Ebay Discussions (all). Ebay item links and USER auction links PART IV

Well, how difficult would it be to just rip a few retail cubes / xbox units apart, get a label maker and just "create" some interesting units?

The use of SN in the title is my main starting point. The seller is attempting to associate himself or the auction with SNSystems (PRoDG et al) to give it the air of authenticity by using a similar name in the auction - SN Technologies.

An elusive PC with what on it? Perhaps development software, but no mention of it. A pile of standard looking consoles and then these shitty looking labels. Since when did Microsoft Xbox units have "Debug" pasted on them in paper form? They'd have "Debug Kit" in official stamped form. The BLACK Xbox Debug never had Debug written on it. What this guy needs to do is flip the units up and show the official MS development label and perhaps an internal shot of the Gamecube.

The only thing that makes me think "is there something genuine about this" is that Gamecube with HDD.

If anyone wish to pay £80.00 to find out then be my guest. Perhaps if we ALL posted an email to the guy asking the same question "Are these genuine / can you prove it / lets see the underside stickers & an internal shot of the GC" he might respond.

;-)

** Just had a far better look at those images. They are fake mate. Not a single piece of genuine kit amongst that lot.

1) Microsoft never released a CLEAR Debug kit. The released a taller clear DVT-3 /DVT-4 Development kit, clearly marked as : "Development Kit" in green writing.

2) Beta what? A black Xbox case with fuck all inside it, some weird cut out part at the rear of it and what looks like a lock on it. That is just rubbish made to look interesting. The Live Beta kits were marked with a white & black sticker, granted, but they were nothing like those kit and actually GREEN! The clear Xbox insignia on the top...hmmm, isn't that something you could get down the market and looking inside you see NO metal cage. Microsoft had to insert a metal cage as standard as part of US law regarding EMI / RFI.

3) The Debug is just a standard LE case marked as DEBUG (Someone quick, grab a Crayola!)

4) Debug GC as far as I was aware never came in PURPLE. Are they not all Green, Brown & Red(pink)? They never had anything written on the fronts. They did have something written underneath.

Where is the HDD? If you take the laser mechanism from a retail unit and open up the lid it looks EXACTLY like that image of the GC.

 

The guys name is Steve Northam (hence SN technologies) I emailed asking if he was planning on letting the auction run or was he open to a BIN.

What about the assorted cables, the purple GC lead i cant really see what they are.

 

I`m sure this will go into silly money anyway!

 

the cables are mostly 3rd party composite leads, the microsoft pad is a old gameport sidewinder pad, the powerprick is a USA gamecube block, and the xbox controller looks to be a standard duke pad

ive also emailed him, and am awaiting a responce as to whether he can provide more pics of the gameecube and the pc unit

 

just can`t seem to ever grow up :icon_bigg

 

i was going to edit that, but naah, ill leave it! sounds like something mario would use when on acid..

 

Oh, and if he claims they are genuine PROTOTYPE cases then that is bullshit too as the facade would NOT be sporting the logos it does. Early debug, development & beta kits failed to have those logos for some reason, presumably because the molds were not equiped with them. "Compact Disc", "Dolby Digital" logos are CLEARLY visible on those cases!

:noooo:

 

And how can the game already be rated "M" by the ESRB before it's even sent out for testing?

BS. I recognize the labelmaker he used. Probably a Brother model. Mine can do the exact same thing. (Although a legit company stands the same chance of using something like that)

 

im really starting to smell something funny about this auction

has anyone ever seen anything like the gc stuff before?

 

Erm..

With this item

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FAULTY-xbox-for-spears-or-repairs-sold-as-seen_W0QQitemZ330146579525QQihZ014QQcategoryZ20387QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Does anyone know if its just a case of swapped the PSU to a UK version one to allow it to work on 240V still?

 

looks like a normal hdd placed inside the case, it`s not attached as he has it on it`s own in another picture.

 

yup

rip it open, tell me what version psu you need, bung £8 my way and you got yourself a working ntsc box

 

Although I loved the description "Turn it on and smoke comes out, although it does light up!" LOL

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Fire! DA DA DADA Make it BURN!

 

Cheers Peeps.. DD, will be in touch!

 

I'm sure the NR discs I got off ebay came from SN Technologies.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200130017114

Selling off my OXM collection. Gotta be a demand for this somewhere.

 

A green NR reader:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260140225344

an ODEM card:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-NPDP-O...yZ145520QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

a ntsc ps2 linux kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Linux-kit-...ryZ41881QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

It is quite possible this guy thinks this load is genuine. Anyone actually think any of it is? How he could not see that it's a pile of pooh is beyond me. A quick gander and it's clearly rubbish.

 

one thing that does stand out for me, is that the pc unit,when you look on the pic of the back the one card looks remarkably like the odem card that UJ just posted

 

"One swallow does not maketh a summer" as they say! I've got a pile of old PC parts up in the loft. If anyone cares to wait a few days until I buy a label maker I'd be only willing to provide you all with....development kits!

Anyone here familiar with the GC HDD system? I always thought it was internal and not visible when the lid was lifted - i.e. not just a 2.5" HDD lying on top of where the laser mech / PCB originally sat.

Nintendo are one of THEE most deliberately rigid & exacting manufacturers of consoles. I've never had a Nintendo that failed. What this image is suggesting is that you open up the lid and pop a loose, unclamped, undampened and unprotected (caged) HDD directly onto the top of a metal surface...

Nah! I don't buy it! Look at the GC item you got the other day. It was just a small part and look at the design spec and detail involved in that. Does this look half as well produced? Nope! It looks like someone just sat an HDD inside a dead GC.

If several parts are proven to be complete rubbish, it doesn't disprove one part however. The Xbox dvd emulation cards & Nintendo ODEM cards look exactly the same as that. Who's to say someone didn't pan this off to this guy as genuine equipment, the PC perhaps has a genuine card and some downloaded software on it. The seller may indeed feel he is selling genuine development kit.