Monthly Archives: November 2010

HUMAN ERROR

"basically before I got my cat the little blighters got in the back of this machine and pooped and peed all over the motherboard"

poo-wee-media-pc

First poo/wee based breakage! Submitted by poo/wee internet researcher “Hoopy”.

AND: “Was an amazing system, oh, I left a pci card port cover off, thats how they got in”

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UNKNOWN INCIDENT

"Royal Wedding Commemorative Mug"

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Tower

“Mug to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
In good condition although box is a little damaged.”

More than a “little damaged” I think you’ll find, surely?
Oh, the mug.
Right.

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UNKNOWN INCIDENT

“Wharfedale Tv (spares/repairs)”

“I’m selling this has spares and repairs has you can see from the photo the picture doesn’t come on what u see is how the screen appears when it comes on ,there is sound,no refunds and must collect no timewasters”

Oh for heaven’s sake, there’s STILL people out there doing this?
I felt sure we were getting towards the bottom of the barrel but it appears deeper than I first thought. Someone grab my ankles, I don’t want to fall in.

Look 8327jeanette, if it’s broken, either pay someone to fix it for you or throw it out.
No sane person wants to buy a television set that has no picture and no sound. Especially one that looks like a negative 3-bar fire.
And If you do manage to find someone who wants one, how moral is it to take advantage of the mentally sub-normal like that?

“Posted with eBay Selling for iPhone”

I look forward to the time you drop/wash/tread on your iPhone and try to sell that.

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UNKNOWN INCIDENT

"Apple ipod touch 2nd gen 8GB working/faulty"


Working/faulty? Well, which is it?

“The problem with the ipod is the digitizer touch screen is cracked and doesn’t work and when i tried to open it up to see if a connection was loose the lcd got damaged but you can still see a small part of the top screen but it’s faint.”

Aaaaaand breathe…

“Please note because you carn’t use the touch screen it’s not possible to turn off the ipod,but i will go into sleep mode.”

Will you? Erm, Ok…

“The good points are the ipod still connects to itunes and still charges,so if you can fix the touch screen problem and lcd you should have a working ipod.”

Nice provisos there with if you can fix it and should have a working ipod. Almost as good as a guarantee, that.

“I will let the winning bidder restore it.

Well that’s very generous of you.

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UNKNOWN INCIDENT

"Steel Spiral Staircase"

The Downward^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HSideways spiral

“This staircase was specially made for a warehouse but could not be used due to fire escape regulations.”

Yes! This is now your opportunity to breach fire escape regulations, just like you’ve always wanted to do!

“The cost was £1500 when new.”

Yes, yes, ok. I’m sure it did.
It’s not new now though, is it?

“Overall Dimensions: 1.9m (h) x 1.9m (w) x 4.2m (l)”

Surely that should be Overall Dimensions: 1.9m (w) x 1.9m (l) x 4.2m (h)?
Or is it designed to be fitted going sideways rather than up/down? I can see why it breached fire regs now.

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UNKNOWN INCIDENT

"JOBLOT OF TVS AND DVD PLAYERS"

  • “MAXIM PORTABLE DVD PLAYER WHICH POWERS UP BUT DOES NOT PLAY DISKS”
  • “GOODMANS FREEVIEW NO REMOTE DON’T KNOW IF WORK”
  • “PACIFIC DVD PLAYER NO LEADS OR REMOTE DON’T KNOW IF WORKS”
  • “GOODMANS DVD PLAYER DON’T KNOW IF WORK”
  • “GOODMANS PORTABLE DVD PLAYER DON’T KNOW IF WORKS”
  • “SAMSUNG BLACK DVD PLAYER POWERS UP BUT WON’T READ A DISK”
  • “SAMSUNG BLACK DVD PLAYER CASE UNDONE WIRE BEEN CUT OFF BACK”
  • “SAGEM FREEVIEW DON’T KNOW IF WORKS NO REMOTE”
  • “PINK TV BROKEN SCRREN NO WIRES DON’T KNOW IF IT WORKS”
  • “PINK TV COMPLETELY TO BITS DON’T KNOW IF EVERTHING IS THERE NO LEAD OR REMOTE”
  • “PINK TV AND DVD PLAYER POWERS UP PLAYS DVDS ONLY HALF THE SCREEN WORKING NO REMOTE”
  • “COULD WINNING BIDDER PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS THE AUCTION ENDS TO ARRANGE PICK UP AS THEY ARE TAKING UP SPACE IN THE HOUSE THANK YOU”

    Yes, well that’s what happens when you don’t put stuff out for the binmen.
    While you had it all on that tarp in the garden, why didn’t you gather up the corners and put it out for them on bin-day?
    I mean, look, even the cat’s wondering why you’ve still got all this junk.

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    UNCATEGORISED

    “20 x JOBLOT OF VARIOUS CRT MONITOR SCREENS (E2396) ALL UNTESTED”

    Worst.
    Videowall.
    Ever.

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    UNCATEGORISED

    “Plastic Cups – x 4?

    1 seller, 4 cups
    Again, not technically broken, as such, apart from maybe the mental state of the seller.

    “Plastic Cups – x 4″

    Ok.

    “For Sale is 4 Plastic Cups”

    Yes, okay, I got that.

    “Colour – Grey”

    Right.

    “Other Colour – White”

    What, wait? Thought they were grey?

    “The good news is the plastic cups are O.K., There is no damaged on those plastic cups, I gave those plastic cups a wash and the good news is the plastic cups are not dirty and there’s no mess.”

    To summarise, the good news is:

  • The plastic cups are O.K
  • You’ve washed those plastic cups (not these ones?)
  • The plastic cups are not dirty
  • There’s no mess.
  • So what’s the bad news then?

    “P.S. the good news is the plastic cups are all clean, but I’m not really sure about what colour the plastic cups are?”

    Um. There’s two sets of good news and no bad news?
    Or is the bad news that you’re colourblind? Or can’t tell the difference between 1 and 4?
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    HIJINKS UNCATEGORISED

    "BDSM Fetish Cage Dungeon Bondage Bespoke Built Steel"

    Right, we’ll admit now that we have no idea why this turned up in the usual search for broken stuff, but we couldn’t NOT share it with you, could we?

    The seller also appears to be selling:

  • A fair range of carpet cleaning products,
  • Some clip-on earrings in a party favour bag,
  • A “Refrigerat?ed Sweet Trolley
  • A Rory McGrath DVD.

    {Shudder}

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