Cheap Smargos on Fleabay... any good?

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Hi,

Firstly i didnt know where to post this so forgive me for that. maybe a PC server section in the recivers section would be a good addition.

I have seen these smargo readers on ebay for £25, this is apealing when looking at the other £50 ones!

Has anyone bought one, do they work ok? what is the difference? i am using a white sly card

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Hi mate, they are china copies, I would steer clear if I was you. They do have something of a bad reputation.
 
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Buy original and avoid problems!
 
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ahh, not to good then, originals are so expensive!! i might give one a go. if i have problems i can always send it back, the feedback is very good for the seller. i may contact a buyer and see if they are any good.
 
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I thought at £25 quid they were too good to miss, so I bought one.

I was using Omnikey and NewCS to CCcam which worked lovely, but the extra Hop was niggling me.

Anyhoo, its arrived, its in and working, all CCcam 2.14 - I will be back if it does fall over.

And no, the Omnikey is not for sale :-Nooo
 
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phazblade said:
I thought at £25 quid they were too good to miss, so I bought one.

I was using Omnikey and NewCS to CCcam which worked lovely, but the extra Hop was niggling me.

Anyhoo, its arrived, its in and working, all CCcam 2.14 - I will be back if it does fall over.

And no, the Omnikey is not for sale :-Nooo
Click to expand...

True, but without the "trick" at least you get rid of the fakes
 
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I have couple of orginal Smargo's...

Their weird behavour with cards really pissed me off, so I went to market, bought parts and soldiered smartmouse/phoenix interface by myself, which, in combination with RS232 to USB adapter, still costed me much less than Smargo, but works just fine.
 
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hmm yea cccam 2.1.4 is annoying

going to have to cough up for a smargo as atm im using omnikey with newcs + cccam 2.1.3.

cccam with 'trick' to make it look local so i can control peers to only have my local and not my reshares.

that will go by the board when i have to go to a new cccam!

looks like we are all being PUSHED to get smargos!
 
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