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[WTS] Leadtex GTX460

Chak — Sun, 11 May 2014 18:12:26 +0800

Item(s):Leadtex GTX460 1GB

Package includes:Everything that it came with. Box also

Price: RM300

Warranty: I'll offer 2 weeks warranty. Any issue, just gimme back the card and i'll give you back your cash.

Dealing method:COD

Location of seller: Damansara Jaya

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 2 years +

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Item(s) conditions: Working perfectly. Can play most games max on 720p

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Reason for sale: upgrading to 750ti woohooo

[WTB] 5.1 PCI soundcard

Chak — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 01:21:09 +0800

Item(s): 1 PCI soundcard preferably xonar or sb

Package includes:

Price: less than RM150

Warranty:preferably with 1 month warranty

Dealing method:

Location of buyer: Damansara Jaya

Contact method/details: PM me

Age of item:

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Item(s) conditions: working la

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Reason for sale: just bought 5.1 speaker but mobo don't support

where to get decent, affordable 15-inch rims

Chak — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:44:10 +0800

Hey guys,

PJ's foogin potholes have finally broken my ancient rims, so am looking for a decent set of 15-in rims... can't be too far from PJ cos my car is running on spare tire right now. any recommendations?

BTW, just paid RM520 cash for a pair of Continental CC5 tyres plus balancing and alignment in Damansara Jaya... seems expensive. Anyone can vouch?

Best GC brand

Chak — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:58:01 +0800

Would be helpful for local people to buy cards since all of them are about the same to a non-tech guy. Please consider the price, after-sales service, and your personal experiences with reliability and build quality.

I had a Galaxy 8800gt break down after 2+ years of use, and recently a Leadtek Winfast GTX460 break down after 2 weeks only. They still haven't returned a new one to me cos no stock, which i find quite unbelievable since i see their cards everywhere. Boo to Ban Leong.

Please also give a list of brands that have given you bad service as well.

Uncle Keong - Malaysia's most honest cab driver

Chak — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:53:25 +0800

Hey guys,

I believe that good deeds should be rewarded so lemme share you a story.

Last month, on the only day I decided to take an LRT in 2009, the bloody thing breakdown. So I waited as the train crawled to Bangsar station, got down, and jumped into a cab. Because I was already late for my appointment, I was in a hurry to get off once i reached Mandarin Oriental. Only after my appointment did I realise that I left my 2-month old iPod Classic 160GB in the back seat!

Because I didn't get the cab's number or company, the only thing I could do was to call the Mandarin Oriental and ask them to just check if any cab driver would return it the next day. I asked them to call me back the next day to double check and they said they would. Unfortunately, they didn't.

Assuming it was lost, I was thinking of getting another one. Luckily I am a procrastinator, cos 2 weeks later I get a note saying that my iPod is with my neighbour! I am totally confused, but when I go to collect it, my neighbour says the cab driver tried dropping it off at my house but i wasn't home. So he left it with a note.

Dear Lau Chak Onn,

I found your iPod in my back seat. Call me at 012 923 2333.

Uncle Keong

HOW THE HECK DID HE KNOW MY FULL NAME AND MY ADDRESSS?!

When I called hi that night and explained who i was, he sorta mumbled into the phone something like

I can't hear you... Ï'm drinking, call me tomorrow!

Next day when I called him, he said he passed the phone to his daughter, who pressed some buttons and found my home address AND my IC and full name! Confused, I thanked him for returning the iPod, and wanted to meet up with him to offer an AngPow. He said he was very busy and would call me when i was in his area.

After I hung up, I immediately went to my iPod to see what button he pressed. At first I thought because I bought it online that Apple puts your data in there. But it wasn't in the About section, it was in the Photo section cos iTunes automatically syncs with My Pictures, and I had a very old scan of my IC there!

And up to today (about 2 weeks after the incident), Uncle Keong hasn't even called to collect his reward.

