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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: What do you think... Reply #15 - 05.07.04 at 17:27:05 Thanks to all for yours advice! This 3Dfx Card is a swindle... Now, What I do? Regards, Oscar
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: What do you think... Reply #16 - 05.07.04 at 19:49:13 The card is a fake? really? i could never guess g anyway, read here; http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-fraud-alert.html
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: What do you think... Reply #17 - 05.07.04 at 20:09:56 Quote: The card is a fake? really? i could never guess g Anyway, I am still waiting to the Seller... He is missing! Regards, Oscar
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: What do you think... Reply #18 - 05.07.04 at 21:13:20 Probably assassinated by the guy who bought a voodoo6 from him
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Re: What do you think...
Reply #19 - 05.07.04 at 23:45:34

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The card is a fake? really? i could never guess *g*

Don't be quick to scream fraud- There is two sides to every story. The guy might have simply picked up the card that way and never tested it. Swapping a fan is a matter of 4 screws, and taking one off a bad card and installing it on a card that the oem fan burned out happens.

Heck I did it with a GF2MX that conked out.

Just because we can i.d. a 3dfx card from 10 miles away from pcb numbers doesn't mean joe blow public can, he can't tell a PC from a Mac Wink

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Re: What do you think...
Reply #20 - 06.07.04 at 00:16:08

Wise words

Indeed there are so many (legitimate) EBay Sellers that just don't know exactly what they're selling.

We all have seen 64MB Voodoo2's, NVidia Voodoo3 or (insert desired Brand here) 3dfx Cards that actually turned out to be (not the Brand you expected) 3dfx Cards Wink

I think it's the responsibility of the experienced buyer (especially here, where some people could begin to give individual Resistors or PCI Registers personal Names) to make a sound decision before jumping the gun.

Personally, I never faulted any seller if it was clear that he made a small mistake.

And after all, most (scamming) people would probably rather try to sell a "Voodoo" as a "GeForce", than the way around to make more money, right ? Wink

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Re: What do you think...
Reply #21 - 06.07.04 at 00:20:46

I have a different theory.

The guy has a TNT at home, and a V4.
He figured there's no idiot that would buy his TNT.. but the 3dfx fanbase is pretty large.

*Whoop-de-poo* goes the guy and changes fan stickers, adds a v4 manual to the picture, and viola! he got 13 euros for it.

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got item 4 weeks after payment, damaged case and power suppy faulty, junk seller
Unit came damaged. Tried to work with seller for rebate. No response.
Paid same day never receiced item over a month no response Fraud Complaint Sent
Item paid for and never received. Seller does not respond to emails
send him the payment and he has not send me the printer he is a major rip off
Unit came month late, broken, incomplete, seller refuses return costs
3 weeks after payment!!! NO RESPONSE NO PACKAGE!!! BEWARE!!! A$$HOLE!
Follow-up: NO item....seller finally refund after paypal take action!!! BEWARE!!! SCAM!
the seller is not very nice
you pack too careless you are mean seller. don't have responsibility I never buy
HORRIBLE Packaging!BROKEN PRODUCT! Bad experience!!! NO reply to e-mails!!
Item damaged cause poor packaged. THANKS!
Terrible Ebayer. I contacted 4 times to finalize purchase and with no repsonse.
Paid 4 but never received, emailed several times but got run around - BEWARE !
Awful, Month Receival NO pwrcord Totally Useless Bad Com DONT BUY FROM THIS USER
item never recieved was told "what do you want me to do about it"
This person backed out and decided not to complete this automobile transaction

Doesn't seem like "innocent joe", now does it? Roll Eyes

Seriously guys, open your eyes for cryin' out loud

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Re: What do you think...
Reply #22 - 06.07.04 at 02:06:24

hehe, that's what you get for having 3dfx fever.

Serves you right.

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Re: What do you think...
Reply #23 - 06.07.04 at 03:12:49

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Doesn't seem like "innocent joe", now does it? Roll Eyes

Seriously guys, open your eyes for cryin' out loud

Please, it was $15 and your taking me a tad to literally. If the card did turn out to be something rare then it would have been a steal. More often then not sellers can't tell one video card from the next nor do they really care. Most of the time the sellers make good on it, has always been the case for me but then again you do run into dirtbags who won't lift a finger once they get you cash. I would have asked the seller for some pcb numbers or logo silkscreen.

Speaking of which I just sent cash to 2 ebay sellers in Germany, I lucked out and they were both honest and I now have 2 more Voodoo II's (Miro and Voodoomania) for my collection.

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Reply #24 - 06.07.04 at 11:50:13

I second this.

I also sent cash to a German seller for a fully retail boxed VoodooMania and it arrived yesterday. It's also in great nick and I love it!

I also sent cash to some Italian woman for a fully retail boxed VoodooMania II last week. She mailed me to say she recieved the payment, but still no sign of the card yet. She has also run into some trouble with ebay locking her user account and other goings on? A possible tie-in with the mob? Wink

Plus, if you think about it, regarding that photo of the fake "v4", look how long the fan cable wiring is, and look where the the fan power connector is located on the card. Why would the fan cables be produced that long if the connector sits about 1.5cm away from the fan cabling? Roll Eyes

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