FS: iBook 700mhz w/ Airport card and charger

[BillHarrison]

Hi, have a good working 700mhz iBook w/ internal airport card, DVD/CDRW combo drive, newer battery that lasts 4-5 hours, charger, and 192mb of ram.

The screen is perfect, no marks or dead pixels, but it does have its fair share of scratches etc on the case. I will post pics soon.

Lets see, its a translucent case, which to my knowledge there were 2 700mhz iBook models produced, this is the first one. It does support quartz extreme, so that peps things up considerably.

Drive works fine, nothing makes any unusual noises, and the case is solid, hinge is fine, lets see... I have never tried the firewire or modem ports, but can verify the usb and ethernet ports work fine. Trackpad and keyboard both work fine.

Battery holds a good charge, and is newer than the ibook, but not sure how much so (Its opaque, vrs the translucent it would have came with originally, not noticeable and does not detract from its looks)

Airport works fine, and I get great reception anywhere i have tried it.

Any more questions, feel free to ask. I have used it for work, web surfing, it plays dvd movies fine, would make a great students computer.

I find it fast enough, and it has quartz extreme, which was a big selling point for me in the first place.

Asking 350$ shipped, but negotiable, and may consider trades, but not sure what I want, so make some offers, really could use some extra cash though.

Bill

[SmurfBoxMasta]

Pics please :)
will PM you with an offer afterwards !

[BillHarrison]

Not alot of interest, so a price drop for everyone! 350$ shipped for this bad boy, I am typing this on it as we speak!

20gb harddrive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive.

Any other questions, feel free to ask.

Bill

ACK edit, cant post pics cuz tiger wont let me modify on my ftp, so shoot me an email for pictures. Thats kinda a glaring omission in os x, it allows me to connect, and browse the ftp in the finder, but won't allow any modifications.

Sorry guys, email for pics!

[mulletman13]

Translucent case?

I'm sorry I'm not following this...

[litosclone]

Pics?

[kmarketing]

Hi,

I'm very interested in the ibook, please check your messages!

[treblah]

Translucent case?

I'm sorry I'm not following this...

It looks white but the top layer of plastic is actually clear with a second white plastic insert underneath it.

The later models of G3s and all G4s used one piece white plastic.

I believe this model also has 'iBook' in a serif font under the screen while later models have a sans-serif font. Right?

[BillHarrison]

It looks white but the top layer of plastic is actually clear with a second white plastic insert underneath it.

The later models of G3s and all G4s used one piece white plastic.

I believe this model also has 'iBook' in a serif font under the screen while later models have a sans-serif font. Right?

You hit the nail exactly on the head. Under the hood, I believe they are basically identical.

And yes, they changed the 'ibook' font.

Have to get me your email for pics, as i have no way to upload them to ftp from this mac.

[sewerhobo]

I'll PM you my e-mail address.

[BillHarrison]

Still too pricey? Anyone care to make an offer? I guess I could ebay her!

[aquajet]

I gave you an offer several days ago via PM, didn't you get it?

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

PMing you

[BillHarrison]

Best offer so far is 300$ - Anyone else interested, i would really like to get 350, I feel its worth that.

[aquajet]

Best offer so far is 300$ - Anyone else interested, i would really like to get 350, I feel its worth that.

I offered you $350 and made repeated attempts to contact you. I guess you're not really interested. Oh well. :confused:

[ITASOR]

Did I miss it or did you not say if this is a 12" or 14" iBook?

[yojitani]

Still available? Size? .. Though it looks as though acquajet has first dibs on this one...

[amemoryoncelost]

I thought you had said somewhere this was selling without the aiport card. I re-read through it one more time and it doesn't say it anywhere... So sorry for the post, not trying to bump or anything.

dustin

[SmurfBoxMasta]

gotta see some pics please.......put 'em on imageshack.us :p

[BillHarrison]

gotta see some pics please.......put 'em on imageshack.us :p

Sorry all, and bump, item is still available. I was payed paypal by a buyer, but he paid friday, and filed a buyers refund request on tuesday, as I was preparing to ship the machine. I cannot ship anything on the weekend, so I am unsure why this buyer would be like that.

