For Sale: SCXI-1124 Never Used - Please Read...

Question

I am a regular lurker, and am a regular LabVIEW 8.5 user. I realize that my post-less count is probably alarming and may be passed off as a troll or SPAM, but I assure you this is not the case. I won't give you a sob story about my life or why I need to sell this module, but I want to make it clear that I have only the purest intentions.
 I have a new in box (opened static bag to verify contents) SCXI-1124 DAC Module that I must sell. We had a client pull their design out at the last minute - and of course it was a rush...at least initially. We purchased new components, many of which are NI parts. While we gladly use the other stuff, we have no use for 1124. As a small company (my wife and I...), one rather large purchase cannot be written off so soon and we must recoup our expenses to pay some rather large outstanding hospital expenses, even if it means taking a loss.
We paid the full $1599 and are asking $650 OBO. Please write to envisionelec_at_woh.rr.com or respond to this message if interested. We accept Paypal, Check, Money Order. It is also for sale on EBay 320271675869.
Thank you and Best Regards.

Answer 1

Sorry to hear you're having such a bad time, don't know if this is of use to you but others have been reporting 'issues' with BT's tracking of their BB usage here.
A lot of providers (not all though) do throttle P2P because from an IP point of view it isn't time critical. What they mean is, if you throttle VOIP traffic you get a jittery call, same with video etc. When downloading files you don't tend to get these issues (although it's really irritating for the person downloading). If you use UTorrent then you can switch on encryption which has been reported to help some people (as BT's systems can't inspect the packet payload to make a yay/nae decision on throttling).
Some throttling is based on ports and/or destination IP though, so the above may not help. May be worth a try in the meantime.
As far as call centers go, I've found that if I begin the conversation with "Can I speak to a call centre in the UK please?" a lot of operators will put me through to someone a bit more helpful. Not had to call in a while though so this may have changed.
As far as recordings of calls goes, you may be out of luck there. Not all call centres record all calls AFAIK and there's a specific exception under the DPA so you can't request a copy of any recordings without getting a subpoena from a court. I'm not a lawyer, but I do have some experience of dealing with issues like this (Tiscali FWIW).
I've seldom had issues with BT's support, once I've got passed the first line droids that is, but then I've never had a problem with explaining to someone exactly why they are proceeding down the wrong route (doesn't earn me many friends there though!)
Hoping some of this may help a little, though can appreciate some of it probably isn't what you wanted to hear.
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