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[crafferty]

Got a deal on am Xbox One S. (Want it for the 4k blu ray player, and it's WAY cheaper to get one on sale, sell my old one, than buy a stand alone player)

 

Don't need two Ones, anyone know if Amazon is still so wierd on trade ins? I traded a game that had a digital Manual and they returned it because there wasn't a manual.

 

I have 1TB Fallout 4 bundle, but I threw away the used code card for Fallout 3 long ago. They will give $186 is close to what I'll get on ebay after fees. Wondering if it's worth the risk, they ruined a used controller they returned to me (because I didn't have it in the original plastic!!!! Like I said, very wierd policies.)

 

Maybe Craigslist will come through for me.

 

If anyone here wants it say something.

How much was the Xbox One S? I'm trying to hold off until the new console comes out next year. Plus my TV is only 4K not 4K HDR like the newer ones.

 

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[Colossus]

You don't need the new xbox and you don't need 4k HDR.

[crafferty]

You don't need the new xbox and you don't need 4k HDR.

Not really a matter of need but want. I like having the latest and greatest tech. But after some research it looks like the Xbox ONE S has a light bleed issue when playing UHD media. I'll keep waiting and probably grab a PS4 Pro before Christmas.

 

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[Jsdirt]

Just got back from a trip to ME for the weekend. Went to a foreign car show at the Owl's Head Transportation Museum. We took our '93 Volvo 940, and since Volvo was the marquee brand of the show, we got in free! Sweet!

 

Was a little of everything there - Mercedes, Aston-Martin, Jag, Porche, BMW. The museum consisted mostly of pre-1940's biplanes, Model T's, several brands long since dead (REO, Panhard & Levassor, Alco, Staver, etc.), several VERY early motorcycles, plus a huge steam engine, a couple cutaways of Pratt & Whitney piston-driven aircraft engines, A Stanley Steamer - wife & I spent 4 hours in the museum. Highly recommend the place to my fellow gear-heads who appreciate vintage iron. http://owlshead.org

 

Managed to see a '60 Corvette there, and a '74 Chrysler Cordoba - that was about it for American iron, aside from the Model T's they pulled out of the museum and drove around. I got to go for a ride in one for the first time in 40 years. My grandfather owned one. He was a Model T guru. He used to run ads in the back of Hemmings, and people from all over the world would send him distributors, and other parts to rebuild and restore. Wish he was still with us. What a wealth of knowledge about those cars he was!

 

Was amazing looking at the designs of the era. Just 50 years before most of the stuff was built, everyone used a horse and buggy. To go from that to these machines must've been amazing. Really put things into perspective. Just 60 years after the first automobile bounced down an unpaved cowpath, we put a man on the moon. Our creativity the past 60 years has really been stifled. Had we kept that pace going, automobiles would be making regular trips to the moon and beyond by now, no doubt about it.

 

Anyway, glad to be home - the traffic SUCKED. There isn't a stretch of I-95 I enjoy driving on from ME to FL. Any chance I got to make up time, I took it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spent so much time in the museum, the car show was GONE by the time we came out!

 

 

 

Then after that, somehow my wife convinced me that walking down a 3/4 mile long jetty was a good idea ...

 

[SnakeEyeSS]

Not really a matter of need but want. I like having the latest and greatest tech. But after some research it looks like the Xbox ONE S has a light bleed issue when playing UHD media. I'll keep waiting and probably grab a PS4 Pro before Christmas.

 

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Can't believe the Pro Doesn't play UHD Blu rays. It's their own patent!

 

Thinking about keeping my old one as a workhorse and streaming device, and then let my kids have it when they are a little older. Threw the Halo 1-5 games in the CL ad to sweeten in just in case. I got an email offer to trade $1800 in Vape fluid. Yeah, that's not stolen....

[crafferty]

Can't believe the Pro Doesn't play UHD Blu rays. It's their own patent!

 

Thinking about keeping my old one as a workhorse and streaming device, and then let my kids have it when they are a little older. Threw the Halo 1-5 games in the CL ad to sweeten in just in case. I got an email offer to trade $1800 in Vape fluid. Yeah, that's not stolen....

