how to get free satellite equipment...

[closetosoton]

freecycle.org

i recently joined my local freecycle group.

its a play on the words "free" and "recycle". it works like this - you've got something you don't want, you can't be bothered to sell it on eBay cause it ain't worth much and you can't be bothered with all the associated hassle of collecting payment & postage etc. also you're slightly environmentally minded and you'd rather not put your junk into landfill. so you advertise it on freecycle.

people give away all sorts of stuff. i gave away some SIM cards i never used. someone gave away a 21" TV with remote the other day. i responded to an offer for some "old sky" equipment yesterday - I ended up collecting a Pace MSS100 (Analogue) and Philips DTX DVB terrestial receiver - minus remotes, but free all the same. do they work? dunno - that's part of the fun. someone was giving away a sky digibox the other day. it went in a flash, i mised out, but it probably won't be long before another crops up. i fancy a digibox to play with but really don't need one, so i'll wait.

go on, sign up today, give away your junk, and collect more!

-cts

 

[PoloMint]

Looks good cts

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go on, sign up today, give away your junk, and collect more!

-cts

 

[rolfw]

Sounds like a good idea, just a shame that it is via Yahoo Groups, I had bad experiences with spam when I joined one of the groups before and don't like the format particularly.

 

[closetosoton]

Looks good cts

ta. just thinking, we could set up a satellite specific one. "freesat", oh dear sky already bagged than name. erm, satfree "set your satellites free"....

i'll start you off, i've an lnb from the dark ages when dishes where white and solid, and only the words ASTRA 1A & ASTRA 1B where valid. then again, maybe i binned it

-cts

 

[Donzo Bonzo]

Closetosoton, that sounds a great site. But I don't think there's any demand for D2-mac decoders, or analogue systems, which I have stacked in my loft.

Maybe I will donate them to British Heritage in a few years time. Or maybe they'll be ripe for the Antique's Roadshow in 10 years...

 

[Analoguesat]

You would probably be surprised at the demand for analogue kit. Whilst its not worth much more than the p&p these days, decent ones are still in demand for beginners to the hobby to play with.

 

[closetosoton]

i agree with analoguesat, i'm sure there are quite a few german/french speakers scattered around the UK who'd appreciate your old analogue kit.

-cts

 

[Lancelot]

Brilliant ! anybody want a Dmac (not D2) SMATV setup I rescued about 10yrs ago ?

Thought not. O-HaO-Ha


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[closetosoton]

Sounds like a good idea, just a shame that it is via Yahoo Groups, I had bad experiences with spam when I joined one of the groups before and don't like the format particularly.

spamgourmet.com its the way forward.

-cts

 

[rolfw]

No good, you need to be able to receive all E-mails from the freecycle site.

PS. Already an excluded addy on here.

 

[Lancelot]

Joined the London freecycle briefly yesterday for about 3 or 4 hours, and got
133 emails when I checked my box. Luckily I gave them my slush hotmail acc but you can see the potential.

L.

 

[closetosoton]

Joined the London freecycle briefly yesterday for about 3 or 4 hours, and got
133 emails when I checked my box. Luckily I gave them my slush hotmail acc but you can see the potential.

L.

filter them for the key words like satellite - i picked up a dish yesterday, will be fun to find out what it is - 80cm analgue or zone 1 sly dish i reckon... that's 7 dishes i have now and counting. these motor things are overrated.

 

[closetosoton]

just to prove my point:

one pace mss100: free:
one sky mindish: free:
one portable tv: free:

= free german TV

 

[closetosoton]

just to say i got yet another minidish out of this yesterday, that brings my collection to 3. i am going to experiment to see if you can get 13E/19.2E on one minidish for fun soon.

-cts

 

[gameboy]

just to prove my point:

one pace mss100: free:
one sky mindish: free:
one portable tv: free:

= free german TV

Yeh, Yeh, Yeh.... but the chair mount cost £30!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Without joining up to check, do they do a swap / WHY facility ?

 

[closetosoton]

Without joining up to check, do they do a swap / WHY facility ?

nope, you just join, give stuff away, and claim stuff that people are giving away. or you can put a request in for stuff. its mostly furniture and junk, but the odd peice of modern technology shoes up, someone gave away a dvd player the other day. i missed out on an arcam analogue tv tuner too...

use a hotmail account or somehting....

-cts

ps what is W.H.Y?

 

[rolfw]

What Have You.

 

[closetosoton]

What Have You.

i see, no its not really a swap shop as such... just a way to dump your old kit, or like me pick up new carp. give it a whirl.

-cts

 

[Lancelot]

Didn't know you were into fishing cts .


L.