[Alan Wood]

Just bought a Cubot Dinasaur around £80 from eBay and very very pleased with it It is 4G Dual sim, sim free unlocked and a 5.5 inch screen.

 

[Alan Wood]

Worked fine for me this morning.

[Alan Wood]

To be bluntly honest the cost at over £600 pa is extortionate, I host forums with Evohosting and it does not cost even 20% of that (£87 pa including the domain name) and they are reliable with excellent UK support)

 

£3.50 per month/per member is out of the question. Other forums with many more members and much more activity are free so I can’t see many here going along with that.

 

I appreciate deeply the efforts made by RSB to rescue the MM forum but it has to be realistic. Subscription might work for a short while but ultimately it will fail due to the small number of contributors and the fact that there is no platform for publicising the existence of this forum in order to attract more paying members.

 

Deeply sorry to be so pessimistic but simply put, the cost is too great for the benefit when there are free alternatives.

[Alan Wood]

Just like the Queen, 2 birthdays?

[Alan Wood]

It looks to me as it is a mime encoded file attachment which has not been decoded on receipt. May be totally wrong but worth looking at.

 

If so then a mime decoder should sort it out. Search Google for a free one.

 

[Alan Wood]

I feel it is relevant considering the title of this thread:-

“Indian Outsourcing Strikes Again”.

together with several comments which refer to India.

I accept that wherever there is critical data such as this it should have a recovery plan based on several unconnected locations. I also find it strange that BA have two in the same location and both went down but I guess it would depend on what specific function each was providing and whether their data was interlinked. Again, if so, then to have one centre which is absolutely critical to the world wide operation of BA is bordering on criminal negligence.

[Alan Wood]

Seems it was jumping to conclusions to assume the BA problem was in India. The BA Chief Exec has just said it was a power surge in UK close to Heathrow that caused the problem.

[Alan Wood]

Sorry Jason but yes they can. Adolf Hitler was voted into power by a majority so a majority is no guarantee of being right.

[Alan Wood]

Updated 10 machines without any problems. I expected more updates considering we were to get 2 months of them this time.

[Alan Wood]

Received this a short while ago from eBay

 
eBay account security communication partner warning
Hello alanchippy,Our records show that you recently contacted or received messages from jamesbond45 through eBay’s messaging system. We’re writing to let you know that an unauthorized third party may have compromised this member’s account security. It’s important to note that we’re unaware of any problems with your account. We recommend the following precautions to help keep you safe:
– Don’t respond to offers to buy or sell an item from this user. The offer may be fraudulent, and the transaction won’t be covered by eBay.
– Don’t respond to any messages you received from this user that appear to be a Second Chance Offer for an item you recently bid on.
– Never pay for eBay items using instant cash wire-transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram. It’s against eBay’s Safe Payments Policy for a seller to request payment with these methods.

For more information, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/pay/avoid-problems.html

If you’ve already sent payment for an off-eBay transaction, contact the payment service you used to make the purchase immediately. If you’re a seller who already shipped an item to a fraudulent buyer, contact the postal service or shipping company you used to have it returned to you.

If you have received any messages that seem suspicious, please forward them to us at spoof@ebay.co.uk for review. For more information about staying safe on eBay, please visit eBay’s Safety Centre at:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/securitycenter/index.html

We take a number of steps to help ensure the security of your account. But there’s also a lot you can do. Find out more about protecting your account by visiting:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/account/protecting.html

We appreciate your cooperation.

Thanks,

eBay

[Alan Wood]

OK, so I checked my Paypal account this morning and the payment had still not been claimed. I have cancelled it and received the refund from Paypal. I would have thought that a scammer would have acted to get the cash by now so I am putting it down to a mistake but I may be mistaken myself. Time will tell.

[Alan Wood]

Yes but in this case the seller has not drawn the money from Paypal and my option to cancel the payment has been available since I placed the order thru Paypal.

[Alan Wood]

Yes all the products have been deleted. I still have the link to my order though. The payment has not been drawn from my Paypal account so my previous guess is probably the best answer, Not a scam, just a mistake. Still keeping fingers crossed though.

[Alan Wood]

My betting is that there has been a mistake in his price. Similar phones on at £99.99 against this at £9.99.

 

The paypal payment has not yet gone through and it says the seller has not drawn the money yet. Interesting.

[Alan Wood]

Yes I am serious. I ordered it and have received an order confirmation for delivery next Friday. ? I’ll let you know if it arrives or if it mysteriously gets lost in the post. As I said £10 is not a great sum to lose and the seller has been on eBay for some years and has 100% feedback (Maybe spoofed).

 

PS, I couldn’t find a way to edit the previous post. In fact I can’t find where to create a new thread

[Alan Wood]

I’m looking for a new phone so I have put it to the test. When all is said and done it is not much to risk. I will report back even if I am not too hopeful of a positive result.

[Alan Wood]

If you are looking for a data sim just be careful as the data expires at the end of a specified period. Also much cheaper on eBay than direct from the phone company.

Not sure if a normal phone sim will work so please let us know the result if you try it.

[Alan Wood]

The 7110 was GSM only (2G) so it won’t work on “Three” as that network is 3G and 4G only.

[Alan Wood]

Phone BT Support and let them sort it out would be my suggestion

[Alan Wood]

Thanks EdP for this. I have recently found a number of my old DOS games in the loft so I might give this a try and get nostalgic. ?

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