Yes, that is what I mean. They porobably have US/CDN DVD's that they want to play and need region 1 players. probably bootleg discs of course. Just a thought, I don't know this for sure to be the reason. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Intrepid Video Support wrote: > > Gary, > You can't play region one over-seas, unless they get DVD's from the US, too. > > Jeff Dougherty > Intrepid Video TV/VCR > 263 S Front St > Steelton PA 17113 > fax...717-564-4952 > www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:32 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: DVD's & Credit Card scam > > Maybe they want DVD players because the USA players play region 1 discs, > so they might be able to sell these players at a premium to overseas > buyers. > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > Kevin wrote: > > > > Why do they want DVD players? Why don't they order plasma TV's? > > > > Kevin Wilks > > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > > Penticton BC Canada > > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Royal19960@xxxxxxx > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:41 PM > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: DVD's & Credit Card scam > > > > I saw the posts on this scam and, son of a gun, I got one of those > > calls. It > > was through the Wisconsin Relay for the hearing impaired. I told the > > operator > > right away it was a scam but I played along for about 1/2 hour. They had > > a > > shipping address in Georgia but Yahoo maps didn't have that address on > > the > > street. The phone number was not valid either. I told him the first cc# > > didn't go > > through so he had another one. Needless to say I didn't really run any > > but > > within 15 mins I got 3 more phone calls wanting to buy all the dvd > > players I could > > sell. Heh > > > > Roy Adams C.E.T./C.A. > > Bonded TV Service > > 5158 W Forest Home Ave > > Milwaukee, WI 53219 > > 414-541-9111 > > www.Bondedtv.com > > we have thousands of tubes on the site > > Webhosting from only 4.95 a month at Bondedhost.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/