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Is moonlight tech legit??

Just made a purchase and am now a little worried after reading someone else's post.

Have you perhaps read my post? :roll:
I have sent an e-mai lto ask about my order. Butt i think the shop is legit. Why would XDA-Developers post his link on the site.....

They're legit, but
They <freaking> accidently sent me a USB cable!

That is probably the worst case scenario u could think of. Now it even cost u more than u have expected to pay for the damn thing.

I guess
I will just return that thing. But in 99,9% of the cases (according to E-bay reactions) they send the good stuff fast!
They had 8186 reactions, 8056 positive reactions, 60 neutral reactions and 52 negative reactions.

Moonlight said:
I have sent an e-mai lto ask about my order. Butt i think the shop is legit. Why would XDA-Developers post his link on the site.....
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OK, worstcase scenario here. We have been quite lazy about updating links, and the fact we posted that one was that it was the one we had at hand when people started asking us, begging us, and threatening us for a place to buy serial cables. We're sure there's many other places that sell cables just as good or even better than moonlight-tech. They are also available at www.datanywhere.com, and at many other places, probably.
Volunteer call: Would anyone reading this care to manage a current and checked list of XDA accessories and places that sell them here on this site? Would take between 15 and 30 minutes a day, for next year or two.

Moonlight Tech
I just got my order yesterday, and unlocked mine (many thanks to XDA-developers). So, it got to be legit!

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Fatih said:
I just got my order yesterday, and unlocked mine (many thanks to XDA-developers). So, it got to be legit!
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Hmmmm.....i have already waiting for an week....I live in Holland, Europe........
How long have you waited for yours?

I paid $21 to have it overnighted and it never came. They're liars.
Don't use them.

Hmm.....my serial cable takes less than 14 days, till i received it. THX moonlight!!!
They are A-OKE!

it came..
They sent it 2 day business air and pocketed the difference I laid out on overnight.
Bunch of crooks.

They accidently sent me a USB cable (took 5 days to Holland). I sent it back, so they would send me the serial cable, I had to pay for the shipping back myself though (Eur. 4,90!!!!)

We got our cables
It took Moonlight twelve days to deliver our cables.
They charged us $ 5.00 postage, and the cables work fine.

I ordered mine last week thursday, and received it today. I live in Holland, so I have no complaints about their service, 4 business days. I also ordered one from Handheldshop.nl the same day, and it's still not dellivered.

I've been very pleased with their service and products. I have been very happy with the charge/sync/car/home cable kit.

XDA's £35 each in stock, lucky dip, no returns.

TAKE A LOOK HERE:
http://www.totalpda.co.uk/XDA-GSM-GPRS-Sim-Free-Pocket-PC-Broken.aspx
That is a bargain even for the spares.

Looks like a good price but how much is that in US dollars?

Cheers - worth a punt for £47 (inc vat & p&p)
Useful for spare if nowt else!
Roger

Qman, almost 2 dollars to the pound at the moment.

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Qman, almost 2 dollars to the pound at the moment.
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Thanks and its still a good deal at 2 dollars to the pound in my book!

Given how many more people have broken displays than anything else, suspect this pile to be no different in composition to every one else's dead-piles: mostly broken screens, sometimes other stuff swapped out as well.

I rang the company this morning and asked if any of them were actually working. The response, after checking, was that they weren't and they were selling them for breaking / parts.

Bought one - got it delivered - non working - pins bent - boxed with all the gubbins (synch, power etc.) got the back off, straightend the pins...pins snapped a bit so have to synch via infrared but can still charge the battery...working XDA1 for £47 - lovely
cheers
not saying the rest of you will be this lucky!!!

Nice one Roger, glad the link got a result.

Sold Out !!!!!
Sadly the broken XDA's are no longer in stock and probably never will be again after speaking to the company

Broken XDA 2i screen...what the cheapest solution?

i was stupid enough to lean on a pool table while playin and crack my xda 2i screen...what do you reckon is the easiest and the cheapest way to fix it?
would appreciate your help...
O2 quote me around £180 which is a lot of money and me being a student cant really afford to pay that much

Mmmmm I've looked around and cant see anyway of fixing that.
You could get the backpack and then connect to a monitor(but then you lose the whole idea of portability.