I go to automobile auctions on mondays, tuesdays, and thursdays, so I can only ship items wed and fri.

Just fyi for anyone else interested, based on when payment comes in, I will ship wed or fri.

I cannot ship on weekends, as I don't believe ups is possible to ship on weekends, they don't come to the shop.

So, best offer gets machine. Thank you

Edit: Imageshack for pics, good idea, here they are:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8411/p42600104sr.jpg

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6853/p42600117im.jpg

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1355/p42600120wb.jpg

[kmarketing]

Hi,

I really feel I need to clarify all of this as I was the buyer of this ibook.

Payment was sent May 4th (you can check your paypal account), I received an email on May 5th asking which OS I would want. Since then not one email from him, even after I asked him several times to update me. Now its May 10th and he is letting me know about his automobile auctions. I just wanted an update which he was good with before he received payment. I think everyone can understand.

So it was not a buyer refund request it was a BUYERS COMPLAINT PROCESS. I only did it because I have been scammed on ebay and with paypal on several occassions. One time I bought an item on ebay (verified seller with good feedback) for $941 and paypal only returned $16. They said I notified them too late.

The ibook was for my mom, I let you know that from the beginning. The paypal protection process is just to cover my end of things. The way to fix it is to give them a tracking number which is all that I wanted. But I didn't even receive an email letting me know your schedule and when to expect the ibook. I hope everyone can understand.

I would still like to get the ibook since I passed several up and I wanted to get this for mother's day. If you don't want to sell it to me anymore, the please refund the money before you sell it again.

If anyone has any comments please let us know. This is a great forum, and Bill seemed like a trustworthy person. I would like to leave positive feedback for this, but at this time I really cannot.

Thanks,
Steve

[zach]

Hi,

I really feel I need to clarify all of this as I was the buyer of this ibook.

Payment was sent May 4th (you can check your paypal account), I received an email on May 5th asking which OS I would want. Since then not one email from him, even after I asked him several times to update me. Now its May 10th and he is letting me know about his automobile auctions. I just wanted an update which he was good with before he received payment. I think everyone can understand.

So it was not a buyer refund request it was a BUYERS COMPLAINT PROCESS. I only did it because I have been scammed on ebay and with paypal on several occassions. One time I bought an item on ebay (verified seller with good feedback) for $941 and paypal only returned $16. They said I notified them too late.

The ibook was for my mom, I let you know that from the beginning. The paypal protection process is just to cover my end of things. The way to fix it is to give them a tracking number which is all that I wanted. But I didn't even receive an email letting me know your schedule and when to expect the ibook. I hope everyone can understand.

I would still like to get the ibook since I passed several up and I wanted to get this for mother's day. If you don't want to sell it to me anymore, the please refund the money before you sell it again.

If anyone has any comments please let us know. This is a great forum, and Bill seemed like a trustworthy person. I would like to leave positive feedback for this, but at this time I really cannot.

Thanks,
Steve

you FILED, with paypal, a COMPLAINT four days after paying for this item. that's ridiculous.

seriously, man, sometimes people have issues. i understand you got jilted in the past but there's absolutely no need to file with paypal over this four days after you paid. it's not like you got scammed.

[kmarketing]

Hi,

So you wouldn't think something funny was up if you had emails back and forth consistently before you paid for the item, and then absolutely no communication afterwards?
Please understand that I wrote several emails within the past few days with no word from him.

I think all that was necessary was an email saying that he is a little busy and will get it out sometime in the following week.

Not sure if you know what the paypal process is, but all that's involved is that the seller has to respond to them and/or give them a tracking number to resolve it. That's all I wanted in the first place.

I appreciate that Bill wrote back to me today, but truthfully he only wrote back AFTER he was notified by Paypal.

How would you have handled it differently?

Thanks!

