Well, if you fancy a full time upaid job which is unlikely to have any effect you could spend all day reporting ebay scams and having your reports ignored whilst more scams are posted faster than you can report them :ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:

I avoid ebay scams very very simply ...




... I don't do ebay, it really is that easy.

I find ebay very good at responding to problems with listings that are brought to their attention.

I certainly don't go out of my way to search for such listings, though!

My ebay experience has actually been very positive over the last 5 years, although I am certainly no apologist for them.

SD

I bought a new box t'other day with XP Pro installed, again, no disk, no COA. First thing I did was the MSoft update/validate thing: all ok, and I have a genuine XP Pro disk around from another machine. But with no COA...
but Googling produced a neat little prog called Keyfinder: downloaded, ran it, and hey I have a COA number, should I ever (as if!) trash me hard drive and need to reinstall. Hope never to use it :)

Just think about your statement logically for a moment.

The motherboard is the PC.

Without the motherboard, the PC is just a pile of metal. A hard drive on it's own means nothing as it requires the motherboard with it's BIOS etc to boot off the hard drive. The motherboard is biggest single driver of PC spec due to it housiing many of the major performance features (e.g. CPU etc.)

Therefore Microsoft are quite right when they say you can upgrade your hard drive, graphics cards, memory to your hearts content, but not your motherboard.

Replacing a broken motherboard is, of course, generally another matter, particularly if done under warranty.