A few runners up namely Oasis, Beatles, Coldplay, Yes, Dire Straits and Police

But the outright winner must be, wait for it, the tediously repetitive band that is Genesis

Sennheisers are very good for a while then they sort of degrade. On my third set in twelve months, first set from Amazon and the last two direct from Sennheiser in High Wycombe, so definitely not fakes.

Bought these as a standby whilst waiting for the last Sennheisers to return and they are great value (mine are the Black ones though)

Use the ethernet adapters if you don't want to hardwire direct from the homehub

These are very good, don't worry about being HK based, great service and if you google them sure the reviews will set your mind at ease
http://www.onestop-digital.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_29&products_id=301

I had the 24-70 good lens, but the wide end just wasn't wide enough with the crop factor, don't forget you need to multiply by 1.6 to get the effective focal length

Still think the 17-70 would be your best bet especially for 189 quid.
Also worth a look at the Sigma 18-50, that's 2.8 throughout its range, but a bit pricier

Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 gets good reviews and can be got a bit cheaper now they have brought out the stabilised version

I use a Sigma 17-70, f/2.8-4.5 only gets f2.8 up to 18mm, but gives a great pic and has a handy range too

Surely the bloke who was selling it has his name and address registered with Ebay
The winning bidder should be able to request it, he must either be the thief or know who it is

Hi Skyliner, really hope you haven't been ripped off, does leave a bad taste and makes you lose a bit of faith in the trust system on which we all rely.
From that thread of mine it proves just how decent the vast majority of people are, you are right though the real lowlifes will always find a way to get round any safeguards. Making it a bit harder for them would no doubt put some of the chancers off though.

As an aside, quick update on my situation, still no items.
Seller didn't directly refund me, but he did make a donation to the Russ appeal which closes the matter for me.
That thread went on a bit(lot)although I think it helped make clear the standards expected in this type of trading

Hope you get that knock from the postie

Cheers

Fair size pond he has too

Being more serious, I think its about time that the people that just come on here to sell are dealt with
Firstly don't let the classifieds be available to lurkers, only registered users. Stops casual browsers just coming on here for a bargain and not contributing to other topIcs. also stops passers by finding it for a scamming opportunity

Next have a minimum post of 100 or more before you can start to sell,obviously needs be something other than everytime someone posts a pic of a bike, a reply saying "nice bike" so mods involved to check

Lastly a more rigid set of rules, such as need to give name,addresss and tel number before a sale is allowed (by email for obvious reasons)
All communication apart from the exchanging of personal/payment details to be shown on the thread for transparency

Anyone disobeying the rules to get banned and lifetime ban if trying to re-register or caught scamming

That's enough for a start, but all this dodgy dealing must stop soon, maybe begin afresh for the new year

Sounds like the adapter has had it, could you try hard wiring the vision box into the home hub with an ethernet cable
At least that would prove it one way or another

The actual sum involved doesn't matter, in fact I mentioned very early on it was a trifling sum.

If they did turn up I won't be making a public apology, never accused the seller of not sending them and all along assumed they were missing in action.

The only point here is that I paid in good faith, didn't receive the goods and then received a very dissappointing reply to my polite email.

Mentioned it on here firstly because I wanted to be sure I was making the correct assumption and secondly to express my displeasure at the less than acceptable response from a forum member.

If the seller refunds me the money I will donate it to charity, in fact thinking about it the Russ appeal would seem the obvious choice.

Really want this to end now as i'm sure everybody else does too, still surprised though that the seller refuses to accept the moral and legal implications involved.

(postie just been and no CD's)

How about Ti Man gives the money to a charity of TT's choice?

Works for me, RNLI is always my favoured charity

My old man worked in a garage opposite Bow Church, seems weird now with the Olympics to be held just off Hackney Marshes

Would never have believed it, whole area needs some money spent on it though

Was definitely the Gazette, came out twice a week.

Near Cambridge now, straight up the M11

Whereabouts are you?

Good on yer, got a bit much for me bringing up a youngster

Realised that when I thumbed through the Hackney Gazette and the bad things no longer shocked or even surprised me

Only go back now to watch the O's

Thanks for the offer RichPenny, one was a Deep Purple oldie "Burn"and the other was the second Evansence album

Think what annoyed me even more was that he sold them because in his words he Digitised
Could have at least burnt me a couple of replacements, would have been my first thought if roles were reversed

End of now, no court action or violence, lived in the East End for forty years and that ain't the answer

Just hope he feels proud of his actions and maybe a tinge of guilt when he gives it some thought

So has he decided to mess others about now?