3 Lessons I have learnt from this.

1. Even when in a rush, always remember the cab number if you can, and look back at your seat.
2. Be careful what you sync on your iPod
3. Sometimes, a Malaysian cab driver can offer much better service than the ridiculously expensive Mandarin Oriental

Thanks for listening, and Thanks to Uncle Keong for giving us hope in an increasingly hopeless country.

chak
www.foldees.com

Foldees Greeting Card Contest! RM8000 to be won!

Chak — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:17:35 +0800

Holy Red-nosed Reindeer! It’s another vector-art greeting card contest by Foldees.com – the ultimate designer greeting card portal!

For our second contest, Foldees is decking the halls with our love for comic books! We’re looking for some people with great ideas for comic-book themed greeting cards! They can look like comic book covers, be designed as a comic strip, or even just depicting any sorta comic book artwork – be it anime, American, classic... anything goes!

From today until the 20th of October 2008, we’d like YOU to submit your design here and win more than US$2000 worth of prizes! After that, we open the site up for ratings and reviews, and the best rated greeting cards will get to dip their hands into Santa’s Bag’o’Gadgets!

Santa’s Bag’o’Gadgets (you choose what you win!)
This time around, Santa’s asked us to give out our gifts a bit differently than from our last contest. The top ten rated cards will all get to choose what they win! That’s right – this means that 1st place will choose first, followed by 2nd place, 3rd and 4th and so on! This means everyone ends up with something they want, rather than just something bigger or better!

What’s in the Bag’o’Gadgets, you ask?
Belkin Messenger Bag (15.4")
iPod Classic 80 GB
iPod Touch 8 GB
iPod Nano 8 GB
LG 22" WideScreen LCD Monitor
WACOM Bamboo Fun Tablet (6x9)
Canon MPC145 All-in-One Printer
Apple Wired Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
Western Digital 320 GB MyBook
Flash Drive 8 GB

Not enough? How about some CASH thrown in for the top three rated cards!?

1st prize - US$600 + 1st dibs into Santa’s Bag’o’Gadgets
2nd prize - US$300 + 2nd dibs into Santa’s Bag’o’Gadgets
3rd prize - US$150 + 3rd dibs into Santa’s Bag’o’Gadgets

If that isn’t enough, remember that if your card gets approved (you don’t even have to be in the top ten!), Foldees pays US$0.10 every time your card is bought on our site*!

So don’t wait, participate!

How to Participate?
Simply download our AI template here, use it to design a card and upload the complete AI file back to our contest site (http://www.foldees.com/contestentry.aspx) with your details before 20th October 2008! Remember to submit your designs early so that we can help you tweak them to ensure they have the best chance of winning!

Here’s the catch. You’re not allowed to use any raster images, gradients or opacities for your cards. All cards have to be created using only solid colour vector art in Adobe Illustrator. This excludes not only JPG or TIFF images, but also any form of shadowing, filters or transparencies of colour. Only amateurs don’t draw their own shadows right? Get creative and we’d love to see what you can come up with.

For more information, visit foldees.com NOW!

Greeting Card Design Contest (RM8k prizes!)

Chak — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:28:54 +0800

Hey guys,

Just to let you know, I've launched my site, www.foldees.com and we're running a greeting card contest. We only accept Adobe Illustrator files, drawn specifically with vector graphics, but the first prize is an Intuos3 A4 worth RM1699 + RM2000 cash!

The theme of the card is "We Are All Geeks", and the winners will be decided by public voting in a month's time. Deadline for submissions is July 17th 2008. Details in the flyer below.

Come on down and check us out at Foldees.com.

Cheers,

chak

Which is the best bank for a small Net business?

Chak — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:01:08 +0800

Hi Guys,

Just wanna learn off your expertise and experience. I'm looking to start a bank account for my company, which is a website that does business with mostly international clientele. The most important things to me would be :-

- Convenience
- Start-up deposit
- Monthly Charges
- Service
- Net Facilities

For instance, I've heard that Maybank has alot of hidden costs, and checked that HSBC has a minimum RM10k deposit. If you've had any good or bad experiences with any particular bank, would love to hear your opinion