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Oh look, another clueless poster when it comes to Brown.... Old timers may remember that I did a 2 year study of Reuben Brown, looking at every play -- and the number of penalties he had was actually VERY low; something like 0.4 per game, when other people on the OL had far more. I wish I still had that report, but I believe it was lost during one of the board crashes...

I'm sorry to hear that, CL

So you're saying it has actual uses, and isn't just for spying? I just heard that someone committed suicide -- brother found the guy with a plastic bag over his head. Blech....

I'm not sure why I find this so interesting, but you can listen to all of the various police scanners around the world here: http://www.radioreference.com I was listening on my Blackberry for a good hour last night!

Yeah, and radio talk shows (and Bills posters) say that Shoebel sucks too. What's your point?

It's better than a lot of other places... Especially the electronics stores.

Just to be clear -- he can login to his eBay account and there will be a button that says, "Return to sender" or something similar to initiate the process? There's nothing I have to do on my side?

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?...mp;hl=monoprice

No, I know it worked fine before I shipped it out -- scanned a few negatives to confirm it (although as others have said, maybe it stopped working after a couple... But what more can you do to confirm before selling??). The guy claims it took him hours to get a single scan done. Of course he's never actually sent me a screenshot of any of the errors... And now he's conveniently out of town for the next week and won't have time to discuss it... And it's been almost 3 weeks already... I'm thinking that the "finish the project, return the scanner" theory may be at work... Why wouldn't he just initiate a return himself through eBay if that were an option? If he does send it back and it exhibits the same issues, I'd send it to Nikon, get a clean bill of health, and try again I guess.

Luck doesn't enter into it! It's called PLANNING. If your retirement plan relies on "luck," then you're screwed. *sigh*

Sellers can't leave negative feedback anymore....?! I might have to reconsider working on eBay in the future. Seems like it's easy for buyers to scam people now. While researching this last night, I even read that buyers just need to prove that they sent a package - not that they sent the actual item back. WTF?

Elite and MULE both ROCK! I don't know why they haven't remade them. Well, there was a remake of Elite years ago but it sucked... Archon and Archon II were both awesome games, as was Mail Order Monsters. And of course, Alternate Reality

That's good to know at least... I'm less concerned about the return now at least. But I'll be out shipping costs, right? Maybe... Although I do think he might really be having an issue -- but I think it's software related personally.

I tested a couple of scans before shipping and it worked fine. It was also stated that it was 4-5 years old.

My wife works with people who exclusively ride the bus. I didn't have a car until I was 24. I rode the bus. If you get a DWI, you lose your license and therefore don't need a car/insurance. Your comparison sucks.

Wisconsin doesn't require auto insurance. Regardless, the government isn't forcing you to buy a car as a condition of living in the country. If you CHOOSE to buy a car, you have to do X, Y, and Z. With health insurance, they're requiring you purchase it as a condition of your citizenship. You have no choice. You breath, you buy. That's why it's unconstitutional. EDIT: Oops, Chef already said the same points I did....

I'm just worried about what happens if he files some sort of dispute with eBay/PayPal -- are they going to try and take my money? I've already unlinked my bank account and credit card, so they can't do it as a surprise I guess. But still a little nervous about that part of it.

Has anyone ever had a negative experience selling a product on eBay? I had a high-end film scanner that I bought 4-5 years ago. It worked great, but has been sitting on my desk unused for the past couple of years. I looked on eBay, saw that it actually appreciated in value (because Nikon doesn't sell it anymore and the thing rocks), so decided to list it so I could afford a new Gitzo tripod instead. I clearly put on the auction that I do not accept returns. It's a piece of computer hardware and I have no idea what the end user is going to do to it, or whether they're going to accidentally damage it, know how to use it, etc, etc. The guy who won the auction even asked me ahead of time whether I accepted returns and I told him that I do not -- but that I've tested the scanner and it works just fine before I listed it. The guy who asked about returns ended up winning the auction, and he requested extra insurance -- so I did it (at no cost to him since it was only a few bucks). He receives the scanner and in a couple of days sends me a lengthy email about how the scanner does scan sometimes, but occasionally gives him errors that sound like they're hardware related - autofocus errors, complaining about the film being too short or too long, etc. He also said that there's always two lines on every frame he's scanned -- although that's clearly not true on some of the examples he sent me. I've tried working with him over the past couple of weeks to help find solutions. His PC is over 3 years old, there are many links that say Nikon scanners don't work well if you also have other USB devices connected, or if you have old all-in-one drivers installed, etc ,etc. I'm not sure if he's understanding that, and finally today he says he wants a refund and wants me to eat the ~$100 of shipping/ebay/paypal feels I'm out from this transaction. Since the scanner worked fine when I shipped it, and he's claiming it's just inconsistently not working (for all I know he's already scanned everything he needed to and just wants a full refund because of that), does anyone know what eBay will do if he files a dispute? There's a reason I put "no returns" - because I didn't want to deal with this crap, and the penalty I took for that statement was a loss of cash; all of the other scanners were selling for $2000-$2500, whereas mine only sold for $1700. I suppose I could accept a return, pay a few hundred to have Nikon fix it (if it's really broken) and sell it again, but frankly I just don't want to be bothered. In addition, I'm already out ~$100, and will lose another $100 when I sell it again, so I could end up just breaking even on it. I've been on eBay since '98 and have a 100% feedback rating, so this is rather upsetting. Anyone have a similar experience? How'd it turn out?

Did the author ever actually use a C-64...? The graphics were great for the time - and definitely in color. It also had the best audio on the market (in computer form). It just plain rocked. Commodore's downfall was that the Amiga 500 didn't do so well... http//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D442

So much for "going green," eh? Why not let us fill it out online...

But she insists she had her foot on the brake! Isn't that good enough??? I guess Toyota should change the car so that if you press the gas all the way to the floor, the brake automatically kicks in. That'd stop the stupid people from doing stupid things at least... It's like the 80s all over again...

Yeah, you'd think we'd get a 7th rounder, since TO apparently doesn't count since he was cut from Dallas.... The NFL really needs to post their magic formula.

How odd... When I paste the link into the first post, it truncates the link, breaking it. When I put it in a regular post, it works just fine... Same paste. Very odd.

Hmmm, the link got truncated for some reason.... Now I have to dig it up again. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/na...0,7531075.story

Since the link keeps getting truncated, here's a TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/y943vbg The "real" link is in a below post, and that one doesn't break for some reason.