about two years, and I would say that
this machine is a high performance and high maintenance item, requiring
either more money or more expert time than I have. For someone who hasn't
paid their dues and torn machines apart and reassembled them, buying a 2400
seems just silly to me.
Paul
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