Thats a shame, pity it was not stolen then you could have claimed off of your insurance. You do have insurance, either phone specific or house contents?

i have an xda2 screen for sale? looking for £50, im not sure if it will fit the xda21 i would ahe thought it would? but best to ask someone who actaully knows! if your interested pm me

i contacted imate repair [email protected] about £100 it seems to be the most sensible price also the fact that fixing it wont damage the garantee...
any experience with SBE?

Broken XDA2i Screen ...
Hi M4Mad!
I'm in the same situation as you as well! was doing some work out in the garage and only when I took my xda2i out to make a call did I see that something had smacked the screen! GRRRRR!!!
Have you found anywhere that does a screen replacement at all? I dropped an email to proporta.com as they have an 'XDA' listing for 55 squid plus 15 to fit but they emailed me back and said it's only for the XDA1.
Times like this you wish you had taken out that insurance policy isn't it!!
Where is the imate repair centre you mention? I guess £100 isn't so bad, If you could let me know that'd be great!
Cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!

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Hi M4Mad!
I'm in the same situation as you as well! was doing some work out in the garage and only when I took my xda2i out to make a call did I see that something had smacked the screen! GRRRRR!!!
Have you found anywhere that does a screen replacement at all? I dropped an email to proporta.com as they have an 'XDA' listing for 55 squid plus 15 to fit but they emailed me back and said it's only for the XDA1.
Times like this you wish you had taken out that insurance policy isn't it!!
Where is the imate repair centre you mention? I guess £100 isn't so bad, If you could let me know that'd be great!
Cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!

sorry to disappoint you but sadly they have sent the phone back to me sayin that they cant fix it...they gave me another number to try i havnt called them yet the number is 01603269900 currently im using a nokia 3100 i know its a bit less fancy but man i dash this phone like a cricket ball n nothin happens to it thats what i like...let me know of the result if u call these people...ive kinda given up one of these days the xda is going on ebay as faulty

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Hi the M4Mad!
Well, i've been scrabbling around a bit looking for somewhere to fix my screen with mixed results
Went to an O2 store- they can fix it, within a week, no problemo
£210 !!
Found a site apexlaptops.co.uk - Called em up and a lady said they can fix it,
£205!!
Next up was Proporta - like i mentioned before they can't fix it.
I'll try the number you've put here tommorow and see who they are and how much they want.
Else, I have to decide what to do. for the moment I've dug out my spare Nokia 8890 and it still works brilliantly!
i'll pop up on this post my 'findings' tommorow!
Cheers! Dennis! West London UK!!

Hmm... As I know, I saw Qtek 2020(i) XDA II displays for sale apox. 240 USD... 400 USD for repair is too big price. In our city it is about 300 USD.

XDA IIi Screen
I've just had mine replaced (after I slammed the car boot lid on it!!!) - It cost me £160 including the on/off switch which I also broke the day before when I dropped it (I was having a a bad week). The switch repair alone is normally £70!!
I had the repair done through the O2 repair center.
The least you can do is send it off for a quote through O2 - if nothing else, thats free.

XDA IIi Screen
Well well!
I've been doing a bit of research and the cheapest I can seem to find anything is here
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/
Xda2i screens for $199 USD fitted ! so in Sterling thats at around £120 ish! not too bad huh! obviously the postage costs would add to that, i'd estimate around £20 there and £20 back (Ive just sold my other XDA2i to a US buyer and insured postage was around £20)
qube62 says he/she got it fixed for £160. The O2 repair centre I went to said £210 for a replacement XDA2i screen, So im thinking maybe qube62 only had a smashed 'touchscreen' and not a 'smashed LCD' !!
- I'll try just sending it off through O2 and 'see' if they fix mine for like £160!
Else I suppose I could just take my xda2i to the US on my next visit and see if they can fix it whilst im there!
if that doesnt come about - then I think i'll claim off my home insurance!
Oh and just to rub salt into my wound.. my dam aluminium xda2i case arrived today !!!! typical !!!
Dennis! West London UK!!

i got a quote from this place for 160 n they said they will send me a package thing so i could put it in there n send it out to them...
but im not too sure about 160...thas too much i might jus stick to my 3100 for now n allow xda...

Selling my Tilt! Awesome package deal! Check it out.

