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PBparts.com, anyone have experiences with that store?

68kMLA Software 19 posts Nov 28, 2009 to Jan 17, 2010

#1 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 - 15:19 68kMLA

Hi, i want to buy a Lombard harddrive cable, and i found this http://www.pbparts.com/shop.php//lhdc.html it's cheap and they ship to Chile, but anyone have experiences with this site? what do you think?

thanks.

#2 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 - 23:11 68kMLA

It is surely going to be as safe as any online store, and it's likely safer than going the eBay route, but as it's only a hard drive cable, how much do you stand to lose?

#3 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 03:30 68kMLA

Looks like they don't overcharge for shipping either. I'm getting a $7.50 shipping quote by mail to Australia for a Lombard DC/Sound board. Nice find!

#4 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 06:09 68kMLA

I'd give them a call, that website looks as dodgy as hell (the "about us" doesn't even work). Unless you can confirm the place actually exists and has items in stock, beware.

JB

#5 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 19:09 68kMLA

The cable should arrive tomorrow!

#6 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 20:04 68kMLA

Powerbookmedic dot com and ifixit dot com don't carry that part at all. What a shame. Would have been nice to compare the price if they were going to be part of the competition.

73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

#7 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 20:07 68kMLA

http://www.pbparts.com/shop.php//9229101.html

Why is this screwdriver $49?

#8 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 20:18 68kMLA

http://www.pbparts.com/shop.php//9229101.html
Why is this screwdriver $49?

Because of our free market economy.

#9 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - 04:24 68kMLA

"5-Point Torx Driver Tamper Resistant Tool. Certification is required to purchase this tool. "

.. Are you joking?

/me goes to local hardware store and spends $10-$20.

oops!

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#10 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - 04:28 68kMLA

"5-Point Torx Driver Tamper Resistant Tool. Certification is required to purchase this tool. ".. Are you joking?

/me goes to local hardware store and spends $10-$20.

oops!

Yeah.. what kind of certification you need to use that tool!?

#11 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - 04:38 68kMLA

Yeah.. what kind of certification you need to use that tool!?

Perhaps you need to be certified as a complete moronic 'tard? That way the only people who are certified would try to buy it from them instead of another cheaper source, leaving pbparts to know who is certified or not.

I wonder if the simple act of adding it to your cart certifies you?

#12 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - 07:52 68kMLA

I'd say it might refer to requiring an Apple certification - the reason Apple uses Torx screws in the first place is to try and stop people like you and I from opening them up.

Either way....requiring certification to buy an overpriced screwdriver does nothing but make them look ridiculous.

#13 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 - 15:59 68kMLA

Ok its here!, im installing os9 and osx as we talk, i lost the Cisco Wifi drivers for os9-osx and the cisco webpage is a PITA but im happy to have my powerbook working again.

the price (with shipping, the importer guy comission and stuff) was:

13 000 Chilean pesos = 26.42900 U.S. dollars

#14 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 06:57 68kMLA

"5-Point Torx Driver Tamper Resistant Tool. Certification is required to purchase this tool. ".. Are you joking?

/me goes to local hardware store and spends $10-$20.

oops!

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Yeah.. what kind of certification you need to use that tool!?

It's much easier to just Dremel tool a flat cut in the screw head, so I can take a flat blade screwdriver and be done with it. IBM used those tamper resistant screws on their parts, too, back in the day.

73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

#15 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 08:20 68kMLA

Ok, but you still have to get it out to make the cut. Some can be sunken into plastic/metal holes and you do not want metal dust getting everywhere.

#16 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 - 18:25 68kMLA

back int he day i used a soldering iron on plastic stuff to get the screws out. No, it didnt look pretty, but hey the screws were out....

#17 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 - 21:11 68kMLA

I'd say it might refer to requiring an Apple certification - the reason Apple uses Torx screws in the first place is to try and stop people like you and I from opening them up.
Either way....requiring certification to buy an overpriced screwdriver does nothing but make them look ridiculous.

I'm thinking that since it's a tamper-resistant tool, they may want some kind of certification of lawful usage (i.e., being a repairman as opposed to being a burgler. It's probably a legal liability thing.

#18 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 - 21:31 68kMLA

I'd say it might refer to requiring an Apple certification - the reason Apple uses Torx screws in the first place is to try and stop people like you and I from opening them up.
Either way....requiring certification to buy an overpriced screwdriver does nothing but make them look ridiculous.

Click to expand...

I'm thinking that since it's a tamper-resistant tool, they may want some kind of certification of lawful usage (i.e., being a repairman as opposed to being a burgler. It's probably a legal liability thing.

So if I put in my employer even if I'm not using them for my job, would they let me buy them?

#19 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 17:52 68kMLA

I'd say it might refer to requiring an Apple certification - the reason Apple uses Torx screws in the first place is to try and stop people like you and I from opening them up.
Either way....requiring certification to buy an overpriced screwdriver does nothing but make them look ridiculous.

Click to expand...

I'm thinking that since it's a tamper-resistant tool, they may want some kind of certification of lawful usage (i.e., being a repairman as opposed to being a burgler. It's probably a legal liability thing.

I bought a 120 piece tool kit from tigerdirect.com and it has a large selection of tamper resistant bits with it. Plus, it also cost $20 less then that screwdriver does.