ATI 9800 PRO w/Custom Fan/Heatsinks

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

No doubt, this is the fault of the shipper.

Heatsinks on with thermal grease?

I can guarantee you they were not on there until he put them on and shipped it.

This is a disgrace.
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

FreshGamer · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: .

Just wanted to make a comment....I came real close to buying this card only because I think highly of this site and the people that are members.
I would have never thought of and/or taken the time to inspect the card like Ham did...
What makes it worse...is the seller doesnt care about anything more than him receiving his money.
If I was his referral(oldmandingus), I would definitely reconsider having this seller use my name.

Nathan...just a suggestion. Would it be possible to have like a preferred seller/buyer forum header.
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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

I think we should start a fundraiser, to help buy hammy a new 9800pro. If people would chip in like 5 bucks or something. Like if you have paypal or something. id be more then willing to donate

adrenaline [Banned] · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

All of this is seriously going to make me cry. It's so touching.

The reason I don't care to explain myself is because of the extent this Dennis guy has gone to in order to make it look like everything is my fault. I just don't care about explaining in detail facts, such as the fact that the heatsinks stayed on the thing the whole time it was in my computer which has been toted around about a hundred thousand times, and the fact that the USPS apparently took a million years to deliver the package, and the fact that Western Union does actually need a shitload of info about the sender before you can claim the money, and the fact that a goddamn heatsink that weighs approximately 1 gram is not going to "knock a resistor and a capacitor clean off" the card. Since the heatsinks were on the front of the card, this implies that they fell off, circled around the back of the card, and rammed forcefully into the "broken" parts. If you have enough time to take pictures and upload them to show off to everybody here, then you have enough time to take the card and swap it out at a local retail store (which, even if the retail store found out, nobody is possibly ever going to care or call it fraud, that is just ridiculous - I have worked for 3 major computer part retailers). And stuffing a package with newspapers is not a bad way to ship something. I guess if you were stuffing the box with the rigid steel type of newspapers you imply I stuffed it with (btw I like how you bend the box out of proportion and fling newspapers everywhere when you took the pics) then something like some knocked off capacitors could happen.
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:

USPS did NOT take forever to deliver, the postmark was Jan.4, 2005, and it was at my door on Jan. 8, 2005.
your money was delivered on Dec. 16, 2004!
I have dealt with W.U a lot.. All you need is your ID card, and the name and city of the sender, THAT"S ALL

the fact is...the product was DOA, whether it was defective before you shipped, or damaged in transit, due to shoddy packaging, is not my responsibility. IT IS YOURS.

Any respectable person would at least try to do the right thing, but I think we all know what kind of person you are, and I wish you good luck with your future transactions.
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2old2care · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

The original post say's "original packaging"....I think you are also slamming ATI for using newspaper

Likewise, no static bag has been discussed....I believe anyone shipping a vid board/ mobo / HDD or most any computer component without static protection is negligent.
I'll shut up now.
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Nemeskal · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 139

ok i am oldmandingus's brother and i would like to know why he is banned from TW. He had nothing to do with this transaction. He recently sold hampfist a pentium 4 2.8c and had no problems and sold it for a great price! Ask hamfist. He did nothing wrong, why is he taking some of the blame for something that has nothing to do with him.
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Nemeskal · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 139

no he was not aware. Even if he was refered he shouldnt be held accountable for adrenalines actions. And if you feel like he should be, its your website,idc.
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Nemeskal · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 139

over ebay, when people get ripped off, the person who got ripped off cant blame the people who have left positive feedback about them...
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject:

this is not eBay, I trusted this dirtbag because he referenced your brother, but OMD is not to blame, he actually helped a little, forwarding emails to adrenaline, but he never should have let his name be used as a reference.
jusjt take a good look at who your friends are, someone who does something like this, and makes no effort to make it right...is even BRAGGING about it, (Thanks for the $150.00), is a piece of s***, and will do the same thing to his own Mother
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Absolutely amazing.

He claims he stuck heatsinks on with thermal compound, and they stuck? Doesn't look like it to me, looks like they got stuck on just to make them look like they had been there.

That's totally improper packaging, by any stretch of the imagination. Newspaper + dry weather + cold in shipping = static electricity. Excellent.......great thinking.

Hammy is 100% correct, I've gotten money through WU many many times, and all that is needed on either end is name, address, and phone. The form is a half-page card that any moron can fill out in less than 5 minutes. Fact is, this guy is a half-assed schoolboy bully who won't 'fess up to his mistakes.

I do agree banning Oldmandingus is a bit extreme, he had no part in the transaction at all, beyond a recommendation. That'd be sorta like banning anyone who recommends Tiger Direct, just because they screwed me around on a $200 purchase (which they did).

WU does have some limited fraud protection, check with them to see if they can help with forms, originating times of money transfer, and so on. Not as good as PayPal, but their input can help in a fraud case. Unfortunately, used gear is typically "buyer beware", so not much can be done......

Hammy, if that fan will fit a 9600XT, I'll buy it from you. I need a new one........
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

sold
hit my email button
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

what the hell does that have to do with anything?????
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dene · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

Very sorry fellas delete my old post i hit the button to fast and it posted with out anything, And Nemeskal please shut up mate ur digging your self deeper and deeper and im surethat in these forums that people dont care how bighe is look at me ill take on any bigger than me so shut ur mouth grrrrrrr hammy if i had paypal ide be happy to chip in 15 us dollars
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

nah...I got a better card on the way, but thanks for the offer...
there are a lot of really decent people here, that makes this issue suck even more..it is Marring the forums, we need to end this thread soon

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oldmandingus · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:

hey im back. Sorry about the hole sitiuation. I wanna apologize to everyone especially hamfist. I had nothing to do with this transaction and i was not aware i was being used as a reference. I tried to be as helpfull as possible and forwarded ham's emails to adrenaline hoping he would respond to me if not hamfist. I use tweaknews to sell items alot..so i hope this incident doesnt effect my sales. I dont rip people off, as nemeskal said i sold a p4 2.8c to hamfist with no problems at all, at a great price i might add

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Ham_fisT · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:

Thanks OMD, you did help a lot with this, and the 2.8C CPU transaction was as good as it gets, I would buy from you again, no problem

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