Hey all. This hasn't been a very easy decission to make, but given the financial situation I just put myself in by purcahsing an Alienware laptop, I need to sell one of my phones, and sadly, the Tilt lost the coin toss.
Since many of you are like myself and love a great deal, I decided to leave my Tilt in it's "modded" state for sale. The ROM is an offical at&t ROM, but themes and CABS have been left in-place, as also some of the things I got for it like Tom Tom etc. Everything I have for this device is included. All original box items, even the original box. Leather caryy case, and even a brand NEW Motorola BT Headset. Also a 2G memory card. I just listed this on eBay since I'm an eBay junkie, and the price is a staggering low of $250.00! I figure it may get a little auction action, but I can live with parting with it at $250. Not happy about selling it at all, but it's a money thing. Unless someone wants to "donate" $250? haha riiight. Ok, well if anyone wants a sweet deal, and this phone doesn't have a mark on it and the screen has has a screen protector on it from day 1!, then bid away.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170211542910

I'm interested!
Just bid on it.

Thanks. Rub it in.
Just kidding. It's not a happy choice to sell it, but I've been trying to get an Alienware for ages and finally won (auction) one. Oh, and great, I just noticed my other bid on another Alienware seems to be winning so now I'm gonna have to sell myself for a few nights of dirty sex to pay for it. Figures!

Dude if i had 1 million dollars I'd help you out man. Hope you get a new Tilt soon dude. Seems like a sweet deal. Too bad I have a phone or I would have won that auction.

Thanks. The same thing happened when I had my Hermes (8525), but in that case I just got bored tweaking it and decided it was time to move on. I wasn't quite done "playing" with the Tilt. Hell, I didn't really get started aside from a few flashes.

$280, with a day to go. Man, every time I look at the page I feel a pain in my gut.

Trust me your phone will go up in price...a lot of people do not bid until the last minute then it goes crazy!!! I just sold my Samsung i760 on ebay a month ago and the price was $250 for the first 6 days....on the last day I ended up getting $380 for it!!!!
Relax you will get a good price

Legally you can't sell software thats on your phone. You dont own it. If you read the EULA it states that you are buying the right to use there software and that it is non transferable. Be that is it may I would pack my 8 gig with so much stuff and just state that Its the buyers responsibility to delete any unlicensed data.

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Trust me your phone will go up in price...a lot of people do not bid until the last minute then it goes crazy!!! I just sold my Samsung i760 on ebay a month ago and the price was $250 for the first 6 days....on the last day I ended up getting $380 for it!!!!
Relax you will get a good price
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I'd be surprised to see it go for less than $400. At least that seems to be the going rate these days.

Dude, I hope the TOM TOM is yours that your selling. Hate to think someone buys it and then not able to get the serial# or something for it.

i really don't get why people announce that their kaiser is for sale in a kaiser forum. kinda pointless IMO.

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i really don't get why people announce that their kaiser is for sale in a kaiser forum. kinda pointless IMO.
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He just trying to get the word of mouth thing going to get the auction to sell for more money.

Anybody Else Buy Their HTC One at Best Buy?

I am extremely happy I got the phone yesterday after pre-ordering on the 5th, but Best Buy really left a sour taste in my mouth. First off, they did not recognize my entry in their "Phone Freedom" program which offered a $50 gift card if you bought a phone through them within the year. The stupid thing is, they said that they couldn't find my email address in the system, yet I only started getting emails about their specials after I signed up for that promotion. That made me pretty unhappy. I even signed up twice for the promotion a few days apart since I thought it was so strange that I didn't get a confirmation email the first time. After I didn't get it the second time, I just assumed that they weren't sending out confirmations (Strange, but I didn't think it just wouldn't work twice in a row).
The next thing was that it is plastered all over the walls in the mobile section of their store that they price match and have a low-price guarantee; yet they only price match phones that are purchased off contract. That might be common place on this forum with phone fanatics, but out in the real world (in the US at least) most phones are purchased with a contract. Saying that they price match "any deal" and then ruling out 90%(Edit: I guess I was a little optimistic, 66%) of phone purchases doesn't really seem like fair advertising to me.
Has anyone else purchased their One at Best Buy? Did you get your gift card if you signed up for the Phone Freedom program? The cashier said that it was a very common problem, and that it only really worked if you went in store to sign up, and that the online entry didn't really work.
I love the phone. I can not believe how much better it feels compared to my aging E4GT, but I wish I had a better purchasing experience.

