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    Default Got ripped off :-(

    Just recieved a VCI-100, i have planned to use in one of my DIY projects.
    Bought it from a guy from UK, here on this forum, and paid him £200..

    Now i have a useless piece of c***.

    The story is..
    Got it today, and first thing ofcause is to hook it up, and see if everything is ok,
    there is nothing to see at the first look, no scratches or other visual defects.
    Connected it to my mac, and nothing really worked, the only thing working, was the crossfader, but something is very wrong, all functions are somehow interacted with eachother, and the MIDI message LED, are blinking fast, when i´m not touching anything..

    Then when i opened it, all hell broke loose..
    Wires are tried to be fixed with flex, and can see something got very wrong
    with some amateur soldering on the PCB, some of the potmeters are soldered bad, and something looks like he is trying to replace some of the LED with no succes..

    I am not new into the VCI, and know my way around the inside and
    how i probely can try to fix it, so i can get it to work.
    Hopefully i can replace some of the componets, and straigt out the bad soldering..

    Now i can't get any answers from this guy, and i can't really do anything..
    i live in Denmark and made the tranfer via paypal....

    damn i'm pissed off...

    Thomas

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    That really sucks to hear.. id say if you don't hear from him file a dispute with paypal against the seller.

    they do take matters seriously
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    dude! thats a damn shitty pitty! i´m sorry u got ripped off! and yeah contact paypal about that!
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    what's the guy's name (on the forums?)
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    is a public name and shame really needed? make more sense if 'Funken' pm'd a mod with full details.

    also, i'll +100 on contacting paypal

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    I would say: yes. Its rough, but dont you all think that others that might purchase from the individual again shall be warned that there was a rip off in the past? Should "criminals" be protected? All under the fact that he selled a fully functional VCI, or pretended to.

    Funken, did the Seller tell you its fully functional? Didnt you wonder cause of the cheapness? 200 is pretty cheap i think.
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    Funken I just looked up your advert asking for VCI 100 and you said 'doesnt matter if it isnt working'

    So therefore without knowing the ins and outs I am not sure whats going on here

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    *~snip~*

    Let's just not do this guys.
    Last edited by tekki; 11-10-2009 at 05:05 PM.

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    If it helps you:

    I bought a VCI-300 of deejayforum.de 2 months ago.
    260€ via PayPal beforehand and 240€ on receive.
    I got NOTHING.
    The seller is a mother of 2 young children and does that quite often (ripped of 3 other guys on that forum) but the police does nothing other than file charges!
    I filed a complaint at PayPal which was agreed to after 7 days of not-answering it.
    Still I got no money.

    You see, you're in good company.

    Did you go to the police and filed a complaint at PayPal yet because what you got is not what you agreed on?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian3dge View Post
    Funken I just looked up your advert asking for VCI 100 and you said 'doesnt matter if it isnt working'

    So therefore without knowing the ins and outs I am not sure whats going on here
    Hey..
    I wrote:
    Hi everyone

    Looking for the Vestax VCI-100..
    doen't matter if it's scratched or slightly broken.

    If you have one, please give me a message..


    Located in Denmark..

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    Yes what i meant, was fysicaly.. Could maybe be misunderstood..

    But the seller never told me the fails, or i didn't work at all.
    and we had a long chat before the agreement, so i would defentenly have picked that up, if something was wrong..

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