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Hi all, I have to move soon and finally had it with ebay. HATE them. So I would like to try to get into bitcoin. I have surplus from my last startup. I will list it now and if there is interest I will add photos etc. Ask whatever questions you like I am a open book. First macbook pro retina 15" mid 2012 (4 btc) with integrated and discrete graphics. This unit has been in storage, like new, 20 charge cycles on the battery. We had a few of these for our startup. This particular one has a bad memory address during the diagnostic, but never crashes and works fine. I'm using it now. I have a HP ZR30W 30 inch IPS LCD screen (1.3btc) with a small fault. When working over the display port the screen doesnt wake up when it should say 1/4 of the time. Its a known defect that effected about one in three of these monitors at one point. You can either set your screen to not sleep or use the dual link dvi port. It also has one dead pixel. Otherwise its a great great monitor for CAD. I also have a SUN 20.1 inch monitor (0.2btc) (rebranded NEC IPS very nice, broken stand), a 802.11ac router (0.12btc)A2400NS, two Anker USB 3.0 hubs (0.12 each), and a Xilinx ML605 board NIB (3btc). Let me know what you think and if I can even post this then I will add details and photos etc. Things to note, nope I won't use escrow. I just dont trust the escrow people. But you can call me and verify whatever you need. Its my first shot at this stuff so please dont be harsh ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Best, Thom
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August 22, 2014, 04:52:02 PM |
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Things to note, nope I won't use escrow. I just dont trust the escrow people. But you can call me and verify whatever you need. Its my first shot at this stuff so please dont be harsh ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) Best, Thom Nobody will buy from you if you refuse escrow, that makes you look like a scammer.
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glassking (OP)
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August 22, 2014, 09:52:02 PM |
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Yea but I'm not so
Using the escrow doubles my risk. Now I have to trust two people with my funds instead of one. None of the escrows are legit.
I can facetime with buyer instead, we will work something out
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August 22, 2014, 09:58:27 PM |
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Newbie user, No pics, no escrow, hates ebay, selling high priced items. Sorry dude, but you sound super fishy. Do you have any other verification that you're a legit seller (other than your own word)? Heatware? Other presence on forums/boards/reddit?
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
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August 23, 2014, 02:04:33 PM |
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People are going to be harsh because you want to sell stuff, but you're expecting everyone else to take all the risk. That's precisely why escrow services exist.
By the way, you're asking way too much for those items. You'd be lucky to see 3BTC... more likely 2.5BTC for that MBP.
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August 23, 2014, 06:32:59 PM |
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As said above, you registered yesterday. You are not posting any pictures and won't use escrow. You are wanting the same price as new equipment for something 2 years old.
You hate ebay. (probably because of the new "guarantee" )
it certainly smell's like scammer.
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August 23, 2014, 07:36:59 PM |
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I actually told the poster about this site yesterday, that should explain the "newbie" status. But I do agree, prices are a bit steep. I live near this guy, if anyone is interested in having me see the items listed and confirm I can do so or I can act as escrow with no fee on my end, just the btc dust to pay the transfer fees.
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August 23, 2014, 09:41:38 PM |
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Newbie user, No pics, no escrow, hates ebay, selling high priced items. Sorry dude, but you sound super fishy. Do you have any other verification that you're a legit seller (other than your own word)? Heatware? Other presence on forums/boards/reddit?
Also I've been scammed by people I've spoken to and seen their face, so your willingness to facetime with someone doesn't mean jack. People can still be scammers once you've seen them.
You mean I sound super fishy? ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Seriously though, there are MANY trusted escrow services, and you can even find some for free (mine!). Escrowers have no incentive to run with the money, their reputation is probably worth a lot more that a couple of BTC. If you're really concerned, you can divide the escrow among different people (I'd consider that more secure, but apparently you seem to think that the more that escrow the less secure ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif) ) Post some pics with your username and the current date, if not, you shall be neg bombed!
