| Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258884] |
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The motherboard I have now, A-BIT KN9-SLI, is a fucking peace of absolute shit. DO NOT BUY ONE! It keep fucking up the internet even!!! "Windows system error there is a IP conflict with another system" and I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THE INTERNET!!! It never says that for my mom or dads computer...
Anyway, I have $130.00 and I really want the ASUS Crosshair, should I try e-bay or just keep saving and suffering with this pile of crap curketry until I have 240-280 and can buy one new? Is it bad to buy a motherboard off e-bay? Anything to look for when buying it there? Do I still get a manufacturers warranty?
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258935 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 09:07  |
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I have the beefy 8800GTS so yeah, also I have socket AM2 and... Have you SEEN the ASUS Crosshair? IT LOOKS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!! 
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258938 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 09:39 |
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ok well i can give you some tips on ebay, but im not very knowlegeble when it comes to pc components, like i have put my last 2 pcs together all by myself and bought the parts for them, but i havent looked into the new things out there for a year now. basically when buying from ebay, look at the sellers feedback. how many transactions they have done. i mean you dont want to buy it from someone whe only sold a total of 3 items since they are not very experienced yet. so look for someone who has atleast 200 or more transactions by their name, its the number in brackets beside their name. also look at feedback if its less than 95% i usually dont buy from them. also look if they state shipping price, or if they have shipping insurance. because on a motherboard you should get insurance since you know anything can happen. if they dont state the price message them and ask them. i noticed some people sell items really cheap then make lots of money off shipping. for example they will say a 150$ mobo is for 90$, and they dont state the shipping price. so you buy it thinking its really cheap and a great deal. and then they tell you shipping is 50$ so really you dont end up getting the deal you originally though you were.
also if its a bid and not a direct sale then you should wait till the last minute to bid then your more likely to be the winner and not drive the price up by bidding too many times and giving the other person lots of time to reraise their bid.
yeah i guess you could say im an ebayer lol.
hope this helps. if you got more questions let me know.
oh btw i have never had a product that i bought from ebay that did not do its job. since if it is a scam and in your case the mobo doesnt work you could report them to ebay staff and give them negative feedback for scamming you. you might not be able to get your money back but you could cause that seller alot of problems so most would rather give you your money back instead.
so i would say it is pretty safe to buy stuff from ebay.
i have bought games, clothes, and car parts from ebay and been pretty satisfied with it so far. except one pair of shoes i bought didnt fit me, i guess i should have went a size up lol. but they were 80$ cheaper then then in the stores here so i had no problem selling them to someone else
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258940 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 10:05 |
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The most I ever payed for shoes was $70.00 and they were a pair of heavy duty work boots.
Thanks for the advice!
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258942 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 10:09 |
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| Viking wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 22:45 |
The motherboard I have now, A-BIT KN9-SLI, is a fucking peace of absolute shit. DO NOT BUY ONE! It keep fucking up the internet even!!! "Windows system error there is a IP conflict with another system" and I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THE INTERNET!!! It never says that for my mom or dads computer...
Anyway, I have $130.00 and I really want the ASUS Crosshair, should I try e-bay or just keep saving and suffering with this pile of crap curketry until I have 240-280 and can buy one new? Is it bad to buy a motherboard off e-bay? Anything to look for when buying it there? Do I still get a manufacturers warranty?
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WTF are you fucking stupid? Just because your onboard network card isnt being assigned with the right or same IP adress, doesn't mean the motherboard is crap, and even still then just buy a network card..
Sounds like a IP conflict to me, turn off DHCP on the router and assign IP's yourself instead of wasting money on a new motherboard
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258948 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 10:34 |
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Also it has major USB problems and makes my computer crash frequently.
EDIT: I just went to play Team Fortress and it crashed... 
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"The Renegade community revolves around having something awesome, and not sharing it so you can be on top of the mountain." -Canadacdn
| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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Awesome l337 people= Icedog90, Blazea58, Canadacdn, Crimson, jonwil
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #258951 is a reply to message #258884] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 10:46 |
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My parents have been ebayers since I was really little... around the time it first came out. I've slowly learned from them throughout the years and have bought a few things on ebay myself. One other important advice is that I generally avoid things that are sold as-is, where the seller doesn't know if the item works or not. If it is a PC component, make sure it has some sort of return policy or guarantee.
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #259074 is a reply to message #258884] |
Thu, 17 May 2007 02:37 |
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I am a long-time eBay buyer and as of recently, also a seller. romaner's advice is good. Buy from someone who has an eBay store and unless you can't avoid it, I recommend ALWAYS paying with Paypal. If you don't get your product, you can almost always get your money back pretty easily since everything with Paypal and eBay is linked (since eBay owns paypal).
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #259368 is a reply to message #258884] |
Fri, 18 May 2007 16:03 |
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STOP POSTING THAT EVERYWHERE DAMMIT WE SEE IT OK SHUT UP!
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"The Renegade community revolves around having something awesome, and not sharing it so you can be on top of the mountain." -Canadacdn
| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #259564 is a reply to message #258884] |
Sat, 19 May 2007 16:20 |
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No I want a ASUS Croshair, it is for Socket AM2 not 939.
I need MOAR memory, 1GIG of "vale select" sucks...
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"The Renegade community revolves around having something awesome, and not sharing it so you can be on top of the mountain." -Canadacdn
| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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Awesome l337 people= Icedog90, Blazea58, Canadacdn, Crimson, jonwil
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| Re: Would it be advisable to purchase a motherboard from e-bay? [message #259568 is a reply to message #258884] |
Sat, 19 May 2007 16:31 |
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ASUS crosshair isnt that good...
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