Poll
I think he said his Pyro, yeah, that's what we win :D
They never post a picture of the item and instead post their dumb logo while at the same time, gouge on parts.
Since 97, eh?
Have you ever posted a real photograph of an item?
/rant mode engaged
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I HATE THOSE FSCKERS!
Every time I accidentally end up in one of their pages, the time it takes my hand to move to the BACKSPACE key (or to left-click and move the mouse left, if I'm using Opera at the moment), is less than the duration of a single flap of a Hummingbird's wings! (aka: really fast!)
I HATE them. Not only they don't ever (since 1997???) have any photos of the items they sell, but if you check out their prices, they are exhorbitant! They're asking 10-20x the market value! Sometimes I wonder HOW these fsckers make money!? Who buys their crap???
I hope they go out of business. Annoying bastards!
Before this "shop", I thought email SPAM was the number one network bandwidth waste. Now I've got a whole new runner up!
/rant mode disengaged
Hahaha. Very true!
Question: What kind of cable is this?
Option 1: Printer
votes: 1
Option 2: Monitor
votes: 6
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: pergamon on March 28, 2007, 06:53:22 PM
Post by: pergamon on March 28, 2007, 06:53:22 PM
Alright, easy question. Is this a printer cable or a monitor cable?
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on March 28, 2007, 08:00:50 PM
Post by: da9000 on March 28, 2007, 08:00:50 PM
Coming from you :-) I'd say that's the long (6ft?) video cable
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: helf on March 28, 2007, 10:02:42 PM
Post by: helf on March 28, 2007, 10:02:42 PM
Gotta be a monochrome monitor cable.
I have several monitor and several printer cables... the ends are too wide to be a printer cable :)
I have several monitor and several printer cables... the ends are too wide to be a printer cable :)
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: MacG4 on March 29, 2007, 08:22:00 AM
Post by: MacG4 on March 29, 2007, 08:22:00 AM
its gotta be a monitor cable
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: itomato on March 29, 2007, 06:43:45 PM
Post by: itomato on March 29, 2007, 06:43:45 PM
Monitor.
Printer cable is DB-9.
What do we win?
Printer cable is DB-9.
What do we win?
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on March 29, 2007, 08:35:23 PM
Post by: da9000 on March 29, 2007, 08:35:23 PM
Quote from: "itomato"
What do we win?
I think he said his Pyro, yeah, that's what we win :D
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: helf on March 30, 2007, 11:29:00 AM
Post by: helf on March 30, 2007, 11:29:00 AM
I call first dibs on the pyro!
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: pentium on March 30, 2007, 06:56:46 PM
Post by: pentium on March 30, 2007, 06:56:46 PM
No, I call dibs!
I was the first to vote.
I was the first to vote.
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on April 02, 2007, 07:45:35 PM
Post by: da9000 on April 02, 2007, 07:45:35 PM
And I the first to reply :-p
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: pergamon on May 03, 2007, 10:25:03 AM
Post by: pergamon on May 03, 2007, 10:25:03 AM
You're all absolutely correct (except for one person voting). It is a monitor cable. There's no way to confuse the two if you've seen each.
Here's the problem:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130092675436
When I bid on it, I probably saw the picture and assumed it had been mislabeled. Or I may not have even noticed that the picture didn't match the description, I was likely in a hurry.
In any case, after the auction ended I wrote to the seller to find out whether I'd be getting what was in the picture (monitor cable) or what the description was. Rather than clarifying, he's insisting that the picture is of a printer cable, and just won't admit he screwed up the auction listing.
What showed up was, as I feared, another printer cable. Oh well.
Here's the problem:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130092675436
When I bid on it, I probably saw the picture and assumed it had been mislabeled. Or I may not have even noticed that the picture didn't match the description, I was likely in a hurry.
In any case, after the auction ended I wrote to the seller to find out whether I'd be getting what was in the picture (monitor cable) or what the description was. Rather than clarifying, he's insisting that the picture is of a printer cable, and just won't admit he screwed up the auction listing.
What showed up was, as I feared, another printer cable. Oh well.
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on May 03, 2007, 03:04:31 PM
Post by: da9000 on May 03, 2007, 03:04:31 PM
I hate it too when these images don't represent the description. How lazy do you have to be, right? Everyone and their grandma has a digital camera these days...
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: jheis on May 14, 2007, 01:51:05 AM
Post by: jheis on May 14, 2007, 01:51:05 AM
By the way, a standard DB-9 cable works just fine for the printer. No special cable needed.
James
James
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: pentium on May 14, 2007, 03:13:35 AM
Post by: pentium on May 14, 2007, 03:13:35 AM
QuoteI hate it too when these images don't represent the description. How lazy do you have to be, right? Everyone and their grandma has a digital camera these days...You mean like IT Equipment Express?
They never post a picture of the item and instead post their dumb logo while at the same time, gouge on parts.
Since 97, eh?
Have you ever posted a real photograph of an item?
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on May 14, 2007, 04:52:16 AM
Post by: da9000 on May 14, 2007, 04:52:16 AM
Quote from: "pentium"
Since 97, eh?
Have you ever posted a real photograph of an item?
/rant mode engaged
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. I HATE THOSE FSCKERS!
Every time I accidentally end up in one of their pages, the time it takes my hand to move to the BACKSPACE key (or to left-click and move the mouse left, if I'm using Opera at the moment), is less than the duration of a single flap of a Hummingbird's wings! (aka: really fast!)
I HATE them. Not only they don't ever (since 1997???) have any photos of the items they sell, but if you check out their prices, they are exhorbitant! They're asking 10-20x the market value! Sometimes I wonder HOW these fsckers make money!? Who buys their crap???
I hope they go out of business. Annoying bastards!
Before this "shop", I thought email SPAM was the number one network bandwidth waste. Now I've got a whole new runner up!
/rant mode disengaged
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: nextchef on May 14, 2007, 09:42:20 AM
Post by: nextchef on May 14, 2007, 09:42:20 AM
With those prices, they only need to have a couple of suckers buy something, to probably tide them over for the year. As others have said, it is really annoying to be searching for something and see them come up as one of the few who have it.
Chef
Chef
Title: Let's play "Guess That NeXT Part!"
Post by: da9000 on May 14, 2007, 03:14:14 PM
Post by: da9000 on May 14, 2007, 03:14:14 PM
Quote from: "nextchef"With those prices, they only need to have a couple of suckers buy something, to probably tide them over for the year.
Hahaha. Very true!