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Stryker

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« on: 9 August 2003, 04:27 »
I took my computer to the pawn shop to see if i could sell it, i've been trying to go on this trip for a while and i still need more money. He was very impressed with it. The specs were better than anything he's had in his shop before. I was just about ready to close the deal for about $450 (not bad for a pawn shop), until he turned it on. Of course it had linux on it, a perfect installation. All hardware was supported and I even had a modem in there that would work with linux. He shut it off, told me no and to get out of his store (basically). He only takes computers that "have windows xp or better". Wouldn't it be illegal for me to include windows with it anyways?

from the eula of windows xp corporate edition
 
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 8. NOT FOR RESALE SOFTWARE. Product
    identified as "Not for Resale" or "NFR," may not be resold,
    transferred or used for any purpose other than
    demonstration, test or evaluation.


arg, i dont really have any questions... i'm just here to bitch. Anyone know of a good place to sell a computer?
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« Reply #1 on: 9 August 2003, 04:42 »
What a complete James Hunt.
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« Reply #2 on: 9 August 2003, 05:24 »
There isn't any problem, Linux does count as windows xp or better.
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« Reply #3 on: 9 August 2003, 05:49 »
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Originally posted by M51DPS:
There isn't any problem, Linux does count as windows xp or better.


I told him linux is far better anyways. I told him if he really wants me to i can put xp on there, he told me he wasn't intrested anymore.
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« Reply #4 on: 9 August 2003, 10:52 »
yAH Dude that really does suck. Hope you have luck and get the money.
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« Reply #5 on: 9 August 2003, 14:22 »
what the hell. I would've said screw him and called him a shallow, puss-fingered fat balding ugly sheep.
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« Reply #6 on: 12 August 2003, 03:33 »
"what the hell. I would've said screw him and called him a shallow, puss-fingered fat balding ugly sheep."

so would i, but then again, it's hard to run/fight him with a fully loaded machine to take care of   :rolleyes:
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« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2003, 00:21 »
makes sense, he needs to sell it eventually, right?
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« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2003, 00:57 »
Well if he needs to sell it to some conformist Windows user he can always do the amazingly complex technical procedure known as a "format and install."
Or just ask:
 
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I told him if he really wants me to i can put xp on there


[ August 15, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]

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« Reply #9 on: 16 August 2003, 07:25 »
maybe the patented Jimmy James "GIANT BOMB (TM) (C) (R)" is what he needs?

it's guaranteed to blow up the entire store and replace it all with a nice, minty scent
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« Reply #10 on: 18 August 2003, 21:38 »
AFAIK I know with Windoze, if you got it with the PC, you can sell the PC with Windoze, and you aren't supposed to install it on any other computers (of course, XPee enforces this).  If you bought the crap separately, you can sell it however you like.  If you got a pirated corporate version, well, then you can't sell it you should just be quiet, that shop owner looks like the kinda guy that'd love to squeal to M$ on ya.  He won't take the computer 'naked' (i.e., with no OS), will he?  If he was reputable, that's the only deal he'd settle for in case of any licence shit.  Then he'd get a new licence from M$, or put a desktop Linux distribution on it for $0.  But if this is a pawn shop, why does he give such a shit about what OS is on it?
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« Reply #11 on: 19 August 2003, 05:17 »
quote:
Originally posted by Stryker:
Anyone know of a good place to sell a computer?


Classified ads. I'd buy it for $450 if I had the money to spend, especially if it's faster than a PII.
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« Reply #12 on: 19 August 2003, 20:13 »
quote:
But if this is a pawn shop, why does he give such a shit about what OS is on it?[/QB]


Because it's a pawn shop. He has to be able to sell it. Perhaps hes' got some thing against Linux?
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« Reply #13 on: 20 August 2003, 15:28 »
sell it on eBay.

I sold my laptop on eBay, i simply didn't mention what system it had on it (although i did say it comes with a CD of drivers for all modern versions of windows) - when the guy bought it he found it had 4 linuxes, one FreeBSD and FreeDOS on it and he emailed me in a fit complaining he didn't know any of the passwords! i had to tell him how to get a bootdisk so he could fdisk all my partitions away (and who knows, maybe he's happily XPing away to this day!)
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« Reply #14 on: 20 August 2003, 15:51 »
i've tried ebay, the first time i set it to $400... i got 40 looks and no bids. the second time i set the price to 1 penny and the reserve to 400... it got up to $381. It's worth a lot more than that, and I need at least $400... actually, i need $430 now to cover those ebay fees.

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Ebay Listing
less than a day left on this one, i figured if i could get that $381 i would survive.

[ August 20, 2003: Message edited by: Stryker ]

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