When I signed up online for the "phone freedom", I did get a confirmation email and I made sure to save it. When I upgraded my phone last year, I also made sure to take a hard copy of the email with me just in case. Good thing too because their system was down and the only way they were willing to give me that discount was if I could show them the confirmation email (which I did). After that, the manager adjusted the price by $50. When I upgrade to the HTC One (as soon as the black version is available), I am definitely going to be sure to take a copy of the new confirmation email I got from BB when I signed up again earlier this year.

The price match policy actually really just depends on particular stores and what policies they know and abide by.
Best Buy's policy most recently changed on 3/3/2013 to exclude contract mobile from price matches. However some stores will still recognize and offer price matches to brick and mortar stores for contract phones, which was their old policy. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a brick and mortar store that had a price less than $199.99 when I went to my local BB.
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I bought mine through best buy and got my $50 off for the phone freedom, and had a good overall experience. Sorry you had troubles though.
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yes i got mine no issue pre ordered the 6th i love the phone

I did the pre order there and I also got my confirmation for the $50 gift card from the freedom program, Also I did my research where to order the phone and I knew they changed the price match policies to be able to match online retailers but excludes on contract cell phones. I guess they did because amazon prices their smartphones dirty cheap after a few months(With a new line).

I know its a little off topic but does anyone know if Best Buy's Black Tie program is any good? I'm pretty sure they tried to make you buy it if you bought the phone. When I bought my iPhone they made it seem that I could destroy the thing and get a new one free of charge for only $10 a month. I'm thinking of getting insurance for my One when I get it because I don't want to get a case and hide its premium feel. I heard it doesn't hold up against scratches and drops too well :c?

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I know its a little off topic but does anyone know if Best Buy's Black Tie program is any good? I'm pretty sure they tried to make you buy it if you bought the phone. When I bought my iPhone they made it seem that I could destroy the thing and get a new one free of charge for only $10 a month. I'm thinking of getting insurance for my One when I get it because I don't want to get a case and hide its premium feel. I heard it doesn't hold up against scratches and drops too well :c?
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I brought their insurance for my daughter's Note II back in november and I got it for my One, is cheaper if you buy the 2 years in advance $169 vs $240($10 * 24 months) + taxes. So far the only claim I have done is for the Note's charger, my daughter somehow pulled the plastic tubing that covers the charging cable close to the USB plug, We went to best buy and they order me an new whole charger( charger box+ cable) and they let me keep the charger box. I read the fine print and it covers damage accessories(included with phone) for 1 time replacement. The only thing that doesn't cover is if the phone is lost or stolen with $0 deductible.
Also if you decide to get the black tie insurance as a bonus, when is time to upgrade to a new phone they have trade-in plus, They will give you 100% the value of your phone at the time of trade-in plus a $50 gift card.

I do indeed have best buys insurance and am very happy with it. I got it with my Galaxy S2 and a month after I got the phone I dropped it on concrete and cracked the screen all up.
I went to best buy and told them what happened. They said they had to send it off and offered me a temp rental phone to hold me over ($50 charge that they refund when you return it undamaged). I took the rental and like a week later I went back and they said the damage to the casing was too bad (it was scraped up on the side badly) and it was unrepairable so they gave me a new phone.
I gave them back the rental, got my $50 back, and went home with a new phone. Very good experience, and so far it was my only claim.
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Glad all of you had such a good experience and that it was just me who had it rough. For those of you who got the Phone Freedom offer, did you receive a confirmation email at the time you signed up, and did you sign up online or in a store?
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Glad all of you had such a good experience and that it was just me who had it rough. For those of you who got the Phone Freedom offer, did you receive a confirmation email at the time you signed up, and did you sign up online or in a store?
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I used my Phone Freedom offer back in November. I did receive a confirmation email and the signup was done online.