More I think about it the more it pisses me off that he cannot understand the rights and wrongs of his actions

So I have no CD's, no cash and he still doesn't give a shit despite the overwhelming condemnation of his peers

Its not the money, never has been, but I hate being turned over and to think he mentioned me pulling the wool over his eyes
This coming from the person who doesn't even have a free receipt proving he ever sent the goods

My advice is avoid this bloke when it comes to trading for obvious reasons

Implants then shop till you drop

Got banned from a well known Audio Visual forum's classified section

Very strange situation, I was the buyer and paying using paypal "gift"
So the seller would have my money and the goods, yet I needed to provide credentials

Couldn't quite see why,queried it and got an "infraction" which was actually a ban

Still not sure what I did wrong, but hey ho its their site and that's it, end of

Nothing to add really,the replies say it all

Didn't appreciate the won't sell to you again remark though

You have got the cash, don't take the piss out of me too if you don't mind

Only a trifling sum for a couple of CD's, but it has just peed me off that anyone on here could act so mean spirited especially with no proof of postage.
This sort of reply is not what I expect from a fellow biker

If you'd wanted insured post or recorded post then you should have said so. I wont refund this. I have to trust to what you have said and for all I know you could have them and just be pulling the wool over my eyes. I dont think you have but as I said if you'd wanted come back on post then you should have requested insured/recorded.

I am sorry but wont do that or anything like that

Not into naming and shaming, but you know who you are and hope the above comments make you realise who is in the right from a moral point of view.
Happy Christmas

Forgot about Maiden, Churchill's Spech before Aces High

Very stirring indeed

Some D5000 have had a recall (might even be two) over a power problem

Best have a google and see what serial numbers are affected in case you buy older stock
Not overly sure of the details, just remember seeing something when I was looking to buy a new DSLR

Went for the Canon 500D mainly because that's what suited by unusually small hands
Really would be a good idea to let your missus handle the cameras first, she is never going to enjoy using it if the handling is all wrong

One of the great mysteries of the universe, perhaps one of you can help?

Why do teachers when in a pub always sit round one table no matter how many of them there are or how small the table is

We always wondered about this in my local and even when we asked some of them never got a definitive answer
Have seen the same behaviour in other pubs too, so its not just a one off

Over to you

Thunderball – Deep Purple

Think that might have been Fireball from Deep Purple, tis indeed a good intro though

Can't believe Smoke on the Water hasn't got a mention or another Blackmore tune "Man on the Silver Mountain" (which sounds suspiciously like the intro to Money for Nothing albeit a lot earlier)

My favourite is yet another one of Mr Blackmore's, Rainbows "Tarot Woman"

How about try the Canon 55-250, great lens for the money and with IS too

Once had a similar experience in Borders

Walked out and set the alarm off, staff member grabbed me and asked to search my bag.
I refused knowing I had done nothing wrong, he then said he was calling the police.

I replied he had better be sure because if they came and found nothing I would sue the arse of them.
He didn't seem too sure even though by now the shift manager was present (slightly different because my 14st frame,few scars and missing front tooth is slightly more intimidating)

Then said I was leaving and if they touched me I would consider it assault and would have no other recourse than to act in self defence

Walked out unhindered and then just to see what set the alarm off went back and tested the only item it could have been which was something I had just bought in Maplins (obviously hadn't had any anti theft protection removed) and yes I did have a receipt for it

Bit unnerving, but your experience sounds a lot worse, hope you feel ok now.

Like most mags, enjoyable for a while until it starts being too repetitive
Got the first 51 issues, but cancelled my sub now

The first ten or maybe up to 20 were excellent then got a bit too mainstream and commercial
(fair enough though it is a business after all)

My long term favourite is still the US mag "Bike" only one that really makes me want to get out and ride

Got the Pixma 4600 and its excellent, fast too

Daresay the aforementioned 4700 is pretty decent too

Only downside is they keep primimg the heads with ink when you turn on and off, just leave mine switched on to avoid wastage

Think I will hang on until you get that nice new Canon 7D 😀

Really not that keen on non anglo saxon women, just one of those things and nothing to do with racism, just the way it is and what floats my boat

Not for me, bit too lean and doubt I would be her type anyway

Lot of running about avoiding explosions

Blond American girl is obviously a bad egg who has the tatooed bloke just where she wants him after a bedding session.
He now knows she is a wrong'un, but looks like he is being led round by his willy

Oh and a gratuitous close up of the hard looking ladies bum in tight jeans as she ran up a fire escape, nicer than the front view I must say

Can't remember much else, clips from next week looked a bit more interesting

Totally agree, Blink was the best episode

Any coincidence that the title character wasn't in it much

Think you have to wait either 21 days or sooner if you get positive feedback

Just started a new load of nonsense at my place, capabilities, development plans etc etc

In the end just said i didn't have a clue what they were on about and was far too busy to waste hours on all this rubbish
See what happens now I suppose, my only aspiration is stay a bit longer and retire, not really developing these days either

There's a Black Police Officer's Association dont'cha know

Bet they don't need a very big table to sit round, something like the average dining type would probably suffice

It's called the Proms

Or if you believed some people the Nuremberg Rally what with all that patriotic fervour and flag waving

Some towns have a policy of not building over a certain height.

Would they still apply that rule for a minaret even if it was deemed as rascist

Hope they would, but the loony left would be onto them like a shot with all sorts of mad accusations

This might help a bit, perhaps any two of those mentioned

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Long term weather forecasts are pretty much pointless imo

Dead right, think short term is pretty much a waste of time too judging by their inaccuracy