[BillHarrison]

you FILED, with paypal, a COMPLAINT four days after paying for this item. that's ridiculous.

seriously, man, sometimes people have issues. i understand you got jilted in the past but there's absolutely no need to file with paypal over this four days after you paid. it's not like you got scammed.


Well, you know, I could live with that, had it been 4 working days, IE he payed monday, I never got back to him till the next week or something, but he paid me FRIDAY, and nothing personal, but I don't work weekends, and have alot on my plate. I am sorry I did not divulge my weekend plans to you, and the fact that I am employed full time at a job that requires me to be in different cities a couple times a week.


Irregardless, I am free today now, but have issued Kmarketing a full refund. I am sorry you have been scammed in the past, but I have never scammed anyone, I have done great business before, and am sorry that our transaction had to end this way, but I feel better letting you find another iBook, as you seem like the type of customer that will be VERY hard to please.

Anyone else, iBook is still available, pics are now in the thread!

[yojitani]

This is a "12, right? Looks like it from the pics.

[kmarketing]

Hi,

Just to let everyone know that I did get the refund, so thanks for that.

Please understand that all I was looking for was an email stating that things are hectic for you and that it may take some time getting out the ibook. YOU NEVER SAID THAT. But before I paid you answered EVERY email and PM in a timely fashion. It's only after I sent you payment that I never heard from you until AFTER you received the paypal notification.

Instead of saying that I am impatient or difficult to please, maybe you should look at the cause and effect here. The cause is that YOU did not respond with the same courtesy BEFORE payment as you did AFTER payment, period. You did notify me in any way about your schedule, but I guess was free like a bird before you received money.

It's sad that grown people cannot even think logically about these situations. You can't even see how it was your actions that caused my response. Its no different than the kids that I work with blaming teachers for a bad grade, but not looking at the fact that they themselves didn't put in the work.

Please look in the mirror and ask yourself, "Was there something I did to cause this?"

[BillHarrison]

This is a "12, right? Looks like it from the pics.

That is a 12" model. The battery holds a great charge. I used it 4-5 hours continuously browsing the web over airport with no problems.

[ExileinBlonde]

Hi,

Just to let everyone know that I did get the refund, so thanks for that.

Please understand that all I was looking for was an email stating that things are hectic for you and that it may take some time getting out the ibook. YOU NEVER SAID THAT. But before I paid you answered EVERY email and PM in a timely fashion. It's only after I sent you payment that I never heard from you until AFTER you received the paypal notification.

Instead of saying that I am impatient or difficult to please, maybe you should look at the cause and effect here. The cause is that YOU did not respond with the same courtesy BEFORE payment as you did AFTER payment, period. You did notify me in any way about your schedule, but I guess was free like a bird before you received money.

It's sad that grown people cannot even think logically about these situations. You can't even see how it was your actions that caused my response. Its no different than the kids that I work with blaming teachers for a bad grade, but not looking at the fact that they themselves didn't put in the work.

Please look in the mirror and ask yourself, "Was there something I did to cause this?"
You paid for the iBook on Friday, and filed a claim on Tuesday because you didn't hear anything from him?! Wow! I understand you've been scammed and are just trying to be cautious, but with how overly presumptious you are, I would think not buying online may be the right option for you.

[T-Stex]

Hey, I'm sorry to hear about your situation, but glad that it seems that things got worked out. I've got a nearly new Palm TX handheld with built-in WiFi and an aluminum hard case that I wanted to see if you were interested in. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.

[kmarketing]

You paid for the iBook on Friday, and filed a claim on Tuesday because you didn't hear anything from him?! Wow! I understand you've been scammed and are just trying to be cautious, but with how overly presumptious you are, I would think not buying online may be the right option for you.

Wow, I'm really shocked at how people are just so oblivious and don't see my point of view. it almost makes me think that some of you need to be scammed so you can understand how paypal works. Its actually pretty sad.

Sad to say it, but during this time I was actually scammed over a razr phone that I bought on another forum using paypal. Same thing, email was great BEFORE payment, and then nothing AFTER payment. Sent money april 30th, case filed may 3rd.

