Still High demand for used Tivos

[Alek]

I wanted a spare Tivo for when we get to the testing stage. And bid £1.05 on "an auction site"

I was outbid in the last few seconds of the auction, Someone spent £1.25 and it didn't even have a remote.

Alek

[irrelevant]

oops!

I keep looking for one nearby so I can save on the postage ... Think I'm going to need a working one for testing things...

[bigflyer]

You probably outbid me.

I bid 99p on a TiVo on eBay to save it from being scrapped, and I got outbid... (I don't mind, I didnt' really want it as I already have a spare)

[Furbag]

Tempted to save this one and use it as a test unit as I can pick it up quite easily

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Thomson-Tivo-PVR1 ... 0502760611

Unless anyone else is wants a poke at it, just dont want end up bidding against the rest of us here

[Alek]

Well I ain't going to bid against you.

I would have liked one to help out when testing time comes but anything + £15 delivery is ample to pay.

Alek

[Furbag]

I'm only going to £15 cos I can pick it up

[sbutton]

I was thinking of getting this one as I live in Suffolk...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 970wt_1135

Would be able to use as a Dev box, so it wouldn't matter about the sound problems.

Also, the larger hard drive would be a benefit as my current unit only has a standard one (I'll swap them, and put the smaller into the Dev)

Any thoughts? Seems a bit crappy as the auction is clearly trying to get rid of it, and putting "lifetime subscription" in the title but then "while still available" right at the bottom. Also, kinda glosses over the sound problems. It's not how I'd go about selling on eBay, but in this case it doesn't matter.

[healeydave]

The sound problem is not one of the usual problems where-by the sound processor fails to initialise properly, so i would value it as an unusable box for general use but ok for testing!
If it ends up going for pounds and you can collect to avoid the £15 shipping fee, it's gonna be worth it for the spare remotes I guess

[Brother52]

Is anybody else bidding on http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290536674491 ? I don't want to start a bidding war!

[spitfires]

Good idea - we don't want to be bidding against each other!

[irrelevant]

I've put a minimal bid in on 160551372633; newly listed but ends shortly...

[irrelevant]

I've put a minimal bid in on 160551372633; newly listed but ends shortly...

Outbid. Sold for £16, with free P&P. Given most are charging £15 for that, that puts the value of the TiVo at £1 ... Still rather more than I was prepared to risk on a zero-feedback new seller, especially when it's probably less than they would have been expecting.

[spitfires]

I didn't even see that one - must have been a 1 day listing!?

[Countryman]

Just a Buyer Beware to anyone thinking of getting one to use as a normal TiVo until June 1.

There are a few dubious ones out there that are showing Account status - 3 in the eBay listing. Then when you buy one and turn it on...hey presto...the status is actually Account closed - 8. DAMHIKT.

I've not bothered to try yet but I'm guessing that if you try and get the EPG then you will get nowhere....guided setup will fail etc.

[irrelevant]

Oddest search result for "TiVo" on EBay UK tonight: 110654780728.