anyone got experiences of buying a digibox on ebay ?

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Johnny Crod wrote:
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Bought one, worked fine.

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Bought one, worked fine.

I've sold two on E-bay. Just check that they work, that's all - there's a
lot of crooks about.

Ian

Johnny Crod wrote:

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Ebay is a splendid place to find all manner of slightly faulty items
masquerading as perfect (I think that all digiboxes that won't load V3
software end up on Ebay), and used items at prices often exceeding
those of new items in shops (I myself have sold several used DVDs
there for more than I paid for them new). When combined with PayPal it
is also a first-class method of paying money to someone who has no
readily verifiable identity or address and who may promptly do a bunk
with your money and goods leaving you obliged to rely on the goodwill
of Ebay and PayPal (ha-ha) to partially refund you.
Ebay is also full of stolen goods.
However amongst that lot you can also find decent items being sold by
decent private individuals at a decent price.

Ebay is for those who are astute and who can afford to lose what they
have bid. I've bought a few things on Ebay and haven't been stung yet,
though on two occasions I did have to invoke the dark powers of
Trading Standards in order to get my goods.
I wouldn't use PayPal under any circumstances whatsoever: it is a
thief's charter.

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"Johnny Crod" wrote in message
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Bought a second hand Grundig for £39 plus postage from someone with loads of
positive feedback. Delivered & working within 48 hours. It was the first
time I used Ebay and I was very very impressed.

Of course, if that trade turned bad, I would never have used Ebay again.

"Ian F." wrote in message
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Bought one, worked fine.

I've sold two on E-bay. Just check that they work, that's all - there's a
lot of crooks about.

Sold two on ebay and bought two SKY+ boxes on ebay. No problems.

On Wed, 19 May 2004 22:13:12 +0200, "Johnny Crod"
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I've bought a couple of digiboxes. One was fine & shipped quickly. The other
took a lot of nagging on my part to get it shipped to me (4 weeks after I did a
bank transfer) & then it arrived without the power cord or remote. An email
argument ensued in which he claimed that he had only been offering the digibox
while I held that the remote was an integral part & same features are
unavailable without one. Caveat emptor.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Johnny Crod wrote:
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Bought a second hand Sky Digibox a couple of weeks
ago. Straightforward transaction, and the box is working fine.

"Nigel Barker" wrote in message
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I've bought a couple of digiboxes. One was fine & shipped quickly. The
other
took a lot of nagging on my part to get it shipped to me (4 weeks after I
did a
bank transfer) & then it arrived without the power cord or remote. An
email
argument ensued in which he claimed that he had only been offering the
digibox
while I held that the remote was an integral part & same features are
unavailable without one. Caveat emptor.

Was the remote specifically listed on the auction? If not then it was
probably not included in the auction.

i sell few off sky boxes on ebay and the people what buy them are very happy
..
it all goes on feedback and the details there put in .eg if its marked or
remote buttons stick ect ect
thats how you make a sale its details

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check this out first
http://members.lycos.co.uk/robvsblade2004/
"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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Johnny Crod wrote:
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Bought a second hand Sky Digibox a couple of weeks
ago. Straightforward transaction, and the box is working fine.