Here is what paypal's case resolution emailed today:

After careful review, we have concluded our investigation of the Buyer
Complaint described below.

We have decided in your favor, however, we were unable to recover any
funds
from the seller's account. As stated in the PayPal User Agreement,
recovery
of funds associated with a Buyer Complaint cannot be guaranteed.

Please know that we will make our best effort to recover the funds in
question if they become available in the seller's account in the future
and
will take appropriate action against the seller. Such action may
include
issuing a warning, a temporary restriction, or terminating the account.
Keep in mind that PayPal uses a number of factors to determine when to
take
action, including member complaints. Due to privacy laws, we cannot
discuss
the details of any action taken. We hope you understand our policy and
that
it assures you that you are safe using PayPal.

Again, this is very similar to what happened here. Bill at least refunded my the money, but as you can see even if you take precautions, nothing happens. If you were to read the entire thread, you would see that I sent payment on thurs. I filed the complaint late tuesday night. That's more days than this other transaction, and please note the end result.

So its pretty sad listening to people who really don't have a clue on how online transactions work on forums and such where you would like to trust people, but the truth is that you really don't know who you are dealing with because they are not businesses here. We are just going by someone's word who we don't know.

It 's not that Bill, the seller here, is not trustworthy, it just that what he did totally resembled the actions of a scammer. That's all. But's he took care of it. Please don't ignorantly say I should have given someone more time even though there was no response to the several emails, while prior to receiving the money, the responses were plentiful. The example with the razr is a prime example of how paypal will not protect you even 4 days after the transaction. Thank goodness I used a credit card that will refund me, but many credit cards don't do that.

Please get a clue before you speak!

[BillHarrison]

Thanks for your concern kmarketing, as some have pointed out, its a bit premature for filing that sort of thing, especially when you consider that there were 2 weekend days in the 4 days, so basically you filed a complaint with paypal 2 days after payment.

But, this is the last post on this subject in my thread, I still have the ibook for sale, and its ready to ship. If you have any further comments, please pm me.

Anyone else, Make me an offer!

[BillHarrison]

Price Drop, 325 shipped, I won't go much lower, as I could use it myself, but the GF got a speeding ticket, and I need to help her pay it.

Bill

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Hey, i never heard back from you. I guess you don't want to do the trade?

[mpw]

Thanks for your concern kmarketing, as some have pointed out, its a bit premature for filing that sort of thing, especially when you consider that there were 2 weekend days in the 4 days...
I don't see what people's problems are with the timing of kmarketing's filing. If as he says the seller stopped responding to him at payment then I'd think something was up too, that it's the weekend means nothing, why no contact on the Monday or early Tuesday?

I think that anybody selling stuff online should be prepared to offer a better service than that which the seller did here.

[BillHarrison]

I don't see what people's problems are with the timing of kmarketing's filing. If as he says the seller stopped responding to him at payment then I'd think something was up too, that it's the weekend means nothing, why no contact on the Monday or early Tuesday?

I think that anybody selling stuff online should be prepared to offer a better service than that which the seller did here.

Some of us are employed full time, some are not. 4 days is too short a time to jump to conclusions, no matter what. So basically, because I did not contact him monday, he filed the complaint early tuesday. Yeah, thats a bit premature. Have you ever been away from the internet for a full day? It happens to me all the time. So basically, because I failed to email him on monday, he had the right to file a complaint tuesday? Thats a bit severe in my opinion.

I have completed many online transactions, all to a good conclusion. Yes, the weekend was involved, and yes, I am a busy guy.

Guess who was right? ME. I IMMEDIATELY REFUNDED HIS MONEY. He was wrong, he suspected me of being dishonest, and did it only a couple days after paying. I am busy, and never before have had any problems shipping within 72 business hours (IE 3 days). Weekends dont count, because, ill be honest, I relax, and dont ship anything. But in the long run, I just refunded his money, and immediately when he filed the complaint. So, if you feel that 2 days is too long to recieve confirmation of shipping on an item, then thats your perogative.

