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{WTS} Canon G12

phat_newbie — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:17:18 +0800

Item(s): Canon G12

Package includes: Camera, original battery, strap, charger and cables, 16GB Apacer Class 6 SDHC, Speedlite 270EX with pouch, Kata DF-410V camera pouch (box unavailable)

Price: RM850

Warranty: -NIL- Warranty period over

Dealing method: COD in Penang, or postage

Location: Penang

Contact method/details: PM or direct replies in thread
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Item(s) conditions: 99% no scratches at all, very well taken care of, screen protector applied since day 1, always in pouch when not in use

Reason for sale: Upgrading to mirrorless

{WTS} HTC Sensation XE

phat_newbie — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:14:32 +0800

Item(s): HTC Sensation XE

Package includes: Everything in the box, 8GB microSD card, plus an original melkco leather casing, exclude for the beats earbuds

Price: RM800

Warranty: Warranty until Feb, 2014 (2 year warranty from SIS) purchased from SenQ

Dealing method: COD preferred, postage can be arranged but postage cost borne by buyer

Location of seller: Bayan Lepas, Penang

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 1 year+ (bought on Feb, 2012)

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Item(s) conditions: 9.9/10, scratchless, as it was mainly used as a 2nd phone for music only. Always with casing attached. View to believe during COD.

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Reason for sale: Super underutilized as I have an Iphone 4 and a Samsung S3

Firmware 2.80 bricked my PS3?

phat_newbie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:39:03 +0800

Hi ppl, I just got my PS3 last night. Then this morning when I wanted to log into PSN and sign-up an account, I was prompted to update to v2.80. That's what I did, and after updating my PS3 will not read games discs anymore. I onyl have 1 game and that's Assassin's Creed and it will not load. Anyone installed v2.80 having this same problem?? Please help me. I am panicking right now as my less than 1 day old PS3 will not work anymore.

Wii English User Manual

phat_newbie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:22:05 +0800

Does anyone here have a softcopy of the Wii user's manual in English?? Care to share it with me?? I bought a JP Wii and the user manual is all in Jap. Tried to download the softcopy from nintendo's link but I can't seem to download it due to some strange reasons with the link. Thanks in advance ppl.

[addedon]October 5, 2008, 9:25 pm[/addedon]No one has a softcopy??

The Dangers of Credit Card.

phat_newbie — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:38:04 +0800

I just want to share the incident that happened to me yesterday. I received a call from a woman by the name Lisa claiming she is calling on behalf of Bank Negara. She introduced herself formally and explained to me that Bank Negara is concerned for credit card users in Malaysia who overspend their limit and put themselves too deep in debt. So, Bank Negara is introducing this new "MBF Countdown Backup" card for all owners of credit cards all around Malaysia and will soon be a compulsory thing. The card, according to Lisa, will be swiped everytime a transaction is performed using your credit card and this will enable Bank Negara to monitor our spending. And in return, we will get discounts ranging from 5% to 40% for different merchants.

Then, this is where my stupidity sets in. Because she spoke to me in Bahasa Malaysia and the background noise implicates that it is a bank working environment, and above all this, she was able to readout to me my 16-digit credit card numbers and particulars and even my outstanding balance with the credit card, it convinced me that this could be a new system implemented by Bank Negara. So, when she asked for my 3-digit approval code written behind the credit card, I "STUPIDLY" gave it to her.

Then after all this was charade was over, Lisa informed me that a charge of RM480 will be charged to my credit card as a starters fee to waive off the annual fee. This woke me up!! So, I questioned Lisa on why do I need to pay for something that Bank Negara wants to implement to help the people of Malaysia (not a very noble cause). Then she explained to me that they are from a company calling on behalf of Bank Negara. And she said all the banks are well aware of this system. She then passed me over to her manager, Mr. Zakri or Mr. Z (similar to the MIB) or something. This gentleman then tries to assure me that this is not a fraud or scam.

Then after his long-winded speech about the benefits of their card (no longer Bank Negara's), I told him to hold the approval of the card as I don't need it. I told him that I will call my bank to verify this card and get back to him. He agreed to my suggestion and even gave me 2 of his contact numbers for me to get back to him (03-40422522 and 03-40424288). So, when I called both my credit card banks regarding this matter both banks told me that there was no such thing. Immediately I told that I might have fell for a fraud telephony case and wanted to cancel and suspend all my credit cards. The banks suspended my cards and agreed to send me a replacement card. Then when I called back Mr. Z at the number he gave me, a different lady attended to me and passed me on to a chinese lady who spoke in mandarin to me in a very heavy China accent. I told them that I have called my cc banks and cancelled my cards and specifically told her that I do not agree to their terms and I don't want their offer. She explained to me and assured me that they will delete my cc details and not charge me for anything. So, all this happened yesterday.

Being paranoid, I called my banks again this morning to double check if any transactions had gone through yesterday after I cancelled my card. And guess what. Those m#^*!#fkers actually did try to charge me but the banks did not let the transactions go through. I consider myself lucky coz I acted a step ahead of them.

Lesson from all of this, never ever entertain telephony offers that involve credit cards. 2 of my colleagues fell for these scams before and 1 of them was lucky enough to have the bank recognise it as a fraud case while the other 1 lost RM3000. So, SCREW ALL TELEPHONY MARKETING STRATEGISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PC Speaker Dilemma

phat_newbie — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:20:19 +0800

Guys, which should I get ??? My preference lies towards Altec VS4121, but been receiving good recommendations for Edifier M3300 by so many ppl. I've always been an Altec fan (having purchased 3 previously already). Should I convert to Edifier????

Creative vs. Ipod

phat_newbie — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:42:04 +0800

I just wanted to find out whether has anyone compared the Creative Zen Vision W with the Ipod video?? I am in a dilemma on which one to get as the reviews for both products are just as impressive, but with the Zen Vision W having a much larger screen.

Ipod video 30GB is going for around RM1099 and Zen Vision W is going for SGD$499 = approximately RM1200.

Creative VS. Ipod

phat_newbie — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:09:33 +0800

Advice needed for Acer Aspire 5052ANWXMI.......

phat_newbie — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:44:40 +0800

Hi all,

Just purchased a Acer Aspire lappy model 5052ANWXMI for my sister yesterday. I'm yet to pass it to her because I wanna try out the system first. This is my first Acer purchase and I have some concerns. Problems:

1) Firstly, I feel that the heat coming out from this lappy is outrageous. The fan on the left side emits super hot waves that can boil an egg. Is this normal?? I have previously used Dell Inspiron systems and also Fujitsu C Series and I have never encountered such cases before. Is this due to the AMD chip?? Also, the adaptor heats up tremendously. Just wanna know whether is this normal for this model.

2) Secondly, the wi-fi takes ages to connect to a network. And once connected, I cannot access the internet via Internet Explorer. Gives me some crap errors. Has anyone encountered this problem before?? Advice needed urgently.

Thanks all. Worried User!!!!