I honestly thought you were full bullpoop! But I just Google and the PS4 Pro doesn't have a 4K blu ray player. I mean what the hell? It's thier technology lol.

 

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[StinkyCheese]

My PC plays whatever I tell it to :-P

 

Took my buddy's dog for a 2 mile walk down some woods trail, nice trail, all the trees kept it from being stupid hot. 8+ hour drive tomorrow to Virginia. I can't wait to get pissed off at all the left lane drivers again..... Turds.

[LongrangeLauber]

My PC plays whatever I tell it to :-P

 

Took my buddy's dog for a 2 mile walk down some woods trail, nice trail, all the trees kept it from being stupid hot. 8+ hour drive tomorrow to Virginia. I can't wait to get pissed off at all the left lane drivers again..... Turds.

Where at in VA?

[Chris]

I found out my iphone shipped and i will have it Wednesday

[StinkyCheese]

Where at in VA?

Mt Solon. I think I'm going to take the more scenic route from here in Alpharetta GA. Then Friday off to columbs/Dublin Ohio. Yay Road trip heh.

[crafferty]

My PC plays whatever I tell it to :-P

 

Took my buddy's dog for a 2 mile walk down some woods trail, nice trail, all the trees kept it from being stupid hot. 8+ hour drive tomorrow to Virginia. I can't wait to get pissed off at all the left lane drivers again..... Turds.

Oh yeah! PC gaming is the best. I'm currently working on a new server then a new gaming rig.

 

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[SnakeEyeSS]

I honestly thought you were full bullpoop! But I just Google and the PS4 Pro doesn't have a 4K blu ray player. I mean what the hell? It's thier technology lol.

 

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If you want some entertainment, get on youtube and look up some of the independent gaming commentators. I ended up watching a bunch from people I haven't ever heard of before, and it's fun to watch, they are so involved in the industry, and they all just assumed the Pro would have one for obvious reasons. It's like they are reacting to someone telling them the sun is green.

[crafferty]

If you want some entertainment, get on youtube and look up some of the independent gaming commentators. I ended up watching a bunch from people I haven't ever heard of before, and it's fun to watch, they are so involved in the industry, and they all just assumed the Pro would have one for obvious reasons. It's like they are reacting to someone telling them the sun is green.

haha I'll check it out.

 

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[SnakeEyeSS]

And My old One sold BIN, and the guy didn't pay immediately. I don't understand that, its an extra dozen seconds online or in the app. At least tell the seller when you will pay.

 

I just checked, ebay decided to reset my preferences (it's been require immediate payment for years), and put the option in a sub menu in the app. If the guy doesn't respond tonight I'm cancelling it and relisting. I have had so many people that couldn't pay over the last few years(And I don't sell stuff there very often!),and they kept feeding false hope for a week or more(I lost my wallet, I incurred a sudden expense in the 5 minutes after the auction ended, I forgot I bid on it, let me secure money, blah blah blah), I have no hope for ebay buyers anymore, which is why I don't do auctions anymore unless it's a popular item.

[Jsdirt]

Every time, except once, I've got screwed doing auctions. Reserve fees are too much, and the reserve normally discourages buyers anyway. I do BIN on everything now. Safer and so much easier. Buy it, or don't!

 

The one winner was this remote control for a winch I installed in my Sportsman 800. I figured I'd get $10 for it if I was lucky. Threw it on as an auction, and forgot about it for most of the week. Get up for work one morning and decided to check and see what it sold for. $70!! Guy in HI bought it. I couldn't believe it! If not for eBay, I probably would've thrown it away, or cannibalized it for wire.

 

Oh, almost forgot about the neighbor's rifle stock. Was a Thompson Cherokee. He was going to throw it away, and I offered to run an auction on it. Figured we'd get $10 for that too. That ended up going for almost $400!! We split the money, and were both VERY happy!

 

Any other time I tried to repeat those 2 sales, I got burned bad. Just never know what will go high, and what won't. Saw a guy get over $300 for a Honda XL350R cylinder head back in '08. Crazy. Probably less than $100 now.