Please lock this topic, as it has completely been taken over, and has a full page of non relevant replies. I will create a new topic.

Thank you

[macg4]

hey bill i found another powerbook that i bought already. i do appreciate your offer though, hope you find a good buyer for her. btw not a bad price and its looks like its in really good condtion. good luck man !:)

[mpw]

Some of us are employed full time, some are not.
Irrelevant.
4 days is too short a time to jump to conclusions, no matter what.
No it isn't.
So basically, because I did not contact him monday, he filed the complaint early tuesday.
He say late Tuesday.
Yeah, thats a bit premature.
Depends on who's telling the truth
Have you ever been away from the internet for a full day?
Yeah but you apper to have been away longer than a single day and while you knew you were conducting business.
...So basically, because I failed to email him on monday, he had the right to file a complaint tuesday?
Yup, them's the rules.
Thats a bit severe in my opinion.
Don't do business that way then.
...Guess who was right?
Right? You didn't offer the standard of service I would expect so I'd say wrong, but bad service ain't a crime so all you lost was a sale. That's business.
...I IMMEDIATELY REFUNDED HIS MONEY.
As you should, you hadn't shipped the iBook so it WAS STILL HIS MONEY
He was wrong, he suspected me of being dishonest...
With the benefit of hindsight it happens that his suspicions were wrong but that doesn't mean he was wrong to be suspicious.
...Weekends dont count
To you, but not your customers as it turns out.
...Thank you
You're very welcome.

[BillHarrison]

Irrelevant.

No it isn't.

He say late Tuesday.

Depends on who's telling the truth

Yeah but you apper to have been away longer than a single day and while you knew you were conducting business.

Yup, them's the rules.

Don't do business that way then.

Right? You didn't offer the standard of service I would expect so I'd say wrong, but bad service ain't a crime so all you lost was a sale. That's business.

As you should, you hadn't shipped the iBook so it WAS STILL HIS MONEY

With the benefit of hindsight it happens that his suspicions were wrong but that doesn't mean he was wrong to be suspicious.

To you, but not your customers as it turns out.

You're very welcome.

I think you have me confused with Mac Mall, or perhaps OWC. I am an individual, and am passing on a good deal to fellow mac buyers. However, I am employed FULL time and out of town at auto auctions 3 times a week. No, I have never posted that when selling an item, and NO, it has never been an issue before.

I provided service when I could, and well within reason (I was ready to ship on wed morning, until I found out he had cancelled payment). Note, that was 4 days after payment, and I could care less why you feel weekends should be business days for me, but trust me pal, they are not. My life does not revolve around a couple sales online, quite the opposite, I fit them into my already busy life.

I am sorry if anyone has a problem with this, and to date, out of hundreds of transactions, noone has. Till now. Guess what, you can't make everyone happy, and I got the feeling that that was particularly true with this guy.

Hence the refund. That was my choice, not his. I still could have shipped, and provided tracking info, and closed the case that way. It was in my court. I CHOSE to end the transaction as I would rather keep the iBook than deal with that sort of buyer.

Basically, I feel I should give the best service to a buyer I can, within my schedule and time. Yes, a week would have been too long, but it was 4 days, even counting the weekend. Note, Neither dell nor new egg would have shipped on sat or sunday, so why would you expect little old me to do that?

As far as emailing, yeah, I got back to him when I could. Again, no harm here, no foul. He jumped the gun, and I have done hundreds of transactions, so don't feel that you are schooling me in proper online transaction etiquette. I have done business before, and will do it again. I ordered an airport card on here, took 2 weeks to arrive. Did I file a buyers complaint after 4 days? No, I gave the seller some time to get it shipped, because I assumed that they, like me, don't do this full time, and can't drop everything to go ship items daily.

Perhaps your schedule allows that, congrats.

Either way, its a moot point:

He got a refund,

I have the iBook.

Story over.

[aquajet]

Four days was a more than reasonable amount of time for you to reply to inquiries regarding the transaction. When you're dealing with a large sum of money such as this, a good individual seller maintains daily contact with the buyer. Waiting four days for contact because you were "busy" or "relaxing" is pretty weak, in my opinion.