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glassking (OP)
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August 23, 2014, 10:59:37 PM |
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August 23, 2014, 11:10:13 PM |
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I looked, no where in the video do you associate your id/date here with the notebook. Would not be the first time a scammer hijacked someone else's pictures/videos to scam a product. No one is going to buy this without escrow. Also the price is high as its 8gb which can not be upgraded. A current (brand new) with 16gb, 2.2 with 256gb is 1999. BTC4.05 at current $495/ BTCYou also get haswell vs ivy bridge (haswell has power nap and better performance/power spec's), faster SSD, better graphics, USB 3, 20gbs vs 10gps thunderbolt plus a warranty. You want current price for 2 year old tech. And no don't event mention installed adobe as Im sure you are not transferring the license even if it was legit. You must hang around with the guy that wants $255 for an ant miner S1.
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August 23, 2014, 11:42:32 PM |
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ouch hostile Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal. No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok. I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above. http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpgMy buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already ![Kiss](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/kiss.gif) This forum is very.... sour.
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August 24, 2014, 12:10:22 AM |
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ouch hostile Actually retinas come in 2 flavors, one with a dedicated graphics chip, and the other with integrated graphics only. So to get a dedicated graphics retina today you have to pay about $2800 still when you factor tax. And sadly Apple don't take bitcoin ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Its a little better I will admit, but in practice its the exact same product. The $2800 version. If nobody buys it its on craigslist. I also take cash. In fact I will take less cash. No paypal. No the unit will have a fresh install of mavericks, that software is not included. Just loading to show its working ok. I sent you a photo showing this very thread on the laptop above. http://s30.postimg.org/madwmcrox/IMG_20140823_155732.jpgMy buddy who chimed in will even come watch me mail it. Enough with the FUD already ![Kiss](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/kiss.gif) This forum is very.... sour. Were all tired of scams that won't list full specs/pics, don't take escrow, just joined, list old tech at new prices looking for a gullible noob to bite. Scammers are leaving ebay and heading here as they can't scam on ebay with its new policy and paypal. Looking for noobs that dont "grasp" that btc is final no take backs and that no one can help them recover btc lost to scams.
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glassking (OP)
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August 24, 2014, 01:26:18 AM |
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you know what, forget it. I'll just use craigslist
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August 24, 2014, 06:27:23 AM |
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I've sold and purchased lots of stuff here using escrow and NEVER got screwed. Your only hurting yourself by not taking escrow.
I've been screwed 2 times and both times NO escrow was used.
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August 24, 2014, 03:32:02 PM |
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you know what, forget it. I'll just use craigslist
You can't follow the suggestions and rules then go home and take your toys (scams) with you.
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August 24, 2014, 04:55:26 PM |
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It does look suspicious, there are plenty of reputable escrows. when you're selling a 2012 MacBook for 4btc, what's a few pennies of btc to secure a sale ?
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August 24, 2014, 11:20:37 PM |
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I actually told the poster about this site yesterday, that should explain the "newbie" status. But I do agree, prices are a bit steep. I live near this guy, if anyone is interested in having me see the items listed and confirm I can do so or I can act as escrow with no fee on my end, just the btc dust to pay the transfer fees.
Nice trust you have there...
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August 24, 2014, 11:21:58 PM |
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It does look suspicious, there are plenty of reputable escrows. when you're selling a 2012 MacBook for 4btc, what's a few pennies of btc to secure a sale ?
Not to mention that the memory issue is a killer. I bet it would fail memTest86 and you can't just pull a sim and replace as they are chips soldered to the MB. I know all too well what flaky memory will do. Put cheap ram in a MBP several years back, had all kinds of intermin weird behavior. finally ran memtest86 in single user mode and bam. errors like crazy even though apple diagnostic would pass. was OWC and they took back and allowed me to upgrade to best ram. Had to restore from backup (always make before any upgrade hard or soft) and had to diff against current to recover changes. never again will buy bargain ram. Not worth the issue's it caused. So highly risky even at $750 for example (even if it does get delivered).
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