Re: ebay question

2009-02-06 Thread tonym
Yep - they've been doing that for years. Strange, though, that they were actually able to get your user id, as they are now blocked. Even if it IS legitimately the wife, keep in mind, all sales transacted directly like that, outside of eBay, come with zero protection from either eBay *OR*

OT:Laptop Recommendation

2009-01-28 Thread tonym
I just saw these became available again, and I can recommend it, as I purchased one in September. http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4090488CatId=17 These are the 17 Gateway P-FX series, as long as you can handle a 17-sized notebook, it is a pretty good

Re: OT:Laptop Recommendation

2009-01-28 Thread tonym
yeah - I thought so too - but it really is a wicked laptop. I have no connection with ANY of the mentioned places - just recommending something that I actually purchased, and am happy with. About the time I got mine, they would have a couple hundred available, about once a month-or-two, and

Re: OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry

2009-01-01 Thread tonym
-Original Message- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Sent 1/1/2009 11:23:28 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry pastimes on a cold winter's day: disappearing into the 14th century. I was rather alarmed, however, to

Re: K200D questions

2008-12-31 Thread tonym
-Original Message- From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Sent 12/31/2008 11:23:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K200D questions Tony, Welcome. Find a good digital editing program. I'm using Photoshop Elements 5.0, but thinking about Lightroom. Done. Got

Re: K200D questions

2008-12-30 Thread tonym
First time poster - joined last night. Finally made the move from a ps to a dSLR, and got a K20D with the 18-55 II lens from Adorama about 2 weeks ago. Previous was a Canon S110 Digital Elph 2.1MP ps (bought new in 2000 @ Best Buy). -Original Message- From: Paul Sorenson

Re: K200D questions

2008-12-30 Thread tonym
-Original Message- From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Sent 12/31/2008 1:48:20 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K200D questions You don't believe in incremental upgrades do you? Welcome aboard. Not really, in THIS case. If I had gotten something lesser: A) I