Nevertheless, I replied several times to this thread and sent you several PMs, offering a trade or straight cash. You never replied. You're obviously not a serious businessman. I'm still looking for a good deal on an older mac laptop for the significant other, but you're certainly not getting my business.

Good luck to you. :rolleyes:

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Ughh... not to bother all u guys about this all, but... Bill... you never got back to me about our trade of my Powerbook for your iBook. I want to just know if its possible to trade still?

[BillHarrison]

Could anyone point out how to lock a topic, I can't seem to find the pertinent button.

This topic has gone way OFF topic. I will repost under a new topic.

[kmarketing]

Hi,

Just had to get my story straight in here.

Bill refunded me the money, but who knows if he did that right away because there was a paypal case on the transaction. And please know that I REQUESTED THE REFUND. He asked if I still wanted the ibook and I said for him to just refund the money. I still don't know why Bill doesn't get the timing of everything correct. He can just check his paypal account and give accurate info.

Payment was sent thursday evening may 4th, granted it was 11pm EST.
The Paypal Case was filed late Tuesday may 9th.
Please Bill, stop with the money received friday, and the case being filed early tuesday.

Through all of this, Bill has not apologized about the lack of response after receiving money. Instead all we hear of is his busy schedule and such. No mention of that prior to receiving the money. And that is all I was looking for:

AN EMAIL THAT STATED YOU'RE A LITTLE BUSY AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT FOR A FEW DAYS.

But you didn't do that. Yet you think I was wrong, impatient, and "jumped the gun" for getting suspicious. Again you don't even admit to the fact that you were the cause of me being suspicious.

Its sad to think that a grown person doesn't recognize his own faults and mistakes, but then again that's how the world is built. It sounded like I should be thankful for the refund, so I guess I thank you for that. But I wish you could be open-minded enough to see how you were wrong in the way you handled the business side of things.

And to be honest, this thread should remain open since this is a direct reflection as you as a seller in case you should sell on this forum again. I can see how you would want the thread to go away so that no one can see how poorly you handled this transaction, but maybe admitting that you made a mistake could go a long way here.

Good Luck.

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Umm...still haven't got any attention. I'm kinda staying on track with this sale/trade of ur iBook....I'm just looking 4 an answer from our previous pending transaction. Trade or no trade.

[BillHarrison]

Hi,

Just had to get my story straight in here.

Bill refunded me the money, but who knows if he did that right away because there was a paypal case on the transaction. And please know that I REQUESTED THE REFUND. He asked if I still wanted the ibook and I said for him to just refund the money. I still don't know why Bill doesn't get the timing of everything correct. He can just check his paypal account and give accurate info.

Payment was sent thursday evening may 4th, granted it was 11pm EST.
The Paypal Case was filed late Tuesday may 9th.
Please Bill, stop with the money received friday, and the case being filed early tuesday.

Through all of this, Bill has not apologized about the lack of response after receiving money. Instead all we hear of is his busy schedule and such. No mention of that prior to receiving the money. And that is all I was looking for:

AN EMAIL THAT STATED YOU'RE A LITTLE BUSY AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT FOR A FEW DAYS.

But you didn't do that. Yet you think I was wrong, impatient, and "jumped the gun" for getting suspicious. Again you don't even admit to the fact that you were the cause of me being suspicious.

Its sad to think that a grown person doesn't recognize his own faults and mistakes, but then again that's how the world is built. It sounded like I should be thankful for the refund, so I guess I thank you for that. But I wish you could be open-minded enough to see how you were wrong in the way you handled the business side of things.

And to be honest, this thread should remain open since this is a direct reflection as you as a seller in case you should sell on this forum again. I can see how you would want the thread to go away so that no one can see how poorly you handled this transaction, but maybe admitting that you made a mistake could go a long way here.

Good Luck.

