E-bay warning for you guys

[Fish]

I don't usually post links to active auctions, but I don't want any of you guys to get burned.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stihl-meida-cat...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

 

[yooper]

what the hell is it?

 

[Fish]

It is a cd parts lookup for all stihl products

 

[MCW]

Is it the seller thats a concern or the Stihl Parts CD he's got for sale? Is it something only a dealer should own?

 

[yooper]

I guess I better look a bit better before I ask a dumb question

 

[Jacob J.]

It's a 2004 CD. The license has expired and it won't work on your computer unless you re-set your clock and calender settings back to 2004.

 

[Lakeside53]

Some guys will sell anything

 

[Fish]

It's a 2004 CD. The license has expired and it won't work on your computer unless you re-set your clock and calender settings back to 2004.

Will that work? I will have to try it...

 

[Lakeside53]

but only once... If your clock gets reset, mediacat "remembers" that it was running at a later date. PITA. Luckily I get new CDs every quarter.

 

[Fish]

It works. I put it on an old win 98 computer with a dead clock battery.
It will be my stihl puter.....

Thanks

 

[Fish]

none of my Stihl dealers have gotten the mediacat cd for this year, or at least are telling me that...

 

[Paul001]

none of my Stihl dealers have gotten the mediacat cd for this year, or at least are telling me that...

Nope and I'm done to 4 days before it expires.

 

[Bowtie]

Just got one yesterday that I will never use...and its the latest version.

 

[Stihldoc]

I use 'Cat only when my internet is down. I have been using E-Sales (Stihl's dealer site) and its parts lookup. I find its a bit easier to navigate. My only gripe is the difficulty- sometimes impossibility- of accessing TSB's. Do any of you know a shortcut thru E-sales for this? Media Cat is an excellent resource. Stihl just needs to join the 21st century and make updates available online. Maybe I'm lazy about this, but I hate CD's. Let's expand this- as all threads seem to do- and bring up how lousy Snap On's Parts Manager Pro (for Tecumseh) is to load and use.

 

[lawnmowertech37]

Will that work? I will have to try it...

Fish i have a question stihl 032av is that a popular saw ?

and were they made in germany ?

the reason i ask is i have one on ebay

 

[Lakeside53]

Nope and I'm done to 4 days before it expires.

huh? they last a year, and we had three last year, so you must have missed the last 2.... SCS 3-2008 is the current version and doesn't expire until around September 2009.

 

[Lakeside53]

I use 'Cat only when my internet is down. I have been using E-Sales (Stihl's dealer site) and its parts lookup. I find its a bit easier to navigate. My only gripe is the difficulty- sometimes impossibility- of accessing TSB's. Do any of you know a shortcut thru E-sales for this? Media Cat is an excellent resource. Stihl just needs to join the 21st century and make updates available online. Maybe I'm lazy about this, but I hate CD's. Let's expand this- as all threads seem to do- and bring up how lousy Snap On's Parts Manager Pro (for Tecumseh) is to load and use.

I hate the E-service version... slow and crappy presentation...and never every use it unless I'm at a local computer without M-cat... Load M-cat on your hard drive.. nothing compares.

You don't have to go though Esales to get to Eservice. All current TSB's are part of Eservice. Old TSB's (pre 1992 or so..) are only on paper right now.

 

[Fish]

Here in KY they get 1 disc a year for mediacat, my copy for last year expired
in Nov or Dec.

Yes, Mediacat is much easier to use, I even liked it better than part-smart.

 

[mattinky]

Fish i have a question stihl 032av is that a popular saw ?

and were they made in germany ?

the reason i ask is i have one on ebay

Yep, 032 is a popular saw, it should do well on eBay, especially if it has a good ignition

 

[teacherman]

Just got one yesterday that I will never use...and its the latest version.

Are you a Stihl dealer now? (he says excitedly....)