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Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Seanie_230 — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:14:48 GMT

well last night it played music from a cd for hours, this morning the cd will not work.

My friend will take it to peices and put a new laser in for me, i will do my best to photograph as much as possible to post on here.

to be honest i bought the 9300 knowing that the cd may never work and without sounding odd i would have bought this just as a link room Amp as i think its a peice of art.

When i first started collecting B&o i loved the newer systems beosound 3000 BV3, BV7 but recently maybe with age i really love some of the older items.

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

andreabang — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:09:16 GMT

@ Seanie

you already have the beocenter?you live very near to the seller ;).And the CD system working....very very lucky...:).I had a beocenter 9300 years ago(with the "banana" laser mechanism), my dealer trade in it with a Dvd1(my dealer valued it 1000€ 5 years ago ) ...it was tricky my beocenter because sometimes it didn't read the cd and so re-opened the door...and it wasn't in mint condition....

Fate decided that my dealer completely crashed my ex-beocenter a few days after,it fell from his hands...

Well at least i'm happy that the winner is b&o fan :)....layyyyylaaaa

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Lex Lance — Fri, 14 May 2010 01:07:21 GMT

Its funny my Beocenter 8500 was advertised as CD not working when I bought it and it too was 100% mint and working. Is it that people have trouble operating them? :S

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

j0hnbarker — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:21:03 GMT

Nice one Seanie - just goes to show you can get a bargain on eBay. I got a mint Beomaster 1000 for £25 the other day and am well pleased :)

The early bird etc...

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Seanie_230 — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:12:43 GMT

just collected it and it is 10000% mint and right now its playing eric clapton on CD.

the CD does jump a bit sometime but its working.

If anyone is ever interested i have a friend who has been fixing bang and olufsen equiptment for over 20 years and has his ful house linked up and his 9500 has been running for 10+ years since he first fixed it.

he will open up the 9300 and find the phillips part number and source a laser and fit it himself

might cost £30 might cost £120 if we can only find a new Mecc.

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Craig — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:02:53 GMT

joeyboygolf:

even though the Beocenter is supposed to be mint, they very rarely are!!

How true Graham! Of all the items I have ever sold I only ever used the word MINT maybey 2 0r 3 times. To me mint means it looks as good as new.

Craig

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

joeyboygolf — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:05:17 GMT

Don't lose too much sleep! The replacement CD is mega expensive and even though the Beocenter is supposed to be mint, they very rarely are!!

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

BenSA — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:27:26 GMT

Oh no!! I was going to put a bid of £150!! I didn't because I thought it would go much higher than that!! Sigh!!!!

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Seanie_230 — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:09:22 GMT

m sorry it was me i have been watching it for days and days with my finger on the button

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

tournedos — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:50:56 GMT

There will always be someone to ruin your bargain at the last minute (unless the listing has been very creatively misspelt...). That's why I don't do this poker table bidding anymore - I just put in the maximum amount I'm willing to pay and forget about it. If it was going to be a bargain, this won't change it a bit.

The most popular Finnish auction site always extends the listing by 5 minutes whenever there's a new bid. That gets highly annoying when people contemplate for 4½ minutes, then add another 2 euros, only to be topped by the automatic bid again and again. What's the point?

Re: I want to cry... [:'(]

Craig — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:32:01 GMT

Not bad, nearly had a bid on that myself.

Craig

I want to cry... [:'(]

andreabang — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:06:21 GMT

i 've just lost a bargain on ebay in the final seconds....139£(+50£ shipping) for a mint beocenter 9300..... with CD not working (ok, my dealer said 300€ to repair it)...grrr

Where is the guilty ???? are you member of this forum??Lucky boy....