Oh, well, there was no mistake on my part. I was shipping within 72 hours, in my opinion a reasonable amount of time. In yours, it was not. You wanted a little note, but what part of I could not get back to you can you not understand? If I could have sent a little note, I could have sent tracking info as well. Its that simple. Again, this is all off topic, as you didnt lose a dime, and I kept the iBook. Yes, to any future buyers, if you pay on Thursday at 11pm, your item may not be shipped till wed. Its that simple.

I am not looking to start an argument here. I have sold several items on these forums, successfully, and with no incidents. A mac mini, buyer loved it. A B&W g3, buyer loved it.

Several smaller transactions for ram, processors, drives, etc. Again, no problems. My standing on a buyer is excellent, even if you did not recieve the "Prompt" response you were looking for. I have nothing to hide, and will gladly link this thread in my new one. However, its a tough to read thread now, and is not helping with my sale of this item.

[kmarketing]

Wow, Bill, WOW!

Its so very sad that you still:

1. Think that you did nothing wrong and
2. Don't even get it that it had nothing to do with you not shipping the ibook based on your busy schedule. It was the fact that you were so good with your emails BEFORE you received the money and there was NO CONTACT AFTER YOU RECEIVED PAYMENT. Is that not the making of a fishy business transaction? What don't you get here?!

Its so sad that through this time, and through outsiders giving you input that you don't even acknowledge your end of things. And each time you respond you look even more and more ignorant.

Since it seems you are in the business of sales, you probably know that each transaction is about building relationships, which includes fostering trust through good communication. Did you do that here?

[Daedalus256]

How about you all stop bickering over something that happened quite some time ago and ended in no problems and let this man sell his goddamn iBook?

Seriously. he got his refund, no scam occured and yet everyone here is still bickering like a bunch of housewives.

Drop it and let the guy get on with business, jesus christ.

[kmarketing]

Have you read the thread?

Who's trying to stop him from selling his ibook?

Sure, many of the posts speak of his business practice which is in direct relation to him as a seller, but no one has said not to buy from him or anything like that.

[mpw]

Could anyone point out how to lock a topic, I can't seem to find the pertinent button.

This topic has gone way OFF topic. I will repost under a new topic.
There is no 'pertinent' button to find. You may have started the thread but that doesn't make it YOUR thread, alas the world doesn't revolve around you and the way you do things. If you want the thread locked PM a moderator and explain the threads gone off topic they may or may not choose to lock the thread but I very much doubt it will get deleted.

[applemacdude]

this thread made my kitty cry...

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Ok. This is going to be my last post in this thread. This is my final plee to try to get notice and get an answer...Yes or No.... on a trade for this iBook. Some time ago...when this thread first came out, we discussed about a possible trade, then I've been completely forgotten. So one last hoorah at this.

Would u still like to trade iBook for Powerbook since you were interested about it before? Get back to me hopefully, if not, then forget it.

[macg4]

well whatever happens here. i hope that bill and kmarketing stop fighting and bill sells the ibook to a new owner. end of topic.........

[ExileinBlonde]

Are you still interested in selling your iBook Bill?

[BillHarrison]

Yes, its still available blonde. I was at auction yesterday, could not reply. I deleted all the old pms, as i was sent several, thought it was sold, and then lost track. iBook is available, and anyone interested please re-PM me.

[BillHarrison]

Price reduction : 275.00 come on, thats shipped, it has an airport card, thats worth 100 bucks!

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Hey Bill, i'd really like to trade you for that laptop of yours. I PMed u the details and I hope we can work something out. If you have something to counter with, let me know as well.

[nykansukee]

Bill,check your pm box.

[joshwest]

Is the iBook still available?

[mpw]

Bill,check your pm box.
Read the thread Bill won't be checking his emails till Tuesday probably.

[BillHarrison]

Read the thread Bill won't be checking his emails till Tuesday probably.

Nope, its a rainy day, so that got me off the hook of driving to the toledo auto auction.

That said, iBook was sold this morning. If anything happens, I will repost, but sold as of now.