cntchds said:
I am extremely happy I got the phone yesterday after pre-ordering on the 5th, but Best Buy really left a sour taste in my mouth. First off, they did not recognize my entry in their "Phone Freedom" program which offered a $50 gift card if you bought a phone through them within the year. The stupid thing is, they said that they couldn't find my email address in the system, yet I only started getting emails about their specials after I signed up for that promotion. That made me pretty unhappy. I even signed up twice for the promotion a few days apart since I thought it was so strange that I didn't get a confirmation email the first time. After I didn't get it the second time, I just assumed that they weren't sending out confirmations (Strange, but I didn't think it just wouldn't work twice in a row).
The next thing was that it is plastered all over the walls in the mobile section of their store that they price match and have a low-price guarantee; yet they only price match phones that are purchased off contract. That might be common place on this forum with phone fanatics, but out in the real world (in the US at least) most phones are purchased with a contract. Saying that they price match "any deal" and then ruling out 90%(Edit: I guess I was a little optimistic, 66%) of phone purchases doesn't really seem like fair advertising to me.
Has anyone else purchased their One at Best Buy? Did you get your gift card if you signed up for the Phone Freedom program? The cashier said that it was a very common problem, and that it only really worked if you went in store to sign up, and that the online entry didn't really work.
I love the phone. I can not believe how much better it feels compared to my aging E4GT, but I wish I had a better purchasing experience.
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They screwed me out of mine also because they claimed I used the wrong area code when I registered. I *****ed but to know avail, I'm going to call corporate on Monday.
Even if by some chance I did , they should honor it. I love the phone also.
To the other posters I bought my insurance for $90 from SquareTrade. It typically costs about about $40 more but I get coupons all the time for being a customer. It covers all defects and drops and spills.
Only have a $100 deductible but that's ok.
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The did not find my freedom $50 either. They called someone and they emailed me a $50 giftcard. The put the free zagg on (fo free) as we waited. (I'm ready to take it off, as it sucks IMO) then she tried to sell me on a case. I already had a cruzerlite with me. She left the case on the counter. She put my phone and zagg case in on top of it. As she bagged everything she grabbed the case too. It took over an hour to get it all set up but I got the phone and some freebies.
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I ended up calling corporate yesterday, and they were saying I may have signed up in the wrong place... I followed their email in February for the promotion. Anyway, the guy said he was trying to figure something out right before the line was disconnected. Bah. I'll just call back tomorrow. I will say, the customer service people were extremely nice.
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Bought two from Best Buy had great experience. Only thing was they were unaware of free screensaver's and had to go back.
Posted this Friday.
First at Sprint Store this morning I purchased 3 accessories and got half price (they looked at me weird because I didn't have phones yet). Then at Best Buy I traded one of my htc evo LTE got a hundred dollars for it, the other goes to my daughter. Plus I am sending two htc EVO Design's back for a hundred dollars a piece from the preregister I did with HTC. Also was able to do buy out through Sprint at $150 which is half the price they originally wanted so I upgraded both lines, instead of just one and paying outright price for other. Then to top it all off Best Buy gave me two extra gift cards $50 each to price match Radio Shack preorder (play store gift cards) even though they weren't supposed to!
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I went to Best Buy on Friday to pre-order both the HTC One and a GS4 (not knowing the One came out that day). The pre order process was easy going and the lady that helped my wife and I was very pleasant. We left an about an hour later got a call that the HTC One had arrived and was ready for us to pick it up. I went back to pick it up and after waiting about 10 mins for the other customers to finish was given great service in my opinion. There were no issues with anything and didnt even have an issue with the e-mail promo some of you did. I also got a Zagg HD screen protector and Pt Case for it and love them both. Also very excited to use the warranty on the Zagg. I also did switch over to the Best Buy insurance since I had to replace my GS3 through insurance not to long ago due to a crack and wasn't to happy about the 150 deductible. I have heard good things about Best Buy's insurance so I hope if I use it, it goes well.
So overall my experience was good and will be going back to Best Buy to buy my phone from now on. Also excited to see what i get for the HTC One in two years since they will give me %100 of the worth plus $50. Sorry to hear about some of yours bad luck but hope all goes well again when I pick up my GS4 this Friday.

Best buy freaking sucks man. I bought a Zagg and then paid for them to install it. 6 tries later and all seems well. Until I get to the car and realize theres 5 spots because of the fuzzies rubbing off of the cleaning cloth. Oh. Its 7pm and we're closing sir. Please come back tomorrow. Not to mention 3 of the 6 Zaggs they used, they tried to charge me for.
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