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Old 26-09-08, 08:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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whilst looking on ebay for a socket, i looked at a few people selling boxes... now there are one or two people that are selling their old boxes, but it struck me the amount of people who have brand new samsung boxes for sale in the 100's... dont get me wrong, i'm not trying to buy one, but i'm just curious how and where people can get these sorts of numbers of boxes from...
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most of the new boxes are made by samsung and came from japan,about 14 months ago the ship carrying them sank,but luckily they were in a water tight hold.
The insurance company thought they would recover their losses so sent down divers to bring these boxes back to the surface,and put them up on certain sites for sale as damaged stock or insurance write off.
you can tell which your box is by holding it up above your head!if water pours out tis one of these seaview boxes,if no water pours out avoid it as it might have dry solder problems.
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i got some some nice deals on ebay, 2110's with paired cards ect for around the £10,even got one for £6 .. i guess i was very lucky,my luck ran out though a few weeks ago when i got a doorstop but i got a good run & you never know i might get it going sometime soon
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carboot sales, dont pay over 10 pound
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carboot sales, dont pay over 10 pound
there is two of them on at the minute about 2 miles away from me , iv been looking forward to them for weeks(For boxes of course),unfortunately im hung over to the t1ts
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of course some people know vm workers who sell their boxes they recover to people
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i just get up in the am and the box fairy has been lol.
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