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Offline carvedeyeTopic starter

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Am i in the wrong?
« on: June 20, 2007, 09:28:01 PM »
hi i have a hard drive on ebay that has wb 3.1 installed it is a 3.5 inch hd which i have clearly stated in the auction yet i have had an email from someone saying that it is not an amiga hard drive but a pc hard drive am i in the wrong as i have said it has workbench installed here is a link for the auction? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WOW-Amiga-1200-3-5-115-MB-Hard-Drive-With-WB-3-1_W0QQitemZ330132752843QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2007, 09:32:35 PM »
If you are selling the Original WB3.1 floppy disks with the Hard drive, then you are okay.

Hard drives are generic items. It is like saying that the petrol in my Car is Audi petrol !!
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2007, 09:34:47 PM »
but would say i am wrong in saying what i have said?
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2007, 09:37:20 PM »
Well it's your action. How would I know; I guess you know what's on your HD or not?
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2007, 09:40:17 PM »
There is no such thing as an Amiga hard drive. There is no such thing as a PC hard drive. There is no such thing as a Mac hard drive.

A hard drive is a hard drive. It will work on any computer with the correct hardware interface. If you choose to sell it pre-configured for an Amiga then that's up to you.

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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2007, 09:40:47 PM »
I see that you're selling more HD's with WB3.1. If you don't supply them with original disks you do realise that's piracy don't you?
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2007, 09:41:29 PM »
he has also said he has reported me to ebay  :bigcry:
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2007, 09:42:02 PM »
Well, no your not really wrong.  There is no such thing as a "PC" harddrive or an "Amiga" harddrive or a "MAC" harddrive or a "Linux" harddrive for that matter.

A harddrive is a harddrive.  You buy it from the manufacturer IE. from Conner, or Western Digital, or Maxtor, or Seagate, or whomever, you don't buy it from "PC" or "Amiga" or "Microsoft" as they don't MAKE harddrives.  

Maybe what he meant though was since this is a 3.5" inch harddrive it won't fit inside a standard A1200 with out an external case or some modification and/or 2.5 inch to 3.5 ide adapter etc.  A1200s are desigened to take standard 2.5" IDE/ATA harddrives or course.  So maybe that was what he was talking about??
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2007, 09:53:04 PM »
@Flashlab
don't be a retard.

@carvedeye
no you are not wrong, your dealing with a moron.
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2007, 09:56:10 PM »
Flashlab has a point. If you sell the HD preinstalled with some OS, you must provide the legal copy of the OS in question. It is piracy if the OS is not included.

Also, it would be smart to point out that this hard drive does not mount to A1200 without some additional hardware. Also, some case modification is required.

[EDIT] Ah, AmigaHeretic beat me to it [/EDIT]
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2007, 09:56:12 PM »
@guru-666

Thanks.
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2007, 09:58:56 PM »
Hey, I'm a retard for pointing something out that can really get you into trouble with eBay? Thanks "guru"-666. At least the 666 makes sense in your nick.
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2007, 10:29:26 PM »
How is it piracy since you need the ROMs in order for the files on the HD to be of any use?  

Now if he is including ROM images on the HD, then that is a different question.  
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2007, 10:31:54 PM »
@flashlab

sorry i wasn't calling you a retard i was just thanking guru-666 for what he said about this person.
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Re: Am i in the wrong?
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2007, 10:37:01 PM »
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How is it piracy since you need the ROMs in order for the files on the HD to be of any use?

It is piracy, ragardless of if KS ROM is needed or not.

With your logic it should be perfectly OK to sell piles of CD-RW discs with pre-burnt AmigaOS 3.9 or Windows XP Pro (+ product key written on the label). After all, the CD-RW is useless without a computer!

And in context of this auction, the actual value is in the installed OS itself (and it WOULD actually have value, if the AmigaOS 3.1 disks and manuals were included!). Frankly, this particular HDD is worthless. Try ebaying 115MB 3.5" HDD and see how well it sells...
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