:rant:
I'm not very popular with a couple sellers on eBay. One was stating that the unit must be good because the 12:00 was flashing and when he was pressed for the unit ID he came up with a bunch of 000000 etc.
Another had a 920 listed as a 922
and eventually he took the listing down. I still managed to get a PM to him and told him he should provide the Unit ID from the system status screen or no one should bid on it. He just sent me a PM and ask who NPS was and how he could get in touch with them. I gave him a lesson (unit ID 101) in how and why the Valid Unit ID was critical to these GI receiver models. Additionally I explained the reason for changing the batteries if the units are close to or over 10 year old.
I hope this intervention has saved some FTAer from getting a bad receiver, as I did. As it turned out I got a refund of my purchase price so I was out the shipping. (It didn't cost me nearly as much to return it as he had charged me to begin with.. Some people gotta make a buck on every detail of a transaction.)
BTW. I don't know of others experiences with the 920 but both receivers I have had didn't have the Unit ID label on the back or bottom or inside or anyplace else. The 905 I have has was a match to the Unit ID on the back, next to the power cord strain relief. I had a "go-around" with NPS because the first time I gave them the status screen Unit ID they told me it didn't have the right combination of characters and was invalid. I went back got the status screen info again and it compared exactly with the Unit ID label on the back. I had lost a nites sleep over this and called them back and insisted on dealing with a supervisor and ultimately they confirmed that it was correct and Valid. Imagine if I had believed them the first time and junked the box or sent it back the the eBay seller.. So Lesson Learned. Don't except the First "InValid" response. Check your information and see if you made and error or if there is any possibility that NPS did or maybe you do have a bad receiver.
Steve
I'm not very popular with a couple sellers on eBay. One was stating that the unit must be good because the 12:00 was flashing and when he was pressed for the unit ID he came up with a bunch of 000000 etc.
Another had a 920 listed as a 922
and eventually he took the listing down. I still managed to get a PM to him and told him he should provide the Unit ID from the system status screen or no one should bid on it. He just sent me a PM and ask who NPS was and how he could get in touch with them. I gave him a lesson (unit ID 101) in how and why the Valid Unit ID was critical to these GI receiver models. Additionally I explained the reason for changing the batteries if the units are close to or over 10 year old. I hope this intervention has saved some FTAer from getting a bad receiver, as I did. As it turned out I got a refund of my purchase price so I was out the shipping. (It didn't cost me nearly as much to return it as he had charged me to begin with.. Some people gotta make a buck on every detail of a transaction.)
BTW. I don't know of others experiences with the 920 but both receivers I have had didn't have the Unit ID label on the back or bottom or inside or anyplace else. The 905 I have has was a match to the Unit ID on the back, next to the power cord strain relief. I had a "go-around" with NPS because the first time I gave them the status screen Unit ID they told me it didn't have the right combination of characters and was invalid. I went back got the status screen info again and it compared exactly with the Unit ID label on the back. I had lost a nites sleep over this and called them back and insisted on dealing with a supervisor and ultimately they confirmed that it was correct and Valid. Imagine if I had believed them the first time and junked the box or sent it back the the eBay seller.. So Lesson Learned. Don't except the First "InValid" response. Check your information and see if you made and error or if there is any possibility that NPS did or maybe you do have a bad receiver.
Steve
