moebius Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 The time has come to make some changes in the forum. From now on ANY findings from eBay or talk surrounding online auctions should be directed here.Just take in the consideration that most items offered in eBay are one off or limited supply and auctions expire - the information is valid for a limited time only.Moebius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Nice one Moebius you read my mind, I was just about to post that suggestion :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatapoum Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Good idea. But maybe a new section like fleamarket is a better solution ? I think it will be readable.ludo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 I agree. Conversations will start based on single listings and a single thread is not enough to hold several concurrent but unrelated conversations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dengel Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Yeah, I'd like to see a "limited time offers" section for things like eBay and Craigslist auctions. A single thread for these is not a good option, honestly. I agree with Th0mas that topics should be kept seperate. It becomes totally unusable otherwise.One other option (probably too difficult to implement unless the forum does this automatically) is to have some sort of auto-delete flag that can be set by the OP or admins for some future time - like one week, say. After this, the thread will disappear, since the auction would be over. Problem there is you'd lose potentially useful info (like in the trackball thread, for instance).I like the eBay threads - with millions of items there, finding things can be rough. It's nice when a community member sees something that other members might be interested in - that's the power of large numbers. Also, sometimes you find things you "need" in this way. You see it, and suddenly you "need" it because it has inspired a new project in your mind, or maybe the parts on the item are a cheaper replacement for something you were going to pay Mouser or Digikey crazy money for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin-X Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Some people to put in your favorite seller list:emtelelectronicsfrankenfoothongkongsupersellerI would like to see more ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Thx TwinX!I found out about hongkongsuperseller recently, he's a good bloke, packs very well, and has lots of cool rare chips... His shipping costs a freakin fortune though (like, more than the IC's themselves in many cases), and so it's best to order lots at once, because he will combine shipping.Emtel looks great, that's added to my faves :) Thanks mate!frankenfoot was a bit light on content though :(I'll update later tonight with some Aussie sources for all you other guys down under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBunsen Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 howardcano (US) - analog synth and MIDI stuffjamaroonies_ltd (UK) - edrum supplies inc cheap triggers, pads, MIDI converterssnowylu (AU Sydney) - great guy, loads of odd partstmgtrl (AU Melbourne) - odd outdated lab and comms gear, great for casesthe-macservice-group (AU Melbourne) - dittoDamn, there go all my secrets :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 My eBay advice: F*cking snipers!!!!!!!! ARGH!Hey buns those last three are on my list too ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 nalipali (UK) - Has lots of PCB stuff including PCB tinning powderems-chloe (UK) - IDC's and rainbow ribbon cablecryptiensis2004 (UK) - Really cheap (£4) 128 x 64 KS108 graphic displaysEnjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBunsen Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 That's Dr buns to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 My sincerest apologies, oh doctorious one ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBunsen Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Hongkongsuperseller gets a very bad rap here, basically calling him a a scammer. Blah blah, fake labelling, wrong descriptions, child labour, mafia run, so says some dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRÄPPEL Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Hongkongsuperseller gets a very bad rap here, basically calling him a a scammer. Blah blah, fake labelling, wrong descriptions, child labour, mafia run, so says some dude.I'm also curious as to why he has his feedback hidden. As a general rule I avoid sellers like that because they are probably hiding something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 My feedback is hidden. It's so people can't see what I've bought and make a gearlist for my studio out of my eBay history. Most sellers will make their hidden feedback available to you, if you ask nicely.I can't help but wonder if this is a bad press campaign against HKSS by his competitors who, well, can't compete? I mean, there is (now) question over the quality of them, but there's no arguing that HKSS clearly has the cheapest source around. Must be hard to compete....I can't find the supposed warnings (supposed by GetLoFi) that were circulated by SDIY or Doepfer, can you?Has anyone seen a BBD IC that is marked as being 4096 stage but is actually 1024 stage?And hey about the whole using child labour to clean up the IC's...Geez welcome to China. Welcome to the world we live in. I'd say about 30% of the content of your house had child labour involved. Get used to it, YOU voted for it!Plus...Let's say that HKSS is getting old karaoke machines and laundry equipment (BBD in a washing machine? huh?) and then paying some kids to clean them up... Do you think there would be any profit at $1 per chip? He'd have to have a source of hundreds (probably thousands) of karaoke machines at less than 50c a pop.Here's the big question: If you had Hong Kong Mafia in competition with you, and you lived in the same city as them, would you go around talking trash about them, trying to destroy their booming business? You'd be DEAD! So very, very dead... Don't believe everything you read huh. I'm not saying it's definitely a lie, or it's definitely true - but I'll tell you the only definite thing about this: nobody knows.Let's keep the rumour mill at bay (get it? bay? ebay? hah! I kill me!) until we can prove one way or the other huh....Meanwhile I've got a shedload of IC's here from him which I have no complaints about so far, no dodgy looking IC's at all - although I ended up avoiding the BBD chips.. Unfortunately I'm not in a position to test them right now :( So to counter these currently completely defamatory and currently unfounded unproven rumours I am now going to start a rumour of my own: ChipForBrains is giving the owner of GetLoFi a kickback of free IC's and parts. All GLF has to do is publish a single email, which of course he didn't write so doesn't have to bear responsibility for, and get the rumour mill started. And supply his first born as child labour for the HK mafia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_statikfire Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 NOT MY AUCTION!!http://cgi.ebay.com/Star-Trek-TOS-BRIDGE-75-round-domes-buttons-PROPS_W0QQitemZ6631092721QQcategoryZ37881QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemFound some star-trek replica buttons on this auction.If you happen to be building a star-trek theme midi controller, this would be a good consideration!THX,JD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_statikfire Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 kick ass grey ITT/Canon Schadow sequencer step switches on ebayagain, not my auction, just found this cool lot of 10 switcheshttp://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-OF-10-ITT-SCHADOW-200412-TACTILE-SWITCH-W-LED_W0QQitemZ7573239328QQcategoryZ4660QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Shame I need a couple hundred :( Keep 'em coming mate :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_statikfire Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 mr stryd_one,when i'm bored at work, i call swich companies, and ask for samples of XYZ.sometimes, they even send a rep over to speak with me!so i have an EXTENSIVE collection of free switches, of all varietiesone of these days i'll put them into the same box, call it the midimyztrybuttonbox.or something.y'know.THX,JD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I'm betting that'd be one helluva ugly box ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_statikfire Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 like a british bull terrierthx,JD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Some buttons that may make someone happy..........the price is righthttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Illuminated-Push-Button-Switch-X-10_W0QQitemZ7623903070QQcategoryZ58169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemI've found his (?) website so he may have more than the single lot.http://www.mikay.co.uk/mainframe.htmChech the Miscellaneous section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I always seem to have some random bit of stuff in my watch list from this seller:http://cgi3.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=the-macservice-groupThey have lots of cases and stuff, and test equipment too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Non-centering joysticks. If you ask nicely, she'll sell you smaller quantities.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7625366779andhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7624998418 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Davo,Have you tried these joy sticks? They seem like a good buy. Anyone in the UK interested in going halves in a lot? At around £0.50 per joy stick..........sounds good to me!Rowan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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