Bill

[amemoryoncelost]

just wanted to say this has been hands down the worst transaction I've ever had on this community and anywhere ever since I've been buying/selling online. Buyer beware. Im sure as soon as this reply goes up, he'll have a cool excuse. But this ibook turned on twice and the second time it turned on it froze 15 minutes later and has not started up ever again. Pretty sure I bought a bum ibook. Whether he knew it at the time, who knows. It wasn't shipped very well, so maybe that was the problem. Just letting you all know to watch out.

[BillHarrison]

just wanted to say this has been hands down the worst transaction I've ever had on this community and anywhere ever since I've been buying/selling online. Buyer beware. Im sure as soon as this reply goes up, he'll have a cool excuse. But this ibook turned on twice and the second time it turned on it froze 15 minutes later and has not started up ever again. Pretty sure I bought a bum ibook. Whether he knew it at the time, who knows. It wasn't shipped very well, so maybe that was the problem. Just letting you all know to watch out.

Item was sent as promised, and worked upon reciept. I gave you my phone number, and have waited for a call to help get things figured out one way or another, yet you have never called. Its tough to do any real trouble shooting back and forth via emails. Please give me a call and we can work this out one way or another. Please give me a call so we can get this resolved. I personally don't care about your sig, keep it if you like. I just would like to figure out whats up with the ibook.

You make it sound like I ripped you off, and thats not the case. It was shipped in a box, with foam specially cut out to fit the ibook. How much better would you like it to be shipped? You got the product, as advertised, AND it worked when you opened it. Now, after you used it, its having problems. I have no idea if they are hardware, software, etc, and offered to help you troubleshoot it over the phone. Give me a call, and we will do just that.

[eidrunner247]

just wanted to say this has been hands down the worst transaction I've ever had on this community and anywhere ever since I've been buying/selling online. Buyer beware. Im sure as soon as this reply goes up, he'll have a cool excuse. But this ibook turned on twice and the second time it turned on it froze 15 minutes later and has not started up ever again. Pretty sure I bought a bum ibook. Whether he knew it at the time, who knows. It wasn't shipped very well, so maybe that was the problem. Just letting you all know to watch out.

Maybe see if you can file a claim with USP or FedEx or whoever it was shipped with... Possibly damaged in transit? You might have case... just my 2 cents...

[amemoryoncelost]

Item was sent as promised, and worked upon reciept. I gave you my phone number, and have waited for a call to help get things figured out one way or another, yet you have never called. Its tough to do any real trouble shooting back and forth via emails. Please give me a call and we can work this out one way or another. Please give me a call so we can get this resolved. I personally don't care about your sig, keep it if you like. I just would like to figure out whats up with the ibook.

You make it sound like I ripped you off, and thats not the case. It was shipped in a box, with foam specially cut out to fit the ibook. How much better would you like it to be shipped? You got the product, as advertised, AND it worked when you opened it. Now, after you used it, its having problems. I have no idea if they are hardware, software, etc, and offered to help you troubleshoot it over the phone. Give me a call, and we will do just that.

You said you would send install discs over two weeks ago, you sid to call when those arrived to trouble shoot. Have they been sent? I had to buy my own and try to trouble shoot. I sent you four PM's and emails with not a single reply. The ibook has been a huge stress in my life, thats whats up. I was pretty excited to have this for my trip to NY in a couple of weeks and it has been nothing but a headache. So when your discs do one day arrive, I'll give you a call, can you tell me what happened to those? I'm not going to be selling it as parts, make some of my money back and hopefully get something a little more legit. The computer did work when I turned it on. BUt it was shipped in a very thin box with only one pierce of foam covering each side of the computer. I know stuff goes through a lot when shipping. Im just bummed that you were very on top of communication before I sent you money, once the money was sent I have recieved two, maybe three emails from you. I asked for you to send the discs, you said you would and I would then call you. $28 later, I have discs and everything is passing, Im not sure what else to do.

[coffey7]

Thats why I just buy new stuff. its less stressful.

[MacFan782040]

Thats why I just buy new stuff. its less stressful.

Agreeeeed.