More money than sense

[bobmac]

I use video quite a lot in my teaching and sometimes I transfer the swings onto DVD. I like to use my DVD recorder for this as I find it easy to use.
Correction....used to use my DVD...
So, I'm now in the market for a new dvd recorder.

Someone on ebay is selling one which looks ideal, even comes with 160GB hard drive Perfick.
Until I got to the line which read

'This is from a house clearance and it hasn't been tested on a tv although it powers up when plugged in to the mains'.

I emailed the seller to ask if it was possible to test it and got the reply
'I haven't got time to test everything'
This item comes with a 'No returns policy'

Thanks, but I'm out
The daft thing is it's had 7 bids on it already
Why would someone not spend 2 mins hooking up a tv and testing the thing (unless of course he had and it didn't work)

So, the hunt goes on

 

[GreiginFife]

It depends Bob, I buy quite a few "untested" computer components if they are cheap enough. I can then repair or use them for spare parts.

 

[Alex1975]

Its just unreal bob, I seem to come across something like this every few days. People who you want to spend money with who just don`t make time to earn that money. He could be demanding alot more money if he know it worked. People are just stupid when it comes to customer services.

 

[Hooker]

Cant you use your laptop Bob? My Coach used to use his laptop and update a DVD he let me keep, on the spot.

 

[bobmac]

Cant you use your laptop Bob? My Coach used to use his laptop and update a DVD he let me keep, on the spot.

I do, but was hoping to get a hard drive DVD
The laptop gets a bit full when it gets too many swings on it

 

[Smiffy]

If you shelled out and got a new one this wouldn't be a problem Bob.

 

[bobmac]

I also want all my dvds on the hard drive

 

[Khamelion]

'This is from a house clearance and it hasn't been tested on a tv although it powers up when plugged in to the mains'.

That quote smells extremely fishy. House clearance, to me reads - robbed, Hasn't been tested, to me reads - I don't want to get my finger prints on it, It powers up when plugged in, to me reads - that's how I found it in the house I robbed it from.

Call me a cynic, but if something looks to good to be true it probably is and as for the 7 people who have bid, stupid is and stupid does

 

[Andy808]

'This is from a house clearance and it hasn't been tested on a tv although it powers up when plugged in to the mains'.

I emailed the seller to ask if it was possible to test it and got the reply
'I haven't got time to test everything'
This item comes with a 'No returns policy'

I wouldn't touch this with someone elses money.
I haven't got the time to test it, sounds more like I've tested it and sod all happened so I'm shifting it for what I can get for it.

 

[CMAC]

For something as important as that Bob to help in your profession, buy new, it's a business expense plus you have warranty and a 'proper' person to deal with. Shop around there are some excellent deals around for new.



P.s I saw a putter on eBay last week advertised as NEW, in the blurb though he said he had used it for a few rounds and it had a dent on the back!!!! Scary thing is people still bid on it, they genuinely see it as the WON something!

 

[bobmac]

For something as important as that Bob to help in your profession, buy new, it's a business expense plus you have warranty and a 'proper' person to deal with. Shop around there are some excellent deals around for new.

I probably will in the end.
It was just the guys attitude I couldn't believe.
It went for £41 in the end (not from me I hasten to add)

 

[joma1108]

I do, but was hoping to get a hard drive DVD
The laptop gets a bit full when it gets too many swings on it

Why dont you get an external hard drive for your laptop, you can get ones that run off the power of the laptop or off the mains and you can get a terrabyte for about £50 thats what i did when my laptop got full and is perfect

 

[bobmac]

I do have one. It was huge when I bought it several years ago but nowadays 40GB doesn't sound that much lol

 

[StrangelyBrown]

For something as important as that Bob to help in your profession, buy new, it's a business expense plus you have warranty and a 'proper' person to deal with. Shop around there are some excellent deals around for new.



P.s I saw a putter on eBay last week advertised as NEW, in the blurb though he said he had used it for a few rounds and it had a dent on the back!!!! Scary thing is people still bid on it, they genuinely see it as the WON something!

People don't read things properly... I remember when the PS3 came out some chap sold the box on eBay for £500.

I remember this too http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/ebay-ps3-scam-of-the-day-hot_ps3s-hotmail-com-sold-for-890/

 

[bobmac]

There's something similar on there right now.
Is it a bird, is it a plane?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Casio-Hig...=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:6003&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Is it a great camera for filming golf swings in slow motion or a calculator.
Cheating barstewards.

 

[DaveM]

"More money than sense". Thought you were talking about me! I'm skint too. So what does that say, in the sense department.

 

[Captainron]

I saw the title and though we were going to be on about Rick G. Alas no....

I wouldn't go with anything where you have no recourse to the seller.

 

[Hooker]

Bob what i meant was write the files to the DVD using the laptop. Does your laptop have a DVD writer built into it? It's quite common with modern laptops.

Then you can just keep the DVD open and write the files across as data and update your students copy of the DVD every time they have a lesson. No need for a new DVD every time.

If you want a copy of all the swings just buy a external hard drive cheaply enough then you can both have a copy.

 

[GreiginFife]

If you leave the DVD recording session open though does this not cause issues playing back on some standalone DVD players? I know that I can't use multisession record DVD's on my Toshiba DVD player so have to finalise and close the session in order that I can.

 

[bobmac]

What i would like is one box that will hold all my stuff.
So, music, films, swings etc that I can watch on my tv.
Using a dvd recorder with a hard drive seems the answer.
But the point of the thread was the guy want even trying to help himself sell it, or as some have said, it was nicked.