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Dead monitor - got a spare?

  • 08-01-2009 5:41pm
    #1
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    My computer monitor, a 17" Samsung LCD, just died, it won't turn on, now the only way I can control my computer is by VNCing from my N95, and it's quite a pain. Anyways I absolutely need a working computer like right now and I don't have the money to buy a €120 new monitor right now.

    What I'd need would be a crappy LCD, the kind that's so worthless that you can't even sell it for 1 euro on eBay, but one that works, so I could use as a spare until I get this one replaced. Does anyone have such a monitor, i.e. some 14" or 15" thing that you don't know what to do with, and could you bring it to me tomorrow (I need it fast) in Phibsboro? PM me how much you want for that, I really need that right now, I can't work until I get it.


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  • #2
    muppetkiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=87783


  • #3
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    muppetkiller wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=87783

    Well I could do with a CRT, but then I have no car, so I definitely can't come collect it... :(


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Try www.jumbletown.ie

    great site for free stuff. See monitors on it all the time.


  • #5
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    Biggins wrote: »
    Try www.jumbletown.ie

    great site for free stuff. See monitors on it all the time.
    Nice link, thanks, but all there is right now is 2 19" CRTs (where would I even put that? lol) and I'm afraid that bringing that back home by bus would be.. challenging, knowing these can weight more than 50 lbs lol.


  • #6
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    A_SN wrote: »
    Nice link, thanks, but all there is right now is 2 19" CRTs (where would I even put that? lol) and I'm afraid that bringing that back home by bus would be.. challenging, knowing these can weight more than 50 lbs lol.

    Keep an eye then on http://www.dublinwaste.ie/free_trade.php if your this side of the country.


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  • #7
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    All these sites are gonna be the same anyways i.e. people give stuff away for free and you're supposed to collect it.

    That's not what I want, I want someone to tomorrow take me a monitor, any kind, and I'll give em a 20 € note. Come on I'm sure there's people around here who have some useless spare monitor (just like I have spare-anything, except monitor..) and that they won't even bother to post on these sites. I'm giving you a 20€ for that.


  • #8
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    Assuming you are in Phibsboro I can drop a crappy 15" CRT up to you - no charge , just cover my bus fare ! I'm an expert at lugging these things around on buses so it's no sweat :)


  • #9
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    nessyguin wrote: »
    Assuming you are in Phibsboro I can drop a crappy 15" CRT up to you - no charge , just cover my bus fare ! I'm an expert at lugging these things around on buses so it's no sweat :)
    Awesome! Can you drop it by tomorrow? I'll PM you the address and where the bus stop is.


  • #10
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    PM away . Can drop it up any time to suit really .


  • #11
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    nessyguin wrote: »
    PM away . Can drop it up any time to suit really .

    Fair play to you. :)


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  • #12
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    Works great, thanks a lot, that helps a big deal hehe. But how on Earth did you manage to make it smell so much like vanilla? And more importantly, how do I make it go away? ;)

    EDIT : Ha nevermind, it's either mostly gone or I got used to it.


  • #13
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    LOL ! Have you not heard of scented monitors ?

    Seriously , I had it in the spare room and it has one of those AirWick pump air fresheners . Open the window for a week or so and you'll be grand ;)

    The kids enjoyed their McDs so happy days :)


  • #14
    Keano
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    Fair play nessyguin. Good too see genuine people around.


  • #15
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭dingding


    Keano A Legend wrote: »
    Fair play nessyguin. Good too see genuine people around.


    Agreed great work nessyguin. :D


  • #16
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    Thanks for the comments but these things are given away all the time over on adverts . I get to clear a bit of space with the added bonus that I know it's being put to use instead of being stockpiled . Plus the OP paid for McDonalds for my kids so even the wife likes me now lol !

    Everyone's a winner :)


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