I bought one of those cards, NIB, from 'mussalli' and it turned out to
be just what he said. Be patient, maybe he'll wake up and get it right.
Way
R. Pickett wrote:
>On eBay, there's a guy 'mussalli' who's auctioning lots of stuff
>including a big handful of 3CXE589DT ethernet cards for starting price
>of $9. Cool, exactly what I want, X-Jack low-power Newton-compatible
>card. New in box, shrinkwrapped, etc.
>
>I bought one on 10-20, paid Paypal. Three weeks later, I received a
>four-port Ethernet hub.
>
>After informing him of this, I was instructed to send it back (at my
>expense) with a note clarifying what had happened, and after he received
>it, he would ship the correct thing. I'm a patient guy, I'll accept
>that, so off it goes....
>
>
>Today, -five-weeks- after the close of the auction, I received a
>3C589D-TP. In a little box of bubble wrap, with a CD-R of the drivers.
>Not at all right. Not new in box, not X-Jack, not at all right.
>
>This guy has an eBay rating of nearly 3400, so I'm assuming I'm just
>having a run of bad luck. And I think he's making good-faith mistakes,
>not malicious ones.
>
>So, maybe this is just a warning that mussalli is doing a little too
>much eBay business to pay attention to quality and speed. Just FYI,
>caveat emptor.
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