Dave wrote:

Sorry to seem cold, but you bought a piece of electronic gear for A TINY
FRACTION of what YOU KNEW to be the purchase price on an item that was
CLEARLY LABELLED "AS-IS". If you sell something AS-IS, you don't have to
test it. You don't have to guarantee it. A designation of "AS-IS" puts the
onus on the buyer to make sure he's happy with something BEFORE he buys it.
I buy stuff regularly on eBay and "as-is" is the same as "for parts only".
Next time you'll drag a car battery in and test the damn thing.

You should be ****ed off at your own stupidity for buying something for next
to nothing and then assuming it's going to work perfectly. Duh, why would
someone sell a 300-dollar monitor for 35 bucks?

Oh, and by the way, the Salvation Army is a CHARITY. You just donated $35..
good for you!

Dave

My point was that the unit was completely useless and shouldn't have
been there to begin with. What....now I should haul in test equipment,
soldering station and wire, and power supplies to test stuff?
Sure...I'll just set up a test bench on some furniture and soak in the
puzzled looks. I don't mind repairing the stuff I get from thrift
shops, so long as its possible.

If I wanted to just make a donation, I would have. The monitor was
damaged, unrepairable, and just plain should have been trashed. Just
for kicks I'm gonna go there tomorrow to see if its back on the shelf
for sale.